Shenango students raise funds for Water for South Sudan
Shenango Area School District students in Honors English 7 via the Wildcat Wave raised more than $5,000 for Water for South Sudan through the Tron Giraffe Challenge. Over three years the total nearly $13,000 funded drilling equipment and hygiene programs in South Sudan.
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South Sudan
Heather Butchy
Butchy
Water For
Rochester, New York
South
Sudan
Dut
United States
Wildcat Wave
Advisable caution over storing funds in Venmo CashApp and similar apps
The CFPB warns that money stored in Venmo PayPal and CashApp may not be insured like bank deposits. Nonbank payment platforms lack federal protection during crises, though pass through insurance can apply if users take specific steps. Apple Cash and PayPal Savings have insured options, but default balances remain uninsured.
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New York
Venmo
PayPal
CashApp
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Silicon Valley Bank
Signature Bank
First Republic Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Apple
CFPB
Synchrony Bank
Apple Cash
Amazon to pay 31 million in privacy penalties over Alexa
Amazon agrees to a 25 million civil penalty for alleged COPPA violations and deceiving parents by retaining children’s Alexa data. An additional 5.8 million will be refunded to customers over Ring doorbell privacy issues. FTC orders stricter deletion rules and data safeguards, including deleting inactive child accounts and certain voice and location data.
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Washington
Amazon
Federal Trade Commission
Alexa
COPPA
Samuel Levine
FCT Consumer Protection
FTC
Alvaro Bedoya
Bedoya
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