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A large Wisconsin medical records software company had told its thousands of workers they would have to return to the office beginning this week, over many of their objections. But now, after a “CBS This Morning” report and pressure from local public health officials, the company, Epic Systems, is temporarily pushing back its plans. Epic planned…
An American citizen found himself with a hefty medical bill totaling nearly $2 million from the U.S. government, after he spent seven months at a Texas military hospital recovering from life-threatening injuries. “I never expected, never in my life to live through something like this,” Puerto Rican resident Alexis Hernandez told CBS News’ Anna Werner….
A Hertz customer who was arrested aboard a cruise ship last week has become the latest customer to say the company falsely accused them of stealing one of its rental cars. Charles Doucette, a pharmacy and healthcare consultant from New Hampshire, said he was on a Caribbean cruise with his girlfriend when, back in a…
Jurors in the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial will continue their deliberations on Wednesday on the racketeering conspiracy charge against the hip-hop mogul after reaching a partial verdict on four out of the five charges. The panel of eight men and four women enters the third day of deliberations at U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan, having…
Small businesses facing higher import costs because of steeper U.S. tariffs are having to find different ways of handling the added expense. Facing hefty tariffs on parts shipped from China, one small business owner took the hit by redeeming over 1.8 million reward points on his American Express card. Robert Keeley, owner of Keeley Electronics,…
As billionaire Elon Musk feuds with President Trump over his signature tax and domestic policy legislation, Musk has reupped his calls to launch a new political party — a daunting task even for the wealthiest person on Earth. Musk first floated launching a third party, dubbed the “America Party,” earlier this month, part of a…
A Tennessee woman said she lost $390,000 belonging to herself and her father after she fell for an online crypto dating scam. After losing her mom, 24-year-old Nicole Hutchinson inherited her mother’s house which she sold and split the proceeds with her father. The $280,000 she inherited was supposed to go toward helping her family…
In a stark reminder of the growing threat of financial scams, Deborah Moss, owner of a small catering business, found herself ensnared in a sophisticated bank scam that started with a seemingly harmless text message. Moss, who had dedicated over a decade to building her business, says she had finally accumulated enough savings to…
Americans are protected from most surprise medical bills by the No Surprises Act that took effect last year. But there’s one key item the legislation left out: ambulance rides. A recent report found more than half of ambulance rides by insured patients result in a surprise bill. Those rides cost patients roughly $130 million a…
Blake Gober, a 33-year-old political consultant and a Marine veteran, is among a group of Hertz customers who have faced criminal charges following accusations of theft from the rental car company. “Charging an innocent person and trying to go after an innocent person, that’s not justice. That’s the opposite of justice,” Gober told CBS News. …