NEW ORLEANS, La. — New Orleans celebrates with revelry and parades as the city bids farewell to the Mardi Gras season. Carnival events are popular for their spectacular and enormous floats, as well as the crafted outfits worn, such as Black masking Indians, whose beaded and bejeweled costumes are topped with feathered headdresses, or paradegoers…
Veteran receiver Robert Woods has signed a one-day contract to retire with his hometown Los Angeles Rams. Woods announced his retirement decision Tuesday on social media after a 13-year NFL career spent with five teams. The Rams swiftly added that Woods is retiring as a member of the team with which he spent five productive…
The Port of Los Angeles is seen from the Goodyear Blimp on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. Juliana Yamada | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images New data from the Port of Los Angeles shows that commitments made by China to buy more U.S. agricultural products as part of a trade bargain…
Containers at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan on Oct. 18, 2021. Japan’s trade deficit surged in September as imports overwhelmed export growth. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese exports climbed 16.8% year on year in January, sharply beating market expectations and growing at their fastest rate since November 2022 as shipment to…
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. General Mills — Shares tumbled 7% after the Lucky Charms and Progresso parent lowered its 2026 outlook. General Mills said organic net sales would slide between 1.5% and 2%, while operating profit and adjusted earnings per share would tumble between 16% and 20%. Southwest Airlines —…
MILAN — It wasn’t exactly a prayer that Madonna answered for American figure skater Amber Glenn. More like a wish and a dream. Just before Glenn performed her short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday night, which is set to Madonna’s song “Like a Prayer,” she received a video from the “Queen of…
The Mexican national team will finish its preparations for the World Cup with warm-up matches against Ghana, Australia, and Serbia, officials announced Tuesday. Mexico will face Ghana on May 22 at home and eight days later will play Australia at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It returns to Mexico to take on Serbia on…
Tesla Europe announced plans to add xAI’s Grok, an AI chatbot, to its vehicle infotainment systems in the UK and eight other markets across Europe. It remains to be seen if the addition of this technology will revitalize Europeans’ interest in buying Teslas. Elon Musk’s automaker saw EV sales in Europe decline by 27%, according…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 17, 2026. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were little changed Tuesday night after a tepid session for U.S. equities. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 18 points. S&P 500 futures fell 0.03%, while…
Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 4, 2024. CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway trimmed more of its Apple stake and began a new position in The New York Times in the fourth quarter, according to a new securities filing. The Omaha-based conglomerate disclosed that it pared…
