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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump filed yet another lawsuit against the news media late Monday, accusing ABC News and George Stephanopoulos of defamation over assertions the anchor made in a combative interview. In an interview on “This Week,” Stephanopoulos pressed Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, a rape survivor, over her continued support

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Jan Hatzius predicted a soft landing in late 2022, back when many feared a recession was inevitable. The Goldman Sachs chief economist made a name for himself by making the opposite call in 2008, warning that toxic mortgages would ignite a recession. Now, Hatzius is offering a

CNN By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Jan Hatzius predicted a soft landing in late 2022, back when many feared a recession was inevitable. The Goldman Sachs chief economist made a name for himself by making the opposite call in 2008, warning that toxic mortgages would ignite a recession. Now, Hatzius is offering

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese regulators have accused Evergrande and its founder of inflating revenues by $78 billion, putting the insolvent property developer at the heart of the country’s biggest ever financial fraud case. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) slapped a penalty of 4.175 billion yuan ($580 million) on Hengda

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Investigators with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating a fatal crash involving a Ford Mustang Mach-E equipped with advanced driving assistance technology. The Mach-E drove into the back of a Honda CR-V that was stopped in the road. “A team of investigators

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The health insurance billing system in the United States is stabilizing following an unprecedented cyberattack on a key company last month, but smaller health clinics may still need help to ensure they can stay in business, senior Biden administration officials said Monday after meeting with health care executives. Ninety-five

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Trouble and turmoil continue at rental car company Hertz. The company, which announced in January it was selling 20,000 of the electric vehicles in its fleet, or about a third of the EVs it owned, is now replacing the CEO who helped build up that fleet, giving

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — ​​ Apple appears to be finally raising the curtain on some of its AI efforts. Apple researchers say they’ve developed a family of multimodal models — which refers to an AI system that can interpret and generate different types of data, such as text and images at the

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — MrBeast, the popular video creator known for big philanthropic gestures and extreme stunts, is making the leap from YouTube to Amazon Prime with a new reality competition show, Amazon announced Monday in a news release. The show, called “Beast Games,” will be released on Prime Video and

WCCO, CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk said he is “almost always” sober during his late-night — or, in some cases, very early morning — posting sessions on his social media platform, X. The billionaire Tesla CEO’s comment was made in an interview with journalist Don Lemon, during which Musk discussed

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk said he is “almost always” sober during his late-night — or, in some cases, very early morning — posting sessions on his social media platform, X. The billionaire Tesla CEO’s comment was made in an interview with journalist Don Lemon, during which Musk discussed his use

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union’s effort to organize the American plants of foreign automakers just took a major step forward as it filed for a representation election for the more than 4,000 hourly workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If the union were to win

By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Sports Illustrated isn’t shutting down, after all. The iconic sports magazine is set to get new life under a publishing deal announced Monday by Authentic Brands Group, which owns the magazine’s intellectual property rights. The news, first reported by The New York Times, caps a tumultuous several months

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — The way Americans buy and sell homes is about to get turned on its head. An earth-shattering, multibillion-dollar antitrust ruling against the National Association of Realtors late last year led to a settlement on Friday that will loosen the powerful trade group’s stranglehold on America’s housing market. The $418

By Pete Muntean and Chris Isidore, CNN Washington DC (CNN) — United Airlines is trying to reassure passengers after a series of incidents on its Boeing jets this year, sending out a statement to customers that safety is “at the center of everything that we do.” “While they are all unrelated, I want you to

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Uber will pay more than 8,000 taxi and hire car drivers in Australia almost 272 million Australian dollars ($179 million) in compensation for losses they suffered after the ride-sharing giant entered the country in 2012, lawyers representing the drivers said Monday. The settlement is the fifth-largest in Australia’s

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s key real estate sector hasn’t shown much improvement following a flurry of government measures taken to boost the industry, even as other parts of the economy seem to be stabilizing. New property sales reached a total of 1.06 trillion yuan ($147 billion) in the first two

By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Running to the tail of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is an umbilical cord carrying a rapid play-by-play of virtually every flight feature. The data, which totals more than a thousand parameters, is swiftly saved electronically into the flight data recorder (FDR), one of the so-called black boxes that aviation safety

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — When Volkswagen decided to relaunch the Scout SUV brand it took a very unusual step. It created a new subsidiary company to design, build and sell vehicles targeted, almost entirely, at a single market: the United States. Its status as a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, similar to Audi and

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Social media has always peddled a fantasy, from lavish vacations to perfectly plated entrees to airbrushed selfies. But some entrepreneurs are using social media to sell a more literal fairytale, promising a night of wish fulfillment for anyone who ever dreamed of living in another world. Over

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — On St. Patrick’s Day, throwing back an Irish whiskey might taste different than it used to. Flavored whiskey from American and Canadian companies isn’t novel — Southern Comfort, Fireball, Crown Royal apple and Knobb Creek maple have been liquor store staples for decades — but it’s now

