News Headlines

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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2019

June

Jun 07, 2019

• Maine’s strict new internet privacy protection
• FCC paves the way for widespread blocking of robocalls
• Quest Diagnostics: personal data breach of 12 million customers
• 5 questions to ask about health apps
• A financial checklist for your newly minted high school graduate

Jun 06, 2019

• Three types of air travel fees you can avoid (Chinese)
• Chase: Arbitration’s ‘better’ for consumers. Nope, say researchers
• Senators say debt collection proposal puts industry ahead of consumers
• Who actually beneifts from tax breaks for distressed neighborhoods?
• A watchdog whitewashed its oversight of FEMA’s disaster response
• S.E.C. adopts new broker rules that advocates say are toothless

Jun 05, 2019

• High amount of student loan - some research universities are the culprit (Chinese)
• Groups urge CFPB to root out discrimination in student-loan servicing

Jun 04, 2019

• Is burnout real?
• A blow against bogus stem cell clinics
• People are fleeing the US to keep from paying off their student loans

Jun 03, 2019

• U.S. requiring social media information from Visa applicants
• The biggest offender in outsize debt: graduate schools
• A storm is brewing over big tech
• Travelers are bombarded by scams like these
• CFPB tweets ‘negligent’ advice to student-loan borrowers
• What is postal banking?

Jun 01, 2019

• Beware of penalty in early withdrawal of 401K contribution (Chinese)

May

May 31, 2019

• Google relies on temps who outnumber full-timers
• Americans are using their retirement accounts to pay their student loans
• The education scandal that’s bigger than Varsity Blues

May 30, 2019

• Mired In medical debt? Federal rule changes proposed for bill collectors
• CFPB settles with BSI Financial Services over mortgage servicing issues
• This summer, more Americans want a vacation — from debt
• N.Y. regulator to investigate exposure of mortage documents

May 29, 2019

• Should babies sleep in car seats or swings?
• Bernie Sanders wants to shift corporate power to workers
• Do you know who your iPhone is talking to?
• How to limit iPhone app tracking

May 28, 2019

• When a traffic ticket costs $13,000
• Americans deserve a ‘right to be forgotten’
• All the ways Google tracks you—and how to stop it
• How J.C. Penney and Kohl’s failed middle-aged moms
• 529 Day is almost here
• More than three million over the age of 60 struggling to pay off student loans
• Your best tips for an Uber or Lyft
• Think before you spit: privacy issues from DNA testing kits

May 25, 2019

• Landlord beware of illegal cannabis use on property - insurance has the right to refuse compensation (Chinese)

May 24, 2019

• Facebook removed 3.4 billion fake accounts the last 6 months - twice as many as the first six months (Chinese)
• The ‘gift’ of an affordable education. Something has gone wrong.
• 40% of Americans would struggle to cover a $400 emergency
• Hackers are holding Baltimore hostage
• The pros and cons of working in retirement
• This is actually how long it will actually take to pay off student debt
• EEUU: Republicano bloquea ley de ayuda para desastres

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