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Bay Area city to get new Ikea store

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

By Anna Cooban | CNNIkea is planning to splash 2.19 billion to expand its furniture empire in the United States in what will be the retailer’s biggest-ever investment in a single country.Ingka Group, Ikea Retail’s Dutch holding company, said in a statement Thursday that it hoped to open eight large stores and nine smaller “plan and order points” in America over the next three years. The new outlets would create 2,000 jobs, it added.Ikea plan and order points are aimed at customers who want to speak with a consultant on how to design their homes, as well as place orders.RELATED: IKEA debuts ‘as-is’ online store for discontinued, used itemsThe exact locations of the new US stores have not yet been decided, an Ingka spokesperson told CNN, though the company intends to build up its presence on the east and west coasts, and invest more in the south of the country.Tolga Öncü, head of Ikea Retail, said the company saw “endless opportunities to grow” in t...

How Mike Brown’s tactics have given Kings 2-0 lead and created challenges for Steve Kerr, Warriors

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Steve Kerr called it, and Wednesday afternoon his prediction was confirmed: Mike Brown, Kerr’s longtime assistant with the Warriors who took over as head coach of the Sacramento Kings this season, was named the NBA Coach of the Year.With 100 first-place votes from a panel of reporters and broadcasters, Brown became the first-ever unanimous winner.Wednesday, just before it was announced, Kerr sat at the podium at the Chase Center and said the Warriors need to make some adjustments against the Kings, who came into the series as heavy underdogs but now have a 2-0 series lead.The Warriors have been competitive in both games, but Brown’s tactical decisions have undoubtedly made an impact. Kerr acknowledged a handful.He talked Wednesday about how the Kings have done a good job blitzing Steph Curry and forcing him into questionable decisions, often hurrying the Warriors on offense.“The greatest basketball quote of all time is from John Wooden, ‘Be quick but don’t hurr...

Ocean City’s Fontainebleau to reopen as Ashore Resort & Beach Club

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

The Ocean City Fontainebleau Resort officially reopens next month as the Ashore Resort & Beach Club in Maryland after a complete property renovation. (Certares Real Estate Management)The Ocean City Fontainebleau Resort officially reopens next month as the Ashore Resort & Beach Club in Maryland after a complete property renovation.The hotel, one of the oldest operating hotels in Ocean City, was acquired last year by Certares Real Estate Management, Monomoy Property Ventures and Highlands Investment LLC.The new owners dropped the Clarion moniker from the hotel’s name after acquiring it.The resort’s 250 rooms, including 15 multiroom suites have been redesigned and remodeled, including the private balconies overlooking the beach.There are five new food and beverage destinations on the property, including the full-service Tide Room, beachside bar Wahoo Beach Bar, a renovated 3,000-square-foot deck and event space called The Shore Deck overlooking the ocean, an indoor tavern The T...

Schumacher’s family plans legal action over fake interview

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

The family of Formula One great Michael Schumacher plans to take legal action against a German magazine for publishing what it claimed to be an artificial intelligence-generated interview with Schumacher.Family spokesperson Sabine Kehm confirmed to The Associated Press by email on Thursday that legal action is being planned over a “fake artificial intelligence interview by German outlet Die Aktuelle.” The magazine printed a photo of the 54-year-old Schumacher on its front page last weekend along with the words: “Michael Schumacher, the first interview!” The magazine also wrote “it sounds deceptively real” with the supposed quotes attributed to Schumacher generated by AI. Die Aktuelle is one of many tabloid celebrity magazines in Germany.It was while skiing in the French Alps at Meribel that Schumacher fell in December 2013 and suffered a near-fatal brain injury. His head hit a rock which split open his helmet. Doctors removed blood clots but others were left untouched be...

Justin Theroux propone un ‘bromance abierto’ con Woody Harrelson y Matthew McConaughey

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

(CNN) — Tres no son multitud para Justin Theroux. De hecho, le está dando la bienvenida.Este lunes, Theroux dijo a Entertainment Tonight que creó un vínculo bromántico con su coprotagonista de “White House Plumbers”, Woody Harrelson, a pesar de tener una dura competencia.“Tuvimos un poco de bromance”, dijo Theroux sobre Harrelson, añadiendo que sabe que está “en competencia” con Matthew McConaughey, que tiene “el bromance original” con la estrella de “Cheers”.Theroux continuó diciendo que está tratando de “separarlos y ver si puedo, ya sabes, tener un bromance abierto”.“Estamos en 2023, deberíamos poder compartir amigos”, bromeó.“White House Plumbers”, que se estrenará el 1 de mayo en HBO Max, arroja luz sobre la historia de los cohortes del escándalo Watergate E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) y G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux) y los acontecimientos que condujeron a uno de los mayores escándalos...

