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After four years apart, Wayne Taylor Racing has reunited with Cadillac. Wayne Taylor, the team’s manager, said he was “refreshed”.After finishing second in the Rolex 24 at Daytona three times in four years with Chevrolet from 2013 to 2016, a switch to Cadillac in 2017 yielded three wins in four events. The team won again in 2021 with Acura, and Wayne Taylor also won as a driver in 1996 and 2005.”I’ve had many years of involvement with Cadillac, both as a team owner and as a driver,” Taylor said in an interview this month. “But those four years were special.”In…

Carlos Navarro was recently eating outside a restaurant in Virginia when immigration officials arrested him and said he was ordered to be removed from the country.He had never been in contact with the law, said the 32-year-old Mr. Navarro, adding that he worked in poultry farms.”Absolutely nothing.”Last week, he returned to Guatemala for the first time in 11 years, calling his wife in the United States from a deportee reception center in the capital, Guatemala City.The experience of Mr. Navarro may be a preview of the kind of fast-track deportations under President Trump to communities around the United States that…

Harvard University will adopt a definition of anti-Semitism when investigating disciplinary cases as part of several moves aimed at protecting Jewish students following the war protests in Gaza, the university said in an agreement Tuesday.The definition includes some criticisms of Israel as examples of anti-Semitism, including characterizing Israel’s existence as a “racist endeavor”.It was part of a settlement in two lawsuits filed by Jewish groups that accused the school of not doing enough to prevent and punish anti-Semitism on campus. Last year, a federal judge in Boston allowed the cases to proceed.Harvard’s move was unusual. Many universities have shied away…

President Trump said on Tuesday that he intended to impose 10 percent tariffs on Chinese imports into the United States on February 1, a decision that is sure to escalate trade tensions between the world’s largest economies.Speaking at the White House, Mr. Trump said the tariffs were in response to China’s role in America’s fentanyl crisis. Mr. Trump said China was sending fentanyl to Canada and Mexico, from where it would be transported to the United States.The threat of tariffs comes after Mr. Trump said Monday he planned to impose a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico…

President Trump on Tuesday announced a joint venture between OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to build at least $100 billion in computing infrastructure to power artificial intelligence.The venture, called Stargate, adds to tech companies’ significant investments in US data centers, huge buildings filled with servers that provide computing power. Stargate could eventually invest as much as $500 billion over four years. The three companies plan to contribute capital to the venture, which will be open to other investors and will start with 10 data centers already under construction in Texas.The joint venture announcement was an early trophy for Mr. Trump, even…

Automakers ship billions of dollars worth of vehicles and parts across the US border with Canada and Mexico every day. President Trump’s plan for 25 percent tariffs on imports from these countries could seriously disrupt those operations.On Monday, hours after his swearing in, Mr. Trump said he planned to impose the tariffs starting February 1. Now the question is whether he will follow through — or what conditions might prevent him from doing so.”Most people in the industry are waiting to see what happens and see what management is looking for from Canada and Mexico,” Mark Wakefield, head of the…

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food, drink and medicine, more than three decades after synthetic coloring was first found to cause cancer in male lab rats.The dye, a petroleum-based additive, has been used to give candy, soda and other products their vibrant red hue. Consumer advocates said the FDA’s decision to revoke the license was long overdue, given the agency’s decision in 1990 to ban the chemical from use in cosmetics and topical medications.Under federal rules, the FDA is prohibited from approving food additives that cause cancer in humans…

It’s a Parisian scene as iconic as the Eiffel Tower: the sidewalk cafe, where outside, bistro chairs and rattan tables invite passers-by to linger and people-watch, and inside, strangers chat about the bar and exchange small talk. espresso and glasses of wine.But in the last 15 years, a purely Anglophone import of caffeine has hit the cafés and bistros of Paris: specialty coffee. With their carefully curated aesthetics, craftsmanship and rapid growth, cafes, some say, are increasingly capturing the attention, time and dollars of Parisians as well as the millions of international travelers who visit the French capital each year.Since…

A fire ripped through a 12-story hotel in a ski resort in Turkey on Tuesday, killing at least 66 people and injuring 51 others, authorities said, turning an idyllic vacation spot into a smoke-filled nightmare.The disaster struck during Turkey’s winter holidays, when children are out of school and many families go on holiday, including to ski resorts. It was not clear how many children were among the dead, but a number were reported by acquaintances.The cause of the fire was unclear.Justice Minister Yilmaz Tundes said on social media that six prosecutors had been assigned to investigate the fire and that…

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay the enforcement of the federal ban on TikTok for 75 days, even though the law took effect on Sunday and it is unclear whether such a move could circumvent it.The order, one of the first acts of Mr. Trump after taking office directs attorney general to take no enforcement action so his administration has “an opportunity to determine an appropriate course forward”.” While signing the order, Mr. Trump told reporters that “the US should be entitled to half of TikTok” if a deal is reached for the app, without elaborating.…