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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Hello Servitude? Meal kit company investigated for child labor

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The Best of the Week’s News

  • The feds are investigating a subsidiary of the HelloFresh meal kit service after getting reports of teens working dangerous late-night jobs. (NYT)
     

  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces new overdraft protections that could save Americans $5 billion a year. (CNBC)
     

  • Hillman Prize-winner Sean Morrow got a surprise call from TMZ after authorities suggested he might be the UnitedHealthcare shooter because of his critical coverage of the insurance industry. (WaPo)
     

  • Beloved Montana oncologist exposed as a quack after a spate of suspicious deaths, including one chemo patient who didn’t have cancer after all. (ProPublica)
     

  • New moms are getting their babies taken away because they tested positive for drugs the hospital gave them in labor. (Marshall Project)