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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Binance and the US Securities and Exchange Commission reached an agreement to avoid a full asset freeze of the platform in the US and keep customer assets in the United States, after a US district judge signed off on a consent order filed Saturday. The agreement was

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — More employers than ever are observing Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the US. Almost 40% of US employers now provide Juneteenth as a paid holiday, a significant increase from just 9% two years ago, according to data from HR consulting firm Mercer. Juneteenth is

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — A UPS strike by 185,000 workers 25 years ago brought the logistics giant’s operations to a standstill. The 15-day strike slashed package deliveries, overwhelmed the US Postal Service and FedEx, and hurt businesses across the United States. Now, more than 340,000 UPS workers represented by the Teamsters

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the past few years, restaurants from White Castle to Wendy’s have been investing in artificial intelligence tech for drive-thrus. They say it’s a way to ease the burden placed on overworked employees, and a solution to bogged down drive-thrus overwhelmed by a surge of customers. But

By Ross Levitt and Ramishah Maruf, CNN (CNN) — As millions of Americans head to airports for the Juneteenth holiday weekend, many are facing serious travel headaches – including hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of delays. The Federal Aviation Administration imposed a ground delay program at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday – resulting

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Facebook-parent Meta plans to lower the minimum age for its virtual reality headsets from 13 years old to 10 years old, despite pressure from lawmakers not to market its VR services to younger users. Parents will be able to set up accounts for children as young as

By Jennifer Korn and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A growing number of businesses, universities and government agencies have been targeted in a global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals and are now working to understand how much data was compromised. While the scope of the attack is not yet fully known, officials at the US Cybersecurity

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers’ calls to investigate the proposed partnership between the US-based PGA Tour and Saudi Public Investment Fund–backed LIV Golf are escalating. On Friday, Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and the chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Sen. Sherrod

CNN By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers’ calls to investigate the proposed partnership between the US-based PGA Tour and Saudi Public Investment Fund–backed LIV Golf are escalating. On Friday, Rep. Maxine Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, and the chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Sen.

CNN By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — After staging a widespread blackout to protest Reddit’s plans for a controversial new pricing policy, some users are now trying a different tactic: flooding the social network with John Oliver pictures. Several of Reddit’s largest self-moderated communities, including r/pics and r/aww, have turned spaces that were once devoted

CNN By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — At 62, Helen Polise isn’t considering retirement. Not remotely. Her job: TikTok star. Polise’s account “The Muthership” has nearly 1 million followers. She started the account during the pandemic as a distraction and a way to have fun — but soon it became a second career

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The dust has barely settled on the Federal Reserve’s decision to pause its aggressive rate-hiking campaign — but in public appearances Friday, central bank officials have a clear message: Keep hiking. Fed Governor Christopher Waller and Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin both said Friday that additional rate