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June 21

What it takes to start a business in this economy

Feather & Bone skincare founder Shubhangini Prakash joins ABC News Live to share her experience launching a business and offer advice for entrepreneurs.
June 21
VIDEO: What it takes to start a business in this economy
June 20

You probably don't need foods with added protein, nutritionists say

Everyone needs protein — it's vital for the growth, repair and maintenance of your muscles, bones and skin
June 20
FILE - A Thai peanut, vegetable and tofu bowl is displayed for a photograph in Coronado, Calif., on April 29, 2017. (Melissa d'Arabian via AP, File)
June 20

Federal judge blocks Trump effort to keep Harvard from hosting foreign students

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students
June 20
FILE - Rowers paddle down the Charles River near the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
June 20

NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander

A NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander
June 20
This image provided by NASA shows an annotation indicating the impact site for ispace's Resilience lunar lander, seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on June 11, 2025. (NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University via AP)
June 20

Aflac says data breach risks health information of millions

Aflac is the latest victim in a string of cyberattacks against insurance firms.
June 20
The Aflac company logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.
June 20

Purdue Pharma's $7B opioid settlement plan could get votes from victims and cities

A judge could decide Friday whether to advance OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids
June 20
FILE - Pills spill in an arrangement photo of prescription Oxycodone in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
June 20

Billionaire Mark Walter, set to own controlling stake in Lakers, built fortune in investing

The billionaire slated to takeover the controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers has built a career leading businesses investing in everything from sports franchises to artificial intelligence
June 20
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, right, talks with manager Don Mattingly prior to their baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sept. 3, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
June 20

Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud

Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters
June 20
This undated photo provided by Deezer shows the music streaming service logo. (Deezer via AP)
June 20

New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China's Xi

The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping
June 20
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, fifth left, talks to visiting New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, fourth right during the bilateral meeting in Beijing, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)
June 19

Social Security fund may run dry sooner than previously expected, trustees say

The Social Security fund will run dry in 2033, unless Congress combines the program's old-age and disability funds, in which case insolvency would arrive in 2034, a report found.
June 19
The Social Security fund will run dry in 2033, unless Congress combines the program's old-age and disability funds, in which case insolvency would arrive in 2034, a report found.
June 19

Canadian tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum could rise depending on trade talks, says Carney

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will impose new tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports on July 21 depending the progress of trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump
June 19
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves a press conference with President of the King's Privy Council for Canada Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Industry Melanie Joly, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)
June 19

North Carolina lawmakers finalize bill that would scrap 2030 carbon reduction goal

North Carolina legislators have finalized a bill that would eliminate an interim greenhouse gas reduction mandate set in a landmark 2021 law
June 19
FILE - The Shearon Harris nuclear plant is seen in Holly Springs, N.C., on June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
June 19

Spanish court rejects Airbnb appeal and keeps order to block nearly 66,000 listings

A Spanish court has rejected an appeal by Airbnb and left in place an order to block almost 66,000 rental listings that the government says violated local rules
June 19
FILE - Tourists carry their luggage in downtown Madrid, Spain, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
June 19

Some US restaurants and servers oppose Republicans' 'no tax on tips' budget proposal

Some segments of the U.S. restaurant industry don’t support President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate federal taxes on tips
June 19
FILE - A server tends to customers in an outdoor dining area on The Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
June 19

As US gas prices rise amid Israel-Iran conflict, here’s how you can save

The cost of crude oil is up nearly 10% since Israel’s initial strike on Iran last Friday. ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous reports.
June 19
VIDEO: As US gas prices rise amid Israel-Iran conflict, here’s how you can save
June 19

Spain rejects NATO’s anticipated 5% defense spending proposal as 'unreasonable'

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced next week
June 19
FILE - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference at the Spanish Embassy in Beijing, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
June 19

Tariff threats, wars will slow but not collapse global luxury sales in 2025, new study shows

Global sales of personal luxury goods are projected to slide by 2% to 5% this year
June 19
FILE - These are Gucci bags in the window of a Gucci store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
June 19

Greenpeace warns of potential environmental disaster as oil tankers collide near Strait of Hormuz

Greenpeace has warned of a “potential environmental disaster” after two oil tankers collided near the Strait of Hormuz
June 19
June 19

