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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The price for owning a home is rising rapidly – and we’re not just talking about mortgage payments. US homeowners are now paying an average of $18,118 a year on property taxes, homeowners’ insurance, maintenance, energy and various other expenses linked to owning a home, according to

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Nearly four years ago, while campaigning in the runup to the last presidential election, Donald Trump warned that President Joe Biden would “destroy” the oil industry. As Trump and Biden are set once again to face off in a presidential election, Trump has renewed claims that Biden’s agenda has

By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Singapore Airlines has offered compensation to passengers hurt last month during a flight that encountered severe turbulence, which resulted in dozens of injuries and one death. Passengers who sustained minor injuries have each been offered $10,000 in compensation, while those who suffered more serious injuries have been

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — An action figure from 1979 that was never officially released in stores has become the most valuable vintage toy ever sold at auction, fetching a final bid that could buy a three-bedroom, two-bath home in many parts of the United States. The Rocket-Firing Boba Fett action figure,

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The WNBA just had its highest-attended opening month in 26 years, fueled by a powerhouse rookie class with the likes of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. The league also said Monday it had its most-watched start of the season games ever across all six networks that broadcast

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Elliott Investment Management announced Monday it has taken a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest Airlines and said there needs to be new leadership at the Dallas-based carrier. “Southwest’s poor execution and leadership’s stubborn unwillingness to evolve the company’s strategy have led to deeply disappointing results for shareholders,

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Presidential election polls may be showing that some Americans have mixed, if not outright sour, views on the overall economy — but when it comes to how they view their own finances, things are looking pretty good. US consumers are more optimistic about their current and future financial situation,

By Catherine Nicholls and Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Around 20 branches of Barclays have been vandalized by pro-Palestinian and climate activists who said they were protesting against the UK bank’s business dealings in Israel and its funding of polluting industries. Windows were smashed and red paint was sprayed across buildings, including in London,

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — French markets and the euro were roiled Monday by President Emmanuel Macron’s surprise decision to call a snap election after his party lost to the far right in a vote for European lawmakers. Big gains for the far right in the French election could force Macron to govern

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Cupertino, California (CNN) — Apple just kicked off a brand new era for the company with the introduction of its first generative AI features for the iPhone. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the company unveiled the first batch of tools powered by “Apple Intelligence,” from personalized Genmoji

CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Cupertino, California (CNN) — Apple just kicked off a brand new era for the company with the introduction of its first generative AI features for the iPhone. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, the company unveiled the first batch of tools powered by “Apple Intelligence,” from personalized

By Sean Lyngaas and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Microsoft and Google will offer free or discounted cybersecurity services to rural hospitals across the United States to make them less vulnerable to cyberattacks that have disrupted patient care and threatened lives, the White House and those tech firms said Monday. Microsoft said in a statement

By Laura He and Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Tesla is one step closer to launching full-self driving (FSD) technology in China after it clinched an agreement with Baidu to upgrade its mapping software. The Chinese tech giant said Saturday that it was providing lane-level navigation services for Tesla cars. Baidu (BIDU) says

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Tesla’s controversial CEO Elon Musk, and his massive wealth, are front and center in a shareholder vote this coming week. Five months ago, a Delaware judge threw out the largest pay package in history, then worth more than $50 billion, that Telsa’s very friendly board had given

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Car manufacturer Stellantis is recalling 211,581 SUVs and pickup trucks over a software malfunction that could cause their electronic stability control systems to fail. The company said the issue stems from a defective anti-lock breaking system, which in turn deactivates the stability control system. The system is

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. How do we know if the economy is in decline?

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Apple hasn’t given users a significant reason to buy an upgraded iPhone for four years, since it rolled out 5G connectivity with the iPhone 12 — a worrying trend for the tech giant’s core business. That could change this week. The iPhone brought in more than half

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Apple is on the verge of kicking off perhaps its most important event in years as it faces a gauntlet of challenges. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference starting Monday, the company is widely expected to announce a partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI and unveil the first batch

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Lydia Wu had never driven an electric vehicle before she rented a car from Avis last February. An electric Genesis GV60 was all they had available at a location in Kansas City, Kansas. Wu received no specific instructions on how to use the vehicle, or how to find chargers,

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Communities around the country are losing cheddar bay biscuits and all-you-can-eat seafood deals as troubled Red Lobster closes around 100 US restaurants, with up to 135 more closures looming. But Red Lobster’s decline is particularly a loss for many Black diners, who formed a loyal base for