House aims to bar trans athletes on girls and women’s teams

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House was expected to pass a bill Thursday that would bar schools and colleges that receive federal money from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women’s sports teams or athletic events.The legislation is unlikely to advance further because the Democratic-led Senate will not support it and the White House said President Joe Biden would veto it.Supporters said the legislation, which would put violators at risk of losing taxpayer dollars, is necessary to ensure competitive fairness. They framed the vote as supporting female athletes disadvantaged by having to compete against those whose gender identify does not match their sex assigned at birth. Opponents criticized the bill as ostracizing an already vulnerable group for political gain. The expected House action comes as at least 20 other states have imposed similar limits on trans athletes at the K-12 or collegiate level.The b...

Tsitsipas beats Shapovalov, reaches Barcelona quarterfinals

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open by defeating Danis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday.The second-seeded Greek saved both break points he faced against the Canadian to move to 18-5 for the season.“I tried to stay as aggressive as I could from the baseline,” Tsitsipas said. “Against Denis you have to keep up with the pace and be ready to attack when you can. It wasn’t easy out here but I did a very good job. I was responsible with my decision making. It was a good day.”Tsitsipas will next face Alex de Minaur, who advanced with a walkover from Grigor Dimitrov.The fifth-ranked Tsitsipas is making his fifth appearance in Barcelona, having lost in the final to Rafael Nadal in 2018 and 2021. He lost in this year’s Australian Open final to Novak Djokovic.Fourth-seeded Jannik Sinner overcame a second-set letdown to defeat Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 and reach his seventh quarterfinal of the season.The Italian broke Nishioka&#...

¿Son hispanos los brasileños? El error que cometió el Censo de EEUU

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

Un error de codificación en una encuesta anual de la Oficina del Censo de Estados Unidos ha permitido ver como grandes cantidades de brasileños en Estados Unidos se identifican como hispanos.Un análisis del Centro de Investigaciones Pew muestra que el error de codificación hizo que al menos 416,000 brasileños, más de dos tercios de esa nacionalidad en Estados Unidos, se identificaran como hispanos en la Encuesta de Comunidades de 2020. En cambio, solo 14,000 brasileños se identificaron así en 2019 y 16,000 en 2021, los años en los que no se cometió el error.Desde 2000, la Oficina del Censo no clasifica a los brasileños y otras personas de países no hispanoparlantes de Latinoamérica y el Caribe como hispanos debido a las definiciones del gobierno federal revisadas por última vez en 1997 y que posiblemente serán actualizadas el año entrante. Debido a ello, si alguien se registra como hispano pero brasileño, se lo recodifica como “no hispano” al analizar las cifras. CNBC:...

Alerta de prueba despierta a Florida: ¿por qué pasó y volvería a ocurrir?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

Residentes de todo el estado de Florida despertaron este jueves a las 4:45 a.m. luego de recibir una alerta de emergencia que resultó ser un error por parte de la División de Manejo de Emergencias de Florida.Los teléfonos de los floridanos sonaron fuertemente en la madrugada, despertando a millones de personas que al verificar sus teléfonos notaron que se trataba de una alerta de prueba que decía: “PRUEBA: esta es una PRUEBA del Sistema de Alerta de Emergencia. No se requiere ninguna acción”.Pero, muchos se preguntan por qué la alerta llegó a esa hora de la madrugada. La Florida Association of Broadcasters dijo que la alerta de prueba está programa para ocurrir cada dos meses a las 4:50 a.m. o 1:50 p.m. Sin embargo, las autoridades aclararon que se suponía que los residentes del estado no debían recibir una alerta en sus teléfonos celulares durante la madrugada del 20 de abril.La División de Manejo de Emergencias de Florida también dijo que la alerta fue un error ya que esta estaba ...

WTOP Space Reporter gets rare glimpse of hybrid solar eclipse from cruise ship off Australian coast

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:47:10 GMT

A rare hybrid solar eclipse, when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, was on view this week  — but only in Australia and parts of Indonesia and East Timor. WTOP Space Reporter Greg Redfern got a coveted view of the celestial spectacular aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Australia. Here’s Redfern’s first-person commentary. The Southern Cross and the Southern Hemisphere Milky Way were resplendent for the hundreds of ship passengers gathered on Deck 11 Wednesday night for our second star party at sea in the Indian Ocean.The Southern Cross and the Southern Hemisphere Milky Way were resplendent for the hundreds of ship passengers gathered on Deck 11 Wednesday night for the second star party at sea in the Indian Ocean. (Courtesy Greg Redfern)As I pointed out the stars with my green laser, the only problem was that the sky was partly cloudy and blocking our view of the whole sky. The night before had been crystal clear. Kelly Beatty, the Sky and Telescope Eclipse...