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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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2018

September

Sep 18, 2018

• He meant to donate $15 to a GoFundMe and gave more than $15,000
• Only 10 percent have flood insurance on hard-hit Carolina coast
• When being separated from your luggage is a good thing
• How (and when) to limit kids’ tech use

Sep 17, 2018

• Senators demand answers after student loan watchdog resigns
• Freezing credit will soon be free. Here’s why you should.
• CFPB pursues first lawsuit of Mulvaney era
• The mortgage market is back, with new risks
• We’re measuring the economy all wrong

Sep 14, 2018

• GM recalls more than 1.2M vehicles due to power-assisted steering problems (Chinese)
• Americans are spending on big-ticket items
• New iPhones are coming. Here’s how to save on an upgrade.
• Betsy DeVos loses student loan lawsuit

Sep 13, 2018

• How game apps have been collecting kids’ data
• U.S. regulators reject Wells Fargo’s plan to repay customers
• Google’s location privacy practices are under investigation
• The Recovery threw the middle-class dream under a Benz

Sep 12, 2018

• Jobs are not the solution to poverty
• Hurricane Florence: how to evacuate your home
• Dodd-Frank and consumer protections: from financial crisis to today

Sep 11, 2018

• Employers more open to hiring people with criminal backgrounds
• 10 years later, has your retirement portfolio recovered?
• Are Americans ready for the next recession?

Sep 10, 2018

• Scammers faked as grandchild in trouble to get money from grandparents (Chinese)
• The jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers
• Burgers grown in a lab are heading to your plate
• Crafters of financial regs after 2008 crisis now work for Wall Street
• Baby boomers are struggling to downsize

Sep 08, 2018

• Woman accused of lying about firefighter husband to collect $11K in donations (Chinese)

Sep 07, 2018

• Wells Fargo Employees altered business customers’ information are being investigated (Chinese)
• Ford recalled 160,000 F-150 Pickups (Chinese)
• Filing your FAFSA just got easier
• Starbucks, florists and other signs home prices are about to go up
• Fake military recruitment websites sold personal info to for-profit schools
• What we’ve already forgotten from the financial crisis

Sep 06, 2018

• Consulate General summarizes common fraud techniques, virtual abduction, and other criminal cases (Chinese)
• Massachusetts RMV handed out nearly 2,000 licenses to dead people (Chinese)
• Beware of free flights offered online (Chinese)
• Scammers use fake checks to steal tens of millions
• What to do when your phone or tablet won’t charge
• What Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg taught Congress
• Hospitals fed up with drug companies, are starting their own

Sep 05, 2018

• Toyota recalls 21,000 Prius vehicles citing a fire risk (Chinese)
• Your credit score may have gone up, but don’t rest easy
• Trump says Google is rigged. What do we know about how it works?
• How to get your financial house in order before you die
• Bill to aid mortgage applicants who rely on the gig economy

Sep 04, 2018

• California bans middle and high schools from starting earlier than 8:30am (Chinese)
• College students need more loan watchdogs, not fewer
• Preparing your finances for the fall home-buying season

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