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‘SNL’ takes on Roe v. Wade and abortion laws

CNN, POOL, KSHB, FOX NEWS SUNDAY, CONGRESS.GOV, SENATE TV By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Heading into the final month of its season, “Saturday Night Live” took on the biggest story of the week: Politico obtaining a draft of a majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The

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‘SNL’ takes on Roe v. Wade and abortion laws

CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Heading into the final month of its season, “Saturday Night Live” took on the biggest story of the week: Politico obtaining a draft of a majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The NBC variety show opened its latest episode by

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Hot Wheels launches first remote-controlled wheelchair toy in partnership with Paralympian

By Zoe Sottile, CNN Hot Wheels is expanding representation for kids who use wheelchairs — with the company’s first-ever remote-controlled wheelchair toy. The toy was created in collaboration with five-time Wheelchair Motocross World Champion and Paralympic athlete Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham. Fotheringham, who was born with spina bifida and has been a full-time wheelchair user since

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These young Black influencers eat, sleep and shoot videos at a mansion near Atlanta. Together they have 30 million followers

Story by Faith Karimi, CNN Video by Lacey Russell, CNN Photographs by Lynsey Weatherspoon/Redux for CNN The gray mansion with white trim stands out amid the brick homes in this affluent, quiet suburb of Atlanta. A Tesla and a Mercedes sit in the driveway. Towering pines wave gently in the backyard. Bare windows offer glimpses

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Wait, Trader Joe was a real guy?

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Turns out Trader Joe was a real guy, and his shrewd instincts led him to create a counter-culture grocery empire. Joe Coulombe, a struggling convenience store owner in Los Angeles, decided in 1967 to open a grocery chain to appeal to the small but growing number of well-educated, well-traveled consumers

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Defense Dept. tried to block Esper from revealing Trump floated launching missiles into Mexico to ‘destroy’ drug labs

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The Department of Defense fought to prevent Mark Esper, the former secretary of defense, from revealing in his forthcoming book that former President Donald Trump had proposed launching missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs. The passage in the book, “A Sacred Oath,” which is out Tuesday, was a “major”

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Defense Dept. tried to block Esper from revealing Trump floated launching missiles into Mexico to ‘destroy’ drug labs

CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The Department of Defense fought to prevent Mark Esper, the former secretary of defense, from revealing in his forthcoming book that former President Donald Trump had proposed launching missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs. The passage in the book, “A Sacred Oath,” which is out Tuesday, was a

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Consumer debt soared by $52 billion in March

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Americans are racking up debt at record rates. Consumer debt levels for March 2022 climbed by $52.4 billion, an annual increase of 14%, seasonally adjusted, according to Federal Reserve data released Friday. Revolving credit, which includes credit cards, surged by 21.4%. Despite robust wage growth — over the past 12

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