Concerns over shortages and long wait times for products could ramp up the holiday shopping season early.
The Better Business Bureau says scammers are ready to take advantage, particularly online. A recent study found 35-percent of scams reported so far this year were online purchase scams.
The B-B-B reports 75-percent of the people who report online shopping scams lose money and the largest demographic targeted by online scams are people ages 18-years-old to 24-years-old.


Monday's Rural Becker County Bodies Have Been Identified
HOLMESVILLE TOWNSHIP, Minn. - Authorities have identified the two people found dead Monday in Holmesville Township and released additional details about the case. According to an updated release from the Becker County Sheriff's Office, deputies were ...
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What the Epstein case tells us about wealth and power in America
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Lithium mine clears hurdle despite conservationists' worries for rare wildflower
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