NEW YORK (Reuters) – High-society favorite brand Carolina Herrera on Monday showed the first collection since Herrera stepped down as the house’s creative force. Herrera, 79, whose timeless designs were worn by five first ladies, handed creative directorship of the label to American designer Wes Gordon in February. Gordon, who […]
Daily Archives: September 10, 2018
copied! When Kheris Rogers was bullied for her skin color, she and her sister decided to start a T-shirt company with the message “Flexin’ in My Complexion,” now embraced by celebrities from LeBron James to Lupita Nyong’o.Sep.10.2018 Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal individual income tax cuts approved in December on a temporary basis would become permanent under a package of bills unveiled on Monday by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, although the outlook for passage was uncertain. In an election-year effort designed to draw a sharp […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A breakthrough in DNA analysis is helping identify more victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York, but the scientific advance is of little consolation for families of those whose remains may have been buried in a Staten Island landfill. The official death toll […]
A man who opened fire on a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a marked patrol vehicle near the U.S.-Mexico border had been deported and was living in Mexico in the months prior to the shooting, officials said Monday. The agent’s vehicle was parked within 50 feet of the border near the […]
Bats have taught roboticists a thing or two. Nick Garbutt/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Meet Robat. It’s a fully autonomous terrestrial robot that gets around by emitting audio and analyzing the returning echoes, much like bats do, to generate an accurate map of space. It shows “great potential” for the […]
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Despite a paucity of female directors, women were the stars of the Venice Film Festival: from Lady Gaga stealing the red carpet spotlight, to movies about queens, witches and working women with important stories to tell. Only one of the 21 movies selected to compete for […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s transport ministry said on Monday it will conduct checks on the ride-hailing industry through the end of this year as it tries to revamp the fast-growing sector beset with safety issues sparked by a murder case involving a Didi driver. A Didi Chuxing driver checks the […]