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By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The Elon-Musk owned social media platform, X, confidently claims that it harnesses industry-leading brand safety tools to ensure a positive experience for advertisers on the platform — but a quick glance at where advertisements for prominent brands actually appear tells an entirely different story. Over the last 24 hours,

By Peter Valdes-Dapena and Greg Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration held a public meeting Thursday to discuss the possible recall of 52 million airbags produced by ARC Automotive and Delphi Automotive Systems. Inflators in these air bags, used in millions of vehicles from 11 different manufacturers, could potentially explode in

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Two companies have recalled more than 70 million units of rolling candy due to choking hazards, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Candy Dynamics is recalling 70 million “Slime Licker Sour Rolling Liquid Candy.” A separate company, Cocco Candy and KGR Distribution, recalled 145,800 units of

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — With prescriptions for semaglutide drugs, including Wegovy and Ozempic, on the rise, food sellers are increasingly fielding questions about the possibility of a significant shift in how — or how much — people eat. The increasingly popular drugs generally work by reducing patients’ appetites. With 1.7% of

By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys representing conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell and his company MyPillow in a defamation lawsuits brought by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic have asked to withdraw from both cases after Lindell allegedly racked up millions in unpaid legal fees. In a court filings, Minnesota-based Parker Daniels Kibort said both Lindell

CNN By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — It appears that the trusty, “sorry-not-sorry that I’m ugly” Crocs foam clog has found a way to get even weirder, this time with some western flair. On Thursday, Crocs unveiled something previously unimaginable. A Crocs cowboy boot, with spurs and all. Should we thank Taylor Swift

By Brian Fung and Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday applied for a court order to force Elon Musk to testify in an ongoing probe related to his acquisition of Twitter and public disclosures he made in connection with the deal, according to court filings. The

By Jennifer Korn, CNN New York (CNN) — Over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente unionized employees walked off the job Wednesday in the largest health care worker strike in US history. Patients say they’re scrambling to find care for a variety of medical needs. One of the largest health care organizations in the country, Kaiser has 12.7

By Parija Kavilanz, CNN New York (CNN) — It appears that the trusty, “sorry-not-sorry that I’m ugly” Crocs foam clog has found a way to get even weirder, this time with some western flair. On Thursday, Crocs unveiled something previously unimaginable. A Crocs cowboy boot, with spurs and all. Should we thank Taylor Swift for

By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — Three weeks into the United Auto Workers strike, signs of progress have emerged in talks between the union and General Motors. GM said it provided a counteroffer to the UAW’s most recent proposal, which it said is the sixth by the company since the

By Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — A key witness for prosecutors in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried testified that both he and Bankman-Fried committed multiple financial crimes related to their oversight of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. Gary Wang, who co-founded FTX with Bankman-Fried, told jurors — in compliance with an earlier plea deal

By Brian Fung (CNN) — Since 2017, Apple has turned down multiple opportunities to chip away at Google’s search engine dominance, according to newly unsealed court transcripts, including a chance to purchase Microsoft’s Bing and to make the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo a default for users of its Safari’s private browsing mode. The previously confidential records, unsealed

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — When the Miami Marlins bested the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, Kim Ng became the first female general manager to lead a Major League Baseball team into the playoffs. And while the Marlins’ postseason was short lived — ending Wednesday night after a loss to the Philadelphia Phillies

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The largest health care strike in US history is now in its second day after more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers began walking off the job on Wednesday. The striking employees, who work across California, Colorado, Washington and Oregon, are represented by a coalition of unions that comprise 40%

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business New York (CNN) — The Girl Scouts are discontinuing a popular cookie just a year after its debut sparked a frenzy. Raspberry Rally won’t be sold this upcoming cookie-sales season, which runs January to April 2024, Girl Scouts of the USA has announced. The Rallies was introduced last year as

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — After spiking to alarming levels just last week, oil prices are suddenly in free-fall mode. The dramatic reversal should bring relief to drivers (and nervous central bankers) very soon. US oil prices plunged by 5.6% to $84.22 a barrel on Wednesday, marking the biggest one-day decline in

By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US mortgage rates climbed even higher this week, hitting 7.49% and pushing homeownership further out of reach for would-be homebuyers. That’s up from 7.31% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate was 6.66%. “Several factors, including shifts

By Niamh Kennedy and Anna Cooban, CNN London (CNN) — Intelligence officers in Belgium are monitoring Alibaba’s logistics hub in Europe for possible espionage on behalf of the Chinese government. Belgium’s state security service VSSE told CNN Thursday it was watching the activities of Alibaba’s (BABA) logistics arm, Cainiao, at the country’s Liège cargo airport.

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN New York (CNN) — South Korean automakers Kia, Hyundai and luxury auto brand Genesis announced Thursday that their electric vehicles in the United States will have Tesla-style charging ports, starting in the last quarter of 2024. This will allow owners of those vehicles to seamlessly use Tesla chargers. The brands join