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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Chuck E. Cheese has a new subscription program that’s nearly half the price of a standard Netflix plan, but one the animatronic rat likely hopes is double the fun. The family entertainment chain is launching a nationwide monthly membership program starting at $7.99 that lets customers play

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Realtors across the US are bracing for a seismic shift in the way they do business. Starting August 17, new rules will roll out that overhaul the way Realtors get paid to help people buy and sell their homes. The changes, which are part of a $418 million settlement

By Robert Ilich, CNN (CNN) — McDonald’s France had a not-so-thinly veiled response to the men’s basketball final at the Paris Olympics. After Steph Curry drained eight three-pointers Saturday to help lead the United States to gold in a 98-87 win over France, the Instagram account for McDonald’s France posted a message Sunday directed at

By Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — Esteban Wood still remembers the time a 74-year-old Mexican farmer in Homestead, Florida, collapsed on the job from extreme heat. In 2018, Wood, the policy director at Florida-based worker advocacy group WeCount!, learned about the case of Jose Delgado, who passed out near the end of a workday without

By Erika Tulfo, CNN New York (CNN) — Americans are shelling out more for oyster happy hours. Experts say the buck-an-oyster deal of yore is all but dead, with some noting restaurants have hiked prices as high as $2.50 apiece. Oyster happy hours are just the latest piece of American life that’s gotten more expensive

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — After a Michigan man was one number off from matching all five winning numbers in the state’s Fantasy 5 jackpot last month, he got back into the action the next day. It paid off and he walked away with a huge payout. The 53-year-old man from Macomb County,

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — No part of the United States is spared the risk of extreme weather events, which have been hitting harder in recent years. From wildfires and tornadoes to hurricanes and flooding to prolonged heat waves, the potential damage from extreme weather to people, animals and property is high.

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — America’s lucrative job market of recent years is now long gone, with the unemployment rate recently rising to its highest level since October 2021. But there’s still some serious momentum in one industry. These workers have plentiful jobs available to them across the country and are raking in

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — This month, the rules in residential real estate are changing. The National Association of Realtors said the changes included in a settlement to end antitrust legal claims officially take effect nationwide on August 17. The changes overhaul the informal guidelines that often led to homesellers paying a commission of

By Erika Tulfo, CNN (CNN) — Even as tech giants pour billions of dollars into what they herald as humanity’s new frontier, a recent study shows that tacking the “AI” label on products may actually drive people away. A study published in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management in June found that describing a

By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, a tech pioneer who was one of Google’s earliest employees, has died after living with lung cancer for two years, according to her husband. She was 56. “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. My beloved wife of 26 years and

By Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — The BBC has told former presenter Huw Edwards to hand back the more than £200,000 ($254,767) he received in salary payments following his arrest last November on suspicion of possessing “indecent images of children” — crimes he pleaded guilty to last week. “Mr. Edwards pleaded guilty to an appalling

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Bad news for Arizona dentists, but great news for sugar-addicted football fans. The NFL’s Arizona Cardinals unveiled a cotton candy burrito at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for the 2024 season. Think of it like a normal burrito, but instead of a tortilla, someone is

By Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he’s taking steps to ban the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, in the country for 10 days, after a public dispute with its owner Elon Musk over the contested election that Maduro claimed to have won. The embattled Maduro said Thursday that

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Classroom supplies, shoes, clothing and electronics needed for the upcoming school season are expected to cost American families about $875 on average, according to the National Retail Federation. While that’s $15 below last year’s record high, it’s still the second-highest estimate ever. We’d like to hear about your plans for back-to-school spending:

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Google, X and Discord are among a group of tech giants that could be doing more to address the rising threat of non-consensual explicit images online, according to a letter that a group of senators sent to the companies Friday. The letter criticizes nearly a dozen tech

By Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — After a prolonged period of calm, financial markets went into a tailspin this week. The Japanese Nikkei 225 index tanked more than 12% on Monday, marking its worst performance since 1987. The S&P 500 sank more than 3% and shed $1.3 trillion in value, notching its worst

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump tried to pressure the Federal Reserve into cutting rates — a breach of protocol that threatened to undermine the independence of the central bank and its ability to keep jobs booming and inflation low. If reelected, Trump said Thursday he’d go further: He’d try

By Ramishah Maruf and Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — A major ad industry group is shutting down, days after Elon Musk-owned X filed a lawsuit that claimed the group illegally conspired to boycott advertising on his platform. “GARM is a small, not-for-profit initiative, and recent allegations that unfortunately misconstrue its purpose and activities

By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — The dog days of summer have traditionally been prime time for retailers to stock shelves with folders, lunch boxes and backpacks. But suddenly those items are sharing real estate with skeletons, witches and ghosts. Coming right on the heels of last year’s Summer Christmas, welcome to Summerween.