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To undercut its fast-growing rivals, Subway is making a big change to its meats. The chain’s roug...
Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business

A big change is coming to Subway restaurants today

Subway has struggled in recent years as competition in the industry has ramped up, and the staid brand has fallen out of favor with customers.
3 years ago
Lab testing for the substance found at the White House on Sunday has come back positive for cocaine...
Kevin Liptak, CNN

Lab tests show substance found at White House was cocaine

Previous field testing showed a positive result for cocaine, but the substance was sent for further evaluation and testing.
3 years ago
Three people are dead and at least seven others are injured after a shooting just before midnight T...
Rebekah Riess and Holly Yan

Gun violence in Louisiana, 3 killed 7 injured at July 4th block party

Gunfire erupted at a Fourth of July block party – a “family and community event” that has taken place for more than a decade without any previous violence.
3 years ago
Joey Chestnut ate 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the men’s division of the Nathan’s hot dog e...
Eric Levenson, CNN

Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo win Nathan’s hot dog eating contest

Joey Chestnut was the heavy favorite on the men’s side and has now won 16 of the last 17 Independence Day contests,
3 years ago
(CNN) — A new crop of artificial intelligence tools carries the promise of streamlining tasks, i...
Catherine Thorbecke, CNN

AI is already linked to layoffs in the industry that created it

In its most-recent layoffs report, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said 3,900 people were laid off in May due to AI.
3 years ago
The war over “Taco Tuesday” may be heating up now, but its origins date back several decades. R...
Jordan Valinsky, CNN

The strange history of Taco Tuesday

The story begins in the 1980s, when a Taco John’s restaurant owner coined the term “Taco Twosday” to advertise a deal of 99 cents for two tacos.
3 years ago
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered some Biden administration agencies and top officials not to comm...
Devan Cole and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN

Judge halts Biden discussion with social media about disinformation

The agencies and officials, Doughty said, are prohibited from “specifically flagging content or posts on social-media platforms.
3 years ago
This enhanced color image of Ingenuity was taken by Perseverance on April 16. Photo credit: NASA/JP...
Ashley Strickland

Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars after 63-day silence

The Mars Ingenuity helicopter is talking again after being quiet for 63 days.
3 years ago
students walking new weber state administration building, higher education spending is in question...
Carlos Artiles Fortun

Does higher education have a spending problem?

According to one expert, there are things in higher education that aren't under universities' control that can force more spending.
3 years ago
Alef Aeronautics' flying Car unveiling on October 19, 2022. (Credit: Alef Aeronautics Inc.)...
Chris Isidore, CNN

A flying car prototype just got an airworthiness certificate from the FAA

The company expects to sell the vehicle for $300,000 each with the first delivery by projected for the end of 2025.
3 years ago
Rudolph "Rudy" Farias has been found more than eight years after going missing, according to the Te...
Melissa Alonso, CNN

Texas man who went missing as a teen is found alive 8 years later

Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV who had been missing since March 6, 2015, according to a missing persons flyer has been found alive.
3 years ago
While Utah's gas prices remain higher at the pump than the national average, at $3.97 a gallon, tak...
Mariah Maynes

Gas prices drop ahead of Fourth of July

Taking to the roads this Fourth of July won't be quite as costly this year as there's been an unprecedented drop in gas prices.
3 years ago
Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter

Here’s what’s left for the Supreme Court on final day of this term

Friday marks the final day of the 2022-23 Supreme Court term and several rulings are expected on Friday, June 30, 2023.
3 years ago
New York (CNN) — The prolonged shortage of a certain red sauce is making the black market go wild...
Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business

Sriracha sauce is selling for as much as $120 amid prolonged shortage

Originally Published: 29 JUN 23 10:30 ET Updated: 29 JUN 23 12:26 ET   New York (CNN) — The prolonged shortage of a certain red sauce is making the black market go wild. Prices of Sriracha sauce are as high as $70 on eBay as people look to snap up the spicy sauce — and […]
3 years ago
Since Costco has expanded self-checkout, the company has noticed that non-members have been sneakin...
Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN

Costco is cracking down on sharing membership cards

The company has not raised the cost of its membership since 2017, despite rivals such as Amazon and Sam’s Club raising their membership fees.
3 years ago
Donald Trump's allies are outraged after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he does not know if...
Kristen Holmes and Nicky Robertson

McCarthy says ‘I don’t know’ if Trump is strongest 2024 candidate

Supporters of former President Donald Trump are outraged after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the former president may not be the strongest candidate.
3 years ago
A United Airlines plane departs from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas on June...
Chris Isidore and Jordan Valinsky

More than 8,000 US flights delayed or canceled after severe storms

Severe weather has caused havoc on the airline industry in recent days with more than 8,000 flights delayed or canceled.
3 years ago
savings system right on the money...
Mark Jones

What is the real cost of living for middle Americans? An expert weighs in

A report says the cost of living has been soaring for the past few decades. Scott Winship, a senior fellow and the director for the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute, says that isn't necessarily the case.
3 years ago
The Supreme Court Friday ruled in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refuses to cr...
Amanda Dickson

What is ‘true threat’ and how does it affect social media?

The Supreme Court defined what a true threat is, and how that might affect social media interactions from here on out.
3 years ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 19, 2018:  The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., is the sea...
Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter

Supreme Court rejects election law theory, sends First Amendment case back to lower court

The Court ruled the North Carolina Supreme Court did not violate the elections clause of the US Constitution when it invalidated the state’s 2022 congressional map,
3 years ago
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning doctors and public health officials ab...
Jen Christensen

CDC issues warning about the first locally acquired cases of malaria in the US in 20 years

The CDC is warning healthcare professionals about several locally acquired cases of malaria. There hasn't been a locally acquired case of malaria in the United States in 20 years.
3 years ago
The Supreme Court said Monday that Louisiana’s congressional map must be redrawn to add a second ...
Tierney Sneed

Supreme Court allows for Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district

The justices reversed plans to hear the case themselves and lifted a hold they placed on a lower court’s order for a reworked redistricting regime.
3 years ago
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - MAY 12: In an aerial view, a sign is posted in front of a Jack in the Box re...
Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN

Drive-thrus are creating problems for cities and towns

Long lines of cars waiting for orders spill out into U.S. roads in every state causing problems for pedestrians and motorists.
3 years ago
Soon, Americans are going to able to try chicken that comes directly from chicken cells rather than...
Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN

Lab-grown meat is coming. Here’s everything you need to know

Cultivated, or cell-based, meat, is meat that is developed from animal cells and grown with amino acids in massive bioreactors.
3 years ago