By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer Thomas Pritzker will retire as the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after details of his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation of ties the notorious sex trafficker had to the elite and powerful. Related Articles Wall Street heads lower in premarket trading…
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If there is one word that describes Six Flags’ management strategy, that has to be “persistent.” Years of underselling its parks with cheap annual passes have failed to deliver positive financial results for the company. So what is Six Flags going to do in 2026? It is going to keep selling cheap annual passes, but…
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By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir was released Tuesday in 22 languages worldwide, sharing details of the horror she went through and sending a powerful message of hope and support to victims of sexual abuse. “I wanted my story to help others,” Pelicot told French national channel France 5 last week ahead…
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By JIM GOMEZ MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States plans to deploy more high-tech missile systems to the Philippines to help deter aggression in the South China Sea, where the treaty allies on Tuesday condemned what they called China’s “illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive activities.” Beijing has repeatedly expressed alarm over the installation in…
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By KELVIN CHAN LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual deepfake images, Ireland’s data privacy regulator said Tuesday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it notified X on Monday that it was opening the inquiry under the 27-nation EU’s…
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By JAMEY KEATEN and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. and Iran are holding their second round of talks about Iran’s nuclear program Tuesday in Geneva as Iran said it will close the Strait of Hormuz for several hours as it holds live fire military exercises and the United States ramps up its military…
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By EMMA BURROWS and JAMEY KEATEN GENEVA (AP) — Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were in Geneva on Tuesday for another round of U.S.-brokered peace talks, a week before the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor. However, expectations for any breakthroughs in Geneva were low, with neither side apparently ready to budge…
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By SOPHIA TAREEN CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, has died. He was 84. Related Articles Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed…
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LOS ANGELES –The Los Angeles Police Department urged students Monday to stay in school “amid recent downtown activity” in which young people walked off campuses to take part in protests against immigration enforcement raids. In a statement, the department reminded young people and their parents that a city curfew makes it unlawful for minors to…
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Every basketball season there are surprises in the CIF-SS playoffs. This year, Orange County’s boys teams have provided plenty of them. In the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals Tuesday there are a number of county teams that few could have predicted would get this far. Among them … Canyon in Division 2 Tuesday’s matchup: Bishop Amat…
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