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

September

Sep 13, 2019

• Scammers look for vulnerability, and find it in older people
• Woman hospitalized after using face cream imported from Mexico
• How wiping out $1.5 trillion in student debt would boost the economy

Sep 12, 2019

• Trump’s housing finance plan will make mortgages more expensive, groups say
• Blue skies ahead for cheap flights, but read the fine print
• Lawmakers want to give us back the right to sue companies
• Think your credit card is safe in your wallet? Think again
• California approves statewide rent control to ease housing crisis

Sep 11, 2019

• An opportunity to make corporations more pro-consumer
• Millions eligible for free health insurance not receiving it
• Average FICO credit score hits new high
• FTC study finds median consumer class action claims rate is 9%
• California passes landmark bill to remake gig economy

Sep 10, 2019

• San Francisco offers PG&E $2.5B to acquire their electricity Infrastructure (Chinese)
• Several DMV officers sold driver’s personal information to private companies for profit (Chinese)
• Google & Facebook are being investigated. Why is the evil empire Microsoft unaffected? (Chinese)
• Equifax adds extra step to claim $125 damage award
• Nearly half of student loan borrowers aren’t prepared for payments
• Juul warned over claims e-cigarette safer than smoking

Sep 09, 2019

• 4000 users were affected by the Yahoo email crash (Chinese)
• CPFB head misguided in reliance on consumer education
• How Apple stacked the app store with its own products
• Facebook, Google face off against state attorneys general
• Mortgage rates sink to 3-year lows on weak manufacturing data
• Taking out a student loan is better than dropping out
• ¿La gaseosa de dieta es más dañina que la azucarada?
• Cómo proteger a los niños del ciberacoso
• Estados abren nueva pesquisa antimonopolio contra Google
• FDA advierte a Juul por afirmaciones sobre uso de vapeadores

Sep 08, 2019

• Cientos de personas en todo el país se han enfermado a causa del ‘vaping’, incluyendo una muerte en el condado de L.A.
• No cometa este gran error al saldar deudas

Sep 07, 2019

• Fraudsters matched foreign students’ personality to demand ransom from parents (Chinese)
• Google and Facebook were investigated by 8 states and DC on anti-trust (Chinese)
• U.S. Treasury unveils plan to privatize Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Sep 06, 2019

• The human cost of Amazon’s fast, free shipping
• Getting money you’re owed from class-action suits
• CVS wins court approval for Aetna deal
• Activists demand facial recognition ban
• Protestan en EEUU por relación de Amazon con el ICE

Sep 05, 2019

• Google’s YouTube will be fined $170 million for violations of children’s privacy (Chinese)
• 400M Facebook account data were leaked from unprotected servers (Chinese)
• Wells Fargo reviews its account-closing practices
• U.S. Education dept. rejected 99% of student borrowers
• Google Is fined $170 Million for violating children’s privacy on YouTube
• This tool will show you exactly when fall foliage will peak
• 7 things you should know about auto and car insurance
• Científicos monitorean nueva ola de calor oceánica en EEUU
• ¿Puede Facebook hacerse cargo de su vida amorosa?
• Gobierno de EEUU devela plan para privatizar hipotecarias
• Las redes sociales “dan forma” a las decisiones en el voto

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