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Dollar stores are struggling. Blame Walmart

09/04/2024 10:10pm
(cnn) — After years of prolific growth, Us dollar stores have hit a downturn. Dollar Tree shares plunged 20% Wednesday

'Fake heiress' Anna Sorokin will compete on 'Dancing With the Stars' amid deportation battle

09/04/2024 10:10pm
The con artist convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress, Anna Sorokin, will now star in the upcoming season of "Dancing With the Stars."

US regulators want to investigate Shein and Temu over ‘deadly’ baby products

09/04/2024 9:33pm
New York (cnn) — Shein and Temu, two Chinese low-cost e-commerce websites, are the target of a proposed investigation

Harris proposes smaller hike in capital gains tax than Biden

09/04/2024 6:33pm
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Wednesday proposed raising the capital gains tax rate for those earning $1 million or more to 28%, instead of the 39.6% rate proposed by President Joe Biden in his fiscal 2025 budget.

McDonald’s is giving its McFlurry a makeover

09/04/2024 5:45pm
(cnn) — Nearly a year after McDonald’s ditched the hollow plastic spoon , more changes are coming for the McFlurry.

US job openings fall to 3½-year low in July

09/04/2024 5:05pm
U.S. job openings dropped to a 3½-year low in July, suggesting the labor market was losing steam, but probably not enough for the Federal Reserve to consider a big interest rate cut this month.

At least 4 killed, 9 taken to hospitals in school shooting at Georgia high school, GBI says

09/04/2024 4:35pm
(cnn) — [Breaking news update at 5:07 p.m. Et] The 14-year-old suspect in the fatal mass shooting at a Winder, Georgia,

Boeing will fly its empty capsule back to Earth soon. 2 NASA astronauts will stay behind

09/04/2024 11:03am
NASA said Wednesday that Boeing's Starliner capsule is set to undock from the space station Friday evening. The crewless craft will aim for a touchdown six hours later in New Mexico.

Georgia high school student, 14, kills 4 and wounds 9 in campus shooting, police say

09/04/2024 11:01am
A 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, jolting the United States with the first mass campus shooting since the start of the school year.

US judge says X must face class action age bias claims over mass layoff

09/04/2024 10:13am
A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination as a class.

Man sentenced to over 1 year in prison for thousands of harassing calls to congressional offices

09/04/2024 9:28am
A former Maryland resident has been sentenced to more than one year behind bars for making thousands of threatening and harassing telephone calls to dozens of congressional offices across the country.

New COVID vaccines could cost uninsured up to $200

09/04/2024 7:22am
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are already showing up on some pharmacy and health provider shelves. But a key program that paid for the vaccines when people lacked coverage is out of money. So those who are under-insured or uninsured could pay up to $200 for the booster.

Teen charged with attempted murder in shooting of 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall

09/04/2024 2:26am
(cnn) — The 17-year-old suspect in the weekend shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall is

It’s not just you. More weird spam is popping up on Facebook

09/04/2024 12:48am
(cnn) — If a strange photo has recently stopped you in your tracks while scrolling your Facebook feed, you’re not