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — A US federal judge ruled on Friday that an antitrust lawsuit brought by the US government against Google will be decided by a judge and not a jury after Google wrote the government a check, paying back the full amount of monetary damages the lawsuit sought. The case regarding

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Keith Gill is back. The famed meme stock icon, also known as “Roaring Kitty,” made a long-awaited appearance on a livestream on his YouTube channel Friday. Sporting long hair, a thick bandage wrapped around his head, gaudy white sunglasses, a sling and a beer, Gill livestreamed against

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — A bipartisan pair of senators is accusing a major health care firm that suffered a crippling cyberattack in February of not complying with federal law that requires patients be notified when their data is stolen. In a letter sent to UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty this week, New Hampshire

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Adults bought more toys for themselves than for any other age group last quarter for the first time ever, surpassing toys for even the historically-dominant preschooler market. Consumers 18 years of age and up spent $1.5 billion in toy-related purchases in the period from January through April,

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Kia is warning owners of almost 463,000 of its popular Telluride SUVs in the United States to keep them parked outside and away from buildings because the front seats could start burning. Seat control switches on the front power seats of the SUVs can become misaligned and stuck if

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Friday marks the last day of Melinda French Gates’ more than two-decade run as the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation she ran with her ex-husband. “I’m holding a complicated mix of emotions today,” she wrote in a letter to staff posted on her X

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — At a time when Americans and the Federal Reserve are clamoring for clear-cut data about the state of the economy, Friday’s jobs report was much more opaque than everyone had hoped. While “it’s hard not to like a lot of jobs,” as economist Dean Baker told CNN, other contents of the May jobs report add to the

By Jordan Valinsky and Emily Smith, CNN New York (CNN) — It’s National Doughnut Day, and there are a ton of sweet deals. For businesses, it’s an easy way to cash in. Fast food historically has been a low-profit business with little customer loyalty. So, chains unveil big giveaways, typically tied to their mobile apps,

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — IKEA has put a new spin on remote working, seeking 10 real-life staff to work in its Roblox virtual store that opens on June 24 and becoming the first brand to offer paid work on the gaming platform. “This is not the typical IKEA job,” the Swedish flatpack

CNN By Wayne Chang, Will Ripley and John Mees, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — When Nvidia surpassed Apple this week to become America’s second most valuable company, its CEO Jensen Huang was being feted like a rockstar in his birthplace Taiwan. Wearing his signature black leather jacket, Huang spoke Sunday at a packed stadium in

By Wayne Chang, Will Ripley and John Mees, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — When Nvidia surpassed Apple this week to become America’s second most valuable company, its CEO Jensen Huang was being feted like a rockstar in his birthplace Taiwan. Wearing his signature black leather jacket, Huang spoke Sunday at a packed stadium in the

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Federal regulators are planning to use a rarely enforced law from the Great Depression to allege America’s largest alcohol distributor is unfairly pricing wine and spirits, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. A looming Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits would be aimed at lowering costs for

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US job growth shot much higher than expected in May, jumping to 272,000, while the nation’s jobless rate rose slightly and broke a 27-month streak of below-4% unemployment. At a time when Americans and the Federal Reserve are clamoring for clear-cut data about the state and trajectory of the

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As profit margins get squeezed, temperatures are rising in the world’s biggest car market. A tense exchange between two major Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers in recent days highlights the pressures they face as a price war in the industry intensifies. It all started on Saturday, when

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN (CNN) — Netflix said on Friday it will fight a multimillion-dollar claim for damages brought by a Scottish woman who alleges she was defamed by the global hit show “Baby Reindeer.” Fiona Harvey is seeking a jury trial and damages totaling $170 million for “mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life

By Yoonjung Seo and Diksha Madhok, CNN Seoul (CNN) — A labor union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea said many workers went on strike Friday, marking the first such walkout in the smartphone and chipmaking giant’s 55-year history. The Nationwide Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) said last week that its 28,000 members — just under

CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre. The seismic move paves the way for a

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre. The seismic move paves the way for a future

By Jon Passantino, Oliver Darcy and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — William Lewis, the new publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post, reportedly tried to kill a story about his alleged involvement in a UK phone hacking scandal coverup, offering an NPR reporter an interview in exchange for squashing the forthcoming article. The decade-old UK scandal that engulfed

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — American households want the biggest bang for their buck right now when they pull their wallets out to shop. That doesn’t mean they want something cheap all the time. They’ve been paying more for goods and services for a while because of higher inflation that stubbornly stuck

