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Visa monopolizes debit cards, hurting consumers and businesses, Justice Department says
2024-09-24 19:53:44
Visa exploits its market dominance to stifle competition, costing consumers and merchants billions in extra fees, feds allege.
Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops
2024-09-24 16:14:19
Even if you’ve got nothing to hide.
Trusting companies that say their plastic products are recyclable? Regulators may crack down on deceptive claims
2024-09-24 16:14:19
Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018, the most recent year for which national data is available. The rest was burned in waste-to-energy plants or buried in landfills.
Scotland's net zero truck fleets need charging points on busy freight routes, report finds
2024-09-24 14:24:19
Scotland's truck stops, fleet depots, lorry parks and ports can help road freight operators switch to all-electric fleets by installing vehicle charging points, new research from Heriot-Watt University suggests.
Witness testimony begins in trial of Alec Baldwin, charged in shooting death on "Rust" film set
2024-09-24 06:07:30
Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Businesswoman who complained about cartel extortion and illegal fishing is shot dead in Mexico
2024-09-24 06:07:29
Minerva Pérez was killed in what the state prosecutor described as a direct assassination attack that riddled the victim with several gunshot wounds.
Telegram's Durov announces new crackdown on illegal content
2024-09-23 17:36:33
Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov said Monday that the messaging platform had removed more "problematic content", weeks after his arrest in France on charges of failing to act against criminals using the app.
How did they get my data? I uncovered the hidden web of networks behind telemarketers
2024-09-23 17:36:30
Last year, I started getting a lot of unsolicited phone calls, mainly from people trying to sell me things. This came as a surprise because, as a data scientist, I am very careful about what personal information I let out into the world. So I set out to discover what had happened.
'They are blanketing everything': Solar plan a threat to Nevada, officials say
2024-09-23 14:16:33
As the country ramps up its stock of solar farms in the West, rural Nevada is bracing for impact. Especially so in one of the state's most-strained water basins outside of Las Vegas.
Will a Kroger-Albertsons merger help customers or hurt them? What the FTC chair warns
2024-09-23 01:19:40
Grocery chains Kroger and Albertsons want to merge. It's a move Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan worries could hurt customers already dealing with high food costs.
FTC Chair Lina Khan wants to keep fighting non-competes
2024-09-23 01:19:36
In an interview with 60 Minutes, the Federal Trade Commission head said the agency believes it has the authority to ban non-compete agreements — and will defend its case in court.
FTC trustbuster Lina Khan: feared in boardrooms, cheered on by progressives — and even some MAGA Republicans
2024-09-23 01:19:20
At the Federal Trade Commission, Chair Lina Khan's mission is breaking illegal monopolies, blocking mergers that stifle competition, and protecting consumers.
U.S. drug industry shares responsibility in fentanyl crisis, head of DEA says
2024-09-23 01:19:20
The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration says that the drug industry bears a lot of the blame for starting the nation's fentanyl crisis. Social media is making the situation worse.
FTC head Lina Khan fighting Big Tech, Big Pharma and Big Groceries as trustbuster
2024-09-23 01:19:18
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has gone after some of the biggest companies in the U.S. Under President Biden, the FTC has cracked down on big companies they say are hurting consumers.
Israel’s current strategy against Hezbollah won’t restore North, Brig.-Gen. says
2024-09-22 08:28:20
Haimovich stressed that while Israel’s tactical operations have been impressive, they are not enough to force Hezbollah's Nasrallah into a truce.
Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for Trespassing in Troll-Filled Lawsuit
2024-09-22 05:41:20
Cards Against Humanity originally purchased the property in 2017 to protect it from Donald Trump's border wall.
Family of Blaze Bernstein, California teen killed in hate crime attack, stand up for their son: "Blaze's life mattered"
2024-09-22 05:41:19
Six years after the murder of Blaze Bernstein, a gay, Jewish college student, his family faced his killer Sam Woodward, a former high school classmate and neo-Nazi, in court.
Feds serve search warrants on interim New York City Police Commissioner Tom Donlon
2024-09-22 05:41:18
Tom Donlon's predecessor, Edward Caban, resigned last week after it emerged that Caban's phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of New York City Mayor Eric Adams' inner circle.
Where is Sara Anne Wood? Location of N.Y. girl's body a mystery decades after murder
2024-09-22 05:41:18
Sara Anne Wood was 12 when she was abducted and murdered by Lewis Lent while riding her bike near her New York home. Even though her killer is behind bars, authorities say he refuses to give her family the peace of knowing where Sara is.
Elon Musk's SpaceX sued by Cards Against Humanity over alleged trespassing in Texas
2024-09-21 23:16:44
The company is asking for $15 million in damages, which it says includes a loss of vegetation on the land.

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