Economy Sep 25 Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission which said the online giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships.
Nation Sep 24 A jury will look at whether Amazon tricked customers into joining Prime — and made it hard to leave The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon in U.S. District Court in Seattle two years ago and has alleged more than a decade of legal violations, including of the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act, a 2010 law designed to help ensure…
Politics Jul 17 Study says Trump’s proposed time limit for low-income housing most likely to affect working families and children The study suggests a proposed two-year time limit on federal housing subsidies could affect as many as 1.4 million households in public housing and Section 8 programs.
Politics Mar 24 How this U.S. border town is grappling with Trump’s trade war with Canada Locals and visitors alike in Point Roberts, Washington, are increasingly worried about how this unusual waterfront border town that has embodied the two countries’ interdependency can survive the hostility brewing on both sides.
Politics Jan 20 Trump signs executive order to suspend TikTok ban for 75 days to find U.S. buyer Business leaders, lawmakers, legal scholars, and influencers who make money on TikTok are watching to see how Trump tries to resolve a thicket of regulatory, legal, financial and geopolitical issues with his signature.
Nation Oct 15 The basics of navigating the insurance claims process after a destructive hurricane Immediately after disasters like these, property insurance is likely not top of mind as people secure their safety and basic needs, but insurance claims are part of the process of resetting.
Nation Jan 31 AP report: DOJ examining AI screening tool used by Pa. child welfare agency Several civil rights complaints were filed in the fall about the Allegheny Family Screening Tool, which is used to help social workers decide which families to investigate, AP has learned.
Nation Jun 02 Oregon dropping AI tool used to help decide child abuse cases Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a new process that officials say will make better, more racially equitable decisions.
Nation Apr 29 How an algorithm that screens for child neglect could harden racial disparities Child welfare officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the cradle of Mister Rogers’ TV neighborhood, are using an algorithm to support agency workers as they make decisions meant to protect children from neglect.
Politics Mar 17 Activist father of U.S. Olympian Alysa Liu targeted by Chinese spy ring U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father Arthur Liu – a former political refugee – were targeted in a spying operation ahead of the Beijing Olympics that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, the…