Bank of England keeps main UK interest rate at 2-year low of 4.25%

Bank of England keeps main UK interest rate at 2-year low of 4.25%
June 19
June 19

Hackers say they wiped out $90 million from Iran cryptocurrency exchange

Hackers with possible links to Israel have drained more than $90 million from Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex and leaked company data
June 19
June 19

ICE raids and their uncertainty scare off workers and baffle businesses

Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job
June 19
A lone farm worker sits to rest under high temperatures during his break time on a strawberry field in Oxnard, Calif., on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
June 19

UK's central bank set to keep interest rates on hold amid Middle East uncertainties

The Bank of England is set to keep interest rates on hold as fears grow that the conflict between Israel and Iran will escalate to involve the United States and send oil prices soaring and push U.K. inflation further above target
June 19
FILE - A general view of the Bank of England in the City of London, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
June 19

Swiss cut key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, putting its target now at 0%

Switzerland’s central bank says it has cut its target interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, adding inflationary pressures have eased
June 19
Swiss National Bank's (SNB) Chairman of the Governing Board Martin Schlegel speaks during a media briefing at the Swiss National Bank in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)
June 19

Global shares decline as tensions simmer in the Middle East

Shares have retreated in Europe and Asia as worries persist about conflict in the Middle East
June 19
A dealer walks past near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
June 19

The Los Angeles Lakers will no longer be the Buss family business

The Buss family’s decision to sell a controlling stake in the Los Angeles Lakers at a franchise valuation of $10 billion marks the end of nearly a half-century when one of the most valuable properties in the entire sports world was run by an eccentric ...
June 19
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, right, talks with manager Don Mattingly prior to their baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sept. 3, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
June 19

Long Island's last duck farm is quacking again after losing its entire flock to the bird flu

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January
June 19
Ducks walk around their barn at the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
June 19

Redemption Bank becomes the first Black-owned bank in the Rockies

Redemption Holding Company has just acquired the Utah-based Holladay Bank & Trust, becoming the first bank to be owned by a Black-led investment group in the Western U.S. This comes two years after their initial announcement, in which the purchase was ...
June 19
This combination of 2016, 2024 and 2017 photos shows, from left, Ashley D. Bell, Bernice A. King and Dhani Jones. (AP Photo/Paul Holston, Brynn Anderson, Willy Sanjuan)
June 18

Buss family to sell controlling stake of Lakers to Mark Walter for $10B valuation, AP source says

The Buss family has agreed to sell the controlling stake of the Los Angeles Lakers to TWG Global CEO Mark Walter, doing so with a franchise valuation of $10 billion — the most ever for a professional sports franchise, a person with knowledge of the agr...
June 18
FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Mark Walter, right, talks with manager Don Mattingly prior to their baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sept. 3, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
June 18

US plans to open fly factory in Texas as part of fight against flesh-eating parasite

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh-eating parasite from infesting American cattle
June 18
A New World screwworm larvae sits at rest in this undated photo. (USDA Agricultural Research Service via AP)
June 18

Yes, more and more celebrities are entering the phone business. Here's why

More and more celebrities are looking to attach their names to your phone
June 18
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while flying aboard Air Force One en route from Calgary, Canada to Joint Base Andrews, Md., late Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
June 18

AI's impacts 'inevitable at this point,' says The Verge's Victoria Song

Victoria Song, senior reporter at The Verge, discusses the announcement by Amazon CEO that AI will reduce its corporate workforce over the next few years.
June 18
VDEO: AI's impacts 'inevitable at this point,' says The Verge's Victoria Song
June 18

NTSB urges quick fix on Boeing plane engines to prevent smoke from filling cabin after a bird strike

Safety experts recommend that the engines on Boeing’s troubled 737 Max airplanes be modified quickly to prevent smoke from filling the cockpit or cabin after a safety feature is activated following a bird strike
June 18
FILE - A worker wearing a mask walks past a Boeing 737 Max 9 as it is prepared for a flight from Renton Municipal Airport, Nov. 18, 2020, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
June 18

Social Security may run dry earlier than previously anticipated, trustees say

Social Security and Medicare could face automatic cuts in 2033, a report found.
June 18
Two people enter a Social Security Administration office in St. Clair Shores, Mich., March 7, 2025.
June 18

