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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Chiugo Akujuobi has survived on food pantries and donations from friends since fleeing their family home in Houston earlier this year. They said they grew tired of frequent transphobic comments from relatives. The 26-year-old now sleeps on a friend’s couch in North Texas. They graduated with a bachelor’s

By Dalia Faheid and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — This Christmas Eve, one lucky lottery ticket could celebrate with a Mega Millions jackpot nearing $1 billion – the largest prize ever offered in the month of December. With no one winning the jackpot Friday, the grand prize for Tuesday’s drawing ballooned from $862 million to

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Messaging service WhatsApp claimed a major legal victory over Israeli spyware firm NSO Group on Friday after a federal judge ruled that NSO was liable under federal and California law for a 2019 hacking spree that breached over 1,000 WhatsApp users. It’s a rare legal win for activists who

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — While shoppers rush to find the perfect holiday gift, the real treasure might just be hidden in one lucky lottery ticket. That’s because tonight’s Mega Millions drawing could yield a jackpot nearing $1 billion – the largest prize ever offered in the month of December. Friday’s winning numbers were:

By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk is wading into more than just American politics, throwing his support behind a far-right German political party. Musk, the billionaire Trump ally who is playing a public role in the incoming administration, posted in support Friday of Alternative for Germany, or AfD, after the German

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved slightly higher in November — but not as much as economists were expecting, an indication that price hikes aren’t accelerating in a worrisome fashion. Still, cost of living concerns are growing as 2025 approaches and uncertainty widens about potential inflationary global events

By David Goldman and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his tariff threats Thursday night, pledging to raise tariffs on European Union nations unless they increase their purchases of American oil and gas to narrow the trade gap with the United States. “I told the European Union that they must

By Chris Isidore, Vanessa Yurkevich and Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Members of Starbucks Workers United staged their first strike in 13 months Friday and plan an escalating strike between now and Christmas Eve in what would become the union’s largest work stoppage since the organizing campaign started at the coffee retailer three

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Big Lots is preparing to close its remaining 963 locations after a sale to save the bankrupt retailer fell through. The company previously announced it was selling “substantially all” of its assets to private equity firm Nexus Capital Management in September, but Big Lots said in a

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — America’s housing market is finishing a year of high prices, sluggish sales and elevated mortgage rates. But there are factors that could give it a boost next year. The Federal Reserve began to slash interest rates in September, but mortgage rates have actually risen since then. The average

By John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — Amazon delivery drivers are on strike in four states across the US. Those on strike say that 400 packages, long hours and little help are part of a regular day at work. Amazon says that the strike won’t have an impact on holiday deliveries, but the delivery drivers who

By Hadas Gold and Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Veteran Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto, one of the network’s longest-serving hosts who became a frequent target of President-elect Donald Trump, is leaving the network after nearly three decades on the air. Cavuto made the announcement Thursday on his afternoon program “Your World,” saying

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Amazon drivers went on strike in four states across the country with less than a week to go before Christmas – but the company is saying it’s not going to affect your holiday deliveries. Members of the Teamsters union have announced are striking at eight facilities across