WASHINGTON – Inflation likely worsened in September in one of the last price reports the government will issue before the midterm elections that have been heavily defined by concerns over affordability. Consumer prices are forecast to have risen 3.6% in...

Streaming giant Netflix is laying off 6% of its workforce, or roughly 1,000 employees, in its biggest cuts since 2022, according to a Reuters report on Wednesday citing an internal memo. The layoffs come as the ⁠company faces tough competition ⁠for...

LOADINGERROR LOADING ATLANTA (AP) — Witnesses watched in horror as a man riding a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia was ejected from his seat, almost seeming to hover above the car before hitting several people and falling to his death. The...

WASHINGTON – The Social Security Administration projected Wednesday that the annual cost-of-living adjustment for older adults and people with disabilities will go up by 3.6% beginning in 2027, with some recipients complaining that is not enough to...

WASHINGTON – For the first time in more than a quarter-century, Americans have a new option when shopping for sunscreen: a skin-protecting chemical that’s long been a go-to option in Europe and other parts of the world. The U.S. Food and Drug...

Download the CNN app Donald Trump TV shows China Asia See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow Several White House officials are questioning how long Katie Zacharia will keep the press secretary job after her first briefing...

A small dog that’s been on the loose in Yellowstone National Park for a month has been spotted crossing intersections, strolling through employee housing and entering lodges through automatic doors. Yet Luna, a Jack Russell terrier from California, has...

Pope Leo XIV was expected to be admitted to a Rome hospital Tuesday for the removal of a lung nodule in an operation experts say will determine whether the lesion is malignant and if other treatment is needed. Leo has offered a rare level of...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced outrage Wednesday over Russia’s continuing aerial bombardment of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in apparent defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for a ceasefire. Moscow’s...

HOUSTON — A man who was injured when an ICE officer’s car ran over him has had surgery on his leg but needs additional procedures to reconstruct the leg and other parts of his body, an advocate for the man said Monday. Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, had...

Seven years after Chick-fil-A changed its charitable giving strategy following criticism over donations to conservative Christian groups seen as anti-LGBTQ+, CEO Andrew Cathy was asked on TODAY about the company’s official position on equal...

A Brooklyn novelty shop made it clear Sunday that Molly, a singing and dancing mechanical bird that serves as its unofficial mascot, was not for sale after an incident with Kelly Clarkson. But Tuesday, the store changed its tune. Molly can now be...

The suit by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington charges that the president’s son-in-law has numerous conflicts of interest. A watchdog group filed suit Wednesday alleging President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s current role...

Washington — The Justice Department and lawyers for CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be back in court Thursday as the legal battle continues over President Trump's decision to ban reporters from the three news outlets from the White House over what he said...

ATLANTA – Kamala Harris is building out her final fall campaign blitz on behalf of other Democrats, completing a midterm schedule that by Election Day will have taken her to multiple early presidential primary states on Democrats' 2028 calendar as the...

Tens of millions of retirees will see an increase in benefits this January when the new COLA is added to Social Security payments. The Social Security Administration announced the official annual cost-of-living-adjustment on Wednesday, increasing...

NEW YORK – The federal government is planning to dramatically shrink its most influential health survey, and some researchers worry that the changes will underestimate how many Americans are disabled. At least half the survey questions could be axed....

It’s been more than 25 years since “Save the Last Dance” was released, but it’s back in the headlines after last night’s “Dancing With the Stars.” The 2001 movie turned Julia Stiles into an instant star and in honor of the anniversary, the actor...

Some of the year's biggest movies and games have inspired the most popular Halloween costumes. Halloween will have a Hollywood feel this year. Google unveiled its top trending costume searches for 2026, and the list features characters from some of the...

Getty Bryce Hall is in some serious legal trouble in Las Vegas ... the social media star was arrested and is now facing a felony domestic violence charge ... but his rep says the allegations are bogus. According to court records, obtained by TMZ, Bryce...

BANGKOK – The head of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that the U.S. and other wealthy nations need to urgently tackle mounting global debt levels that are weighing heaviest on low-income countries and straining the global financial...

WASHINGTON – More than 14 months after National Guard members began patrolling the streets of the nation's capital, a federal appeals court on Wednesday will hear arguments over whether they should be sent home. Oral arguments are scheduled in the U.S....

Joni Mitchell can see both sides of the U.S.-Canada border freely now. Joni Mitchell can see both sides of the U.S.-Canada border freely now. The famed Canadian singer-songwriter shared a major milestone with fans on Tuesday, posing with an American...

The toy is modeled after the Canadian singer’s 1998 Oscars performance, where she sang “My Heart Will Go On” from James Cameron’s “Titanic.” Celine Dion is being made into a doll, one that will be sought by fans near, far, wherever they are. The maker...

