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The trinity of divisive Halloween candies is made up of candy corn, marshmallow peanuts, and of course black licorice — perhaps the treat m...

Smoke in the cabin of a passenger airplane is a scary prospect. That’s why a plane heading from Munich, Germany to Washington Dulles Interna...

In January, federal regulators announced they had put a stop to an apartment rental scam in which homes (that may not exist) are listed onl...

When you think of the ideal cheeseburger, where is the cheese in the sandwich equation — is it beneath the patty, or on top of it? That is t...

Sure, saving $1,000 on a car that may cost you far in excess of $70,000 might seem like a minor victory, but it’s still better than nothing...

Instead of shrinking in fear from the rising green tide of legal marijuana, the parent company behind booze brands like Corona, Svedka, and ...

Your state’s department of motor vehicles already knows what make and model of car you own, and sends you registration documents every few y...

Despite repeated Congressional and Executive branch efforts, the full Affordable Care Act is still in place . That means insurance-shopping ...

If anything is true of 2017, it is this: Confusion reigns. And nowhere do we see that more than in healthcare, where failed repeal attempts ...

In what sounds like the lovechild of a Blockbuster video store and Netflix’s DVD rental service, GameStop is launching a new video game rent...

Education Secretary and champion of for-profit colleges Betsy DeVos is once again siding with this controversial industry and against studen...

Back in 2005, you needed a standalone GPS device if you wanted a disembodied voice to yell at you when you made a wrong turn. Before smartph...

Dunkin’ Donuts, faced with slipping sales, has undergone a bit of a revamp in recent months, such as dropping the “Donuts” portion of its na...

This month is the first in which student loan borrowers enrolled in the Department of Education’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness program w...

After giving employees more than six months to recover from this spring’s Unicorn Frappuccino , Starbucks has another limited-time novelty b...

As the saying goes, when life hands you lemons, make lemonade. However, if life locks you in the beer cooler, don’t crack open a few cold on...

Are Amazon’s bookstores headed for the same future as struggling chains like Barnes & Noble? It’s possible, according to the company’s l...

Would you consider an in-air concert on your next flight an amenity, or something that would make you switch airlines? Southwest Airlines is...

It’s been nearly two years since customers have been able to shop at an FAO Schwarz store . That’s about to change… kind of: Department stor...

We hate to break it to the pumpkin purists out there, but that canned orange stuff you so lovingly scoop into pie shells every Thanksgiving ...

LuLaRoe is a multilevel-marketing company that has brought brightly colored leggings and dresses to communities across the country since its...

There are a lot of things you’d rather not have happen when driving your car. “Steering wheel falling off and into your lap” likely ranks pr...

If you’re a fan of Haribo gummy candies, you may want to put that bag down for just a second: New reports about the candy company claim it’s...

Could Equifax have suffered a second data breach following the massive hack exposing the personal information of more than 145.5 million con...

About a year after Lyft started allowing riders to request multiple stops on their trips , Uber is joining its rival in offering the option ...

Here are five of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usability in a Consumerist ...

There are a few things left that Amazon.com doesn’t sell, and one of them is prescription drugs. Yet for most of the last year, analysts and...