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli government is seeking to extend its controversial ban on the Al Jazeera news network in the country, after a court upheld the ban but shortened it by 10 days. In May, Israel banned the Qatari-based news network from operating in the country for 45 days under a sweeping new wartime law that allows the Israeli government to ban foreign media

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Rachel Smolkin, a veteran media executive who leads CNN’s global digital news, is departing the network to become the next president and CEO of Oregon Public Broadcasting. OPB called Smolkin a forward-thinking journalist and a strong business strategist who can help lead the 100-year-old public media organization through a

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — A class action case challenging the legality of the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package, whose opening arguments are scheduled for Thursday, could shake up television rights deals in professional sports and the way teams make money. The case, first brought in 2015, focuses on the NFL’s package of

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks is teaming up with Grubhub as it tries to boost sales after a challenging quarter. The coffee chain said on Thursday that most of its beverages and food will be available through the delivery provider starting in June. Today, the partnership is live in Pennsylvania, Colorado

CNN By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Central Bank cut interest rates Thursday, moving before the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England to lower borrowing costs as inflation recedes following years of rate hikes. The first ECB rate cut in nearly five years takes the benchmark rate in the 20

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Red Lobster wants to close several dozen more restaurants following its bankruptcy, and it has identified which ones are in danger of shutting down if the court approves its plan. The chain, which brought affordable shrimp and lobster to middle-class America and grew to become the largest

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The US job market showed a softer side in April when just 175,000 jobs were added, marking one of the weakest months in the past three years. It was also well shy of economists’ expectations (for 235,000 jobs added) and sharply lower than the 315,000 net gain for March.

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating a recent Microsoft deal with artificial intelligence startup Inflection, according to a person familiar with the matter, as US antitrust regulators ramp up scrutiny of the red-hot AI industry. Microsoft announced in March that it had hired Inflection’s co-founders and a number of its

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The European Central Bank cut interest rates Thursday, moving before the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England to lower borrowing costs as inflation recedes following years of rate hikes. The first ECB rate cut in nearly five years takes the benchmark rate in the 20 countries

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — In Florida, a handful of dead mall anchor Sears stores, left vacant and unmoored by the iconic retailer’s bankruptcy six years ago, are being jolted back to life. They won’t be resurrected into new stores, but they’re definitely being primed, one company hopes, to pull in plenty

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Walmart, America’s largest private-sector employer, is starting a bonus program for its hourly employees. The company said on Wednesday that the program will be aimed at rewarding employees who stay with the company long-term, with employees able to earn up to a maximum of $1,000 for those

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Texas’ famous longhorns are coming for Wall Street’s bulls. A new national stock exchange, based in Dallas, and backed by Wall Street heavyweights like BlackRock and Citadel Securities, is looking to take on the world-famous New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The newly formed TXSE Group announced

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Nvidia, Wall Street’s favorite artificial intelligence darling, is continuing to swell to staggering heights. The AI chipmaker’s market capitalization rose to $3.019 trillion on Wednesday, nudging slightly past Apple’s also $2.99 trillion market cap and making it the second-largest publicly traded company in the US by that

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian-American engineer has sued the social media giant Meta, accusing his former employer of discriminating against pro-Palestinian speech on its platforms and of wrongfully firing him after he investigated the issue as part of his official duties. The lawsuit by Ferras Hamad — a Meta engineer assigned to

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Banknotes featuring King Charles III entered circulation in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. The Bank of England said Charles is only the second monarch, after his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, to appear on banknotes issued by the BoE. It’s also the first time the bank has

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday she is indefinitely delaying the implementation of congestion pricing in New York City’s borough of Manhattan just weeks before the plan was set to take effect, dealing a major blow to transportation advocates who have spent decades pushing for the deal and

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — General Mills, the manufacturer of Cheerios and other well-known cereals, is being sued by eight Black employees working at a Georgia plant who say it’s rampant with racism under the control of its White managers. In the federal lawsuit filed June 2, the employees accuse the managers

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The UK Treasury has flatly contradicted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s claim that its impartial officials had calculated that the opposition Labour Party would “put up everyone’s taxes by £2,000.” Sunak made the claim during a televised debate Tuesday ahead of July’s election, as he and Labour leader Keir

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Champion, the more than century-old sportswear brand, has a new owner. Hanes has been under pressure from activist investors to cut costs. Known for its underwear brands and basic clothing lines, Hanes is getting back to its roots. Hanesbrands announced Wednesday that it will sell Champion to

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — The website for the Columbia Law Review is no longer accessible following the publication of an article critical of Israel that the publication’s board said did not go through the proper review process. At issue is the publication of an article that said Palestinians are living under

