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NEW YORK (AP) — If you have a cocktail scene in your neck of the woods (and it’s safe to say that I do in NYC), you might have noticed the words “pickle juice” appearing more often on drink menus.Pickles and pickle brine have been an ingredient that mixologists — and chefs — have played with for a long time, but they’re finally getting a star turn in beverage menus around the world. Pickle juice is salty, tangy acidic, and sometimes a little spicy. It adds zing to all kinds of cocktails.“Pickles are a great gateway into savory cocktails,” says…

For reporters, it’s hardly unusual to call sources on the phone to learn details or get quotes that will enliven their stories. Sometimes people will talk, sometimes they won’t.But the president of the United States?In an almost unfathomable level of access, reporters who call President Donald Trump on his personal cell phone often get an answer — and an interview — from the leader of the free world on the spot. There’s evidence that this is happening more frequently.Paradoxically, it’s the same president who popularized the term “fake news” and has battled against the press for years on multiple fronts.…

A Home Depot store in San Carlos, California, US, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHome Depot said Monday that it is buying GMS, a building products distributor, for about $4.3 billion as the retailer moves to draw more sales from contractors and other home professionals.Shares of Home Depot were roughly flat in early trading Monday. GMS shares jumped more than 11%.As part of the deal, the Home Depot-owned subsidiary SRS Distribution will purchase all outstanding shares of GMS for $110 per share, which adds up to about $4.3 billion and amounts to total enterprise…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 11:00 AM ET, Sun June 29, 2025 New ships, new godmothers, new brand campaigns and a new Netflix show about the infamous “poop cruise” top the list of this month’s major cruise news stories. Here are some of the headlines you might have missed for June 2025.New Netflix Show Revisits Infamous ‘Poop Cruise’A new episode of Netflix’s “Trainwreck” show, available for streaming as of this month, revisits the infamous “poop cruise,” which took place on the Carnival Triumph in February 2013.  After a fire broke out in the engine room, the ship lost power in…

In recent years, the handling of the nation’s largest public pension fund has caused growing alarm among a group of retirees who rely on it.They have sought an outside audit of California’s $530 billion pension fund, known as the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS. They have also tried to persuade legislators to install an inspector general to monitor its operations.Both efforts went nowhere. Now, they’ve decided to take matters into their own hands.The retired public employees are taking the unusual step of hiring a forensic pension investigator to provide clarity on the fund’s investments, the high fees it…

AP Mobile App CTA Get the AP News App WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University failed to protect Jewish students from harassment, the Trump administration concluded after an investigation, threatening to cut all federal funding from the Ivy League school if it fails to take action.A federal task force sent a letter to Harvard on Monday finding the university violated civil rights laws requiring colleges to protect students from discrimination based on race or national origin. It says investigators found Harvard was at times a “willful participant in anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish students, faculty, and staff” and that campus leaders allowed…

Fusion power got another boost on Monday as Google announced it will buy half the output of Commonwealth Fusion System’s first commercial power plant. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) will send Google 200 megawatts of electricity from its Arc power plant, which is expected to come online in the early 2030s. Meanwhile, Google is sending CFS a check as part of a new, unannounced funding round. The new round will be “comparable” to the previous one, CFS co-founder and CEO Bob Mumgaard said. CFS’s most recent funding round,  a Series B that Google participated in and that brought in $1.8 billion,…

The two slain firefighters, who have not been identified, died on the way to the Kootenai Health campus in Coeur d’Alene, a hospital spokesperson said. One of the firefighters was from the Coeur D’Alene Fire Department, and one was from Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, authorities said. At 1:21 p.m. local time Sunday, firefighters were called to reports of a brush fire on Canfield Mountain, near Coeur D’Alene in northwest Idaho. At 2 p.m., firefighters reported that they were under fire. The fire reportedly grew to about 20 acres overnight. “June 29, 2025, is a day that we will not…

CNN  —  For nearly four decades, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has navigated internal dissent, economic crises and war, but the unprecedented strikes by Israel and the United States on Iran mark his greatest challenge yet. What he decides next will have huge significance for Iran and the rest of the Middle East. But such is the cost of the assault his options are few. It’s a huge test for an 86-year-old in declining health with no designated successor. The extent of the damage inflicted on Khamenei’s regime remains uncertain, but it struck at the heart of its power.…

CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — As Apple Music turns 10 this year, the popular streaming service is celebrating a major power move: Apple Music Studios. The new studio, set to open in mid August, is a three-story, 15,000-square-foot creative playground in the Los Angeles area to help artists dream big and connect deeper with fans. There are two cutting-edge radio studios inside primed for spatial audio, live interviews, off-the-cuff convos and surprise performances. Just steps away sits a massive 4,000-square-foot soundstage that’s ready to host everything from live sets, fan events and film-style shoots. The new studio is located in…