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By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The first time Alexis Hammond rented out her Baltimore home on Peerspace, a marketplace for renting homes and other spaces by the hour, a film crew and a celebrity arrived to shoot a Wawa commercial. “There was a Baltimore Ravens football player here, so that was very exciting,” Hammond

By Chris Isidore, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Isabel Rosales, CNN New York (CNN) — Delta Air Lines stranded an estimated half million passengers in its service meltdown last week, leaving many sleeping on floors of airports, frustrated and angry at their inability to complete their trips, unable to find their bags or get answers from the

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Inflation looks vastly different between these two beachside metropolises. The pace of home construction has been a deciding factor for both regions. The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater region in Florida recently saw the lowest inflation rate among 23 metropolitan areas across the country — 1.8% in the 12 months that

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the year’s most hotly anticipated movies, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” is so far delivering on its promised hype with $96 million in domestic sales in its opening night, according to Comscore data. The summer blockbuster is on track to exceed $200 million domestically for the weekend,

CNN’s Elisabeth Buchwald, Chris Isidore, Bryan Mena and Allison Morrow (CNN) — President Joe Biden arrived at the White House in 2021 at a time of heightened chaos and uncertainty across a country reeling from the pandemic. Biden used his inauguration address to promote unity, in hopes of delivering a nation that’s “stronger, more prosperous,

By Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — Apple and the union representing retail workers at its store in Towson, Maryland, agreed to a tentative labor deal late Friday in the first US labor agreement not only for an Apple store but for any US workers of the tech giant. Workers at the Apple store

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Over the past couple of years, the Federal Reserve aggressively raised its key interest rate to a 23-year high to beat down inflation. Now that inflation has slowed substantially and is expected to cool further, the central bank is expected to embark on a rate-cutting campaign over the next

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — It’s a situation familiar to many women: They go to the hair salon for a cut and spend a small fortune, while their male partners, brothers, uncles, and guy friends spend considerably less in the barbershop, or in the same salon. But are women really paying more for the

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Governments around the world have tried to kill the tobacco industry. Zyn, the brand of flavored oral nicotine pouches that comes in small, round containers resembling breath mints, is its latest strategy. While it’s ultimately owned by tobacco giant Philip Morris International, Zyn is a tobacco-free product.

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Allowing TikTok to continue to be operated by its current parent company could allow the Chinese government to covertly influence US elections, the Justice Department said in a court filing late Friday. In a federal appeals court filing, prosecutors raised concerns that TikTok’s algorithm could be

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — In early June, Toyota announced the recall of nearly 100,000 Tundra pickups and about 3,500 Lexus luxury SUVs to fix a problem that could cause their engines to lose power while driving. At the time, Toyota said it was working to find a solution to the issue. The solution,

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a lawsuit against the NBA after the league rejected its matching offer to broadcast the league’s games for the next decade, ending the media company’s four-decade relationship with the NBA. The suit, which was filed Thursday under seal in New York County

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Southwest Airlines pioneered the low-fare, no-frills airline model. But Southwest is now ending open-seat boarding, a distinct part of its successful five-decade-long model and its brand identity. Southwest said Thursday that it will abandon its free-for-all seating arrangement and move to assigned seats. The company said 80%

By Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — “Inside the NBA” host Charles Barkley on Friday condemned the NBA’s rejection of a matching offer from TNT’s parent company to broadcast the league’s games for the next decade, blasting the NBA for prioritizing “money over the fans.” In a statement posted on his Instagram account, Barkley wrote,

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — Wall Street is undergoing a palpable vibe shift. Strong corporate earnings have helped stocks notch repeated record highs in 2024, despite stubborn inflation forcing investors to dial down their expectations for how many times the Fed will cut rates this year. But cooling inflation data in recent