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The logo of Best Buy and Ikea on shopping carts.Getty ImagesBest Buy said Thursday it will test mini-showrooms in some of its stores featuring Ikea products to show off kitchen design elements from the home retailer beside home appliances from the electronics store.Beginning this fall, the program will debut in 10 Best Buy stores across Florida and Texas. Each store will feature a 1,000-square-foot Ikea “shop-in-shop” showcasing styled kitchens and laundry rooms.”By bringing together our home furnishing expertise, products, and services with Best Buy’s leadership in appliances and technology, we’re creating a one-stop destination where customers can design their dream…

The Madeira Promotion Bureau has announced the launch of its latest tourism campaign called “Madeira: Everything You’re Into.”  With today’s travelers looking for personalized, meaningful experiences, Madeira has answered the call to a broad spectrum of travelers, positioning itself as a complete, authentic and versatile destination. Madeira sports peaceful relaxation and thrilling exploration, from stunning beaches to majestic mountains and rich culture to unspoiled nature. The campaign also showcases the archipelago’s rich diversity, inviting travelers to discover the full-spectrum of experiences, from serene nature and adventure, to culture, gastronomy and wellness.  With a diverse range of unique places and experiences…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Thursday.The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.1%, up from 3.7% the year before. It’s the third record-breaking year in a row for the exemption rate, and the vast majority are parents withholding shots for nonmedical reasons.Meanwhile, 92.5% of 2024-25 kindergartners got their required measles-mumps-rubella shots, down slightly from the previous year. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccination rate was 95% — the level that makes it…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Securing the trucks carrying aid into Gaza is a tight balancing act for the Abu Mughsaib clan. Getting too close to the Israeli military checkpoints can turn deadly. But staying too far away gives looters a chance to get to the precious cargo first. “This is the biggest challenge we face. We cannot approach army positions any closer, as doing so would put us at risk,” a member of the group that acts as a protection for the trucks told CNN. Two weeks ago, Hamas killed one of his team members and last month two were…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters wanted to make a splash with its new advertising campaign starring 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney. The ad blitz included “clever, even provocative language” and was “definitely going to push buttons,” the company’s chief marketing officer told trade media outlets.It has. The question now is whether some of the public reaction the fall denim campaign produced is what American Eagle intended.Titled “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans,” the campaign sparked a debate about race, Western beauty standards, and the backlash to “woke” American politics and culture. Most of the negative reception focused…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Timberlake has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, the former NSYNC star announced on Instagram Thursday.Timberlake shared the news in a post commemorating his Forget Tomorrow tour, which wrapped in Turkey on Wednesday, adding that the disease “can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically.”The “SexyBack” singer, who described himself as a private person, wrote he considered ending the tour when diagnosed, but wrote that he “decided the joy that performing brings me far out weight the fleeting stress my body was feeling. I’m so glad I kept going.”Lyme disease is transmitted by Ixodes ticks, also…

A new JPMorgan Chase branch in Charlotte, North Carolina.Courtesy: JPMorgan ChaseJPMorgan Chase has built 1,000 new branches in seven years. That’s more locations than most of its competitors operate in total. The bank is marking the milestone opening in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday where Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The firm has roughly 5,000 branches, the most of any American bank, according to Federal Reserve data from March.”It’s a great marker for us to be able to say, you can see our commitment over time and we’re on a marathon with regard to this expansion,”…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 9:20 AM ET, Thu July 31, 2025 The Beyond Borders Tourism Coalition, an alliance of US and Canadian tourism, trade and association members created to advocate for unity during a struggling year for North American tourism, is urging members of both countries’ political leadership to work together to solve the problem, before it gets worse. According to the new statement, the coalition blames new entry fees for the United States, tariffs, funding cuts and uncertainty at border crossings as to why travel is declining in both countries.  “All members of the Beyond Borders Tourism Coalition urge…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision on Wednesday for “personal superintelligence,” the idea that people should be able to use AI to achieve their personal goals.  Smuggled into the letter is a signal that Meta is shifting how it plans to release AI models as it pursues “superintelligence.” “We believe the benefits of superintelligence should be shared with the world as broadly as possible,” wrote Zuckerberg. “That said, superintelligence will raise novel safety concerns. We’ll need to be rigorous about mitigating these risks and careful about what we choose to open source.” That wording about open source is significant.…

Hackers who breached U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life earlier this month stole reams of customer Social Security numbers, according to notifications filed with several U.S. states and seen by TechCrunch. Allianz Life disclosed the July 16 breach this past weekend, confirming to TechCrunch the unidentified hackers stole the personally identifiable information belonging to the “majority” of its 1.4 million customers, as well as financial professionals and some Allianz Life employees. The company said its customer relationship database was compromised in a social engineering attack, a ploy in which malicious hackers use deception tricks, such as impersonating an employee claiming to…