How higher interest rates will impact the housing market
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has jumped from 4.45% to 6.03% since mid-March, according to Mortgage News Daily.
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has jumped from 4.45% to 6.03% since mid-March, according to Mortgage News Daily.
After a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens more at an Independence Day parade outside Chicago on Monday, thousands turned to the online platform GoFundMe to donate money to the victims -- the latest example of the public gathering online to fundraise after a tragedy. While websites like GoFundMe have made such philanthropy increasingly easy, there can be risks. Highland Park, Illinois, Mayor Nancy Rotering warned the community about potential fundraising scams in a Tuesday morning news conference.
Nose rings are clearly having a style moment right now, and Kim Kardashian and North West are here to prove it. The mother-daughter duo were spotted out and about during Paris Fashion week twinning with matching chained nose rings, tiny oval sunglasses and pinstriped ensembles.
James Caan, the prolific actor known for his roles in "The Godfather" films, has died, his family said Thursday. Caan died at the age of 82 on Wednesday, his family announced on Twitter. "The family appreciates the outpouring of love and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time."
From Ohio to Arizona, state governments are enacting abortion bans following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade. The governors of Colorado, North Carolina, Maine and Rhode Island have joined those who have taken an extra step in protecting abortion rights in their state this week. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order on Wednesday to both certify the right to obtain and perform an abortion, as well as to avoid criminal charges for abortions in other states if you live in Colorado.
Natalie Portman and Tessa Thompson took us back to the '90s with their "Clueless"-inspired looks during the "Thor: Love and Thunder" press tour. Portman shared a photo of her and Thompson on Instagram earlier in the week dressed as BFFs Cher Horowitz and Dionne Davenport, played by Alicia Silverstone and Stacey Dash in the 1995 rom-com. "Having a clueless @thorofficial moment," Portman captioned the post.
In his first network interview, the director of the United States Marshals Service told ABC News the U.S. Marshals Service is focusing on "trigger pullers" -- repeat offenders who shoot and kill. Director Ronald Davis told ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas that he is using his nearly 30 years in law enforcement to help push the effort. The U.S. Marshals' most recent operation, which spanned the entire month of June, dubbed "Operation North Star," made more than 1,500 arrests in cities such as Washington, D.C., Memphis, New York and Philadelphia among others, and took hundreds of guns as well as narcotics off the street.
Oscar and Emmy winner Viola Davis is taking no prisoners in the new trailer for "The Woman King," which premieres later this year. Davis stars as General Nanisca in the epic, which also features John Boyega, Lashana Lynch, and Thuso Mbedu. "The Woman King" tells the "remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen," according to Sony Pictures.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced Thursday on federal civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd. In April 2021, Chauvin was found guilty on three counts in Floyd's death -- second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter -- for pressing his knee against Floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes. Former officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were also charged for their role in Floyd's death.
Ekaterina Volkova’s husband, Liosha, ran upstairs to check that she and their 7-year-old daughter Xenia were alright before going back downstairs to check on their dog, Ennie. Another Russian missile had struck their apartment. Suddenly, Ekaterina said she could feel herself falling, through the debris.
WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty on Thursday morning to drug charges in a Russian court, saying that the vape cartridges containing hashish oil were in her luggage unintentionally. "I would like to plead myself guilty," Griner said when asked if she would like to give testimony. "I did not have any intention on breaking Russian law," she said, adding that she was is in a rush and did not mean to leave the cartridges in her bag.
The father of the alleged Highland Park parade shooter, Bobby Crimo Jr., has told ABC News that he is not culpable in the Independence Day attack, in spite of having signed a consent form for his son to apply for gun ownership. “I had no -- not an inkling, warning -- that this was going to happen,” Crimo told ABC News about the Fourth of July attack his son, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, carried out in Highland Park, Il. “He said ‘no.’ That was it,” Crimo recalled.
Get a fried chicken sandwich without waiting in line or dealing with the chaos that comes with trying to get your hands on the most popular fast food item of the year. Whether you've tried the mouthwatering, crispy, buttery and briny, savory chicken sandwich from Popeyes or not, chef Michael Symon shared the best way to recreate one (or four) in your own kitchen. Start with really good brioche buns and let the chicken soak submerged in buttermilk overnight to keep it juicy and tender.
Ever since the mass shooting at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois, which left seven people dead and dozens more seriously wounded, questions have been raised about whether the new federal gun safety law could have prevented the tragedy. Would the enhanced background checks it requires for those under 21 have stopped the suspect, Robert "Bobby" Crimo III, from buying the high-powered rifle authorities said he used -- since he'd had two prior run-ins with law enforcement, including both a suicide threat and one to "kill everyone" in his family? At the same time, while Illinois has an existing red flag law, Crimo appears to have slipped past the safeguard.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday, after dozens of ministers quit his cabinet and urged him to go. In a statement delivered outside his office at no. 10 Downing Street in London, Johnson said he has agreed to resign as leader of the ruling Conservative Party, which would result in his departure as prime minister once the party selects a successor through a leadership election, possibly in the fall. "It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader of that party and, therefore, a new prime minister," Johnson said.
Following months of hardships and devastating losses in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse in New York, became a symbol of hope for people across the globe when she became the first person in the United States to receive a COVID-19 vaccine following emergency authorization from federal officials. Seemingly overnight, Lindsay, who got the shot in December of 2020, became a prominent vaccine advocate, urging others to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and help curb the virus's spread. In light of her advocacy, Lindsay will be one of seventeen recipients to be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.
The white teenager charged with killing 10 Black people in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in what prosecutors described as a racially motivated mass shooting, is set to appear Thursday at a state court hearing. The status hearing for 18-year-old Payton Gendron is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Erie County Court in Buffalo. Gendron has pleaded not guilty to a 25-count indictment, including 10 first-degree murder charges and three attempted murder charges stemming from the May massacre at a Tops market.
As federal officials move to address growing concerns over an outbreak of monkeypox in the U.S., an increasing number of positive cases are emerging across the country. Last week, Brian Thomas, 32, of Baltimore became the latest American to test positive for monkeypox -- a diagnosis he has been sharing openly on social media, in the hope of curbing the spread by raising awareness about the disease. "I probably first started hearing about monkeypox a month or two ago and I really kind of wrote it off," Thomas told ABC News.
President Joe Biden on Thursday will award 17 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. The medal is given to those who made "especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, soccer star Megan Rapinoe and actor Denzel Washington are among this year's recipients.
Stock market woes will persist into the second half of the year but stocks will eventually bottom out and begin to recover, offering hope for beleaguered investors, experts told ABC News of their predictions. The stock market took a historic plunge over the first half of the year, and many of the same economic threats still loom as inflation remains sky-high and the Federal Reserve pursues aggressive moves to tame price hikes by raising borrowing costs. As investors eventually jump off the sidelines, the market will stabilize and begin to recover, they predicted.
America is in the throes of an epidemic of mass-casualty gun violence, and the toxic political environment in Washington has crippled efforts to curb the growing threat. New gun legislation that strengthens red-flag laws and background checks are a positive step -- but those stand-alone efforts lack a holistic, community-based framework to spur meaningful change. The Independence Day mass-casualty shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, emphasizes the need for all municipalities to follow suit.