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By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The average US mortgage rate hit 7.49% this week, the highest level in 23 years. But the rate you may be able to secure from a lender could be very different. It could either be a good bit higher than the current average, or lower. It all

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The already historic Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion after there was no big winner in Saturday night’s drawing, leaving the third largest prize in the game’s history still up for grabs. If the jackpot is won in the next drawing on Monday, a lucky player would

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Airlines scrambled to cancel flights into Israel early Saturday after Palestinian militants launched a surprise attack, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza into nearby Israeli towns during a Jewish holiday. As of Saturday afternoon, about 16% of flights were canceled and 23% were delayed to Ben Gurion

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — More than 75,000 unionized Kaiser Permanente employees are returning to work after a historic three-day strike. But an even bigger, longer work stoppage could be just around the corner. This week’s temporary work stoppage — the largest health care strike in US history — concluded at 6 am PT

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Three generations of Lynda Jackson’s family have worked in Detroit’s auto plants, and three generations have been union members. Her father moved from Alabama to Detroit in the 1960s to work at Chrysler. Her uncles, stepmother and cousins all worked at Ford, General Motors and Chrysler (now

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — Navigating the grocery aisle is overwhelming, especially when trying to make sense of food labels. Nutrition claims like “sugar-free” or “reduced fat” are hard enough to parse, even when they are clearly defined. Shoppers who want to know where their food comes from, or how long it

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Lottery players have the chance to win big tonight, with the Powerball jackpot soaring to an estimated $1.4 billion for Saturday’s drawing after there was no grand prize winner Wednesday. The winning numbers are 47, 54, 57, 60, 65 and the Powerball 19. The jackpot will bear out a

By Yoonjung Seo and Michelle Toh, CNN Seoul/Hong Kong (CNN) — When Hwang Ji-sun, 52, first joined the assembly line at South Korean carmaker Hyundai 22 years ago, women like her had it tough. There weren’t enough bathrooms for them, she recalled, and female technicians were paid less than their full-time male colleagues, because they

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — Employees at two of the largest drugstore chains in the United States say harsh working conditions make it difficult to safely fill prescriptions, which could put the health of their customers at risk. Now, they’re demanding change by staging a series of walkouts across the country. Pharmacy

By Ramishah Maruf and Pete Muntean, CNN New York (CNN) — Delta Air Lines will pay tens of millions of dollars to settle a class-action lawsuit from customers who said the airline wouldn’t refund their canceled flights in the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The total sum of claims is $27 million, and Delta will

Sergio Padilla, CNN (CNN) — AMC Entertainment is feeling the effects of Taylor Swift’s massive fan following. Shares of AMC (AMC) surged 11.5% in Friday afternoon trading after the movie theater chain announced that “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert film had grossed over $100 million in advance ticket sales. The company said in a

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial began just four days ago, and already jurors have heard testimony from one of his closest business partners who said, in essence, “we did the crimes, and we did them at SBF’s direction.” Gary Wang, the co-founder of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, is

CNN By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — The number of Latinos with advanced degrees has more than doubled in the last 20 years, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. In the study, Pew found that in 2021, nearly 2.5 million Latinos held advanced degrees, compared to 710,000 in 2000. The study found Hispanic

By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — The number of Latinos with advanced degrees has more than doubled in the last 20 years, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. In the study, Pew found that in 2021, nearly 2.5 million Latinos held advanced degrees, compared to 710,000 in 2000. The study found Hispanic Americans

By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Friday that Ford, General Motors and Stellantis will all avert an expansion of the UAW’s work stoppages at this time, suggesting the unprecedented strikes against all three could be nearing an end. Fain said the union made

CNN 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.

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business (CNN) — A traditional car engine is a complex wonder of engineering, with pistons moving up and down, springs compressing and decompressing, spinning shafts, opening and closing valves and spinning gears meshing together. That’s not to mention a transmission, connecting the engine to the wheels, that’s a complex machine all

By Olesya Dmitracova, CNN London (CNN) — Union members have voted to restart industrial action at Chevron’s liquefied natural gas facilities in Australia, threatening renewed strikes that could disrupt about 7% of global LNG supply. The decision was announced Friday, two weeks after the US company and the Offshore Alliance, which represents two Australian labor

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Russia’s government announced Friday that it had largely reversed a ban on diesel exports imposed just two weeks ago in an attempt to stabilize domestic fuel prices. The Kremlin said in a statement that it had lifted a ban on oil refiners sending diesel via pipelines to ports

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — People shopping for electric vehicles starting next year will be able to get a $7,500 federal tax credit off the sticker price while at the dealership, rather than having to wait months to receive their tax returns. The changes to how car buyers can get the federal tax break