Cristina Flores

1 week ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — After a multi-year pause, the federal government resumed student loan collections on May 5, 2025 — and for millions of Americans, the consequences are already being felt. Roughly 5 million borrowers are now in default after failing to make payments for over 360 days, according to the U.S. Department of Education. For many, this means the possibility of garnished wages, withheld tax refunds, reduced Social Security benefits, and plummeting credit scores.

1 week ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A retired FBI agent warned parents that online predators are increasingly using gaming platforms to target children — especially during the summer when screen time increases and supervision often decreases. “Unfortunately, pedophiles who get online are very, very manipulative,” said retired FBI agent Greg Rogers. Rogers said predators are taking advantage, and gaming platforms have become a major access point.

1 month ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Scams targeting social media users are nothing new, but some victims said they feel powerless when it comes to getting help from the platforms themselves. Darin Clark knows the feeling. He was locked out of his Facebook account for more than a week after scammers took control of his page, used it to impersonate him, and attempted to defraud his friends and family.

1 month ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Given the high cost of college tuition and concerns about college loan debt among American college students, students and their families must make good decisions to ensure their investment in a college degree pays off. That’s the kind of practical thinking economist Beth Akers encourages in her book "Making College Pay." Akers is an economist with the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank.

1 month ago | kutv.com | Cristina Flores

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Economic uncertainty isn’t stopping Americans from making summer travel plans. A new survey from Bankrate showed that people across the country intend to travel about as much this summer as they did last year, despite persistent worries about inflation and the broader economy. "You would think with the economic doom and gloom we'd see a pullback (on travel), but we're actually not seeing that," said Ted Rossman, an analyst with Bankrate.