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NEW YORK – Fashion’s biggest night got underway Monday at the Met Gala in a rainy Manhattan.This is the first Met Gala to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in more than 20 years to have a menswear theme. This year’s theme is based on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring exhibit, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”Among the hosts are Pharrell Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo and A$AP Rocky. LeBron James was made honorary chair but will not attend because of a knee injury. The guest list includes about 450 people from tech, sports, art, entertainment and more. Vogue’s…
WASHINGTON – Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday.The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard’s president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump’s battle with the Ivy League school. The administration previously froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard, and Trump is pushing to strip the school of its tax-exempt status.Harvard has pushed back on the administration’s demands, setting up a closely watched clash in Trump’s attempt to force change at universities that he says have become…
WASHINGTON – Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a series of demands from President Donald Trump’s administration, the Education Department announced Monday.The action was laid out in a letter to Harvard’s president and amounts to a major escalation of Trump’s battle with the Ivy League school. The administration previously froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard, and Trump is pushing to strip the school of its tax-exempt status.Harvard has pushed back on the administration’s demands, setting up a closely watched clash in Trump’s attempt to force change at universities that he says have become…
DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Motor Co. says it expects to take a $1.5 billion hit to its operating profit from tariffs this year and is withdrawing its full-year financial guidance due to the uncertainty created by the Trump administration’s evolving trade policy. Ford said Monday that its net income fell by about two-thirds in the first quarter to $473 million, or 12 cents per share, from $1.33 billion, or 33 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue dropped 5% to $40.66 billion. The results topped the expectations of analysts surveyed by FactSet, who forecast earnings per share for the…
DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Motor Co. says it expects to take a $1.5 billion hit to its operating profit from tariffs this year and is withdrawing its full-year financial guidance due to the uncertainty created by the Trump administration’s evolving trade policy. Ford said Monday that its net income fell by about two-thirds in the first quarter to $473 million, or 12 cents per share, from $1.33 billion, or 33 cents per share in the year-earlier quarter. Revenue dropped 5% to $40.66 billion. The results topped the expectations of analysts surveyed by FactSet, who forecast earnings per share for the…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three Republican-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.Justice Department attorneys on Monday stayed the legal course charted by the Biden administration, though they didn’t directly weigh in on the underlying issue of access to the drug, which is part of the nation’s most common method of abortion. Rather, the government argued the states don’t have the legal right, or standing, to sue. “The states are free to pursue their claims in a district where venue is proper, but the…
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three Republican-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.Justice Department attorneys on Monday stayed the legal course charted by the Biden administration, though they didn’t directly weigh in on the underlying issue of access to the drug, which is part of the nation’s most common method of abortion. Rather, the government argued the states don’t have the legal right, or standing, to sue. “The states are free to pursue their claims in a district where venue is proper, but the…
An assortment of athletes, coaches and championship teams will be honoredPriest Holmes (AP)SAN ANTONIO – The Northside Independent School District announced its first class of legendary athletes, coaches and teams who will be inducted into the district’s new “Hall of Honor.” The 2025 Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony, scheduled for July 28, will celebrate a Super Bowl champion, an Olympic gold medalist and the first Northside ISD boys basketball team to win a state title, among other stellar NISD standouts. The induction ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. at Northside Sports Gym at 8400 North Loop 1604 West.InducteesClarissa Davis-Wrightsil —…
NEW YORK – At a historic edition of the Met Gala with tons of news-making moments, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky once again stole the show. The power couple is expecting their third child, the rapper A$AP Rocky revealed. “It feels amazing, you know,” gala co-chair A$AP Rocky told reporters who congratulated him Monday after outlets reported the couple was expecting their third child. “It’s time that we show the people what we was cooking up. And I’m glad everybody’s happy for us ’cause we definitely happy, you know.”TMZ reported earlier Monday that Rihanna and the rapper were expecting their third…
SAN ANTONIO – Five local races, all within the City of San Antonio, are headed to a runoff after none of them had a clear winner in the May 3 election. “The reason why there’s runoff is that the candidates did not get 50% plus one vote,” Bexar County Elections Administrator Michelle Carew said. A runoff election will take place in the races for San Antonio mayor as well as city council seats in districts 1, 6, 8 and 9. A runoff whittles a race down to the candidates who earned the top two vote percentages, no matter the number.…