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

November

Nov 22, 2019

• Airlines tell parents to pay up or risk sitting rows away from their kids
• 1 in 4 Americans defaulted on their student loans, study finds
• Lawmaker seeks details about problems with Wells Fargo checking accounts

Nov 21, 2019

• Uber embraces videotaping rides, raising privacy concerns
• Millions in missing paychecks and workers left in the lurch
• Are transit-oriented developments the answer to the affordable housing?
• Long Island divided: An investigation into real estate discrimination
• Medicaid de California extenderá elegibilidad para adultos jóvenes indocumentados. Pero, ¿se inscribirán?
• Falla en buscador de Medicare puede costarle a usuarios
• Piden a FDA investigar implantes antiadicción usados en reos

Nov 20, 2019

• Police can keep Ring camera video forever, share with anyone
• As robocalls surge, feds scramble to act
• Thousands of Disney Plus accounts hacked, sold online
• Cómo encontrar el calentador ambiental más seguro para tu hogar
• Columna: He aquí por qué los californianos con cobertura de salud están siendo perjudicados con tarifas sorpresa
• Hay demanda de trabajadores vocacionales, pero muchos jóvenes prefieren salarios mínimos
• Nebraska comparte expedientes de conductores con Censo
• Amnistía Internacional: Facebook y Google abusan de derechos

Nov 19, 2019

• Predatory lenders working to freeze Arizona’s minimum wage
• Retirement planning is a guessing game
• Renting a vehicle through Europcar drove me crazy
• ¿Es seguro comprar un asiento infantil para auto, carriola o cuna usados?
• Vicepresidenta de Google, también preocupada por contenido
• Slime y pistola de dardos, en lista de juguetes peligrosos

Nov 18, 2019

• Why you shouldn’t saddle college-bound teens with student debt
• Some Fitbit users, who don’t trust Google, are getting rid of the devices
• FAFSA is often wrong about how much college you can afford
• Facebook, Google donate heavily to privacy advocacy groups
• EEUU: 800 pasajeros de atrás sin cinturón murieron en 2018
• California demanda a fabricante de cigarrillos electrónicos

Nov 17, 2019

• ¿Qué es lo mejor de los autos usados?

Nov 15, 2019

• Paid parental leave isn’t enough
• Public USB charging stations could drain your bank account
• What’s your secret consumer score
• Thanksgiving travel may mean paying extra to sit with your kids
• Casa Blanca busca difundir costo real de servicios de salud

Nov 14, 2019

• Privacy, consumer groups seek to block Google-Fitbit deal
• These companies are revolutionizing how people get paid
• Google to offer customers checking accounts
• Cities are reimagining their relationship with cars
• Realtors association bans “pocket listings”

Nov 13, 2019

• Expert calls some credit card offers ‘bait-and-switch’
• Lawmakers aim to reduce payday loan rates from 400% to 36%
• The cost to become a U.S. citizen is rising 61 percent
• Estrategias inteligentes para que los millennials acumulen crédito
• Nuevas mediciones satelitales muestran cuán contaminado está realmente el aire de Los Ángeles

Nov 12, 2019

• Start saving now for emergency trips
• Any of these 5,000 professional licenses could get a credit boost
• Top public universities aren’t affordable for low-income students

Nov 11, 2019

• How the algorithms running your life are biased

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