CHICAGO — When a mysterious 15-minute gap appeared in the Democratic National Convention’s Wednesday night programming, a rumor — quickly confirmed — began circulating that the surprise speaker would be none other than Oprah Winfrey. And when the mononymous daughter of Chicago, her chosen hometown, took the stage in the United Center here — beaming off the Jumbotron in her ...
When Vice President Kamala Harris walks onstage Thursday to formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination, it will mark another milestone in her remarkable journey to the top echelons of power that began more than a decade ago at another party convention. It was in September 2012 when Harris, as California’s attorney general, made her first major national appearance at the ...
CHICAGO — Doris Johnson and Stacey Johnson-Batiste huddled backstage at the United Center on Monday night, preparing to deliver their mother-daughter duet of a convention speech, when Kamala Harris strode toward them, the hall still resounding with cheers from the Democratic presidential nominee’s brief introductory appearance. Johnson, at age 88, a close friend of Shyamala Gopalan Harris, the vice president’s ...
CHICAGO — Fifteen months after her inauguration, Vice President Kamala Harris’s chief of staff had resigned, part of a dispiriting drumbeat of staff departures. A stumbling television interview on immigration was routinely featured in Republican attacks. Her often-tentative public appearances were reminding Democrats all too clearly of her recent presidential campaign, which had collapsed before a single vote was cast. ...
Newly appointed Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol won’t be required to relocate to the company’s headquarters in Seattle when he joins the coffee giant next month. Instead, Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’ head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet, according to the new CEO’s offer letter, which was made ...
The European Union on Tuesday said planned tariffs on Tesla vehicles being imported from China would be cut to 9% from 20.8%, while also reducing a number of planned import duties on other electric vehicle firms. In June, the E.U. said it would slap higher tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports, which it found benefit “heavily from unfair subsidies” and pose a “threat ...
A new labor market survey shows Americans have rarely felt more in need of new job opportunities — an indication of a more negative outlook about the economy despite other data that suggests a more stable picture. The New York Federal Reserve’s latest poll of consumers found 28.4% of respondents were looking for a job — the highest reading since ...
Emergency workers in southern Italy are still hunting for six people missing after a tornado sank a luxury yacht early Monday – prompting an air and naval operation off the coast of Sicily. Fifteen people were rescued from the wreckage on Monday, according to Italy’s Coast Guard. One body was later recovered from the hull of the stricken vessel. Two ...
The world’s oldest person, US-born Maria Branyas Morera, has died at the age of 117, her family announced on social media. Guinness World Records (GWR) also released a statement confirming her death at the age of 117 years 168 days, making her the eighth-oldest person with a verifiable age in history. “Maria passed away peacefully at the nursing home in ...
A Russian soldier has defected to Ukraine, according to the Freedom for Russia Legion, the “I Want to Live Project,” and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. The defected soldier – with the call sign “Silver” – was an active serviceman for the unit “Storm” before volunteering for the Freedom for Russia Legion during the “winter of 2024,” the legion, a group ...