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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger’s proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling…
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger’s proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling…
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs will remain in jail after a judge rejected his latest attempt for release while the rapper…
Continue ReadingFormer Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz posted on X Thursday that he is withdrawing from consideration for attorney…
Continue ReadingCNN By Evan Perez, Lauren Fox, Tierney Sneed, Holmes Lybrand and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has…
Continue ReadingThe Dow tumbled by more than 600 points Thursday, notching its worst day of 2024, as all three major indexes closed…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 40,000 mark Friday for the first time in its…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke past the 40,000 threshold Thursday for the first time ever,…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Buckle up: An unusual amount of solar activity this week could disrupt some of the most important…
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — Disney cleared a major hurdle to start developing a colossal expansion of its Disneyland theme parks on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingHormel Foods has recalled two Planters products – peanuts and mixed nuts – due to possible contamination with the bacteria that causes listeria,…
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US job growth slowed considerably last month, with just 175,000 positions added in April, according to Bureau of…
Continue ReadingStocks slipped Tuesday after fresh data raised concerns that inflation will remain…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden signed a bill Wednesday that could lead to a nationwide TikTok ban, escalating a massive threat to the company’s US…
Continue ReadingAbout 576,000 Roku accounts were compromised in a cyberattack, the company said on Friday, the second security breach for the streaming service this…
Continue ReadingO.J. Simpson, the former football great who was accused of and ultimately acquitted of the brutal 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, has…
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mortgage rates drifted higher this week, and could increase further, in a sign that America’s…
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez and Alaa Elassar, CNN New York (CNN) — A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled buildings across parts of the Northeast Friday…
Continue ReadingBy Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The Powerball jackpot has skyrocketed to an estimated $1.3 billion after yet another lottery drawing yielded no…
Continue ReadingEgg prices have now been steadily rising for months, and your omelette could become even more expensive as poultry farms around the country deal with…
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan and Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — A person who worked on a dairy farm and had “direct contact with dairy cattle” tested…
Continue ReadingThis is not an April Fool’s Day joke. Monday night’s Powerball drawing has skyrocketed to $1…
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t sent in your 2023 income tax return yet, you have until April 15 to do so. Unless, that is, you’re among the millions of people…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Health officials are alerting doctors to be on the lookout for certain types of rare, serious meningococcal…
Continue ReadingThe bodies of two people were recovered from the Patapsco River Wednesday as officials searched the water after a container ship collision caused the…
Continue ReadingFormer Democratic vice presidential nominee and Sen. Joe Lieberman has died, according to a statement from his…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The winning numbers for Monday’s estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot – which would be one of the…
Continue ReadingCNN By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed Friday she has been diagnosed with…
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Mega Millions jackpot has inched just short of $1 billion, offering an estimated $977 million top prize in…
Continue ReadingThe Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers to nab the grand prize Wednesday, according to…
Continue ReadingWith no winner of the Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday, the jackpot for Friday’s drawing has climbed to an estimated $977 million, according to the…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates dropped for the second week in a row, falling nearly a quarter of a percentage point…
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — A lot has changed in the time since Gerald Ford was president and Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak…
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — A powerful House committee advanced a bill on Thursday that could lead to a nationwide ban against…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates ticked down slightly this week, a tiny boon to buyers eager to make a move with newly…
Continue Reading2024 was supposed to be the year consumers could start breathing…
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — One brand of hydrogen peroxide mouthwash is being recalled nationwide for posing a potential poisoning…
Continue ReadingMortgage rates climbed for the fourth week in a row, inching closer to…
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether Donald Trump may claim immunity in special counsel Jack…
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Donald Trump’s claim that he…
Continue ReadingEye ointments sold at CVS and Walmart may not actually be sterile, a recall posted by the US Food and Drug Administration…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — People age 65 and older should get an additional dose of the current Covid-19 vaccine, the US Centers for…
Continue ReadingUS home prices hit an all-time high in December, according to data released…
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the lunar…
Continue ReadingBobi the dog, who died last year reportedly at the age of 31, has been stripped of the world’s oldest ever dog title following a review by Guinness…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates climbed for the third week in a row, inching closer to 7%. The 30-year fixed-rate…
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Capital One is acquiring Discover Financial Services for $35.3 billion in an all-stock deal, giving…
Continue ReadingYou’re not imagining it: Gasoline prices are moving swiftly higher across the…
Continue ReadingSuper Bowl LVIII was the most-watched American television broadcast in a…
Continue ReadingBy Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — Multiple large retailers, including Costco and Trader Joe’s, have recalled items containing dairy products from…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind and Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — The S&P 500 closed above the 5,000 level on Friday for the first time as bullish…
