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By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — Everybody knows it’s not Halloween without candy, but trick-or-treaters might find less chocolate filling their buckets this year. That’s because cocoa prices have more than doubled since the start of the year and have remained at record highs, according to Wells Fargo data shared with CNN. The surging prices

By Chris Isidore, CNN, Photography by Laura Oliverio, CNN Bridgehampton, NY (CNN) — On Wednesday, Shahlise Cherry and her friend Deborah Arnone went to visit a fondly remembered past, one that helped to reshape retailing in America. They went shopping at the last full-size Kmart in the mainland United States, which is set to close its

By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — America’s largest drug store chain named a new chief executive officer on Friday, with longtime CVS Health executive David Joyner replacing Karen Lynch. CVS also withdrew its 2024 profit forecast and advised investors against relying on the full-year guidance provided in August, citing higher medical cost pressures. Stock prices

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has launched an investigation into the safety of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving feature, or FSD, after at least one fatal accident involving a pedestrian. The investigation is looking into four accidents involving vehicles using the FSD feature. In one, a

By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN (CNN) — The Girl Scouts of the USA plans to raise prices, but not for their famous cookies. On Saturday, the 900 delegates of the Girl Scouts of the USA’s National Council will vote on whether to raise dues for the first time in eight years. The Board proposes raising membership

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Elon Musk promoted several debunked conspiracy theories about the 2020 election during his first solo town hall Thursday in Pennsylvania, as he urged voters in the battleground state to support former President Donald Trump. Asked by a member of the audience gathered at the event in the Philadelphia

By Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — “To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid.” That’s what a federal judge wrote Thursday as he sided with local TV stations in an extraordinary dispute over a pro-abortion rights television ad. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker of the Northern

By Chris Lau, Marc Stewart and Martha Zhou, CNN Beijing/Hong Kong (CNN) — A takeout delivery rider suddenly loses it in the middle of the road, smashing his cellphone on the pavement after getting a negative review from a customer. Another delivery worker gets on his knees to apologize to a cop who pulled him

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Losses from Hurricane Milton could reach as high as $34 billion, according to an early estimate of both flood and wind damage from research firm CoreLogic, with between $4 billion to $6 billion of those losses being uninsured flood damage. And that is only an estimate of

By Anna Cooban, CNN Lonodn (CNN) — Some toymakers are “flooding” Europe with dangerous toys via online marketplaces, including magnets capable of puncturing a child’s intestines if swallowed and products containing toxic chemicals, according to an industry body. Toy Industries of Europe, which represents toy manufacturers in the European Union and the United Kingdom, has

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The economic successes of Asheville, North Carolina and Tampa, Florida, have been the envy of many cities across the United States. Both metropolitan areas registered an unemployment rate of 3.1% in August, lower than in their respective home states and nationally, according to Labor Department data. New