Consumer groups push Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers Consumer groups are pushing Congress to uphold automatic refunds for airline passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed for several hours ... 05/1/2024 - 11:38 am | View Link
US regulators discuss finalizing bank capital rules as soon as August, Bloomberg News reports The Federal Reserve and other top U.S. regulators are forging ahead with their plan to make big banks hold more capital, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. 05/1/2024 - 8:48 am | View Link
The Time Is Now For Federal Reform Of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising Of Prescription Drugs In combination with the Inflation Reduction Act’s introduction of Medicare drug price negotiations, the Biden administration’s reform of Medicare Advantage ads introduced precedent for monitoring ... 04/30/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Energy, consumer groups laud new federal efficiency standards for housing The groups welcomed the new standards, saying they will save residents thousands of dollars, lower default risk and battle climate change. 04/29/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
What you need to know about new federal rules for airline refunds, fees New federal rules guarantee air travelers refunds for canceled, delayed flights and missing bags. But there are conditions. 04/25/2024 - 10:49 am | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.