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It’s time to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms

Daylight Saving Time has ended so people need to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms when they turn back their clocks one hour. Many electronic devices and appliances will adjust automatically to the time change. However, most smoke and CO alarms need a few minutes of... Read more →


Action needed to improve children’s product recall process, consumer group says

The recall process for children’s toys and products needs to improve, Kids In Danger, an organization working on product safety, says as it releases two new reports looking to better assess recall effectiveness. The first report, “Recall Reality: Are They Failing our Children?,” examines trends on the effectiveness of children’s... Read more →


Cash app loans have high fees, trap consumers in a cycle of debt, and leave many consumers worse off, report says

Have you used a cash advance app? The fast-growing market for loans from cash advance apps is harming consumers, a new report from the Center for Responsible Lending shows. The report describes rates of reborrowing, loan stacking, and overdraft fees experienced by people borrowing from a cash advance app such... Read more →


Avoid charity scams when you donate to help hurricane survivors

Our hearts go out people suffering from the effects of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. And although we want to help, we need to be careful not to waste our money by being tricked by scammers. No one knows how long recovery will take. If you’re considering donating to help... Read more →


Watch out for solar panel installation scams

A salesperson knocked on my door and told me I could get rooftop solar panels at little or no cost? He said government programs would cover most of the costs of solar installation. He said his company had installed them for one of my neighbors. Fortunately, since it sounded too... Read more →


New studies show evidence of the dangers to health of chemicals in food

It’s a clear memory. Plastic was becoming widely used in packaging for food. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration didn’t say it was safe. It said as far as it knew, plastic packaging wasn’t harmful to health. I figured out myself right away that it wasn’t a good idea to... Read more →


‘Beattlejuice Beetlejuice’ and other hits from last weekend: Please, movie industry, give us something better than this

Unfortunately, the movie industry’s emphasis on violent movies is continuing. I’ve written for years about how there’s too much violence in movies, commenting every year on Academy Award nominated movies. Here are the top movies from the weekend as reported by ShowTimes.com: 1. “Beattlejuice Beattlejuice” – $51.6 million 2. “Speak... Read more →


Did you know Texas has created a separate court system to hear corporate cases?

The lengths to which Republican governors are going to create fiefdoms in which they can carry out their conservative ideas is mind-boggling. Questionable policies on gender identity, abortion, guns, book banning, critical race theory, elections, immigration, and more are increasingly troubling. Then I read on the Public Citizen website that... Read more →


Consumer Reports adds used cars to its online ratings and recommendations

Four in 10 Americans who were in the market for a vehicle in the past year were only considering used vehicles, compared to three in 10 who were only considering new and 24 percent who were considering both, according to a survey by Consumer Reports, a consumer testing and advocacy... Read more →