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is immediately outlawing scam robocalls featuring…
Continue ReadingA shot of the latest COVID-19 vaccine can help cut the chances of getting a symptomatic infection by half, early data from the US Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingThe long-running doping saga involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva reached a landmark moment on Monday as the 17-year-old was handed a…
Continue ReadingSome Robitussin Honey cough syrups sold nationwide are being recalled because of microbial contamination, according to an announcement posted…
Continue ReadingThe US economy remained shockingly robust in the fourth quarter to close out a remarkably strong 2023 as consumers and businesses continued to spend,…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Lead-contaminated cinnamon applesauce pouches that may have sickened hundreds of children in the United…
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump won New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary on…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, Megan Marples and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock —…
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks gained on Monday, building on last week’s gangbusters rally, with the Dow crossing the 38,000…
Continue ReadingThe S&P 500 index closed Friday at a record high, fueled by surging tech stocks and bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this…
Continue ReadingCNN By Josh Campbell, Cheri Mossburg and Elizabeth Wagmeister (CNN) — Actor Alec Baldwin has been indicted by a New Mexico grand jury on…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Sealy and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN (CNN) — As cases of salmonella infections linked to recalled charcuterie meats double, the US Centers…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The United States started the new year awash in respiratory illness, with high levels of flu, Covid-19 and…
Continue ReadingQuaker Oats broadened its recall from last month to its granola bars, snacks and some varieties of its popular Cap’n Crunch cereal products sold…
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Alison Main, David Chalian and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Wednesday that he was…
Continue ReadingMortgage applications surged by 9.9% in the first week of the year, a sign that lower rates are bringing homebuyers off the sidelines, according to a…
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price…
Continue ReadingThe United States is facing an emergency blood shortage, according to the American Red Cross, and there is growing concern that a combination of…
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN New York (CNN) — US consumers did not rein in their spending this past holiday season, and now have near-record-breaking…
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court said Friday it will review the Colorado Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision removing…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates ticked up ever so slightly this week, kicking off 2024 by taking a breather from the…
Continue ReadingThe US government’s debt has topped $34 trillion for the first time, just weeks ahead of deadlines for Congress to agree to new federal funding…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat bacteria that is resistant to most current…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates continued to plunge this week – good news for home buyers who have been facing…
Continue ReadingThe annual pace of new home construction surged last month amid a historic shortage of housing inventory and falling mortgage…
Continue ReadingWhen the next Powerball numbers are drawn Wednesday evening, a lucky lottery player somewhere in the country could head into the holidays with a $572…
Continue ReadingCNN By Pete Muntean and Chris Isidore, CNN Washington (CNN) — The federal government is fining Southwest Airlines $140 million for last…
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — “Friends” star Matthew Perry died as a result of “acute effects of ketamine” and…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is an “urgent need” to boost vaccination…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates fell under 7% for the first time since mid-August this week. It is the seventh…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN (CNN) — There is no doubt rent is too high for many Americans, but thanks to a recent boom in the construction of apartment…
Continue ReadingCNN By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla is recalling nearly all 2 million of its cars on US roads to limit the use of its Autopilot…
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The US economy notched another solid month of job growth, with an added lift from actors and…
Continue ReadingMortgage rates continued to fall this week, averaging just over 7%. It is the sixth straight week rates have dropped, undoing seven previous…
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — In October, the ‘Now Hiring’ signs weren’t as plentiful as they have been in recent years, and…
Continue ReadingGold prices hit an all-time high Monday, buoyed by growing expectations of interest rate cuts among investors, a weaker dollar and geopolitical…
Continue ReadingBy Jamiel Lynch and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — The inmate accused of attacking Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted in George…
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The Dow reached a new high for the year Thursday as easing inflation data and strong third quarter…
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Mortgage rates continued to drop this week. It’s the fifth straight week rates have moved lower.…
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Minneapolis (CNN) — The Commerce Department on Thursday delivered an early present to the Federal Reserve: The central…
Continue ReadingUS pending home sales fell to their lowest level in 20 years in October as mortgage rates surged to their highest levels of the year, according to a…
Continue ReadingNew home sales in the United States fell in October as typical mortgage rates reached their highest levels this…
Continue ReadingHome sales may have their worst year in 30 years. Sales slumped in October and prices continued to climb, as mortgage rates surged last month and…
Continue ReadingCNN By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center…
Continue ReadingThe annual pace of new home construction increased again last month amid a historic shortage of housing inventory and crushing mortgage…
Continue ReadingMortgage rates fell for the third straight week and applications to purchase a home increased by the most in five weeks, in a promising sign for a…
Continue ReadingHomebuilder confidence dropped for the fourth month in a row in November as mortgage rates neared 8%. But recent economic data suggests housing…
Continue ReadingGoing for seconds this Thanksgiving won’t be so painful – for your…
Continue ReadingAmericans are becoming gloomier about the economy with interest rates at a 22-year high and economic growth widely expected to…
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