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Taken from the front pages of newspapers around the nation, News Headlines is your source for consumer issues. Access current and archived News Headlines collected by Consumer Action. News Headlines are listed in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, then month to allow for easier browsing.

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2017

July

Jul 26, 2017

• Lawmakers call for a net neutrality faceoff between Google and Comcast
• Dust isn’t the only thing your Roomba is sucking up

Jul 25, 2017

• Stealing IDs and accounts using LINE app (Chinese)
• Airlines refused passports near expiration dates (Chinese)
• The school of life
• We can lower sky-high drug prices — other countries have done it
• Democrats want to break up all kinds of big business
• Wisconsin company to install rice-sized microchips in employees

Jul 24, 2017

• Let consumers sue banks
• Social Security and its purported death spiral — a scam
• Beware the debit card crooks hacking is easier than ever
• Mini-CFPB? Pennsylvania attorney general launches consumer unit

Jul 22, 2017

• N.Y. City guarantees representation to low-income residents facing eviction

Jul 21, 2017

• Coffee with Viagra-like ingredient recalled after FDA discovery
• Trump administration cancels hundreds of Obama-era regulations
• Half of Americans have diabetes or a high risk for it — and many unaware

Jul 20, 2017

• IBM enhanced encryption led a breakthrough in security technology (Chinese)
• Hiring a bank lawyer to attack CFPB bank rules
• How American families pay for college: 2017
• Expect longer delay due to tighten TSA inspections (Chinese)
• N.Y. Attorney general opens inquiry into student loan collection
• Voters support CFPB, strict financial regulation
• New U.S. subprime boom, same old sins: Auto defaults are soaring
• Retirement deferred: Workers and companies grapple with a new reality

Jul 19, 2017

• California sanctuary state law passed two senate committees (Chinese)
• Trump’s voter commission off to a rough start
• How the Senate health care bill failed
• Progressives revive attacks on Wall Street in health care’s wake
• Judge orders Quicken Loans to pay $11 million in fines and damages
• Google rediseña aplicación de búsqueda en móviles con información personalizada
• Senadores republicanos analizan a regañadientes acuerdo bipartidista para reformar ley de salud EEUU

Jul 18, 2017

• Mounting student loan debt mobilizing bankruptcy courts
• Hackers stole credit card numbers from Trump’s hotels for months
• Missing paperwork? Private student loans may be wiped away
• Millennials are broke because they’re making choices out of order
• Republicanos EEUU fracasan en cambiar o derogar la ley de salud de Obama
• Pese a su poder adquisitivo, hispanos compran cada vez menos, según expertos

Jul 17, 2017

• Going cashless? Bad for tax cheats, privacy, poor
• Make sure you understand terms of service before paying a home inspector
• As companies relocate to big cities, suburban towns are left scrambling
• Please prove you’re not a robot
• Jóvenes se la juegan y le dicen no a la cobertura médica

Jul 16, 2017

• Behind the velvet rope of Facebook’s private groups
• EEUU: Facebook impugna pesquisas gubernamentales a usuarios

Jul 15, 2017

• The CFPB rule on class-action suits is a win for us all
• Travelers just won back a bit of their privacy at the border
• La Sanidad en EE UU: Vidas en la Cuerda Floja

Jul 14, 2017

• Want a fabulous wedding? Consider eloping
• Customer records for millions Of Verizon subscribers exposed
• Don’t repay your child’s student loans

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