[ad_1] CNN — A congressional investigation found that the US Food and Drug Administration’s “atypical collaboration” to approve a high-priced Alzheimer’s drug was “rife with irregularities.” The report, released Thursday, was the result of an 18-month investigation by two House committees. It is sharply critical of Biogen, maker of the …
Read More »Y2K aesthetics are back, along with the era’s existential dread
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: The past year was filled with uncertainty over politics, the economy and the ongoing pandemic. In the face of big changes, people found themselves longing for a different time. CNN’s series “The Past Is Now” examines how nostalgia manifested in our culture in 2022 — for better …
Read More »FDA: Sesame joins major food allergens list on January 1
[ad_1] CNN — Starting January 1, sesame will join the list of major food allergens defined by law, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The change comes as a result of the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research Act, or FASTER Act, which was signed into law …
Read More »Consumers kept the economy hot in 2022. Now they’re losing steam
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — For a year that held promise of a return to normalcy, 2022 threw plenty of curve balls at the American consumer. Supply chains remained in disarray as ongoing snarls were drastically worsened by lockdowns in China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, average US gas prices shot …
Read More »IRS delays rule change for people who get paid on Venmo, Etsy, Airbnb and other apps
[ad_1] New York CNN — Anyone getting paid for their goods and services through apps like Venmo, PayPal or CashApp, or platforms like Etsy and Airbnb, just got a reprieve from the IRS. Following concerns expressed by the tax community, the electronic transactions industry and some lawmakers, the IRS said …
Read More »Analysis: Southwest got billions of dollars in taxpayer aid. Why is its service still a mess?
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — When the coronavirus pandemic ground the transportation industry to a screeching halt in early 2020, the US government doled out more than $54 billion in aid to help pay employees and keep the systems from buckling. Southwest Airlines received more than $7 billion from that program. …
Read More »Devastating disasters and flickers of hope: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2022
[ad_1] CNN — From a small island in Polynesia to the white-sand beaches of Florida, the planet experienced a dizzying number of climate and extreme weather disasters in 2022. Blistering summer heat broke records in drought-stricken China, threatening lives and food production. In the United States, drought and sea level …
Read More »Biden and his team feeling vindicated by a 2022 turnaround built on the same decades-old principles
[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden spent hours during his first foreign trip behind closed doors, attempting to reassure a shaken group of US allies that America was back. It was clear, he later told advisers, just how much work remained to convince them of the durability of that commitment. …
Read More »Zach Bryan drops surprise album ‘All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster,’ vows to combat high ticket prices
[ad_1] CNN — Zach Bryan gave us all a welcome gift just in time for Christmas. The rising country star, named among Barack Obama’s favorite musicians this year, surprise dropped a new album on Saturday, a collection of live tracks titled, “All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster (Live at Red Rocks).” …
Read More »Hugh Jackman talks ‘Deadpool 3’
[ad_1] CNN — Hugh Jackman is sharing details on how his best-known character, grisly mutant X-Man Wolverine, will interact with Ryan Reynolds’s wisecracking Deadpool in the upcoming “Deadpool 3.” In a recent Empire Film podcast, Jackman said the two characters are a “zero” in terms of compatibility, calling them “opposites” …
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