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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2020

January

Jan 17, 2020

• Exposure to flame retardants is causing kids to lose IQ points
• Student debt increased by 107% this decade
• Judge rejects “myths” about student loans in bankruptcy
• Deadline approaching for Equifax settlement
• Alertas de salud: Cómo la Fitbit puede ayudar a predecir brotes de gripe

Jan 16, 2020

• New law expands use of 529 college savings accounts
• Overwhelmed by medical bills and finding help on TikTok
• Trump’s Opportunity Zone tax break is being investigated
• Grindr and OkCupid spread personal details, study says
• Aquí te decimos cuál es la mejor forma de mandar dinero a México; una pista: no es Western Union

Jan 15, 2020

• Reducing the health-care tax
• When renting a home beats buying one
• How to navigate a flood of streaming TV subscriptions
• More cities consider offering free public transit
• Facial recognition gets another look on Capitol Hill
• Los bancos deberían hacer más para proteger a las personas mayores de la ‘estafa de los abuelos’

Jan 14, 2020

• 7 maneras de ahorrar dinero en 2020
• Ring fired staffers who tried to access customer data
• Why do gas prices rise quickly and come down slowly?
• For some parents, it’s too expensive to work
• Pruebas de Consumer Reports indican que una nueva función de seguridad en los generadores portátiles puede salvar vidas

Jan 13, 2020

• The gig economy is coming for your job
• Labor Dept. rule to curb lawsuits by franchise workers
• How the police use facial recognition
• ‘Techlash’ hits college campuses
• There’s a brawl coming over government regulation
• Microsoft suspende actualizaciones de seguridad de Windows 7

Jan 10, 2020

• Uber changes its app to comply with gig worker law
• The deadly truth behind your almond-milk obsession
• Gobernador de California dará cobertura de salud a ancianos indocumentados
• The high cost of having a baby in America
• Facebook won’t back down from allowing lies in political ads

Jan 09, 2020

• The assault on consumer protection
• California to unveil plan for consumer financial watchdog agency
• Trump administration rolling back Obama fair housing rule
• Airbnb and similar sites hide fees from customers
• I’ll share my salary if you share yours
• Ring customers with cameras breached by hackers sue Amazon

Jan 08, 2020

• The IRS just made it easier to file your taxes for free
• HUD releases proposal to weaken enforcement of fair housing laws
• Why Humira’s price keeps rising despite generic competition
• Inside the billion-dollar battle over .org
• Vuelta a la rutina financiera pero con un plan

Jan 07, 2020

• El costo de cuidados de hijos, la mitad de una hipoteca
• Facebook veta los deepfakes en lucha contra la manipulación
• Hidden costs found in delivered food menu prices
• Consumers, not China, are paying for Trump’s tariffs
• Woman scammed out of $8.6K in fake job offer

Jan 06, 2020

• New safety risks under scrutiny on Boeing’s 737 Max
• Older people need geriatricians. Where will they come from?

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