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Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. could breach the debt ceiling as soon as next week, plunging the stock market by nearly half if a protracted default ensues, according to a White House projection. Stock investors, however, don’t seem worried — at least for now. All of the major stock indices have inched […]

Oscar Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Netflix announced Tuesday that it will begin to send emails to members who are sharing their account information outside of their households in the U.S. “A Netflix account is for use by one household,” the streaming company said in a blog post. Account members who subscribed to standard or […]

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Max, a new streaming service from HBO, was temporarily down on Tuesday, the morning of its debut. Users reported an inability to access the streaming service, which carries over content from its predecessor HBO Max while offering new features. Later in the morning on Tuesday, the service […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If the United States defaults on its financial obligations, millions of Americans might not be able to pay their bills as well. With Social Security and other government benefits at risk amid a political stalemate over the government’s debt ceiling, experts and older Americans told ABC News that the consequences […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If the United States defaults on its financial obligations, millions of Americans might not be able to pay their bills as well. With Social Security and other government benefits at risk amid a political stalemate over the government’s debt ceiling, experts and older Americans told ABC News that the consequences […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An entrepreneur accused of grossly exaggerating the value of her college financial planning startup, ahead of its sale to JPMorgan Chase, pleaded not guilty to federal fraud charges on Monday in Manhattan, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office told ABC News. Charlie Javice, 31, who once made the […]

Natalie Behring/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Critics of Bud Light burned empty beer boxes and fired bullets at cans as part of an anti-trans backlash against the brand that erupted early last month. Since then, the anger has grown. Sales of Bud Light have recorded declines for six consecutive weeks after a product endorsement from […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man injured in a deadly Detroit gas station shooting has filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil alleging a clerk locked him and two other patrons in the station’s convenience store with the gunman who shot them. Anthony Bowden’s lawsuit accuses the ExxonMobil Corp. and the gas station franchise owner, […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ride-sharing company Uber is launching a new service for teenagers in several major cities and ABC News’ Good Morning America has an exclusive look with one family who has been testing out the service. Ruth Stern is a mom of two and like many parents, she usually has to figure […]

CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (LONDON) — Facebook’s parent company, Meta, was fined €1.2 billion, or about $1.3 billion, for failing to comply with the European Union’s privacy policies. The Irish Data Protection Commission announced the fine on Monday, saying Meta had violated the terms of General Data Protection Regulations, a set of rules for […]