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  • Louisiana Health Department Says It Will Stop Promoting ‘Mass Vaccination’
    “Vaccines should be treated with nuance, recognizing differences between seasonal vaccines and childhood immunizations,” Dr. Ralph L. Abraham, the state’s surgeon general, wrote in a memo. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
    THE NEW YORK TIMES – Health | Consumers & ShoppingThu, February 13, 2025
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  • These are the 15 best restaurant deals and some of the longest-running, Kroger says
    Sonny's BBQ tops the list By Dieter Holger of ConsumerAffairs February 14, 2025 So many restaurants, so many deals. But not all restaurantdeals are created equal, according to a list of 15 deals from grocery chain Kroger. The best restaurant deal is from Sonny's BBQ, which has been offering all-you-eat ribs for $19.99 for 21 years, Kroger said. The second-best retaurant deal isLittle Caesars's Hot-N-Ready offer of $5.99 for a pizza, which has been availablefor 28 years. Kroger said it compiled the list of restaurant deals by looking at the length of the promotion and how much money would be saved. "These two factors were equally weighted to determine the overall ranking of each dea," Kroger said. "Where conflicting dates arose, we erred on the side of caution by using the shorter timeframe to ensure conservative estimates." Below is a table of all of the 15 best and longest-running restaurant… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
    CONSUMER AFFAIRS – General | Consumers & ShoppingThu, February 13, 2025
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  • CFPB shutdown challenged in court
    One plaintiff could have received $15,000 in refunds from the CFPB By Dieter Holger of ConsumerAffairs February 14, 2025 The Trump administration's effortto shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is facing a new lawsuit by advocacy groups. President Trump and his officials haveillegally taken steps to eliminate the CFPB without the permission of Congress that is harming Americans, including shutting off funding for the agency, according to allegations ina lawsuitfiled by nonprofit Public Citizen Litigation Group, law firm Gupta Wessler LLPand the National Treasury Employees Union. "Their actions have caused mass confusion and imposed significant and irreparable harm on consumers across the country," advocacygroups said in a statement. The CFPB did not immediately respond to a request for comment. One case involvesplaintiff Eva Steege, an 83-year-old retired Lutheran pastor currently in hospice, who advocates said had been working with the CFPB staff to resolve issues with a Public Service… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
    CONSUMER AFFAIRS – General | Consumers & ShoppingThu, February 13, 2025
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  • Cryptocurrency scam losses likely hit record in 2024, research says
    Generative AI is making it harder to detect cryptocurrency scams By Dieter Holger of ConsumerAffairs February 14, 2025 Losses from cryptocurrency scams are on track to hit record levels in 2024 after scammers have increasingly used generative AI to trick victims. Cryptocurrency scams are likely to cause more than $12.42 billionin losses in 2024, up from more than $11.89 billionin 2023, according to research by Chainalysis. There have been at least more than $9.9 billion in confirmed losses from cryptocurrency scams in 2024, but that number is expected to go up as more data is analyzed, Chainalysis said. "Large-scale scam operations are buoyed by an entire ecosystem that has emerged to facilitate fraud operations," said Jacqueline Burns Koven, head of cyber threat intelligence at Chainalysis, an interview with ConsumerAffairs. Chainalysis said the most common types of scams are high-yield investment scams and so-called pig-butchering scams, accounting for around… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
    CONSUMER AFFAIRS – General | Consumers & ShoppingThu, February 13, 2025
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  • Phone companies aren’t doing enough to stop spam calls
    Nearly everyone gets the calls and 56 million Americans have lost money to spammers By James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairs February 13, 2025 Spam calls and texts continue to annoy Americans, and worse, theyre costing people money. Telephone companies should do more to combat the problem, U.S. PIRG insists. According to Truecallers U.S. Spam and Scam Report, 92% of Americans received spam calls in 2023, and 86% got spam texts. Even more alarming, 56 million Americans lost money to scam calls. Despite laws passed by Congress and state investigations to stop scammers, phone companies still arent doing enough to protect their customers. A new report by U.S. PIRG Education Fund, called Whos Calling?, graded 24 of the largest phone companies on their efforts to fight spam calls and texts. The results werent great. Its outrageous that these billion-dollar companies arent using every tool available to stop scammers, said Teresa Murray,… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
    CONSUMER AFFAIRS – General | Consumers & ShoppingThu, February 13, 2025
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  • Credit-card debt hit record $1.21 trillion after unusual holiday unptick in 2024
    Americans expected to pay down debt after holidays By Dieter Holger of ConsumerAffairs February 13, 2025 Credit-card debt in the U.S. hit another record after an unusually-high increase following the holidays. Debt from credit cards reached $1.21 trillion in the quarter ending in December after growingaround $45 billion from the previous quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of New Yorksaid Thursday. "We saw a larger-than-usual pop this holiday season,"saidTed Rossman, senior industry analyst at Bankrate. Credit card balances almost always rise from year to year, but usually balances fall in the beginning of the year since Americansare detoxing from holiday spendingand use tax returns to pay down debt, Rossman said. He said it is critical to pay down debt as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. "My favorite payoff tip is to sign up for a 0% balance transfer card," Rossmansaid. "These allow your to transfer your high-cost debt and avoid interest… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
    CONSUMER AFFAIRS – General | Consumers & ShoppingThu, February 13, 2025
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  • Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas
    It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
    THE NEW YORK TIMES – Health | Consumers & ShoppingThu, February 13, 2025
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