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(NEW YORK) — Fast casual restaurant chain Panera Bread is doing away with highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade drinks that have been at the center of multiple wrongful death lawsuits since last fall. A spokesperson for Panera confirmed to ABC News that is has undergone a “recent menu transformation,” as first reported by Bloomberg. In an […]

(NEW YORK) — Apple unveiled new models of its iPad at an event on Tuesday, promising revamped devices at affordable prices. “This is the biggest day for iPad since its introduction,” CEO Tim Cook declared. The announcement exemplified the current strategy at Apple: Rely on new models of its signature items, rather than transition to […]

Robb Reece / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In an effort to be more inclusive, The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name to Scouting America, the organization announced Tuesday. The rebrand reflects “the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcome every youth and family in America to experience the benefits of Scouting,” the group said […]

(NEW YORK) — Publix and Dollar Tree shoppers should check their pantries for two types of Planters brand nuts that were recently recalled across five states. In a company announcement dated May 3 and posted on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website, Planters’ parent company, Hormel Foods Sales, LLC, announced a voluntary recall of […]

(NEW YORK) — Starbucks shares have plummeted more than 17% in value since the company revealed a sales slump in an earnings report last week. “The brand is incredibly resilient, but it’s clearly not business as usual,” former CEO Howard Schultz said in a post on LinkedIn on Sunday. The coffee giant is viewed by […]

(NEW YORK) — At the start of 2024, the economy appeared to deliver just about everything President Joe Biden could want: falling inflation, robust growth and a forecast of interest rate cuts at the Federal Reserve that might send economic output even higher. Since then, however, the sunny outlook has darkened. Inflation has proven stubborn […]

(NEW YORK) — Young adults and frequent users push back against the federal government forcing a sale of TikTok or banning the social media app in the United States, but older adults, infrequent users and nonusers are on board, resulting in a tilt toward support for action, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. Overall, […]

(WASHINGTON) — Boeing officially locked out its unionized firefighters in Washington after the firefighter’s union failed to come to an agreement with the company after two-and-a-half months of negotiations, primarily over pay. This is the first time in over four decades that a group of firefighters have been on a lock out in the U.S. […]

(NEW YORK) — A worse-than-expected jobs report on Friday offered the latest evidence of an economic slowdown that could help ease inflation and trigger interest rate cuts. The trend, however, threatens to downshift the nation’s brisk economic growth. Employers hired 175,000 workers last month, falling short of economist expectations of 240,000 jobs, U.S. Bureau of […]

A person golfs on the first day of tourism resuming in west Maui, two months after a devastating wildfire, on Oct. 08, 2023 near Lahaina, Hawaii. Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE (HONOLULU) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed a bill into law to give counties more authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals amid the ongoing state […]