It looks like The Mail Carrier Of Shame may soon have a slew of new members: Federal officials have accused 16 Atlanta-area U.S. Postal Ser...
Trump Administration Won’t Commit To Putting Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill
Anyone expecting to someday see Harriet Tubman’s image grace the front of the $20 bill may be in for a long wait. In a new interview, Treas...
CVS Accused Of Revealing HIV Status Of 4,000 Ohio Customers
Days after insurance giant Aenta was accused of revealing the HIV medication use of 12,000 customers, CVS has found itself in a similar boa...
Amazon Sued Over Allegedly Defective Eclipse Glasses
Before the nationwide solar eclipse earlier this month, experts, including some at NASA, warned that solar eclipse glasses on the market may...
If You’re Getting Robocalls About Flood Insurance, They’re Scams
The world is full of really horrible, lazy people looking to steal your money while putting in the least amount of effort. Take, for example...
Uber, Mall Team Up To Offer Dedicated Pickup Spots, Human Customer Service Reps
In a move designed to lure shoppers back to brick-and-mortar stores, mall giant Westfield is patterning up with Uber to offer dedicated drop...
Feds Shut Down Debt Collector That Allegedly Collected $1.2M In Unowed Debts
Once again, as part of its ongoing efforts to crack down on unscrupulous debt collectors , the Federal Trade Commission has accused a North ...
Unruly Passenger Owes Hawaiian Airlines $98,000 For Interfering With Flight Crew
The next time you’re even thinking about doing something you shouldn’t on an airplane, take a second and ask yourself: Is this worth tens o...
Wells Fargo Fake Account Fiasco Grows By 1.5 Million Customers
It’s been nearly a year since Wells Fargo was slapped with a $185 million fine for pushing their employees to increase their sales numbers ...
Best Buy Expanding Same-Day Delivery To More Cities, Cutting Price
If you need a gadget or cord on short notice and don’t have time to go to the store, same-day delivery from Amazon is probably the first opt...
Limited Flights To Houston Resume; Full Service Will Take Several More Days
You can fly over floods… but only if there’s a place to take off and a place to land. Houston’s airports, like the rest of the city, have be...
Main Fuel Pipeline Temporarily Closes, What’s Going To Happen To Gas Prices?
Hurricane Harvey’s impact on fuel prices nationally might be more costly than first anticipated : The country’s largest fuel system, the Col...
Pizza Hut Workers Use Kayaks To Deliver Food To Hurricane Harvey Victims
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, flood waters have wreaked havoc on much of southeastern Texas. So when a Pizza Hut manager heard there...
Dish Soap Marketed For Baby Bottles Recalled For Potential Bacterial Contamination
Soap has one job. It’s supposed to help clean things. Instead, Dr. Brown’s soap, which is marketed as “natural” and sold for use on dishes a...
A Reminder: Cable Companies Are Lying When They Say They Support Net Neutrality
As the FCC winds down its lip-service commenting period on Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to roll back net neutrality rules that stop internet s...
Organic Doritos Are A Thing, But Would Whole Foods Sell Them?
PepsiCo, the snack corporation that has brought us simple culinary delights such as Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Doritos Locos Tacos flavored Do...
What’s In That Smell? P&G Will List All Fragrance Ingredients Online
If you’ve ever looked at the list of ingredients on a can of air freshener and wondered what, exactly, is involved in that “sea breeze” scen...
Google Assistant Begins Takeover Of Home Appliances; Alexa & Cortana Make Friends
It was a big day in news for connected-home devices, with Google announcing plans to put its Home technology on a slew of new appliances, wh...
Best Buy Claims $43 Cases Of Water Were Mistake, Not Post-Hurricane Price-Gouging
Most of us can walk into any big box or warehouse store and buy a case of bottled water for less than $10. But one Best Buy store in hurrica...
NYC Delivery Guy Biked Through Lincoln Tunnel Because His Phone Told Him To
Repeat after me: Map apps can be useful, but you should not follow their advice blindly. For example, if you’re on your bike and it tells yo...
465K People Need A Pacemaker Security Update To Protect Their Hearts From Hacking
If you need more evidence that we are living in an increasingly internet-connected world, look no further than a recent software update aime...
Hacker Broke Into Hotel Rooms Electronically, Stole Customers’ Stuff
Key cards may be a convenient way for hotels to issue room keys, but a bug in one popular model made it convenient to electronically pick th...
Education Dept. Hires Exec From Scandalized For-Profit School To Run Enforcement Division
Dedicated and effective government employees can come from many prior walks of life, it’s true; the path through any career can be winding a...
There’s A Good Chance A Cosmetic Surgeon Advertising On Instagram Is Not Board-Certified
Don’t select your plastic surgeon based solely on their Instagram posts. That feels like something we shouldn’t have to tell people, but th...
Whole Foods Meat Guys Sculpt Amazon Logos Out Of Ground Beef
What’s that old saying, again? “When you love someone, say it with meat”? That’s how employees at one Los Angeles Whole Foods welcomed their...
Did Uber Violate Bribery Laws Involving Foreign Officials?
Uber’s brand new CEO already has a lot to deal with: The U.S. Justice Department is in the first stages of investigating whether managers a...
The Latest Powerball Winner Is Not Trying To Be Your Facebook Friend Or Give You Money
TaxSlayer Settles FTC Charges That Lax Security Led To Identity Theft
Sure, it might be convenient to do your own income tax preparation online, but it could be risky: Scammers all over the globe have exploited...
Hundreds Of Android Apps Pulled From Google Play Store After Researchers Discover Botnet
Google pulled nearly 300 malicious apps from the Google Play Store this week, after a team of researchers from several internet companies di...
Insurance Won’t Cover Damage To 80% Of Homes Flooded By Hurricane Harvey
When the flood waters left behind by Hurricane Harvey eventually recede, they will leave behind billions of dollars in property damage. Howe...
Hurricane Harvey Cancels Thousands Of Flights, Disrupts Shipping
Flooding in the Houston area continues today, as remnants of Hurricane Harvey continue to unleash unfathomable torrents of rain on the Gulf ...
FDA Issuing Fewest Warning Letters Since 2008
The Trump administration has not been shy about its desire to cut regulations , so perhaps it’s not surprising that the Food and Drug Admin...
Volkswagen Recalls 281,000 Vehicles Because Engines Should Work
It’s fairly difficult to get from point A to point B when the engine in your car suddenly stalls. For that reason, Volkswagen recalled nearl...
Burger King Giving Free Whoppers To Customers Who Admit To Being Fired
Getting fired from a job is rarely something you want to declare publicly. But what if it gets you a free Whopper at Burger King? The fast...
In-N-Out Goes To War With Smashburger Over ‘Triple Double’ Cheeseburgers
Two fast food chains with dedicated fanbases are set to square off in a courtroom over Smashburger’s new Triple Double cheeseburger, which I...