By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. One of Donald Trump’s biggest media boosters is in serious legal jeopardy. In an astonishing indictment made public this week, the Department of Justice accused The Epoch Times of having “benefited”

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Lululemon, maker of the pricey yogawear sported by seemingly everyone from Pilates moms to college students to preteens in the US, is at a crossroads. For over a decade, the company has fought off competitors like Athleta and Nike to dominate the luxury athleisure market, managing to

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Dollar Tree said Wednesday it will explore a sale or spinoff of Family Dollar, less than a decade after acquiring the chain in what has turned out to be a disastrous merger. Family Dollar has around 8,000 US stores, catering to low-income customers predominantly in cities with

By Samantha Delouya, Samantha Murphy Kelly and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — AT&T’s second prolonged outage so far this year left customers irate on Tuesday, with experts criticizing the company’s response and saying the wireless company risked losing user loyalty over the issues. “Come on AT&T, let’s get it together here. These service issues are

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Hourly retail security workers are now wearing police-like body cameras at major stores. Retail giant TJX, the parent of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, said it’s equipping some store employees with body cameras to thwart shoplifting and keep customers and employees safe. TJX finance chief John Klinger

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is expected to warn bankers and tech executives on Thursday that while artificial intelligence could open the door to vast rewards for the financial system, the technology also threatens to introduce new dangers, according to speech excerpts shared first with CNN. Yellen’s speech at a conference

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese government agency established to promote trade with Russia has been trying to source drone detectors and jammers, adding to concerns that Beijing may be supplying dual-use technology to Moscow. Foreign companies were seeking “unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipment,” including drone detectors and jammers, according to

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia’s eSafety commissioner has dropped her legal bid to force Elon Musk’s social media site X to hide a violent video of a church stabbing in Sydney from global users. Julie Inman Grant had sought a Federal Court ruling after X failed to fully comply with a

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Years ago, Special K marketed to women by promising that they could lose weight by replacing two meals a day with bowls of cereal. These days, it’s trying a different approach. The cereal brand has partnered with Molly Baz, a cookbook author who was recently the star

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — AT&T says it has resolved an outage that left some customers in the dark on Tuesday. Earlier, the company said a problem prevented many AT&T customers from completing calls between carriers. “The interoperability issue between carriers has been resolved,” an AT&T spokesperson said. “We collaborated with the other

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Columbia University has settled with a Jewish student who sued in late April, claiming the Ivy League university failed to provide a safe environment. It’s one of the first such settlements reached as the university faces lawsuits and investigations from Jewish, Palestinian, Arab and pro-Palestinian students for

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — From extreme poverty to discrimination at the workplace, surveys and studies show that transgender people deal with a bevy of economic struggles. A joint report from the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force found that transgender Americans were “nearly four times

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Toyota is recalling nearly 100,000 Tundra pickups and about 3,500 Lexus LX 600 luxury SUVs to fix a problem that could cause their engines to lose power while driving. In some of these vehicles, debris from the manufacturing process may have been left inside the engine where it can

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — If you’re wondering how much your car is worth, or how much to pay for that car you’re thinking of buying, there’s a good chance you’ll check KBB.com. That’s short for Kelley Blue Book, and it’s one of the longest-standing sources for used car values there is. A man

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — CEOs are raking in fat pay packages as the US stock market booms. Bosses have always made more money than workers. But the gap between CEOs and employees is growing. The median CEO in the S&P 500 was paid 196 times as much as the median employee

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Logan Paul’s Prime drink has some new competition in the form of the G.O.A.T. Soccer superstar Lionel Messi has partnered with White Claw’s parent company to create a new hydration beverage, marking his entrance into the $33 billion category dominated by entrenched competitors Paul’s Prime, Gatorade and

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — A group of OpenAI insiders are demanding that artificial intelligence companies be far more transparent about AI’s “serious risks” — and that they protect employees who voice concerns about the technology they’re building. “AI companies have strong financial incentives to avoid effective oversight,” reads the open letter posted

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Sales of new electric vehicles have started to slow, but the opposite is happening with used EVs. A combination of factors has led to increases in both the number of used electric vehicles available to purchase and the number of people looking to buy them. The reasons include tax

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The number of job openings in the US shrank for the second month in a row, setting a new three-year low amid further signals of cooling in the labor market. There were 8.06 million available jobs posted in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Job Openings

By Maisie Linford and Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The boss of Qantas Airways has acknowledged the “anger” of thousands of customers who were sold tickets for already-canceled flights. “Everyone feels pain at the anger,” Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson told CNN’s Richard Quest in an exclusive interview at an airline industry conference in Dubai Monday. “It’s

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk and the Tesla board are facing a shareholder suit over his sale of $7.5 billion worth of Tesla shares in late 2022, ahead of a January 2023 sales report that sent the price of the stock plunging. Musk sold a total of 41.5 million shares

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — New York could soon become the first state to pass a law restricting social media platforms from using algorithms to promote content to minors. New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are nearing a legislative deal on the proposal, according to a person familiar with the matter.