By Chris Isidore and Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — Boeing once had a reputation for unmatched safety and quality, an economic giant and a shining example of American industrial prowess. No longer. Since late 2018, a series of setbacks has besieged the company, including two fatal crashes that grounded its best-selling jet and an incident

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Some of the United Kingdom’s largest supermarket chains are grappling with technical issues that have left customers without grocery deliveries and unable to make contactless payments. Sainsbury’s, which owns 600 grocery stores and 800 convenience locations across the country, said on Saturday that “an error with an

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The entire US housing market is about to get remodeled, and the end product could come with a big perk: cheaper home prices. That’s due to a $418 million settlement the National Association of Realtors announced Friday with groups of homesellers. The settlement, which is still subject

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York Stock Exchange opens every workday morning at 9:30 am ET with the fast-paced bang-clang of a gleaming brass bell. The stock exchange, the largest in the world by market capitalization, has opened with sonic fanfare for more than 150 years. The sound, so iconic

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN New York (CNN) — When lawmakers grilled TikTok CEO Shou Chew during a lengthy hearing last March, Rep. Darren Soto argued what has now become the crux of a bill that overwhelmingly passed in the House this week. “TikTok needs to be an American company with American values,” Soto, a Democrat

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Hugo Travers may not think of himself as a journalist, but he could be the most popular one in France. Travers, 26, is the founder and face of HugoDecrypte, a French media start-up that delivers news aimed primarily at young audiences. What began eight years ago as a

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission is looking into Reddit’s plans to license its platform content to artificial intelligence companies, the social media company disclosed Friday in a securities filing. The disclosure emerged ahead of the company’s long-anticipated initial public offering, which comes nearly 20 years after its launch and

By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A settlement announced by the National Association of Realtors on Friday, which ended its litigation with some homesellers, could fundamentally change how Americans buy and sell their homes. The agreement will effectively destroy the rules that many critics say help drive home prices higher. The new rules

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Best Buy has recalled more than 250,000 Insignia air fryers sold in the United States and Canada, because of fire, burn and laceration hazards. The handles of the air fryer can overheat and melt or break, which can pose fire and burn risks, the US Consumer Product

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Federal prosecutors are calling for onetime crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced to 40-50 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers and defrauding investors in his now-bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX. Bankman-Fried, who turned 32 this month, was convicted in November of stealing more

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Bernadette Corbeil was never one of those shopping mall girls. She was the only girl in shop class. “I just enjoyed working with my hands and building things,” she told CNN, noting how she learned to weld at the age of 10. Corbeil has since parlayed that early love

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — When Vanessa Hall-Harper, a city councilor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, learned this week that Family Dollar was closing nearly 1,000 stores, she had a surprising reaction. “For communities that have been negatively impacted by the proliferation of dollar stores, it’s a great thing,” she told CNN. “I’ve been

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Stocks started the week on a high note but ended with a whimper. The S&P 500 index on Tuesday reached a record high close for the 17th time this year, as investors shrugged off a higher-than-expected 3.2% annual rise in consumer prices and cheered a cooldown in

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — Searches for virtual private networking (VPN) software briefly spiked in Texas this week after Pornhub suspended service in the state over a law forcing adult websites to verify the age or identities of their users. The four-fold rise in Google searches for tools that can circumvent the state-level blocking

By Chris Isidore and Pete Muntean, CNN New York (CNN) — A terrifying plunge on a Latam Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight earlier this week might have been caused by a mistake made in the cockpit, and not any flaw in the Boeing jet, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Journal

By Jake Tapper and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez are awarding $50 million each to Bill McRaven, a retired Navy admiral and former chancellor of the University of Texas System, and actor and entrepreneur Eva Longoria as part of Bezos’ annual prize to individuals who make significant

By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — Fox News is the subject of yet another explosive lawsuit. On the two-year anniversary of the attack in Ukraine that claimed the lives of Fox News photojournalist Pierre Zakrzewski and contractor Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, the network was accused Thursday of being culpable for the fatal incident by engaging in “reckless and negligent conduct” that put

The US government is cracking down on cable TV “junk fees,” forcing providers to publish a single, comprehensive price — so consumers know up front exactly how much they’ll pay for services inclusive of all extra costs.

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk’s Tesla once represented the future of automaking. Now the company’s own future is in question. The once red-hot electric vehicle maker — heralded as part of the so-called Magnificent Seven behemoth tech stocks — is currently the worst performer in the S&P 500 this year,

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said he believes it’s “vital” that US Steel remain American owned and operated, dealing a blow to the iconic company’s planned sale to Japan’s Nippon Steel. The announcement marks the strongest opposition yet from the White House to a controversial deal that has drawn some

CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald and Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he’s assembling a team of investors to make a bid to buy TikTok. This comes a day after the House passed a measure to ban the Chinese-owned social media giant or force a sale to a

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The European Union launched a probe Thursday into Big Tech’s use of artificial intelligence and its handling of computer-generated deepfakes, ramping up scrutiny of a technology officials fear could disrupt elections. The inquiry is aimed at companies including Meta, Microsoft, Snap, TikTok and X, focusing on how the tech

