In May 1976, the wine world’s axis tilted. At a blind tasting in Paris – later immortalised as the Judgment of Paris – a panel of French judges unwittingly dismantled the myth of Gallic invincibility. The weapon of choice? A 1973 Chardonnay from Château Montelena. When the scores were tallied, this upstart Californian bottle had…
Good morning. There’s been a recurring theme to some of the AI conversations I’ve had this week: using the technology to find things in sprawling corporations. For all that agentic AI promises for the future, several executives told me that the real value right now is in locating assets—documents, devices, intellectual property, et cetera—within companies. …
The luxury housing market is heading into 2026 with a high level of confidence most other sectors can’t claim—that’s the clear takeaway from Sotheby’s latest outlook report, which draws on global sales data, agent surveys, and buyer behavior at the top end of the market. After outperforming traditional real estate in both sales and value last year, luxury…
Hong Kong’s innovation and technology minister has cancelled his trip to the United States, just four hours after the government announced his three-day itinerary for the visit. In a statement issued at 4.20pm on Tuesday, the government said that Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong had cancelled his visit to the US, without…
A 93-year-old man has been arrested in California after shooting his wife in their car, police say. Richard Hocking rang the police and turned himself in following the incident on January 3, in the Bay Area city of Fremont, in what was the city’s first homicide of 2026. According to the Fremont Police Department, officers…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court on Friday struck down California’s ban on openly carrying guns across most of the state. In a 2–1 decision, the San Francisco-based Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled California’s ban on open carry in counties with more than 200,000 people —…
Jessie Ho recalls facing traumatic questions in court that focused on tiny details of her sexual assault case four years earlier, from whether the accused had used his left or right hand to why she had not kicked or bitten him to protect herself. As the grilling went on, Ho realised the defence lawyer was…
Christmas travelers face delays due to snow, atmospheric river Weather-related travel delays may mount in California and some parts of the Northeast and Great Lakes from Christmas Eve through Christmas Day, as well as the days that follow the holiday, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. By far, the most impactful weather from Wednesday to Friday for this…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Yale professor is speaking publicly for the first time since her 81-year-old father was arrested in connection with the 1982 killing of her mother, a case that remained unsolved for more than four decades. According to a Nov. 24 press release from the Foster City Police…
(The Center Square) – A federal lawsuit challenging California’s congressional redistricting had its first day in court Monday in Los Angeles. Josephine L. Staton is the presiding judge in the case at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The U.S. Department of Justice is among the plaintiffs in the legal challenge to Proposition 50,…