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset was announced one year ago this week, and it’s arguably already due for a major upgrade to add artificial intelligence. Apple is expected to announce its first batch of generative AI tools for the iPhone and iPad next week, as part of

By Diksha Madhok, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Indian stocks plunged Tuesday as vote counting in the country’s election suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a landslide victory is at risk, raising doubts about his ability to push through more aggressive economic reforms. India’s benchmark Sensex index, which tracks 30 large companies, and the

By Himari Semans, Junko Ogura and Hanako Montgomery, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese officials descended on the headquarters of Toyota on Tuesday, after a safety test scandal at a number of automakers in the country widened this week. The inspections at Toyota’s offices in central Japan would continue over the next few days, Japan’s Ministry

By Sean Lyngaas and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Russian propagandists are ramping up their efforts to denigrate next month’s Paris Summer Olympics and undermine Western support for Ukraine through a series of brazen online and offline stunts, private experts and Western officials told CNN. The stunts have included using artificial intelligence to impersonate the

The Monday lawsuit is the second filed by Utah’s attorney general against TikTok for allegedly putting children at risk.

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — ESPN host Pat McAfee has apologized for calling Caitlin Clark a “White b*tch” during a Monday show segment over whether race has played a factor in the WNBA rookie’s meteoric rise. “I shouldn’t have used ‘white b*itch’ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark. No matter the context.. even if

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — For more than 35 years, Michigan Central Station has lain dormant, towering above Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood as a harsh and stoic reminder of the city’s economic pain. The 18-story monolith that at one point was the tallest railroad station in the world had fallen derelict, its once opulent halls

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Coke is still the top soda in America. But the runner up spot, long held by Pepsi, now belongs to Dr Pepper. After years of slowly gaining market share, Dr Pepper inched ahead of Pepsi as the number two soda brand in the country in 2023, according

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street’s wild day ended on a calmer note. The Dow slid 115 points, or 0.3%, on Monday after falling by more than 400 points earlier in the day. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.6% to close out the first trading day

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Many Americans may get hot under the collar when they open their electric bills this summer, but for some, the consequences of rising utility costs can be a lot more serious. The cost of keeping cool is expected to rise nearly 8% to an average of $719 from June

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Americans will have to shell out $719 on electricity, on average, to keep their homes cool this summer, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association. That’s nearly $200 more than they paid in 2019. Are you concerned that mounting utility bills will make it difficult for you to

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Fast fashion giant Shein, founded in China, is taking steps for going public in the United Kingdom, according to multiple media reports, in what would likely provide a shot in the arm for London’s ailing main stock exchange. The online retailer is preparing to file a prospectus with

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York Stock Exchange said Monday that a technical issue that halted trading for some major stocks and caused Berkshire Hathaway to be down 99.97% has been resolved. In an update, NYSE said impacted stocks have reopened and “all systems are currently operational.” Intercontinental Exchange, the

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Shares of GameStop climbed 21% on Monday as the renewed frenzy around meme stocks shows little sign of abating. The video game retailer’s stock soared hours after a Reddit post by stocks influencer Keith Gill — also known as “Roaring Kitty” — revealed that he had bought nearly $116 million

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Anchor Brewing, America’s oldest craft brewer, closed last summer after more than 127 years in business. Now, it’s being brought back to life thanks to an unexpected buyer. Hamdi Ulukaya, the billionaire founder and CEO of yogurt maker Chobani, announced Friday on LinkedIn he has purchased the

By Saira Mueller, CNN (CNN) — “Place your order.” In the time it took you to read that sentence, another deck of Uno was sold. The family-favorite card game has been around for 52 years — but it may be more popular than ever. Almost everyone seems to play it, and by one measure it’s

By Wayne Chang and Laura He, CNN Taipei/Hong Kong (CNN) — Nvidia, AMD and Intel have separately launched the next generation of their artificial intelligence (AI) chips in Taiwan, as a three-way race heats up. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia (NVDA), said Sunday that the company would roll out its most advanced AI chip platform,