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

April

Apr 25, 2019

• Poor people’s privacy can’t be an afterthought
• Alexa can share users’ home addresses

Apr 24, 2019

• You’re about to get fewer robocalls, but maybe not for long
• How Nest home protection allowed hackers in
• Tax tips for home buyers and sellers
• Leasing a Tesla? You’re paying for the company’s robotaxis

Apr 23, 2019

• Seniors spending $22 billion from savings to cover health-care costs
• Children are swallowing foreign objects more frequently
• Undocumented immigrants are paying their taxes too

Apr 22, 2019

• Elizabeth Warren’s plan: Cancel student debt and eliminate tuition
• Why aren’t more people tapping into their home equity?
• FTC considering oversight of Facebook’s Zuckerberg
• How WhatsApp and other encryption apps shaped the Mueller report
• Free speech puts U.S. on ‘collision course’ with global limits on big tech

Apr 21, 2019

• Asian garden turned into a community forum (Chinese)

Apr 19, 2019

• How to make retirement last the rest of your life
• Debt collectors may soon text, email consumers
• CFPB head says people need ‘to help themselves’

Apr 18, 2019

• Why you can no longer get lost in the crowd
• Uber vs. Lyft: Which ride-hailing app is better
• Could debt collectors send you texts, emails?
• No-income, no-asset mortgages are back
• Military members could save tens of millions of dollars on student loans
• Same-sex couples face higher rejection and worse mortgage rates

Apr 17, 2019

• Opinion: Privacy is too big to understand
• Uber fixes electric bike breaking problem
• Student loans shouldn’t keep you from investing
• Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play recall leaves parents frustrated
• Toma hijo, tu tarjeta de crédito
• Algunos de los celulares plegables de Samsung se rompen

Apr 16, 2019

• Social media poses a threat to privacy - Americans still use it amid complaints (Chinese)
• Vets could be first to pay as DeVos rolls back for-profit college oversight
• Mulvaney’s master class in destroying the government from within
• Your student loan servicer will call you back in a year. Sorry.
• Cómo leer tu informe de crédito

Apr 15, 2019

• Next year’s taxes may cost more unless taxpayers act now
• Veterans could be harmed by lack of for-profit college oversight
• American Airlines cancels 737 Max flights through Aug. 19
• Streaming TV has become a pricey, complicated mess
• Lyft retira bicicletas eléctricas tras problemas con frenos

Apr 14, 2019

• Fisher recalled 4.7 million baby shakers - it claimed more than 30 lives in 10 years (Chinese)
• Empleadores abandonan la ‘tolerancia cero’ en pruebas de drogas en la era de la marihuana legal
• SU BOLSILLO: Al planificar su jubilación no cometa este error con el Seguro Social

Apr 13, 2019

• Assembly Member Ting proposed AB1356 to allow the counties and cities to issue conditional marijuana retail licenses (Chinese)
• Why you should check your Social Security estimates
• Google’s Sensorvault: A boon for law enforcement. How it works.

Apr 12, 2019

• Amazon workers are listening to what you tell Alexa
• Millennials say college wasn’t worth it
• Hand sanitizer is still under FDA investigation
• States say DeVos is hurting efforts to police loan servicers

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