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Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, a key role for Trump’s trade agenda

Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, a key role for Trump’s trade agenda

By PAUL WISEMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed wealthy financier Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary Tuesday, putting in place a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump’s hardline trade polices.

KFC is leaving its ancestral home as parent company moves its corporate office to Texas

KFC is leaving its ancestral home as parent company moves its corporate office to Texas

By BRUCE SCHREINER

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Fried Chicken is being uprooted from its ancestral home state in a shake up that will relocate its U.S. corporate office to Texas, the chain’s parent company said Tuesday.

SeaWorld Orlando announces more Seven Seas concerts

SeaWorld Orlando announces more Seven Seas concerts

SeaWorld Orlando has fleshed out its concert schedule for its Seven Seas Food Festival, which is already underway.  Among the 11 new acts are classic rockers, country singers, an “American Idol” winner, a boy-band mashup and others.

First up of the fresh batch: Saturday’s performance by Shaggy, the “Boombastic” and “It Wasn’t Me” singer.

The complete lineup, subject to change, runs through May 3. (Artists with asterisks after their names are the schedule’s most recent additions).

Feb. 21: LeCrae

Feb. 22: Shaggy *

Shaggy performs in the Hot Summer Nights concert featuring TLC, Shaggy, Sean Kingston and En Vogue at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, Calif., on Sunday, July 9, 2023. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Shaggy (‘It Wasn’t Me’) is set for a performance Saturday at SeaWorld Orlando. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

March 1: Warrant

March 7: Starship featuring Mickey Thomas

March 8: Grupo Mania *

March 15: Jordin Sparks *

March 16: ZZ Top

March 23: Luis Fonsi

March 28: Pop 2000 featuring Chris Kirkpatrick (of ‘N Sync), OTown, LFO and Ryan Cabrera *

March 29: Walker Hayes *

April 4: Gente de Zona *

April 5: Soulja Boy (and a “surprise co-headliner,” SeaWorld says) *

April 11: Michael Ray *

April 12: Commodores *

April 19: Jeremy Camp * read more

Should you use your tax refund to pay off debt?

Should you use your tax refund to pay off debt?

Households are carrying record levels of debt. Balances climbed to $18.04 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data.

Royal Caribbean announces name, Florida home for 3rd Icon-class ship

Royal Caribbean announces name, Florida home for 3rd Icon-class ship

Royal Caribbean announced the name and home port for its third Icon-class ship that is set to inherit the title of world’s largest cruise ship when it debuts in 2026.

Just like 2024’s Icon of the Seas that sails in Miami and this year’s sister ship Star of the Seas set to debut out of Port Canaveral, Royal Caribbean will be docking the newly named Legend of the Seas in Florida by sending it to Port Everglades, according to a news release Tuesday.

The cruise line likes to tout incremental size increases for each new ship in what is now the largest class of cruise ship sailing. The class features 20-deck ships that weigh around 250,000 gross tons, which is about 15,000 more gross tons than the six Oasis-class ships the line sails.

Icon-class ships can sail with nearly 8,000 passengers at full capacity and can top 10,000 people on board including crew.

The second Icon-class ship, Star of the Seas, remains under construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, and will likely take on the title of world’s largest cruise ship when it debuts this summer. Its maiden voyage from Port Canaveral is set for Aug. 31. read more