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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, they announced Tuesday. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) hugs his girlfriend Taylor Swift after the team’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers during the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) hugs his girlfriend Taylor Swift after the team’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers during the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David J.…

NASA administrator Sean Duffy visits the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Control Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Space Launch Complex 39A before the NASA and SpaceX Launch Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station on July 31, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo | Getty ImagesTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy pulled $175 million from California’s high-speed rail project on Tuesday, just a month after canceling $4 billion in federal grants.Duffy cited four projects related to the broader California high-speed rail initiative that would lose funding, including track extensions, grade separations, design work and the construction of…

Last updated: 6:00 PM ET, Mon August 25, 2025 WHY IT RATES: Scott Dunn appointed Fiona Batten, with 30 years of travel industry experience, as Senior Vice President in its New York City office to drive US growth, aligned with the company’s expansion strategy. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing EditorScott Dunn announced the appointment of a new Senior Vice President to its global leadership team, based in its New York City office. Fiona Batten joins Scott Dunn as Senior Vice President, bringing over 30 years of travel industry experience across the airline, travel, tourism, and event sectors. She has previously held senior roles at both…

IBM and AMD are partnering to develop next-generation computing architectures that integrate IBM’s quantum systems with AMD’s AI-specialized chips. The move could position both the tech giant and chipmaker as key infrastructure players as they look to regain ground after falling behind on the generative AI boom. Together, IBM and AMD will attempt to launch a commercially viable quantum computing architecture — one that’s scalable and open sourced. In other words, it will be more widely accessible to researchers and developers solving complex real-world problems in fields like drug and materials discovery, optimization, and logistics, per IBM. “Quantum computing will…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump seemingly caught his loyal conservative base off-guard and sparked backlash by saying he would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities.That would be a departure for the Trump administration after it added new vetting for student visas, moved to block foreign enrollment at Harvard and expanded the grounds for terminating international students’ ability to study in the United States. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has singled out China, the second highest source of international students in the U.S., saying in May that the State Department would revoke visas for students tied to the Chinese…

The new diamond on Taylor Swift’s wedding ring finger reflects her vintage-loving heart in a brilliant cut dating to 18th-century candlelight.A close-up of the sparkler Tuesday was among five photos that accompanied Swift’s engagement announcement with beaux Travis Kelce on Instagram. The ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck, a representative for the pop star confirmed.The diamond is an old mine brilliant cut, said Tree Paine, Swift’s publicist. She provided no further details.Lubeck, who is based in New York and operates Artifex Fine Jewelry, in the daughter of Jay Lubeck, a well-known gold smith in Neptune Beach, Florida. Swift showed off…

NEW YORK (AP) — James Cameron recently turned 71 as he brought his third “Avatar” film, “Fire and Ash,” to the finish line. Cameron first began developing “Avatar” more than 30 years ago. He started working on the first film in earnest 20 years ago. Production on “Fire and Ash,” which ran concurrently with 2022’s “The Way of Water,” got underway eight years ago. By any measure, “Avatar” is one of the largest undertakings ever by a filmmaker. It’s maybe the only project that could make “Titanic” look like a modest one-off. Cameron has dedicated a huge chunk of his…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:05 AM ET, Tue August 26, 2025 The World Travel & Tourism Council has welcomed global talent advisory firm CDR as its newest Global Member. CDR, which has headquarters in London, specializes in luxury hospitality and destination real estate. To-date, the company has led over 400 C-suite and senior level placements across the hospitality, leisure, luxury and real estate sectors.  “We are pleased to welcome CDR to our global Membership,” said WTTC President & CEO Julia Simpson. “Travel & Tourism is powered by people, and the sector’s success hinges on strong, inclusive, and future-ready leadership. CDR’s…

Apple said today that it is holding its event for the iPhone 17 on Tuesday, September 9 — just like last year. The company has started sending invites for the event, which will be held at the Steve Jobs theatre in Cupertino and will start at 10 a.m. PT/ 1 p.m. ET. While the company is expected to release one regular and two Pro phones, it could replace the Plus with a new and slim iPhone 17 Air model. The device could reportedly have a thickness of 5.5 mm with a 6.6-inch screen. This would make the new iPhone 17 Air…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It’s a love story and, baby, she said yes: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, they announced Tuesday.In a five-photo joint post on Instagram, the superstar singer and football player revealed their engagement, the fairytale culmination of a courtship that for two years has thrilled and fascinated millions around the world, but especially Swifties, the pop star’s enormous and ardent fan base.“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the caption read, accompanied by an emoji of a dynamite stick.Kelce was a famous football player when they met — a star tight…