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The headline on this story describes a VA policy as though it is currently in effect. It was, briefly. For ten days in February 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs told its examiners to rate a disability based on how well a veteran’s medication is working, not on how severe the underlying condition actually is….
If your phone rang sometime between February 2021 and November 2025 and a prerecorded voice on the other end tried to sell you web-hosting or domain-registration services from Register.com or Newfold Digital, you may be owed money. According to settlement-notice materials and secondary reporting, a class action settlement under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act…
California dog owners who bought Cosequin joint supplements between 2016 and 2022 can claim up to $150 from an $11.5 million settlement – file by July 21 According to Nutramax Laboratories’ own marketing, Cosequin is the top-selling joint supplement brand at pet retailers nationwide, and millions of dog owners have bought it hoping to ease…
Sprouts Farmers Market has reportedly agreed to pay $5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the grocery chain printed too much credit and debit card information on customer receipts, violating a federal law designed to prevent identity theft. If you swiped, inserted, or tapped a card at any Sprouts location between 2020 and…
Open your latest credit card statement and look at the interest charge line. If you’re carrying a balance, that number has almost certainly climbed over the past three years, and it has not come back down. The average annual percentage rate on credit cards that assessed interest stood at 21.52% as of the most recent…
Most tax-advantaged accounts ask you to pick two benefits. A traditional 401(k) gives you a deduction going in and tax-deferred growth, but you pay income tax on every dollar you withdraw. A Roth IRA flips that: no deduction upfront, but qualified withdrawals are tax-free. The health savings account doesn’t force the trade-off. Contributions are tax-deductible,…
Millions of Americans who took generic blood pressure medication between 2012 and 2019 may have swallowed pills laced with chemicals linked to cancer. They had no way of knowing at the time. Now, a $15.2 million federal settlement, approved through the consolidated proceeding known as MDL 2875 in the U.S. District Court for the District…
Picture this: a 17-year-old sits down to apply for a first student loan and discovers $14,000 in credit card debt already attached to their name. They have never opened an account. They have never signed anything. But someone, years earlier, got hold of their Social Security number and used it to build a credit history…
Open your latest credit card statement and look at the line labeled “interest charged.” If you carry a revolving balance, that number has probably been climbing for three years, and it has not come back down. The average credit card annual percentage rate sits at roughly 21.5% as of late May 2026, according to Bankrate’s…
About 3.7 million people are expected to fly over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, according to Airlines for America, the industry trade group that tracks passenger volume around peak travel periods. If you are one of them and your flight gets canceled, you will not have to beg for your money back. A federal rule…