Finding out that your financial information was accessed without your knowledge and then discovering that the company in question settled the lawsuit without ever acknowledging that it had done anything wrong is somewhat unsettling. After two data breaches rocked millions of users between 2022 and 2023, Cash App and its parent company Block essentially ended up there. As impacted users sort through what happened, what they were owed, and whether the process was ever as simple as it should have been, the $15 million class action settlement that resulted from it continues to garner attention in 2026. A former employee…
Author: Sierra Foster
Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
There is something almost disarming about the Annie’s brand. The packaging is soft and friendly — pastel colors, a cheerful rabbit, the phrase “Made with Goodness!” printed like a promise. For years, parents who wanted something a little cleaner than the neon-orange competition reached for that box without much hesitation. Organic. No artificial flavors. No synthetic colors. The bunny approved. Then came the lawsuit. Filed in federal court in New York by plaintiff Shelby Franklin, the Annie’s mac and cheese lawsuit accuses General Mills — Annie’s parent company since 2014 — of knowingly concealing the presence of phthalates in its…
Today, opening a Yahoo account has an almost peculiar feel to it. Millions of people now carry a different kind of weight with that familiar interface: the unspoken awareness that their personal information was probably in the hands of someone else at some point between 2012 and 2016. Not just a few thousand accounts were impacted by Yahoo’s data breaches. They made contact with more than three billion people. The fact that it took years and a federal lawsuit before many users saw any acknowledgment at all may be due to the size of that number, which makes it seem…
A pharmaceutical company paying $50 million to have lawsuits dropped while maintaining that its product was never harmful has a subtle significance. After confirming a settlement agreement to settle more than 200 lawsuits related to its HPV vaccine, Gardasil, Merck & Co. is essentially in this position. According to the business, the sum is “not material” to its financial situation. In a technical sense, that is true; in 2023 alone, Gardasil made $8.9 billion in sales. However, this was never really about money. Introduced in 2006, Gardasil was eventually approved in about 150 countries and marketed as a true medical…
Hearing a woman who appears on a high-end reality show confess to a room full of cameras that she had nothing for six years is subtly startling. Not in a dramatic manner. failing to perform. Just stating something that she obviously still believes. Larsa Pippen stated bluntly to her fellow cast members during Part 3 of The Real Housewives of Miami Season 6 reunion: “I didn’t get a nickel for six years during my entire divorce.” I had to do it by myself. When you are aware of the timeline and realize how lengthy the legal proceedings between her and…
Public health officials typically don’t display a certain type of alarm in public. Press releases with meticulous, measured language that nevertheless manages to sound like someone yelling quietly are where it usually resides. Since the CDC announced in January that it would remove seven childhood vaccines from its widely recommended schedule, statehouses across the nation have been speaking in this manner. California was quick to react. The state will co-lead a multi-state lawsuit against the CDC, its director, the Department of Health and Human Services, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to Governor Gavin Newsom. There were fourteen…
There is something especially unsettling about a data breach that affects an insurance company. These companies make a living by selling protection—protection against risk, loss, and precisely the kind of harm that occurs when private information falls into the wrong hands. Therefore, many of the people whose data was affected by the August 2024 cyberattack on Alera Group, a national insurance and financial services company, were aware of the irony. It was followed by a class action lawsuit. It is presently pending in the Circuit Court for Broward County, Florida, under the name Sophia Grubb, et al. v. Alera Group,…
Candace Owens has never been afraid to engage in combat. She approaches every challenge with the same razor-sharp, unwavering energy, whether she’s challenging media narratives, facing off against political rivals, or becoming embroiled in a global lawsuit brought by the French president and his spouse. However, something changes when it comes to her kids. The sound level decreases. The armor becomes softer. It’s one of her more subtly revealing traits. Owens and her spouse, George Farmer, a British businessman, have raised a family of four children. They met at a Turning Point U.K. reception event in London in December 2018,…
The majority of people first come across Alisha Lehmann’s Instagram presence, brand deals, and appearance on everything from football strips to gaming advertisements. Beneath all of that, however, is a football player who began kicking a ball at the age of nine in a small Swiss town and has quietly amassed a career and net worth that speaks to the current state of the women’s game. Lehmann is thought to be worth between £500,000 and £1.2 million. That’s a big range, and it shows that she is genuinely unsure of how her earnings are distributed. According to reports, her base…
The way this specific marriage started and appears to be ending has an almost poetic quality, and not in a good way. In December 2022, Jack White asked Olivia Jean to marry him in front of thousands of people at the Masonic Temple in Detroit. They were married a few minutes later. on the same platform. in the same performance. A rock-and-roll fairy tale playing out in real time, it was the kind of moment that felt authentic and impromptu. Jean filed for divorce in Nashville on June 3, less than three years later, citing “irreconcilable differences and inappropriate marital…