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By Wyatte Grantham-Philips NEW YORK (AP) – Levi Strauss will eventually say goodbye to the Dockers. By promoting the popularity of “Casual Friday” to a full-fledged brand group, we have signed a contract to sell the brand. In an announcement Tuesday, the denim giant said it had agreed to sell the Dockers genuinely for up to $391 million. The transaction could start with an initial value of $311 million and add another $80 million to the price based on business performance under new ownership. The sale arrives as San Francisco-based Levi Strauss focuses on the chain’s Korevi brand, beyond the…

Gisela Salomon DOLAR, Fla. (AP) – As the business owner of the largest Venezuelan community in the United States, Wilmer Escalay is stressed and shocked. He is unsure what steps need to be taken after the Supreme Court allows President Donald Trump to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants. Escaray owns 15 restaurants and three markets, most of which are located in Doral, a city of people in the Miami area known as “Little Venezuela” or “Draalzuela.” At least 70% of Escaray’s 150 employees and many of his clients are Venezuelan immigrants with temporary protected status,…

It’s Orlando’s Memorial Day weekend and offers many three days to mark Florida’s unofficial start to summer. Holidays represent a time when people gather for cooking, beach excursions and socializing. On Memorial Day, remember the true intentions behind America’s armed service heroes and the holidays. Visit the war memorial and pay tribute to the deceased, who were service members. Here’s how you can celebrate and honor a holiday weekend in Central Florida: Ocoee City Of Ocoee Honors collapsed at the annual anniversary ceremony. The event features retired Colonel Shay Tully Bradley as keynote speaker and a presentation in colour from…

Grand Island, NY (WIVB) – A young woman fights for answers after her life is turned upside down when she realizes that the man who raised her may not be a biological father. Instead, the results from Ancestry.com show that a local businessman who passed away in 2020 could become his father. Unrelated Manhattan family and marriage lawyers said they had never heard of a case like before. “That could be a first impression case,” said Ankit Kapoor, founding partner at Cohen Stein Kapoor LLP’s law firm. Jordan Tripuy, a native of Grand Island who now lives in Florida, said…

Tampa – Tim Burke, a federal incident in Tampa Media – A conflict that combines topics such as Fox News, American media, and complex questions about free speech – this week we made another too modern turn courtesy of artificial intelligence.One of Burke’s lawyers relied on AI tools, including ChatGpt, to investigate and write the latest moves to dismiss some of the charges against him. The result was a legal memo filled with errors, nonexistent citations and misstatements of the law. The matter was not noticed by the judge overseeing the case. Two days after the documents were filed, US…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida First Lady were in Tampa Tuesday, celebrating the work being done by the Hope Florida program that fought. And while the DeSantis duo continues to promote Florida and its hopes of initiatives, there are new reports of the program’s investigation and the mystical money trails surrounding it. But the governor and his wife call these investigations a political attack. Desantis: Florida “Break Schedule” This hurricane season “I think everything that’s thrown at it is pure politics. I don’t think it’s appropriate to do politics, whether it’s a Congressional Committee or a…

By Yuri Kageyama TOKYO (AP) – Honda said sales of electric vehicles were slowing in the US on Tuesday, prompting Japanese automakers to scrap their previous EV targets at 30% of global sales by 2030. Instead of its initial plan to invest 10 trillion yen ($69 billion) in its electrification strategy throughout the fiscal year ending in 2031, Honda is reducing its investment from 3 trillion yen ($21 billion) to 7 trillion yen ($48 billion). Honda Motor Co. CEO Toshihiro Mibe called the decision a “switching the planning course,” and was pushed back in time, remaining unchanged while highlighting the…

Hours after the 18-year-old moved into the group’s home, he stabbed his 81-year-old roommate more than 100 times, killing him, and killing him, Florida authorities said.Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said on Monday that Moses Ojeda was just released from a two-week mental health hospital under the Baker Act, and his sixth time was taken into custody under the law in 2025.The Baker Act allows for unwilling hospitalization and mental health treatment of individuals deemed a threat to themselves and others in Florida.According to the sheriff, Ojeda’s mom learned about the home of an independent lifestyle group in Bahto and…

Associated Press, by Josh Funk Passengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be needed to keep their portable chargers in front of them while using them due to concerns about an increase in lithium battery fires in new policies that other airlines may adopt. Southwest announced that the new policy will come into effect on May 28th, saying passengers may already be seeing notifications about industry-leading rules when using airline apps. As the number of incidents continues to grow every year and devices with these batteries are ubiquitous, concerns are growing about lithium-ion battery fires on planes. Federal Aviation Administration…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office announced Tuesday that Sunshine State had hit new tourism records last year. In 2024, 143 million visitors visited Florida, up 1.7% on previous records in 2023. The governor’s office said last year 130.65 million domestic travelers, 8.94 million international visitors and 3.41 million Canadian tourists visited Sunshine Province. Desantis: Florida “Break Schedule” This hurricane season Desantis also announced that Florida welcomed 41.2 million visitors in the first quarter of 2025. “The Florida tourism industry is leading the country,” DeSantis said. “These results are evidence that our liberty-first policy is working, and Florida…