By Elisabeth Buchwald and Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he’s assembling a team of investors to make a bid to buy TikTok. This comes a day after the House passed a measure to ban the Chinese-owned social media giant or force a sale to a US-operated

By Sean Lyngaas and Isabel Rosales, CNN Washington/Atlanta (CNN) — A cyberattack caused intermittent “disruptions” for websites of multiple Alabama government agencies on Wednesday, in an incident that had state officials working throughout the day to defend their networks from hackers, a spokesperson for Alabama’s Office of Information Technology told CNN. “[W]e understand that the

By Angus Watson and Samantha Delouya, and Ana Melgar, CNN (CNN) — New Zealand authorities were able to remove the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Boeing 787-9 that experienced a “technical event” on Monday’s LATAM Airlines Flight 800, a spokesman for New Zealand’s transport safety body told CNN on Wednesday. The

CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Don Lemon said Wednesday that his partnership with Elon Musk went down in flames, hours after the former CNN anchor conducted an interview last week with the erratic billionaire for the debut episode of his new independent web-based show. “Elon publicly encouraged me to join X

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Electric vehicle company Fisker’s stock plunged more than 40% in after-hours trading on Wednesday as investor concern about the company’s ability to stay in business intensified. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Fisker had hired restructuring advisors to work on a

CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — A lot has changed in the time since Gerald Ford was president and Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple. But here’s something that hasn’t changed much: the pace at which car insurance rates are rising. Car insurance rates are up almost 21% for the 12

By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Investigators probing the Boeing 737 Max blowout say their investigation is being held back by Boeing’s lack of a paper trail for key work. Despite interviewing employees who work at Boeing’s Renton, Washington facility that assembles the 737 Max, as well as collecting other paperwork, the National Transportation Safety

By Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Don Lemon said Wednesday that his partnership with Elon Musk went down in flames, hours after the former CNN anchor conducted an interview last week with the erratic billionaire for the debut episode of his new independent web-based show. “Elon publicly encouraged me to join X with

CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’re a TikTok fanatic worried about how you’re going to stay connected to the world after a bill that could ban the app passed the House of Representatives Wednesday … don’t panic just yet. For those just catching up: US lawmakers have renewed efforts to

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Adidas has slumped to a rare annual loss, hit by the fallout from its costly break-up with rapper Ye, falling sales in North America and a huge tax bill. The German sportswear giant posted a net loss of €58 million ($63 million) in its core business in 2023,

By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — BP and an oil company owned by the United Arab Emirates have shelved talks to buy a 50% stake in Israel’s leading natural gas producer, judging the $2 billion deal too risky as the war in Gaza rages. NewMed Energy said Wednesday that all three companies had agreed

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Zhong Shanshan, China’s richest man, is facing a wave of attacks from nationalists who accuse him of a lack of patriotism in a campaign that has hit the price of shares of his beverage company and threatens to hurt its sales. Zhong and his drinks firm Nongfu

CNN By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Zhong Shanshan, China’s richest man, is facing a wave of attacks from nationalists who accuse him of a lack of patriotism in a campaign that has hit the price of shares of his beverage company and threatens to hurt its sales. Zhong and his drinks firm

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — European Union lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a landmark law governing artificial intelligence, leapfrogging the United States once again on the regulation of a critical and disruptive technology. The first-of-its-kind law is poised to reshape how businesses and organizations in Europe use AI for everything from health care

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Oops? After spending weeks breathlessly questioning President Joe Biden’s mental faculties in the wake of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s explosive report, some of America’s top news organizations on Tuesday effectively stated that Hur’s characterization of the commander-in-chief was off base. The Wall Street Journal declared that

By Nectar Gan, Marc Stewart and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — China has described a potential TikTok ban as “an act of bullying” that would backfire on America. The comments, made by China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday, came hours before a House of Representatives vote on legislation that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner

By David Goldman and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Alaska Airlines flight 1282, on which a door plug blew off the side of the plane shortly after takeoff on January 5, was scheduled to be taken out of service for maintenance the night of the incident, the airline said Tuesday. Although Alaska Airlines did not

By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A former longtime Boeing employee who had raised serious concerns about the company’s production standards was found dead in Charleston, South Carolina, over the weekend, according to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office. A news release from the Charleston County Coroner’s Office said John Barnett, 62, died

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — TikTok – and some of its users – are pulling out all the stops to contest a bill that could lead to a nationwide ban of the app. As House lawmakers prepare to vote on the bill Wednesday, TikTok is encouraging users to call their representatives with a

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A new report commissioned by the US State Department paints an alarming picture of the “catastrophic” national security risks posed by rapidly evolving artificial intelligence, warning that time is running out for the federal government to avert disaster. The findings were based on interviews with more than

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Senior Biden administration officials on Tuesday pressed the CEO of health care giant UnitedHealth Group and other health care firms to do more to get vital payments flowing to health care providers three weeks after a cyberattack crippled those payment systems, sources familiar with the meeting told CNN. The meeting