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Smart Spending

Avenco and Novilla mattresses sold online are being recalled because they can catch fire and fail federal safety rules

More than 5,300 mattresses sold through Amazon and two brand websites are being pulled from the market after federal regulators determined they can catch fire...

Smart Spending

July Fourth airfare is about 2% cheaper this year, averaging $800 round trip

Americans flying for the July Fourth holiday this summer will pay roughly 2 percent less than they did a year ago, with domestic round-trip tickets...

Credit & Debt

You can now pull all three credit reports free every week at AnnualCreditReport.com

Every person with a credit file in the United States can now check their Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion reports once a week, every week, at...

Budgeting & Saving

Americans with disabilities can save up to $19,000 a year in an ABLE account without losing benefits

People with disabilities who receive Supplemental Security Income can now set aside up to $19,000 per year in a tax-advantaged ABLE account without jeopardizing their...

Tech & Your Wallet

Joy Furniture is recalling its Talan and Royce living-room sets over a fire hazard

About 10,400 living-room furniture sets sold by Joy Furniture are being pulled from homes across the country after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission determined...

Insurance & Protection

Cancer center City of Hope will pay data-breach victims a $100 cash payment, or up to $5,000 for documented losses

More than 827,000 people whose personal data was stolen from cancer treatment and research center City of Hope now stand to collect either a flat...

Fraud & Scams

Labcorp will pay $35 million over a 2019 data breach, with patients able to claim $50 or up to $5,000 in losses by September 3

Patients whose personal and medical data were exposed in the 2019 breach at American Medical Collection Agency can now file claims for automatic payments of...

Cost of Living

An Oregon utility is cutting home electricity bills 1.3% while raising data-center rates 29% — a rare case of the AI boom easing a household’s bill instead of inflating it

Residential customers of Portland General Electric stand to pay less on their monthly electricity bills at a moment when utilities across the country are asking...

Credit Cards & Rewards

American Express now charges $895 a year for the Platinum card, and Chase $795 for the Sapphire Reserve

Cardholders carrying two of the most recognized premium credit cards in the United States now face significantly higher annual fees. American Express raised the Platinum...

Renting & Leasing

The FTC is mailing refund checks to 444,131 renters who paid Invitation Homes hidden fees, and each check expires 90 days after it arrives

More than 444,131 renters who paid hidden charges to the nation’s largest single-family rental company are now receiving refund checks from the Federal Trade Commission....

Tech & Your Wallet

Vornado is recalling about 255,000 tower heaters after 32 reports of overheating and fire, including one smoke-inhalation injury

Roughly 255,000 Vornado SRTH Small Room Tower Heaters are being pulled from homes and store shelves after federal regulators logged 32 reports of overheating, eight...

Social Security & Medicare

Original Medicare just started requiring prior approval for knee scopes and back injections in six states, with AI helping decide who gets covered

Medicare beneficiaries in six states now face a new step before receiving certain common orthopedic procedures. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched the...

Cost of Living

Tyson and Cargill will pay $87.5 million over inflated beef prices — shoppers in 26 states who bought steak or roasts from 2014 to 2019 can claim by June 30

Families across 26 states who paid more than they should have for beef between 2014 and 2019 now have a narrow window to recover some...

Smart Spending

Hyundai is recalling 421,078 Tucsons and Santa Cruzes because the automatic brakes can slam on when nothing is there

Owners of more than 421,000 Hyundai Tucson SUVs and Santa Cruz pickups now face a straightforward but unsettling problem: the vehicles’ automatic emergency braking system...

Fraud & Scams

The FBI personally warned 8,935 crypto-fraud victims they were being scammed — and 77% had no idea it was happening

Nearly nine thousand Americans were losing money to cryptocurrency fraud without knowing it, and it took a direct phone call or email from the FBI...

Fraud & Scams

A new class action claims Best Buy secretly sold customers’ personal data to advertisers

A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Best Buy of quietly funneling customers’ personal purchase data to advertisers through its in-house media unit, Best Buy Ads,...

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