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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — When Jordan Myrick first moved to California in high school and heard about dirty sodas, she wasn’t the biggest fan. “It was a weird thing,” Myrick said. But in 2023, Myrick, who said she is “very passionate about soda,” visited Utah on a “The Real Housewives of

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — What do you get when you combine lower interest rates and a viral baby pygmy hippo? Moo Deng crypto. Given the sudden popularity of Moo Deng, the Thai national treasure whose name roughly translates as “bouncy pork,” it was only a matter of time before someone turned

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani, who pushed the company into embracing weight-loss drugs, is leaving the position after a two-and-a-half year stint. Under Sistani, the 61-year-old company bought a telehealth platform that connected patients with doctors who can prescribe weight-loss and diabetes drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, representing

By Juliana Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The billionaire owner of French luxury powerhouse LVMH has seen his wealth inflate by $17 billion dollars in just one day, after China announced fresh moves to restore economic growth that some call the long-awaited “bazookas” needed to revive confidence. Bernard Arnault isn’t the only winner. China and

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — A major Trump Media shareholder and former contestant on “The Apprentice” has unloaded almost his entire stake in former President Donald Trump’s social media company. Although the stock price has been volatile, that stake is worth roughly $100 million at current prices. United Atlantic Ventures, managed by Trump Media

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board is issuing “urgent safety recommendations” for some Boeing 737s—including the embattled 737 MAX line— warning that critical flight controls could jam. The independent investigative agency is issuing the warning that an actuator attached to the rudder on some 737 NG and 737 MAX airplanes

By Marshall Cohen, CNN The pro-Trump cable outlet Newsmax and voting technology company Smartmatic settled a major defamation lawsuit Thursday in a last-minute agreement, averting a high-stakes trial over the airing of false 2020 election claims. The terms of the settlement were not immediately known. The deal comes hours after jury selection got underway in a Wilmington, Delaware, courtroom ahead of opening statements

By Jordan Valinsky and Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Hoda Kotb, the co-host of NBC’s morning show, “Today,” is leaving her position early next year, she announced Thursday. Kotb, one of the most famous faces on NBC, has co-hosted the program with Savannah Guthrie since 2017, taking over from Matt Lauer, who was

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Southwest Airlines’ substantial changes to its business and boarding process are coming – but not for a while. Open seating isn’t going away for more than a year. The airline said on Thursday that its passengers will be able to book a reserved seat in late 2025

By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Longshore workers at ports from Maine to Texas are set to walk off the job early Tuesday, staging what could become the most disruptive strike to the US economy in decades. The strike could stop the flow of a wide variety of goods over

By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — The fate of Rupert Murdoch’s vast media empire, including Fox News, is now in the hands of a Reno probate commissioner, who will decide whether the 93-year-old media mogul can change his succession plan to preserve the right-wing editorial bent of his influential outlets. Murdoch and his eldest children descended on a Reno courthouse to appear for evidentiary hearings in a

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden proudly touts the return of manufacturing jobs to America — but despite the investments and subsidies, it’s an industry in the US that is now languishing after just barely recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. And it’ll be tough for either Vice President Kamala Harris or

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has promised to attack the United States affordability crisis by imposing immense tariffs, carrying out unprecedented deportations and even influencing interest rate decisions. However, a new analysis finds that the Republican presidential nominee’s plans for tariffs, deportations and the Federal Reserve would not only fail