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.
- Apple permite que usuarios de algunos países vean datos recopilados por la empresa
- Facebook pedirá identidad a anunciantes políticos británicos
- Walmart sued $65 million for not providing seating to cashiers
- Fake DMV website has tricked consumers to pay fees online (Chinese)
- Social security will increase by 2.8% next year, tens of thousands of retirees will receive an average of $39 more per month (Chinese)
- A 5-cent increase for First-Class stamps is the largest increase in 27 years (Chinese)
- Asian lady accused with immigration fraud - lawyers suggested complaints sent to Law Society (Chinese)
- Una falla en WhatsApp permitía el hackeo de cuentas con una llamada de video: reportes
- American Airlines limits help for travelers with delayed, canceled flights
- Google attempted to hide leak that exposed 500,000 poeple in Google Plus (Chinese)
- Amazon admitted that employees leaked customers information to vendors (Chinese)
- High interest lenders can charge a 200% interest rate, consumers hope for a rate-cap measure on the ballot (Chinese)
- SF officials announced implementation of SB1045 bill after it was passed (Chinese)
- EEUU planea revisar reglas sobre circulación de vehículos autónomos
- Los autos eléctricos y el dilema de hacerlos rentables
- Ways to remedy premature social security withdrawal (Chinese)
- “Club de los desahuciados” online permite a pacientes comprar nuevos fármacos aprobados en otros países
- La mitad de las críticas contra “Los últimos Jedi” eran de bots, troles y activistas: estudio
- Amazon subirá salario mínimo a 15 dlr por hora a sus empleados en EEUU
- 50M Facebook accounts hacked — 10 tips to protect being hacked (Chinese)
- Elon Musk settles with the SEC and agrees to pay $20 million fine and step down as company chairman (Chinese)
- Honda recalls 1.4 M vehicles because of air bag defects (Chinese)
- New immigration rules include good credit score and financial records to live in the US (Chinese)
- California Assembly members called on Congress to recognize Chinese-American WWII veterans (Chinese)
- Report finds reduced homelessness if San Francisco Prop. C passes (Chinese)
- New proposed regulations on good credit standing required from immigrants (Chinese)
- California Governor Brown vetoed two proposals to support illegal immigration (Chinese)
- SEC alleges Tesla’s Elon Musk lied to investors
- Nueva ley permitirá a EEUU derribar drones
- California’s gas tax repeal measure makes fall ballot in November (Chinese)
- Uber’s data breach costed $148 million in settlement (Chinese)
- Aguas cálidas en Atlántico generan fuertes huracanes
- Choferes de Uber protestan en España
- Kavanaugh, recordatorio del costo de los deslices juveniles
- Uber acuerda pagar 148 millones de dólares por robo de datos
- Crece el rechazo a Airbnb en París; la empresa se defiende
- McDonald’s deja de poner conservantes a sus hamburguesas
- Facebook y Google se comprometen a combatir las noticias falsas
- Katy Tang opposed the adoption of the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act (Chinese)
- Michael Kors acquiring Versace is a bold move (Chinese)
- Email fraud in real estate transactions have increased by 11 folds in 2 years (Chinese)
- EEUU: Sentencian a “psíquica” a 6 años de cárcel
- California pide a Trump no revertir estándares vehiculares
- Camino Financial crece desde California para financiar a latinos en todo el país
- freeze your credit and unfreeze with no fees (Chinese)
- California: ley restringe uso de pajitas en restaurantes
- Otras opciones para no pagar 1.100 dólares por un iPhone
- Tailandia ordena a Ford compensar por transmisión defectuosa
- Nissan recalled 210K cars due to fire risk (Chinese)
- California became the first state in the United States to restrict plastic straws (Chinese)