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By Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — To the casual shopper, Sears, one of America’s oldest retailers, may appear to be on life support. The department store chain that once reinvented how Americans shopped now barely has a brick-and-mortar footprint after a 2018 bankruptcy and hundreds of store closures. But talk of Sears’ demise may

CNN By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Now that Liz Magill has stepped down as president of the University of Pennsylvania, the spotlight has turned to her counterpart from Harvard University, Claudine Gay. “One down. Two to go,” Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, with

By Skylar Harris and Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Saturday warned state colleges and universities of “aggressive enforcement action” if discrimination laws are violated, as pressure mounts on schools across the country to deal with antisemitism on campus in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. Hochul’s letter

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — In a stunning downfall for the leader of one of the world’s most prestigious universities, Liz Magill, the president of University of Pennsylvania, voluntarily stepped down from the helm of the Ivy League school on Saturday following a torrent of criticism for her testimony about antisemitism on

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk said the account of right-wing extremist Alex Jones would be reinstated on X, formerly known as Twitter, reversing a 2018 decision by the company’s previous management to deplatform the notorious conspiracy theorist after he repeatedly broke rules prohibiting harassment and hate. On Saturday morning, Musk

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — SmileDirectClub, the international direct-to-consumer dentistry and orthodonistry company that sold teeth aligners, has shut down less than three months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The telehealth company, founded in 2014, said in a statement posted on its website Friday that it “has made the incredibly difficult

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — Deodorant, detergent, granola bars, cookies, underwear. Shop for any of these every day items and you’ll scan not one but at least two, sometimes three different prices crammed underneath them on the store shelf. Typically, one price label will say “Unit price.” That will be next to

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s announced on Wednesday that it is piloting a new cafe concept called CosMc’s, which will mostly sell indulgent, highly customizable caffeinated beverages with some food. The first CosMc’s location is now open in Illinois, and nine more are planned in Texas in the coming months. For

WLS, MCDONALD’S, CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s announced on Wednesday that it is piloting a new cafe concept called CosMc’s, which will mostly sell indulgent, highly customizable caffeinated beverages with some food. The first CosMc’s location is now open in Illinois, and nine more are planned in Texas in the

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — In good economic times and bad, people’s self-control to spend within their means on gifts during the holiday season flies out the window. For decades, credit cards bore the brunt of compulsive holiday spending habits. But increasingly, they’re sharing the spotlight with Buy Now, Pay Later companies.

By Jamiel Lynch and Carolyn Sung, CNN (CNN) — Two Jewish students from the University of Pennsylvania have filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Ivy League institution, alleging it “has transformed itself into incubation lab for virulent anti-Jewish hatred, harassment and discrimination.” In their suit, filed Tuesday in the US District Court For the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,

CNN, KYW By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The president of Harvard University apologized in an interview with the school’s student newspaper after facing widespread condemnation for her disastrous congressional testimony this week, in which she and other university presidents failed to explicitly say calls for genocide of Jewish people constituted bullying and harassment on

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — European Union lawmakers struck a deal Friday agreeing to one of the world’s first major comprehensive artificial intelligence laws. The landmark legislation, called the AI Act, sets up a regulatory framework to promote the development of AI while addressing the risks associated with the rapidly evolving technology. The legislation bans

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — It can take 20 minutes to “fast charge” an electric car up to 80%. But what if you could just change the batteries like they were AAs in a toy, and be back on the road fully charged in a handful of minutes? It seems like an obvious solution,

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The president of Harvard University apologized in an interview with the school’s student newspaper after facing widespread condemnation for her disastrous congressional testimony this week, in which she and other university presidents failed to explicitly say calls for genocide of Jewish people constituted bullying and harassment on campus. “I

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A group of US senators has introduced a bill seeking to make the lives of sports fans and concertgoers easier, a year after Taylor Swift ticket sales were massively disrupted by a technical fiasco at one of the nation’s largest event ticketers, Ticketmaster. The legislation, known as

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Billionaire investor David Rubenstein is in discussions to potentially acquire Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Rubenstein, a Baltimore native and co-founder of The Carlyle Group, has been in talks to buy the Orioles for some time, but a deal

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Rabbi David Wolpe, a visiting scholar at Harvard’s Divinity School, announced his resignation on Thursday from the university’s Antisemitism Advisory Group. Wolpe, who had been instated earlier this year as the Anti-Defamation League’s first rabbinic fellow, wrote in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, that

By Anna Cooban and Maya Szaniecki, CNN London/Paris (CNN) — In a city brimming with bakeries and artisan pastry shops, a red, white and green alien has landed. It goes by the name of Krispy Kreme. Even before the American donut chain opened the doors of its first store in France, in central Paris, at

By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — Wayne Murray clinched the $10 million prize this month in the New York Lottery’s 200X scratch-off game – just 16 months after he won the same amount in its Black Titanium scratch-off game, the state agency that runs the games said. For his latest jackpot – as with his