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Opinion by Patricia Grisafi (CNN) — “Ghostbusters” is synonymous with New York City. In the original 1984 film, Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson) puts his arms triumphantly into the air after the team saves the day and shouts, “I love this town!” It’s such a New York specific feel-good moment. With the exception of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is starting to struggle under the weight of multiple legal cases against him. Trump has so far managed to use his indictments and court appearances to fuel his campaign, railing against what he claims is an establishment out to get him. For all the

Opinion by Adam Plowright Paris (CNN) — Were they real? Most people’s first reaction when viewing French President Emmanuel Macron’s moody black-and-white boxing photos this week was to question their authenticity. Had the bulging presidential bicep, veins popping, been swollen artificially? On social media, some wondered if they were AI-generated or the result of creative photoshopping. But the images

Opinion by Richard Aboulafia (CNN) — The situation at Boeing is grim. Serious program execution problems and high-profile safety incidents, with still-fresh memories of the two 737 MAX disasters in 2018 and 2019, are damaging the company’s brand and bringing increased regulatory scrutiny. Its recovery won’t begin until management starts examining how the company got here. Years ago, an

Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Max Foster and Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — The unprecedented frenzy of speculation swirling around Catherine, the Princess of Wales took yet another turn this week after her medical records were reportedly breached. To recap: The 42-year-old royal stepped away from public life temporarily in January following surgery for a

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Apple wants to break the company’s notoriously tight grip on the iPhone, the device that’s made it one of the biggest and most profitable companies on the planet. But regardless of what happens in court, the case is already shining a

Opinion by Lynda Gorov (CNN) — I come from a family of Russian-Ukrainian tailors, notion peddlers plus a milliner or two and I am fairly certain my ancestors would hold me at least partially responsible for the bankruptcy filing of a major sewing craft store chain this week. Joann Fabrics and Crafts, founded 81 years ago when

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. The dwindling ranks of the Magnificent Seven are finally

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Executives at Advance Publications are likely popping champagne bottles. But as they sip on their celebratory bubbly they are now being confronted

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s three-day deadline to find nearly half a billion dollars or risk seeing his cherished property empire dismantled building by building is creating one of the most extraordinary twists ever seen in a US presidential election campaign. Trump’s new drama concerns his struggle to come up with

Opinion By Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Is Jared Kushner clueless? Kushner’s newly disclosed musings last month that Gaza has a lot of “very valuable” waterfront property reminds one of Marie Antoinette’s purported observation, “Let them eat cake.” The former Trump White House senior adviser talked up the possible worth of Gaza’s waterfront real estate at an event at

Opinion by Ana Marie Cox (CNN) — Stormy Daniels is the kind of woman who should scare former President Donald Trump the most: a woman who’s frightened but willing to tell the truth anyway. “Stormy,” a new documentary from NBC’s Peacock streaming service, tracks Daniels’ journey from successful and self-possessed adult filmmaker (she jumped from

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN Add $1.2 trillion in government spending bills to the short list of things where it’s fine to barely miss – horseshoes, hand grenades and taxpayer dollars. The multi-act, epic saga of funding the government for the fiscal year that is nearly halfway over is finally at its end, but

Opinion by Linda Thomas-Greenfield (CNN) — In the summer of 1959, Eleanor Roosevelt found herself at a research center just south of Poughkeepsie. There, she met a scientist eager to introduce her to his latest innovation. “The scientist,” Roosevelt wrote in her column,  “My Day,” “has taught a machine to play checkers.” But the machine wasn’t

Analysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Boeing’s production problems are reverberating through an airline industry starved for planes, making it harder for carriers to meet red-hot demand for travel and raising the prospect of even higher ticket prices. On Wednesday, Ryanair (RYAAY) CEO Michael O’Leary explained why prices have further to climb. “If

Opinion by Elizabeth Yuko (CNN) — In December, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first two cell-based gene therapies for treating sickle cell disease (SCD) in people ages 12 and older: Casgevy and Lyfgenia. Since then, questions and concerns have abounded about the cost and accessibility of these treatments — including from Health and Human Services

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. There’s a hot new scam on Wall Street, and,

Opinion by Aseel Mousa Rafah (CNN) — “May we reunite in Gaza City soon,” is a phrase I’ve repeated incessantly since being forced to leave my home in October to seek refuge from Israel’s bombs – only to discover that nowhere is safe within the confines of the Gaza Strip. This holy month of Ramadan also marks

Opinion by Derrick Johnson (CNN) — College sports fans across America are gathering in arenas and around television sets this week for the start of March Madness, the highpoint of the NCAA basketball season and a national sports obsession. Making it to the tournament is the culmination of years of practice, sometimes for hours a

Opinion by Grace Elizabeth Hale (CNN) — I am the granddaughter of a Mississippi sheriff. I am also a historian who has spent the last five years researching the history of law enforcement in Mississippi. For these reasons, I was sadly unsurprised by the violent actions of a group of White male deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi