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Opinion by Sarah Gundle (CNN) — A patient in a trauma group I run couldn’t stop crying. The group all knew that she had lost her wife a few years back and the anniversary was coming up. Handing her tissues, another group member hesitantly asked if the anniversary was weighing on her. “No,” she sobbed.

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — There is more than enough room at the top for Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. In a move that should shock no one, this is the second consecutive newsletter to address Swift or a Swift-adjacent phenomenon in entertainment, but today we’re talking about another queen, too. While I

Opinion by Lara Freidenfelds (CNN) — Gen X is dealing with menopause, and women of this generation are looking for new and better solutions to manage the disruptions menopause can cause, and safely and effectively ease the transition past their menstruating years. Ostensibly noting this demand, in August, Clearblue released a menopause test kit. Noting that menopause is often “shrouded

Analysis by Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — At some point during any election campaign, virtually anywhere in the democratic world, voters can expect to be told that their country is at a crossroads. But rarely has the age-old electoral cliche been truer than right now in Poland. The European Union’s fifth-most populous nation will vote

Analysis by Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — In the early hours of June 23, 1985, a bomb planted in the cargo hold of Air India flight 182 traveling from Montreal to New Delhi exploded off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. The people arrested and charged for the bomb attack were

Opinion by Geoff Duncan (CNN) — As the dust settles on the tenure of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, there are lessons the Republican Party should learn. While the headlines have focused on the eight GOP members who sealed McCarthy’s fate, the die was cast long before the recent actions of House rabble-rousers. In fact, this outcome was ordained by

Analysis by David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — The US economy feels lousy for so many people. So you’d think some really, really, shockingly good news about the job market would give Americans’ spirits a boost. It won’t. Here’s why: Inflation is still biting. Prices continue to rise faster than anyone would like. Although

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House – likened Thursday by one of its members to a “stupid clown car” – could get more extreme. Enter Donald Trump. The ex-president dived into the mayhem following the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, characteristically

Opinion by Jeff Yang (CNN) — The hottest company getting ready to leap into the chaotic mosh pit of global stock investing isn’t an AI startup (so tired, ChatGP-zzzzz), a pharma company (we’re sick of ‘em) or an electric vehicle manufacturer (those have run out of juice). It’s two-and-a-half-century-old German sandal maker Birkenstock — yes, the company

CNN By Melanie Zanona and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House speaker candidates have pulled out of a planned joint interview on Fox News next week just hours after it was announced amid fierce blowback from GOP lawmakers, the latest sign of how simmering tensions within the conference are boiling over as Republicans scramble to

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — Gold is facing tough competition this year as the preferred haven for cautious investors. Gold prices settled at $1,831.80 per troy ounce on Thursday, its lowest close since March. That comes after the price of the precious metal has declined over the past few months, with the selloff

Analysis by Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s robust growth, one of the fastest sustained expansions for a major economy in history, was propelled for decades by a housing boom fueled by a rising population and urbanization. But the all-important property market, which has accounted for as much as 30% of the economy,

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House – likened Thursday by one of its members to a “stupid clown car” – could get more extreme. Enter Donald Trump. The ex-president dived into the mayhem following the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, characteristically seeking

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — October is known to be a spooky month and stocks don’t have a good track record of getting spared. Black Tuesday, the 1929 market plunge that led to the Great Depression, 1987’s Black Monday and the beginnings of the 2008 financial crisis all took place in

Opinion by Patrick T. Brown (CNN) — Two months before the 2022 midterms, President Joe Biden stood flanked by two US Marines in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia and issued some of the harshest words of his presidency. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden says he’s been forced to violate a campaign promise by adding some new construction to Donald Trump’s border wall. Big city Democratic mayors are angrily demanding more engagement from the Democratic president to help deal with a wave of migrants seeking asylum. One of

Opinion by Ben Helms, David Leblang and Tom Jawetz (CNN) — A humanitarian crisis has pushed more than 7 million people to leave Venezuela over the past decade, some settling in South and Central America and others coming to the US. Those who arrive here have often found themselves in desperate circumstances. Without work authorization, many have been

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Before you start freaking out over the headline, you need to calm down. Much has been made about how Taylor Swift has helped “put Travis Kelce” on the map. With all due respect to Swift, Kelce wasn’t a total stranger to the world before they began spending

Opinion by Marcella Bombardieri and Marina Zhavoronkova (CNN) — The United States is grappling with a dire shortage of nurses. Some have abandoned a workplace where conditions have become harder to endure, with impossibly high patient loads and even a shocking uptick in workplace violence. Others quit their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic to become

Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — No one has been caught using a racial slur. There’s no video footage of an encounter between a White police officer and a Black motorist that ends in tragedy. It’s not an event with the familiar hallmarks of a racial story. But make no mistake: The United Auto