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Lululemon is going after Costco, saying it copied the designs of some of its most popular product lines.The Vancouver-based athleisure brand filed a lawsuit against Costco on Friday in California court, accusing it of ripping off the designs of its yoga jackets and chinos.In the 49-page filing, it spotlighted three product lines — its Scuba hoodies and sweatshirts, Define jackets, and ABC pants — saying Costco had created “confusingly similar” dupes of them. It said Costco had infringed its “trade dress,” a broad trademark law that protects the look and feel of a product.In the lawsuit, Lululemon put pictures of…

Scarlett Johansson, 40, says her early rom-com roles didn’t challenge her as an actor.In an interview with The Times published on Saturday, Johansson reflected on her career and how Hollywood has changed over the years.After her breakout role in Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” in 2003, Johansson said she found herself being offered roles that banked on her sex appeal, which she found “deeply unfulfilling.””You know, it’s a different time for young women,” Johansson told The Times. “The messaging is different — there are many more role models, women are visible in powerful positions, and the opportunities I have had…

Police and fire crews respond to a shooting and fire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Sunday, June 29, 2025. Kathy Plonka/The Spokesman Review/AP hide caption toggle caption Kathy Plonka/The Spokesman Review/AP Authorities in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, say they continue to take “active sniper fire” after firefighters responded to a call on Canfield Mountain. At least two people have been killed, according to Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris. During a brief news conference Sunday afternoon, he said it’s believed that the dead are firefighters. He said a fire was reported at 1:21 p.m. PT and that firefighters began taking…

Senate Republicans restored major Medicaid cuts to Donald Trump’s signature economic legislation, re-fashioning a key provision to overcome a procedural obstacle.Spending cuts to the health insurance program for the poor and disabled partially offset revenue losses from tax cuts in the measure and are a crucial demand of GOP fiscal conservatives.The revision helps Republicans shore up the spending cuts they need to fund the bill, but it could also alienate three crucial senators — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — who have been pushing to scale back the Medicaid cuts.Senate Republican…

I had landed my first journalism job and was living in a basement studio. I was dating Ron, a fellow Columbia Journalism School grad, and we were scraping by on entry-level salaries. It was 2006, and we were happy exploring the boroughs of New York City together.Then, one evening, Ron called me and said that his financial situation was untenable, but he had been offered a new job in Taipei. He planned to leave in a month. He wanted to marry me and hoped I would move there, too.I was stunned by his de facto proposal and spent the next…

Albert and Aaron Yang, the two North America CEOs of Din Tai Fung, showed up for our online interview sporting the same combed-back hair, button-down shirts, smiles, and energy.Aaron, 33, said that growing up, they got the question of whether they were twins “almost every day.” He’s the older one, a year senior to Albert.The duo are the third-generation leaders of the Taiwanese dumpling chain, which started as a humble store in the 1970s and now has over 170 outlets in 13 countries.The two grew up helping in their parents’ first Din Tai Fung restaurant in Los Angeles after school.…

The bromance between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk is most definitely over.The Tesla CEO, who until recently was the face of the White House DOGE Office and Trump’s efforts to cut government spending, had some more choice words for the president’s signature spending bill on Saturday.”The latest Senate draft bill will destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our country! Utterly insane and destructive,” Musk said on X. “It gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.”Senate Republicans managed to push the bill past a key procedural hurdle…

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and other Supreme Court justices arrive ahead of the 60th inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. MELINA MARA/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MELINA MARA/Getty Images Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and other Supreme Court justices arrive ahead of the 60th inaugural ceremony on January 20, 2025, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. MELINA MARA/Getty Images A number of Supreme Court decisions handed down this term have expanded the power of the president while limiting the power of the courts. How has this term changed…

President Donald Trump says the United States has found a buyer for TikTok.In an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday, the president said the buyer was a group of “very wealthy people” that he would reveal in “about two weeks” — his favorite timeline.Trump added that he would “probably” need China’s approval for a sale to go ahead, but appeared confident that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would back it.Trump has stepped in three times so far to extend a deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to find a new buyer or effectively cease operating in the United States.An…

Last year, I quit my dream job to be a stay-at-home dad while my wife worked full time. It was the best decision for our family, and I’ve loved every minute of it.My wife has always been the primary breadwinner of the family, so we decided I could step back from my career to work part time as a freelance writer and — most importantly — take care of our two little ones, a 3-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy.It has been challenging in ways I couldn’t have predicted, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.We spent years trying…