KEVIN!!! A 7-year-old from Alabama received the hotel's "Home Alone" package, which of course includes a limo ride, pizza and a 16-scoop ice cream sundae. Reservation for McCallister. Yes, it may only be October, but Kevin McCallister was back at the...

Yareli Madrid looked around the parking lot to see if anyone else was filming. These days, acts of kindness can seem inseparable from the cameras documenting them, with good deeds becoming content, measured in likes and views. But a teenager had just...

Major League Baseball Rays Shake Up ALCS Roster, Shut Down McClanahan As Guardians Add Slade Cecconi Updated Oct. 12, 2026 12:46 p.m. ET The Tampa Bay Rays added rookie right-hander Brody Hopkins to their AL Championship Series roster and dropped lefty...

Tofu is a protein-packed staple ingredient in certain Asian cuisines and plant-based diets. And, with benefits for your bones and muscles, there’s good reason for just about everyone to make tofu a part of their diet. It’s a great source of plant-based...

A man who fell to his death from a roller coaster at an Atlanta-area amusement park was not the first to die on such a ride in recent years. Authorities have not released information about how 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was thrown from Goliath...

DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa is facing a budget deficit, high costs and economic strain from trade disputes that have squeezed farmers. But problems that have simmered for decades — water quality and cancer rates — have been forced to the forefront of state...

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CAIRO – New explosions have been heard in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, residents said Wednesday, as blame again quickly fell on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen. The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis said it intercepted a...

U.S. President Donald Trump said “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in “our new and beautiful Greenland ” early Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear what exploration or developments the U.S. president was referring to in his...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace's former fiance and two of his business associates were charged with sex crimes and voyeurism on Wednesday over an episode the South Carolina congresswoman described in detail during a speech last year on the House...

WASHINGTON – In 1988, Congress enacted a law to protect the privacy of video rentals after a journalist published details of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s movie rental history during his Senate hearings. Nearly four decades later, the court is...

NEW YORK – Lawyers for a man wounded by an immigration officer while driving with his young son in New York said in a court filing Wednesday that the agent who shot him never identified himself before he ran up to the car, smashed one of its windows,...

Russell Brand is set to appear in a London court to face trial for charges of rape and sexual assaults against six women. The 51-year-old, who denies all charges, is accused of groping women and forcing them into sexual acts, in allegations spanning 10...

Justice Department move flouts protocol so close to an election Rep. Ilhan Omar has responded to a surprise federal search of her DC home on Monday with defiance: "Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law...

WASHINGTON – CVS Pharmacy Inc. and various subsidiaries have agreed to pay $315 million to resolve a Justice Department case alleging it unlawfully dispensed medically unnecessary prescriptions of highly addictive opioids, officials said Tuesday. The...

LOADINGERROR LOADING Oct 13 (Reuters) - Bank of America (BAC.N) has been fined $1.21 billion by the US government for what it called widespread failures to properly police potential money laundering and other illicit activity at the nation’s...

President Donald Trump's new press secretary stepped to the podium, the eyes of a packed room of journalists — and many in their audiences — upon her. She smiled broadly at the sea of faces both probing and friendly. With that, Katie Zacharia went live...

HOUSTON – A Texas prosecutor says a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent appeared to use a vehicle to intentionally strike a man who took off running in Houston and that an investigation opened by his office could result in criminal...

WASHINGTON – Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE...

NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors on Wednesday urged a New York judge to send two of the nation's most successful luxury real estate brokers and their brother to prison for life for drugging and raping dozens of women over a two-decade stretch, while...

article In this photo illustration, a Social Security card sits alongside checks from the U.S. Treasury on October 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The Brief The Social Security Administration will soon...

A Michael Jordan jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals has sold for $14 million, auction house says Updated Oct. 12, 2026 9:08 a.m. ET Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A game-worn, autographed Michael Jordan road jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals has been privately...

BERLIN (AP) — A former Ukrainian army officer is going on trial in Germany this week over undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany four years ago in one of the biggest acts of sabotage in Europe since the...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Israel on Tuesday returned 22 ancient artifacts that had been illegally removed from Greece, as Athens steps up an international repatriation campaign ultimately aimed at securing the return of sculptures taken from the...

The bill includes steep penalties for any drivers who continue operating after the ban takes effect, including hundreds of dollars in potential fines, up to 15 days in jail, or both. The New York City Council is set to vote on a proposal that would bring...

Dolly Parton’s nephew and longtime head of security said in a Tennessee court filing Tuesday that he was a close friend and ally of Parton's longtime manager Danny Nozell before Nozell took out a restraining order accusing him of threatening to do...