Ultimate Gray, Illuminating are both Pantone's 2021 Color of the Year: 'Essential to the human spirit'
2020 may have felt bleak, but Pantone’s 2021 Color of the Year picks are here to remind us there is strength and joy to be found in the world still.
Stimulus checks aren't in the bipartisan relief proposal. Here's what Congress is offering instead
By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN A bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to inch closer to an agreement on a federal coronavirus relief package, but it does not currently include cash payments like the ones
What you need to know about Biden's nominees
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President-elect Joe Biden has moved swiftly to build out his administration, naming his choices for Cabinets posts such as defense and Health and Human Services.
Falling sales, job losses and bankruptcies: Pain spreads across coal country
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business President Donald Trump promised he would save the US coal industry. But as his tenure winds down, the industry is struggling through some of its darkest days, plagued by falling demand,…
Starbucks names Mellody Hobson board chair — the first Black woman in the role
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks has named Mellody Hobson the new chair of its board of directors, the first Black woman in that role at the company.
McDonald's Happy Meals could get more expensive next year
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald's is eliminating a four-decade-old deal with its franchisees that subsidized the price of Happy Meal toys for customers. That could mean pricier Happy Meals next year.
Biden set to appear with Gen. Lloyd Austin as he lobbies Democrats to back waiver for defense secretary nominee
By Eric Bradner and Jessica Dean, CNN President-elect Joe Biden will begin trying to sell his choice for defense secretary, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, to congressional Democrats who are balking at the prospect of…
Who has tested positive for coronavirus in Trump's orbit
By Janie Boschma, Christopher Hickey, Kevin Liptak and Heather Fulbright, CNN More than 35 people in the White House and other Trump associates have contracted Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, including…
Fact check: Breaking down the attack ads in the Loeffler vs. Warnock Georgia Senate slugfest
By Daniel Dale, CNN Georgia's television viewers have been inundated with attack ads lambasting the four candidates in the state's two critical Senate runoff elections.
This extremely intense gym is expanding even as Covid cases soar
By Matt Egan, CNN Business During the depths of the pandemic, all 1,400 Orangetheory Fitness studios around the world went dark. The future looked bleak for this fitness brand known for its intense indoor workout classes,…