By Trevor Mahoney for ThatsThem Last year, Americans spent a record $13.1 billion on Halloween, and that number is expected to jump to $13.5 billion this year, according to the National Retail Federation. Nearly half of consumers started their fall shopping before October even started. That taste...
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People often underestimate some expenses when planning for retirement. In conversations with older adults about their in-retirement finances, they’ve repeatedly mentioned the cost of dental care....
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By Karina Tsui, Sydney Bishop, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and six others injured after a shooting inside a shopping mall at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California on Friday night, police said. Fairfield Police Chief Dan Marshall told reporters late Friday that t...
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Good news for Halloween! The Borderland is looking at mostly dry weather Saturday, with light winds and comfortable temperatures for trick-or-treating. Skies will stay mostly cloudy throughout the day. Afternoon temperatures will reach the low to mid-70s,...
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — In CNN’s first update on math teacher and tennis coach Jeff Kizer, we described him as “chill” when it came to money and noted he didn’t see it as a source for happiness. But being chill didn’t mean Jeff hasn’t been worried about his financial prospe...
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — There is nothing more agitating for everyday investors than markets falling out of bed and rising inflation eating away at their wallets. Certified financial planner Douglas Boneparth offers his best advice for how to quell that agitation with a smar...
government
By Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash, Curt Devine, Isabelle Chapman, CNN (CNN) — As a Justice Department investigation scrutinizes whether Democrats recruited a Senate candidate to confuse Alaska voters, a big-money effort propping up a different fringe name on the ballot could also hurt R...
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By Eryn Mathewson, CNN (CNN) — It’s understandable that Tim Blackmore is equal parts psyched and nervous about running the New York City Marathon this weekend. The race is his first marathon, and the 42-year-old US Marine Corps veteran hopes to finish in under three hours — a ben...
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By David Mack, CNN (CNN) — In the US and Canada, “ You Can See Everything, ” Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s meta-documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, is a box-office success , a critical darling and a word-of-mouth sensation. But foreign filmgoers, like Ilia Krasilshchik, ha...
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The popular theory that comets were crucial in kick-starting life on Earth billions of years ago may not hold up, according to new computer simulations that counter decades of scientific thinking. The finding suggests the fragile organic molecules su...
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By Jeremy Herb, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — After Election Day, all eyes in the political world could turn to Alaska. Alaska has already been at the center of a roiling political controversy this week over how the second Dan Sullivan ended up on the state’s Senate ballot, which has ...
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By Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — In the closing days of the race, Rep. Max Miller is making the case to voters that divorce is messy and the controversies that surrounded him this summer are behind him. But the high-profile custody case that roiled his reelection bid thi...
