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.
- Doctor check-in software harvests your health data
- Cheaper than payday loans, but earned wage access fees can add up
- Must-pass bills give Congress (another) chance to lower drug costs
- Massive rent increases hit mobile homes
- Consumer Action Community Services and PG&E Discounted Program
- You can ask Google to take your personal data out of its search results
- Education Dept. to clear $5.8B in debt of Corinthian Colleges students
- Nobody reads privacy policies. How to give us real privacy choices.
- Twitter pays $150 million penalty for breaking privacy promises again
- Buy now, pay dearly?
- Income-targeted student loan forgiveness invites a ‘train wreck’
- Consumers lured Into predatory car repair loans
- Bank of America to pay $10 million for illegal garnishments
- Medicare Advantage plans often deny needed care
- Senators question Zelle over its response to reports of rising fraud
- How to opt out of Venmo’s new arbitration clause
- More student loan borrowers will get help
- Find out and fix what big data says about you
- 8 questions about student loan default and “fresh start”
- The federal consumer bureau sued TransUnion over deceptive sales tactics
- Aging in place easier with smart home technology
- The student loan pause won’t last forever
- Your digital footprint: It’s bigger than you realize
- How the most affordable student loan program failed low-income borrowers
- New government site to help Americans find Covid antiviral pills
- Your shadow credit score could decide if you get an apartment
- Remote appraisals of homes could reduce racial bias
- Credit reporting companies will remove stains from repaid medical debt
- How Congress can fight racial discrimination
- A new 9-1-1 for mental health is on the way
- Wells Fargo rejected half Its Black applicants for refinancing
- How California is building the nation’s first privacy police
- Fraud Is flourishing on Zelle. Banks say it’s not their problem
- An iPhone that costs half as much has plenty of appeal but…
- Tuition-free college movement gains momentum
- Rents reach ‘insane’ levels across US with no end in sight
- Estudio: Vacuna de Pfizer contra COVID da protección a niños
- Don’t get left behind when your airline travel credits expire
- Cómo protegerse de las estafas más frecuentes
- Beware the hidden risks In Buy Now, Pay Later plans
- The $1.7 billion student loan deal that was too good to be true
- DeVry, ITT Tech defrauded borrowers to receive loan cancellation
- See where investors bought a record share of homes
- Senators unveil children’s online safety bill
- Contractor to drop facial recognition requirement for all government agencies
- Equifax breach settlement: Money for some, free monitoring for all
- When private equity becomes your landlord
- Serious about tackling inflation? Then address soaring housing costs
- Free weekly credit report offer extended through 2022
- Rents are up more than 30 percent in some cities