HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong prepares to welcome the Year of the Snake on Wednesday, Chau Ka-ling displays a moving serpent with practiced ease, holding it like a pet in her decades-old restaurant in the city. As one of the last keepers of the city’s traditional snake soup industry, Chau saves three live…
PARIS (AP) — Sacai, Japan’s biggest fashion powerhouse, brought the wild side to Paris Fashion Week with Sunday’s collection that reimagined childhood nostalgia through a lens of cutting-edge design. Inspired by the 1963 children’s picture book “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, Chitose Abe delivered a playful, untamed vision that blended beastly textures…
PARIS (AP) — Kenzo brought an electrifying jolt to Paris Fashion Week with a collection that blended nostalgia, cultural exchange and sharp tailoring under the leadership of Nigo. With the graffiti artist Futura as a collaborator, the collection offered a fresh take on the brand’s signature aesthetic, fusing archival motifs with urban edge. The creative…
The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Kim Caldwell will be back on the sideline Monday night when her 17th-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols host the defending national champion South Carolina…
PARIS (AP) — Hermes illuminated a gloomy Paris afternoon with its fall men’s collection Saturday, as Veronique Nichanian turned to the racetrack for inspiration. Jockeys’ vibrant racing silks became her muse, a dynamic counterpoint to the French maison’s storied equestrian roots. “I wanted this collection to be strong and energetic,” Nichanian explained, her palette pivoting…
To some people, the word “ yoga ” evokes ritualistic chanting, long breaths and slow movement. To others, it means contorting your body into ever more complicated positions until sweat drips onto the mat. In reality, it can be both — with a lot of variation in between. It depends on the teacher, who could…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The first person Madison Keys sent a message to after winning the Australian Open for her first Grand Slam title on Saturday was her mother. “Because,” a smiling Keys said, “of course you have to text Mom first.” One of the others the 29-year-old American quickly reached out to was her…
The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The showdown between second-ranked South Carolina and fifth-ranked LSU featured the last two national champions and two of the…
YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina said Friday the last four of 43 escaped monkeys have been recaptured after two months living in the woods, weathering a rare snowstorm and being temped back into captivity by peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The rhesus macaque monkeys, all females, made a break for it after…
People are listing phones preloaded with TikTok for tens of thousands of dollars on eBay, Facebook marketplace and other online storefronts — though it is not clear if there are many buyers at those prices. TikTok was briefly unavailable to U.S. users over the weekend, but as of Sunday anyone who had previously downloaded it…
