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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Pepsi and brewery company Diageo have withdrawn their sponsorship of the UK’s 2026 Wireless Festival after it was announced that Kanye West would headline the three-day event. The rapper, who goes by the name Ye, has faced backlash in recent years after making repeated antisemitic and offensive remarks. Pepsi

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Jamie Dimon is warning that the US-Israeli war with Iran could lead to another round of persistent inflation and higher interest rates that could sink the US economy into a recession and redefine the global economic order. “Then again, it may not,” Dimon hedged. In his annual letter to

CNN By Brian Stelter, Holly Yan CNN (CNN) — Savannah Guthrie showed viewers her grief and desperation when her mother, Nancy, vanished two months ago. Now she is showing viewers her resolve. Guthrie returned to the “Today” show on Monday morning — her first time co-hosting the flagship NBC morning show since Nancy’s disappearance. “It’s

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — For Connie Lear, driving even her hybrid car is a luxury she can rarely afford. Lear lives in the rural town of June Lake, California, a picturesque community of 300 people near Yosemite National Park and the Nevada state line. June Lake is part of Mono County, which has

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — Muneeb Iqbal is set to graduate with a master’s degree in integrated design, business and technology from the University of Southern California next month, but he doesn’t have a job or internship lined up, despite the 4,000 applications he’s tallied over the past year. The 23-year-old told CNN

By Brian Stelter, Holly Yan CNN (CNN) — Savannah Guthrie showed viewers her grief and desperation when her mother, Nancy, vanished two months ago. Now she is showing viewers her resolve. Guthrie returned to the “Today” show on Monday morning — her first time co-hosting the flagship NBC morning show since Nancy’s disappearance. “It’s good

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Oil prices pushed higher Sunday after President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iranian energy facilities if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 1.4% to $110.60. US crude rose 1.8% to $113.60. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Buying clothes has always been challenging for Ann Lindsay. As a plus-sized 41-year-old, she finds many stores’ plus-size offerings too matronly or too expensive. Lately, it’s gotten worse: Last month, she noticed that her local Target in Chicago removed plus sizes entirely. There were significantly fewer options

By Stephanie Yang, CNN (CNN) — The dream of deploying humanoid robots in every home has created a new type of job. The only requirements are a head strap, a smartphone and a list of chores. With the evolution of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have become the latest frontier in the race to dominate advanced

By Isaac Tellechea, CNN (CNN) — This year’s Easter baskets will come with a higher price tag and a little less chocolate, despite lower cocoa prices. Cocoa — the key ingredient in chocolate — has been steadily falling in price from its all-time high in 2024, when cocoa beans were trading for over $12,000 a

By Isaac Tellechea, Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN New York (CNN) — In the early hours of March 7, two thieves smashed through a vinyl-lined window at a store in Graham, Washington. Alarms blared as they filled up several large bins with stolen goods. In less than two minutes, they made off with nearly $10,000 worth of

By Stephanie Yang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — One month into the war in Iran, a growing shortage of crude oil is threatening to morph into something worse: a shortage of nearly everything. The conflict in the Middle East has crimped oil and natural gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz, reducing global supply by

By Hadas Gold, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — OpenAI’s out-of-the-blue acquisition of TBPN, the buzzy online talk show, stunned the worlds of media and technology. But it’s a continuation of a pattern that dates back a hundred years, to 1926, when RCA created NBC in part to sell radios. Time and time again, pioneers of

By Chris Isidore, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Gas prices are grabbing the headlines, but jet fuel prices have doubled in the last two months. So far, air fares are only up modestly. But that could change in the next couple of months. “We are seeing prices for summer increasing as a result of higher

KGTV By Chris Isidore, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Gas prices are grabbing the headlines, but jet fuel prices have doubled in the last two months. So far, air fares are only up modestly. But that could change in the next couple of months. “We are seeing prices for summer increasing as a result of

By Hadas Gold, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The next wave of AI-powered cybersecurity attacks will be like nothing we’ve seen before. That’s the message AI company Anthropic sent in a leaked blog post last week, in which it warned that its upcoming AI model, called Mythos, and others like it can exploit vulnerabilities at

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The latest jobs report showed that the US economy likely added 178,000 jobs in March, nearly triple expectations. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%. Forecasts had it holding steady at 4.4% or even rising to 4.5%. Health care and social assistance was once again the workhorse sector, accounting for

By John Liu, Kristie Lu Stout, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — If you thought paying $4 for gasoline was bad, spare a thought for this international financial hub which currently has the highest gas prices in the world. As average gas prices across the United States hit a record since 2022, residents of Hong Kong

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Average US mortgage rates climbed again for the fifth week in a row, making homebuying more expensive than it was just a few weeks ago, before the outbreak of war with Iran. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.46% this week, jumping from 6.38% the previous week

By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The March jobs report, due out Friday morning, could bring a much-needed reality check after two months of wild swings in the US labor market. But even if a level or baseline is achieved, and clarity is gained as to the health of the labor market, it’s a whole