Terms of use & disclaimer

1. Acceptance

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2. Editorial disclaimer

Articles are published as general information and reflect the facts and sources available at the time of writing. Developing stories, prices, ratings, holdings, schedules and product details change, sometimes within hours. Where a story concerns an unreleased product or an unfolding event, we label projections and rumor as such, and readers should verify any time-sensitive detail against the linked primary source before relying on it.

3. No financial advice

Coverage of markets, funds, individual securities, lotteries and personal finance is educational and journalistic. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation to buy or sell any security, and not an offer or solicitation. We are not a broker, dealer, or registered investment adviser, and nothing here is tailored to your circumstances. Past performance does not predict future results, and you can lose money investing. Consult a licensed professional before making financial decisions.

4. No medical advice

Health, nutrition and food-safety coverage is general information, not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and it does not create a clinician-patient relationship. Do not delay or disregard professional medical advice because of something you read here. For an urgent medical concern, contact a qualified provider or your local emergency service.

5. Generated imagery and AI-assisted production

Editorial illustrations on this site are AI-generated and captioned accordingly. They depict concepts, not documented events, and they are never presented as photojournalism. Our editorial standards page describes where AI tools are used in research and drafting and what a human verifies before publication.

6. Intellectual property

Text, layout, illustrations and the Mainstream Spectrum name are owned by the publisher and protected by copyright and trademark law. You may quote a reasonable excerpt for commentary, criticism, news reporting or teaching with clear attribution and a link to the original page. Republishing whole articles, systematic scraping, or using this content to train machine-learning models without written permission is prohibited. Third-party names and marks mentioned in coverage belong to their respective owners and are used for identification only.

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9. Acceptable use

Do not attempt to disrupt or gain unauthorized access to the site or its infrastructure, impose unreasonable automated load, strip or obscure our attribution, or use the site in violation of applicable law.

10. Warranties and liability

The site is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, or uninterrupted availability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the publisher is not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss arising from reliance on information published here. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and the courts located in Maryland have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute, except where mandatory local consumer-protection law provides otherwise.

12. Contact

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