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By Natasha Chen, CNN (CNN) — As of Monday, about half a million fast food workers in California are making at least $20 per hour, $4 higher than the overall state minimum wage. The new rate applies to restaurant chains with more than 60 nationwide locations and is a result of a years-long fight by

By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN (CNN) — Google will delete billions of data records as part of a settlement for a lawsuit that accused the tech giant of improperly tracking the web-browsing habits of users who thought they were browsing the internet privately. The suit was originally filed in 2020 and accused Google of misrepresenting the

By Jeanne Sahadi and Rachel Wilson, CNN New York (CNN) — For anyone looking to buy a new home, high mortgage rates, high home prices and a shrunken housing supply have made the whole process challenging to say the least. Now a new analysis from Bankrate.com released Monday finds that in nearly half of US

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Microsoft will no longer sell its Teams collaboration software as a bundled product with its Office 365 suite anywhere in the world, the company said Monday, in the face of antitrust concerns. The decision to separate Teams from Office globally extends a previous announcement last year affecting only the

By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — OpenAI has unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool that can mimic human voices with startling accuracy. The AI voice generator has a range of potential applications, including for accessibility services, but could also prompt concerns about misinformation and other forms of abuse. OpenAI on Friday shared samples

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Shares of Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group plunged Monday after the company disclosed that it lost more than $58 million and generated very little revenue in 2023. Former President Donald Trump is the company’s majority shareholder, and his net worth tumbled by more than

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Scientists in the United States, especially those in the biomedical fields, are increasingly leaving the world of academia for better-paying industry jobs amid stagnant federal funding and low wages. It’s a troubling sign for the future of US-based medical research and development at pharmaceutical and biotech companies,

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — If you haven’t sent in your 2023 income tax return yet, you have until April 15 to do so. Unless, that is, you’re among the millions of people who, for different reasons, are granted more time to file later this year. That includes those who file for

By Tina Burnside and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — This is not an April Fool’s Day joke. Monday night’s Powerball drawing has skyrocketed to $1 billion. This is only the fifth advertised Powerball jackpot to reach $1 billion, lottery officials said. The deadline to buy tickets for today’s drawing varies depending on where you buy,

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Buying an affordable home in the United States has gotten a lot harder for many people since 2020. A new analysis from Bankrate.com finds that in 22 states and Washington, DC, buyers need a six-figure household income to comfortably afford a typical median-priced home. That’s a lot

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — One sound could go missing from the symphony that greets campers at dawn. Besides bird chirps, owl hoots and racoons searching for food, the rumble of car engines firing up as campers head home may be strangely absent. It will at least be less common as electric trucks and

By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The massive cargo ship crash that destroyed the Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday will probably cost various shipping companies and insurers billions of dollars in damages. But lawyers, legislators and business owners will need to turn to one of the oldest subjects of law to

CNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — The massive cargo ship crash that destroyed the Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday will probably cost various shipping companies and insurers billions of dollars in damages. But lawyers, legislators and business owners will need to turn to one of the oldest subjects of law

By Dalia Faheid and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — With no one winning the Powerball jackpot Saturday, the grand prize for Monday’s drawing grew closer to the billion-dollar mark, according to the lottery. Saturday’s winning numbers were: 33, 13, 50, 12, 52 with a Powerball of 23. The estimated $975 million Powerball jackpot in play Monday jumped from

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — AT&T has launched an investigation into the source of a data leak that includes personal information of 73 million current and former customers. In a news release Saturday morning, the telecommunications giant said the data was “released on the dark web approximately two weeks ago,” and contains

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — The Easter Bunny is hopping into town on Sunday, but that also means some businesses will be closed for last minute errands. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It is also the end of the 40-day

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — All over the world, and for centuries, people have thrown coins into fountains, wishing wells and rivers for good luck. It’s a tradition widely depicted in movies, ranging from Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” to the 1954 film “Three Coins in the Fountain”; and in the

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The seismic settlement announced by the National Association of Realtors earlier this month has not yet been approved, but it is already sending shockwaves through the real estate industry. The mere prospect of a future settlement has already caused some Americans to change their behavior when buying and selling

By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN A container ship colliding into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is drawing attention to potential vulnerabilities among some of America’s more than 600,000 bridges. The Key Bridge stood for 47 years, and in that time it never received the sort of jolt that anyone could have thought would bring

CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Anna Bahney, CNN New York (CNN) — The home insurance market is crumbling in New Orleans, leaving Alfredo Herrera with few options for coverage — and skyrocketing insurance premiums. Herrera, 35, works in finance for a local bank. He bought his 900-square-foot home in New Orleans’ Mid-City neighborhood in 2020