President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke on the phone Friday, a source familiar with the call told CNN Sunday.In a public Facebook post Friday, Zuckerberg explained why Facebook didn't take action on Facebook and Instagram posts in…

Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have successfully disembarked the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and entered the International Space Station.SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the space station at 10:16 a.m. ET Sunday morning after launching from Florida's Kennedy Space…

So much for selling in May and going away — assuming you could find a place to go to in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.Stocks closed out the month with healthy gains. The Dow and S&P 500 both rose…

Necco Wafers are about to make a sweet comeback after a two-year absence.The beloved candy's disappearance came after the factory in Revere, Massachusetts that made Necco Wafers closed abruptly in 2018. The brand was eventually purchased out of bankruptcy by…

From Minneapolis to Washington DC, from Louisville to Las Vegas, reporters are facing assault and arrest while reporting on widespread protests and unrest.At least a half dozen different incidents were reported on Friday, starting with the wrongful arrest of a…

In coming hours and days you'll likely hear the claims: "outside forces," perhaps even Russians, are mobilizing online to inflame tensions and stoke violence as protests sweep America following the death of George Floyd, the unarmed black man who died…

A SpaceX rocket and spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts soared into outer space Saturday — marking the first time humans have traveled into Earth's orbit from US soil in nearly a decade.Liftoff occurred just after 3:20 pm ET from Florida's…

In a 2004 interview with CNN, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk discussed his ambitions to partner with NASA and to one day send people into space."I think what we're doing is critical to the future of NASA," Musk said at the…

The brand famously known for its campaign encouraging you to get out there and "Just Do It" is flipping the switch and urging people "Don't Do It" in new messaging focused on race.Friday evening, Nike posted a text-only video on…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained Friday night why his company would take no action on posts in which President Trump threatened "looting" in Minneapolis would lead to "shooting." That explanation came roughly 16 hours after Twitter did take action and…

There is no turning back for Twitter now. The only way out is through.When Twitter slapped a warning label on one of President Donald Trump's tweets Friday for "glorifying violence," it was almost certain that the move — a first…

Welcome to the Summer Friday edition of your daily business rundown. We know a lotta y'all like to check out early on Fridays, so we're keeping this snappy.ALL SYSTEMS GO?SpaceX is going for round two tomorrow. The company was going…

Videos and photos are surfacing of thousands of Uber's Jump bikes and scooters stripped of parts and crammed into trucks to be scrapped.Uber sold its bike and scooter business to the startup Lime earlier this month. But thousands of vehicles…

Over and over again in 2018, during an apology tour that took him from the halls of the US Congress to an appearance before the European Parliament, Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook had failed to "take a broad enough view of…

TJ Maxx built its appeal on the "treasure hunt" shopping experience. Now it must persuade shoppers that it's safe to return to scavenging stores in the age of a pandemic.It may not be that hard a task.There are already early…

Temporary store closures. Near-zero travel demand. People shopping online even more as they're stuck home. It was the perfect storm for bankruptcy for some of the country's most recognizable consumer brands -- and several have filed recently.Retailers had already been…

SpaceX and NASA are, once again, gearing up to try to make history by launching two astronauts into Earth's orbit.NASA and space fans were disappointed Wednesday when the first attempt was called off due to weather. They have waited nearly…

American consumer spending ground to a halt during the coronavirus lockdown, and that is a massive problem for the spending-addicted US economy.April's personal consumption data showed a 13.6% drop in consumer spending, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysis report…

Four Democratic senators are calling for federal regulators to investigate the controversial practice of "tip baiting" on grocery-delivery app Instacart following a report from CNN Business.Last month, CNN Business reported that some Instacart customers were bait-and-switching workers by offering up…

Even as parts of the global economy open back up, companies are laying off tens of thousands of workers — a sign of the damage wrought by months of shutdowns and the ongoing impact of social distancing measures.What's happening: Automakers…

When a journalist is arrested at a protest, the free and fair gathering of the news is arrested, too.That's one of the reasons why these infringements on press freedom are relatively rare in the United States -- and why Friday's…

JDE Peet's, the owner of Peet's Coffee, gave Europe's depressed IPO market a shot in the arm on Friday, raising €2.25 billion ($2.5 billion) in an Amsterdam listing that valued the firm at €15.6 billion ($17.3 billion).Shares in the company,…

SoftBank's Vision Fund chief Rajeev Misra got a huge pay bump even as the big tech fund dragged the Japanese company down to historic losses.Misra earned 1.61 billion yen ($15 million) in total compensation for the fiscal year that ended…

Twitter says President Donald Trump and the White House's official Twitter account have violated its rule against glorifying violence and has affixed a warning label to tweets on both, marking the first time such action has been taken against the…