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Want a little autumn in your August? You’re in luck.Starbucks said Monday that its Pumpkin Spice Latte will return to store menus in the U.S. and Canada on Aug. 26.The Pumpkin Spice Latte is Starbucks’ most popular seasonal beverage, with hundreds of millions sold since the espresso drink’s 2003 launch. It’s also produced a host of imitations; Dunkin’ introduced pumpkin-flavored drinks in 2007, while McDonald’s brought them to its menu in 2013.Here’s a look at the Pumpkin Spice Latte by the numbers:— 100: Number of Starbucks stores that sold the Pumpkin Spice Latte during a test run in Vancouver and…

Rachel Ganz’s husband might be alive. But he might not be. More than three months after he was last seen near the Eleven Point River in Missouri amid severe flooding and evacuation orders, Jon Ganz is just … missing.That leaves Rachel, 45, in a limbo of sorrow and frustration, awakening “every morning to a reality I don’t want to exist in.” She dwells there in a liminal state, she wrote by email July 11, with a stream of questions running through her head: “Is he trapped by debris in the river? Is he in a tangled mass of debris on…

Adam Sandler’s hockey player-turned-golfer Happy Gilmore returning for a second movie and Madonna’s long-rumored album “Veronica Electronica” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd playing father and daughter in the horror-comedy “Death of a Unicorn,” gamers get a pirate adventure with Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Judge Judy rules on true crime in her new series for Prime Video, “Justice on Trial.” New movies to stream from July 21-27— It’s been almost…

NEW YORK (AP) — With summer in full swing in the United States, retail executives are sweating a different season. It’s less than 22 weeks before Christmas, a time when businesses that make and sell consumer goods usually nail down their holiday orders and prices.But President Donald Trump’s vacillating trade policies, part of his effort to revive the nation’s diminished manufacturing base and to reduce the U.S. deficit in exported goods, have complicated those end-of-year plans. Balsam Hill, which sells artificial trees and other decorations online, expects to publish fewer and thinner holiday catalogs because the featured products keep changing…

ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) — The founder of Burt’s Bees envisioned a tribute to Henry David Thoreau when she began buying thousands of acres of logging company land to donate for what would become the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.But there was a major pivot: The monument’s new welcome center tells its story not from the perspective of the famed naturalist but through the eyes of the Wabanaki tribes who were the land’s original inhabitants.Roxanne Quimby’s family collaborated with four tribal nations, private entities and federal officials to create the $35 million center that the National Park Service…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Dozens of South African chefs, community cooks, caterers, and culinary students joined forces Friday in Johannesburg to make 67,000 liters (17,700 gallons) of soup to feed the hungry, in celebration of Nelson Mandela Day.First officially recognized by the United Nations in 2009, International Nelson Mandela Day encourages people to commemorate the birthday and legacy of South Africa’s first Black president by volunteering for 67 minutes, which is equivalent to his 67 years of public service.To mark the birthday of South Africa’s former head of state, who was born in 1918, cooks all over the country made soup…

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — It was a perfect pitch. The ball sped straight across home plate, where it was met with an equally powerful kick. Perryline Jimmie sprinted toward first base after her kick as her teammates erupted in cheers on the sidelines.Jimmie, 23, is a professional player of kickball, a close cousin of baseball that is beloved by women in Liberia and played all over the country from schoolyards to public squares and dirt fields. Since its introduction in the 1960s, it has become the nation’s second-most popular sport after soccer.Kickball in Liberia has the rules of baseball but…

ToplineThe House approved legislation to regulate stablecoins Thursday and later approved two other crypto bills after conservatives blocked the legislative package for a record nine hours Wednesday, defying President Donald Trump’s demands for what Republicans have dubbed “crypto week.” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a press conference following a House Republican … More conference meeting on Capitol Hill on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Getty ImagesKey FactsThe House passed the stablecoin bill, known as the Guiding And Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, in a 308-222 vote, sending it to Trump’s…

ToplineOpenAI announced the launch of an AI assistant known as “ChatGPT Agent” on Thursday, marking the tech giant’s biggest entrance into AI task management applications, which are gaining popularity as users look for more practical use out of their AI assistants.ChatGPT Agents will be available to ChatGPT Pro users by the end of Thursday. (Photo by Didem … More Mente/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu via Getty ImagesKey FactsChatGPT Agent can complete work and various tasks for users such as creating slide decks, purchasing ingredients for a meal or submitting expenses, according to the announcement.Users can also schedule the tasks to recur…

7 types of LinkedIn posts that convert followers into paying clients getty Your LinkedIn posts probably don’t create a wave of inbound enquiries, even though you wish they did. Most people aren’t that intentional. They play it safe, post motivational quotes and humble brags, or worse – nothing, while their ideal clients scroll past without clicking. But there’s only one way to convert followers into paying clients. Share LinkedIn posts that make someone feel understood before you’ve even spoken to them. When you nail this, you stop chasing and start choosing. Your DMs start pinging with qualified leads who already…