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McDonald’s removed salads from national menus in 2020.

Why McDonald’s killed this menu item

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN New York (CNN) — McDonald’s once poured big marketing dollars into its salads. But since 2020, greens have been off the menu. That’s because the chain has concluded that when people go to McDonald’s, they mostly want a burger and fries. “If people really want salads from McDonald’s we will gladly

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LinkedIn billionaire bankrolls voting firm Smartmatic as it fights Fox News in 2020 election defamation case

By Matt Egan and Marshall Cohen, CNN New York (CNN) — LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is providing significant financial firepower to Smartmatic as the voting technology company fights Fox News and Newsmax over the right-wing networks’ repeated airing of 2020 election lies. Hoffman, a billionaire venture capitalist and prominent Democratic donor, framed his multimillion-dollar investment

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Medical school is now free for most students at this top university after a $1 billion donation

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Bloomberg Philanthropies is gifting $1 billion to make medical school free for the majority of students at Johns Hopkins University, joining other high-profile donors who have contributed to tuition-free medical schools across the country. In a letter by Michael Bloomberg in the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ annual report, the

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Columbia removes three deans from power for ‘very troubling’ antisemitic text messages

By Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University announced Monday it has permanently removed three deans from their posts after finding they engaged in “very troubling” text messages that touched on antisemitic tropes. In a letter, Columbia President Minouche Shafik committed to holding those officials responsible for the “disturbing” incident, which occurred during a May

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Early signs of dementia can show in your finances

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN New York (CNN) — Financial files in disarray. Late payments and last-warning service-cutoff notices. Multiple daily bank withdrawals. Out-of-character purchases. When a family member who has been fairly responsible with money all their lives becomes careless with their finances, it may be one sign of as-yet-undiagnosed dementia. Researchers at the New

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Beijing steps up probe into EU brandy imports as trade tensions deepen after tariffs on Chinese EVs

By Laura He, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Beijing has intensified its anti-dumping investigation into imports of European brandy. The Chinese commerce ministry will hold a hearing on July 18 to discuss the probe into claims that European producers are selling brandy in China at artificially low prices, according to a statement from the ministry Friday. The hearing

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Paramount, the media empire behind CBS and ‘Top Gun,’ agrees to merge with Skydance

By Jon Passantino and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Paramount Global—the sprawling media empire behind CBS, MTV, and one of Hollywood’s most storied movie studios—has agreed to merge with technology scion David Ellison’s Skydance Media, ending years of speculation over the company’s fate. The deal announced late Sunday comes just weeks after a previous offer from Ellison to acquire

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Radio host who interviewed Biden leaves station after admitting campaign aides gave her pre-selected questions

By Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Radio host Andrea Lawful-Sanders has resigned from WURD Radio after admitting her post-debate interview with President Joe Biden included questions that were pre-selected by Biden’s campaign team, the station told CNN Sunday. “The interview featured pre-determined questions provided by the White House, which violates our practice of

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A 75-year-old great-grandmother had recently finished her breast cancer treatment. Then she won a $5 million scratch-off game

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A Pennsylvania woman who had recently completed her breast cancer treatment says she couldn’t believe her eyes after scratching off a winning $5 million ticket, according to lottery officials. Donna Osborne, 75, told Pennsylvania Lottery officials that she was at an airport with her daughter to visit family

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