The clean-sell.com site, along with 24 others, received notices from the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday alleging that they were “playing on consumers’ COVID-19 pandemic fears to trick them into paying for Clorox and Lysol products that the defendants never deliver.” In some cases, the sites are charging more than $1,000 for their products, the FTC alleged. The majority of these sites were inactive as of Thursday afternoon. MarketWatch reached out to clean-sell.com and other sites that...

Capitol Report Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that ‘we need another rescue package.’ With ballots still being counted and results in key states being challenged, the results of the presidential election remain unclear, but there’s one thing voters can count on: the status of a second stimulus package will change no matter who is president for the next four years. Both Republicans and Democrats had proposed new stimulus measures, both of which included another round of...

Affordable health-care coverage is in high demand for the upcoming year. Some 7.7 million Americans who were laid off during the pandemic lost their employer-sponsored health coverage as of June. Those plans covered some 6.9 million of their dependents, impacting up to 14.6 million individuals, according to an October report published by the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that supports health-care issues Even during a public-health crisis, reclaiming health-care coverage may not be...

A record 100 million Americans voted early this year either by mail or in-person, but millions of voters across the country have yet to cast their ballots. To make sure your vote counts, you’ll need to head to your polling location before closing time — but keep in mind that the hours vary from state to state. You can find your polling place and its hours by entering your address here. Even if you don’t make it until the last minute, here’s an important tip to remember: Across all states, as...

As the world waits for a COVID-19 vaccine, many people have grown accustomed to wearing a mask or facial covering when they’re outside of their homes. Masks aren’t required in all U.S. states, but a new study suggests that a national mask mandate could significantly reduce COVID-19 deaths over the next few months, as flu season and increased indoor activities threaten to accelerate the pandemic’s health impacts. If such a national mask mandate were in place, it could save nearly 130,000 lives...