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Amazon is opening a beauty and health products store in Milan, Italy, marking the company’s latest brick-and-mortar experiment.The store is located in the city center of Milan, and features a range of beauty and personal care items, as well as nonprescription drugs, Amazon said in a blog post. The first store, which is called Amazon Parafarmacia & Beauty, will open its doors to the public on Wednesday.The store will be stocked with products from beauty and skin-care brands including La Roche-Posay, Eucerin and Vichy. There are also “Derma-bars,” where shoppers can get a “complimentary digital skin analysis” of their skin…

Marc Fogel had traveled readily to and from Russia many times before his fateful last return to the country in August 2021. He had taught history for almost a decade, mostly to the children of diplomats, at the Anglo-American School in Moscow.But on entering Russia ahead of what he had decided would be his final year teaching at the school, Mr. Fogel was arrested and accused of smuggling drugs — less than an ounce of cannabis that he used to treat chronic back pain. In June 2022, he was sentenced to 14 years in a high-security prison; in Russia, lesser…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After weeks of war between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and leaders in his own party, state Republicans have reached a deal on new legislation to help implement President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.The negotiations led to DeSantis keeping more immigration authority than was originally proposed by Republicans in the state legislature, but he also had to make concessions as part of the deal — something DeSantis has not previously had to do during his six years in office, as a compliant legislature generally handed him everything he had asked before his 2024 presidential campaign.The fight in Florida was…

(The Center Square) – The Colorado House Appropriations Committee met Tuesday to discuss supplemental appropriations for many state departments.Most notably, the committee approved Senate Bill 25-113, which provides an additional $64.1 million for school funding.Of that, an adjustment of $38.5 million was due to an increase in the number of students by approximately 3,100.“The general assembly recognizes that for the 2024-25 budget year the actual funded pupil count is higher than anticipated when the appropriation was established in the 2024 legislative session,” said the bill.It also addresses lower property tax revenues at the local level, leading to the state covering a…

Ford Motor could be forced to lay off employees if the Trump administration ends subsidies and other financial support for electric vehicle manufacturing, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday.Ford has invested heavily in factories to produce batteries and electric vehicles in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee, Jim Farley, the Ford chief executive, said at a conference in New York. If Republicans repeal Biden-era legislation that allocated billions of dollars in subsidies and loans for the projects, Mr. Farley said, “many of those jobs will be at risk.”Mr. Farley was also sharply critical of President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs…

Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to the company’s achieving racial and gender-based hiring quotas.The US state of Missouri has sued Starbucks, accusing the coffee chain of using a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a pretext to systematically discriminate based on race, gender and sexual orientation. In a complaint filed in St Louis federal court on Tuesday, Missouri accused Starbucks of tying executive pay to the company’s achieving racial and gender-based hiring quotas. It also accused Starbucks of singling out preferred groups for additional training and job advancement prospects, and employing a quota system to ensure its…

(The Center Square) – Treating traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be a long and costly road. Experts in the field say that leaving these injuries untreated or under-treated can be even costlier.Members of the House Human Services Committee met providers and advocates to hear how the state is offering treatment and support for those with the condition and what more can be done to help.Tara Trego, director of the Bureau of Family Health, told the committee that 86,000 Pennsylvanians suffer from brain injuries every year, with over 2,000 dying as a result of those injuries.“While I knew that I…

Allies like Canada called the tariffs ‘unacceptable’, arguing they weaken economic integration and hurt economies.Several of the United States’ main trading partners have condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to hike tariff rates on all steel and aluminium imports starting next month. Leaders from Mexico, Canada and the European Union on Tuesday described the move as reckless and counterproductive, warning that they would respond with their own measures in kind. “I deeply regret the US decision to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum exports,” Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, reaffirmed in a social media post.…

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump has promised to lower prices and open up domestic energy production, but his recent tariff threats have raised the question: can Trump really lower energy prices?And if so, how will he do it?Daniel Turner, executive director of the energy workers advocacy group, Power the Future, discussed the issue on America’s Talking.Turner said the Mexican and Canadian tariff threats are simply bargaining tactics that will not lead to real increased prices in the U.S. So far, that has proven true as tariffs with both countries have been delayed and leaders in Canada and Mexico…

Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries, speaks during The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 16, 2023.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesAnduril Industries, Palmer Luckey’s defense-tech startup, will take over Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar augmented reality headset program with the U.S. Army, the companies announced Tuesday.The partnership still needs approval from the Department of Defense. If that goes through, Anduril would oversee “production, future development of hardware and software, and delivery timelines” for the U.S. Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System program, the companies said. The IVAS program is intended to improve capabilities…