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People walk past a Coach store on Madison Avenue in New York. Carlo Allegri | ReutersShares of Coach and Kate Spade parent Tapestry plunged Thursday after the company said tariffs will bite into its profits even as sales grow.The handbag, shoe and accessory maker said costs from higher duties will total $160 million for its coming fiscal year and drag on its profits. It said it expects full-year fiscal 2026 earnings of $5.30 to $5.45 per share, while analysts polled by FactSet were looking for $5.49.On the company’s earnings call, Chief Financial Officer Scott Roe said sales trends have been…

Facebook Tweet Email Link If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Dial or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org for free and confidential support. As teens head back to school this fall, many parents are worried about their mental health. And for good reason: Teens today — especially girls — are much more likely to say that they feel persistently sad or hopeless and think about suicide than they did a decade ago. Forty percent of high school students reported experiencing persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2023, according to the Youth Risk…

by Mia Taylor Last updated: 7:25 PM ET, Wed August 13, 2025 Despite concern about the increasing cost of travel, not to mention the uncertainty triggered by broader world events, women over 50 are still keeping their travel plans and their travel budgets, intact.The latest Women 50+ Travel Pulse Survey, conducted in August 2025 by JourneyWoman, a publication focused on solo travel for women over 50, also found that this demographic is increasingly booking travel with less advance notice or planning. More than half of respondents (59 percent) said they are booking international travel in less than 9 months, with 24…

A startup called Palabra AI, which develops an AI-powered speech translation engine, is tackling one of the more difficult aspects of teaching large language models (LLMs) to understand multiple languages. Today, LLMs make it easier to convert text from one language to another, but speech translation is not as simple, according to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. “AI can generate content and translate text. But [Speech] Translation is a unique problem because it requires real-time language switching, and the voice also needs to sound human,” Ohanian said. Ohanian and his venture firm Seven Seven Six (776) believe that Palabra AI could…

Facebook Tweet Email Link US President Donald Trump is threatening an additional 25% tariff on India as well as higher tariffs on other countries that buy Russian oil, in an attempt to pressure Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. But the United States and Europe themselves are still doing billions of dollars in trade with Russia – although that’s a fraction of the trade that took place before the war. India has argued that it’s being unfairly targeted with the tariff increase, calling it “unjustified” given that other nations also do business with Moscow. Trade between Russia and the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Orange you ready for it?Taylor Swift swathed her bombshell album announcement in a shade she’s calling Portofino Orange Glitter after donning the color onstage during the latter part of her latest tour.So now, will “The Life of a Showgirl” usher in the pop star’s Orange Era? On the “New Heights” podcast Wednesday night, Swift leaned toward a yes.“I’ve just always liked it, Jason,” she said, addressing interlocutor Jason Kelce, while sitting next to boyfriend Travis Kelce. “It feels like kind of energetically how my life has felt. And this album is about what was going on…

Last updated: 9:00 PM ET, Wed August 13, 2025 WHY IT RATES: The wine regions of Baden-Württemberg are rich in history and blend diverse cultural influences. Known for crossing culinary and geographical boundaries, local winegrowers and regions like Oberderdingen and Kürnbach creatively combine grapes and traditions from Baden and Württemberg.  —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing EditorThe wine regions of Baden-Württemberg are full of history and stories, curiosities and anecdotes worth telling. Particularly in the border regions where Württemberg and Baden meet, the (shifting) frontiers are a source of curiosity, and local winegrowers show how the supposed contrasts between the two regions can be…

Google on Thursday announced a new AI-powered search tool to help travelers find flight deals — even as regulators continue to question whether the search giant’s dominance in travel discovery stifles competition. Called Flight Deals, the new tool is available within Google Flights and is designed to help “flexible travelers” find cheaper fares. Users can type natural language queries into a search bar — describing how and when they want to travel — and the AI surfaces matching options. These queries can be like “week-long trip this winter to a city with great food, nonstop only” or “10-day ski trip…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the Trump administration’s “energetic” efforts to stop the war in Ukraine and hinted that Moscow and Washington could strike a deal on nuclear arms control during their summit on Friday in Alaska. In his first public comments since US President Donald Trump announced the Alaska summit, Putin on Thursday chaired a meeting of senior Russian officials at the Kremlin to brief them on the state of play in negotiations with the US on Ukraine. “The current American administration… is making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the…

In the summer heat, we find ourselves drawn to that glorious section of the drinks menu that promises relief in the form of a cold, creamy, brain-freezing indulgence. But ordering a frozen drink looks different in different parts of the U.S., and in different restaurants and ice cream shops. So, what is the difference between a milkshake, a malt, a frappe or maybe even a concrete?Geography, tradition and local lingo all play a role in how frozen drinks are made and what they’re called.Let’s break it down one strawful (or spoonful) at a time. MilkshakesPerhaps the most iconic of the…