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Legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert celebrated his 90th birthday last month by taking the stage at Jazz at Lincoln Center with a new iteration of the Tijuana Brass, marking his return to the iconic group format for the first time in 40 years.The milestone performance coincides with the 60th anniversary of his landmark album “Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” which spent eight weeks at No. 1 after its 1965 release and helped define the sound of the era.”It has been overwhelming. I didn’t realize I’d get this much attention at 90,” Alpert said.Alpert’s distinctive brass sound, inspired by bullfights in Tijuana,…

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A person works at the Amazon warehouse, busy on Prime Day, in Melville, New York, July 11, 2023.Soren Larson | ReutersFor 10 years, Aaron Cordovez has been selling kitchen appliances on Amazon. Now he’s in a bind, because most of his products are manufactured in China.Cordovez, co-founder of Zulay Kitchen, said his company is moving “as fast as we can” to move production to India, Mexico and other markets, where tariffs are increasing under President Donald Trump, but are mild compared with the levies imposed on goods from China. That process will likely take at least a year or two…

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Robert Douglas, who built the Black Dog Tavern on Martha’s Vineyard and transformed its logo of his Labrador-boxer mix into an international emblem for summertime, died on Wednesday at his family’s home on the island. He was 93.His son Jamie Douglas said the cause was prostate cancer.Robert Douglas moved to Martha’s Vineyard in 1960 after growing up spending summers on the Massachusetts island with his family, falling in love with its maritime culture — and hoping he would eventually be the one waving goodbye to summer visitors from the shoreline as they took the ferry back to the mainland.Mr. Douglas…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Colorado football coach Deion Sanders and his son Shedeur Sanders, a projected first-round pick, seemingly threw shade at veteran NFL quarterback Joe Flacco on Thursday night – despite being skipped over by all 32 teams on the first day of the 2025 NFL Draft.The biggest storyline, heading into Thursday, was which team would draft the former Colorado standout. The New York Giants, New Orleans Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers were among the biggest contenders.  Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders celebrates after an overtime victory over Baylor in an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept.…

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Vancouver, Canada – When Leslie Macfarlane found out she and her husband were being evicted from a mobile home park in a Vancouver suburb last year, she said she felt “absolute rage” – then fear. Her home was set to be demolished as part of a huge low-rise apartment complex redevelopment. The 67-year-old retiree knew how difficult it would be to find rental housing in the notoriously expensive Lower Mainland region. She predicted correctly: Her housing hunt proved futile. “We couldn’t afford anything,” Macfarlane told Al Jazeera. The couple’s housing costs would have almost tripled, rocketing from about $1,100 to…

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The FBI on Friday arrested a Wisconsin county judge on obstruction charges, accusing her of preventing the arrest of a man by immigration authorities during a federal law enforcement operation at her courthouse.FBI Director Kash Patel said Milwaukee County Circuit judge Hannah Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away” from an immigrant who is in the U.S. illegally and was set to be arrested. Patel said that the man, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, was later arrested and is currently being detained. Dugan was arrested at 8 a.m. on Friday at the courthouse where Dugan works, according to a federal law enforcement source. She was…

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Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: T-Mobile — Shares pulled back 11% after the company’s wireless subscribers for the first quarter missed Wall Street estimates. T-Mobile reported 495,000 postpaid phone additions in the first-quarter, while analysts polled by StreetAccount were looking for 504,000. Alphabet — The Google parent company gained about 2% on the heels of better-than-expected first-quarter results . Alphabet reported $2.81 per share on revenue of $90.23 billion, while analysts polled by LSEG forecast $2.01 in earnings per share and $89.12 billion in revenue. Skechers — Shares fell 4.8% after the footwear maker posted weaker-than-expected…

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An American cardinal who was accused of covering up cases of sexual abuse by priests and was later stripped of some duties, is set to play an official role in the ceremonies surrounding Pope Francis’ funeral.Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the former archbishop of Los Angeles, will participate in the closing of the pope’s casket at St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday evening and in his burial at the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on Saturday, according to Vatican announcements.The cardinals taking part were chosen based on seniority, a spokesman for the Vatican, Matteo Bruni, said at a news briefing on…

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Canadians say their relations with Washington are just as bad as ties with Moscow, according to a survey that suggests an openness to improving links with China and especially Mexico. Just 16 per cent of Canadians surveyed by Leger say Canada has a good relationship with the U.S., compared to 15 per cent for ties with Russia.Meanwhile, 36 per cent of Canadians say Ottawa has a good relationship with Beijing, while the number ranks higher than 75 per cent for ties with Mexico, the European Union and the U.K.“When Canadians give their relationship with the United States such a really…

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