US resumes visas for foreign students but demands access to social media accounts

The U.S. State Department says it’s restarting the suspended process for foreigners applying for student visas but says all applicants will now be required to unlock their social media accounts for review
June 18
FILE - Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews, in Beijing on May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan, File)
June 18

How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 6/18/2025

U.S. stocks drifted after the Federal Reserve indicated it may cut interest rates twice this year, though it’s far from certain about that
June 18
June 18

Honda recalls more than 259,000 cars across the US due to brake pedal issue

Honda is recalling more than 259,000 of its cars across the U.S. due to a problem that can cause the brake pedal to shift out of position, potentially interfering with a driver’s ability to stop or slow down
June 18
FILE - This is the Honda logo on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
June 18

Fed holds interest rates steady, defying Trump

The Fed has pursued a patient approach as it awaits the effects of tariffs.
June 18
A view from the United States Federal Reserve Building in Washington D.C., June 14, 2023.
June 18

Fed holds interest rates steady, defying Trump

The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, continuing a wait-and-see approach adopted by the central bank in recent months as it observes potential effects of tariffs.
June 18
VIDEO: Fed holds interest rates steady, defying Trump
June 18

Federal judge to deny Trump administration's motion to dismiss lawsuit over block on wind projects

A federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday he plans to deny a motion by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit over its blocking of wind energy projects, siding with a coalition of state attorneys general
June 18
FILE - A Block Island Wind Farm turbine operates, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I., during a tour organized by Orsted. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
June 18

Average long-term US mortgage rate eases to 6.81%, third consecutive weekly decline

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased for the third week in a row, a welcome trend for prospective homebuyers at a time when elevated borrowing costs remain a drag on the housing market
June 18
FILE - A sign announces the sale of a new home, Jan. 16, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
June 18

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased to 6.81% this week, Freddie Mac says, its third straight decline

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased to 6.81% this week, Freddie Mac says, its third straight decline
June 18
June 18

More employers are sending workers shopping for their own health coverage

More employers are putting health insurance decisions in the hands of workers
June 18
This image provided by Take Command in June 2025 shows an example of options online for Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements where a company's employees can choose a health insurance policy. (Take Command via AP)
June 18

How much could US gas prices rise amid Israel-Iran conflict?

U.S. gas prices could rise within days, industry analysts said.
June 18
Smoke rises following the Israeli strikes, in Kermanshah, Iran, June 13, 2025.
June 18

How to improve your credit score if you've missed student loan payments

Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection
June 18
FILE - A sign reading "cancel student debt" is seen outside the Supreme Court, June 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
June 18

Nippon Steel finalizes $15B takeover of US Steel after sealing security agreement

Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel say they've finalized their “historic partnership,” a year-and-a-half after the Japanese company first proposed its deal to buy the iconic American steelmaker for nearly $15 billion
June 18
President Donald Trump salutes as he boards Air Force One, Friday, May 30, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., as Col. Paul Pawluk, Vice Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, watches at left. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 18

What to know about the GENIUS Act, a crypto regulation bill

The Senate voted 68-30 to pass the measure late Tuesday.
June 18
Clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, May 18, 2025.
June 18

In rural Alaska, a village turns to solar and biomass energies to cut diesel and save money

On a former military base in Galena, Alaska, a school that houses about 200 high school students teaches sustainability among many things
June 18
A student from the Galena Interior Learning Academy enters a gym during a graduation ceremony for the school Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Galena, Alaska. (AP Photo/John Locher)
June 18

US unemployment ticked down, hovering at historically low levels

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dipped to 245,000 last week amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s trade policies
June 18
FILE - A hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Chicago on Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
June 18

UK inflation eases by less than anticipated ahead of Bank of England rate decision

Inflation in the U.K. dropped modestly in May as a drop in air fares and transport costs were largely offset by rising food prices, particularly chocolate
June 18
FILE - A woman walks past a shop offering a clearance sale in Richmond southwest London, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
June 18

EU's top diplomat warns Russia has a plan for long-term aggression against Europe

The European Union's top diplomat says Russia's massive military spending suggests that President Vladimir Putin plans to use his armed forces again elsewhere in the future
June 18
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addresses the media at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
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