By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Even as its ridership was decimated by the pandemic in 2020, Uber recorded 141 reports of rape on its platform in the United States, the company disclosed in its safety report released Thursday. The 78-page report, which covers 2019 and 2020, is the second-ever Uber has released regarding safety
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities have evacuated a portion of the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis following reports of a fire and possible explosion. No injuries have been reported. The Minneapolis Fire Department tweeted about 3:30 p.m. Thursday that firefighters were responding to a fire in the basement of a building on campus. As they
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to take up a case involving a state law that gives California-based flight crews more generous meal and rest breaks than required by federal rules. Several Virgin America flight attendants sued to be included under the law, and an appeals court in San Francisco ruled in
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to take up a case involving a state law that gives California-based flight crews more generous meal and rest breaks than required by federal rules. Several Virgin America flight attendants sued to be included under the law, and an appeals court in San Francisco ruled in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in London on Friday for talks on security and boosting bilateral ties. The meeting comes after both leaders attended the NATO summit in Madrid this week. Johnson’s office says he and Ardern will discuss security challenges facing the Indo-Pacific
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Al menos seis migrantes murieron y otros 10 fueron rescatados en tres incidentes separados de tráfico de personas en Texas en las últimas 24 horas, dijeron las autoridades. Cuatro migrantes murieron y tres personas resultaron gravemente heridas el jueves durante una persecución en la carretera y un accidente en Encinal, Texas,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at the Altoona, Iowa amusement park Adventureland a year ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state court alleging the park failed to properly maintain and repair its rides. David and
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has issued a major warning to Democrats: Republicans won’t agree to a bill to bolster US competitiveness with China if Democrats continue to pursue an economic agenda they are trying to pass along straight party lines this summer. The China competitiveness bill has
Continue ReadingCNN, WKOW, WISC, WBAY, WTMJ, WISH, WSOC By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN President Joe Biden has gone from narrowly winning Wisconsin nearly two years ago to becoming an apparent liability for Democrats running there — so much so that two of the leading candidates running for their party’s US Senate nomination won’t say
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez, CNN An unknown number of police officers in Ohio have been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation after a police pursuit ended in the shooting death of Jayland Walker on Monday. Police officers from the Akron Police Department attempted to stop a person, later identified as Walker, for a traffic
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers Americans with stock portfolios or retirement investment plans would likely prefer to forget the last six months. The S&P 500, Wall Street’s broad benchmark for many stock funds, closed the first half of 2022 with a loss of more than 20% after starting the year at
Continue ReadingBy STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Andrés Giménez hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Minnesota Twins 5-3 for their second straight walk-off win against their AL Central rivals. Giménez went deep to center on a 3-2 pitch from Tyler Thornburg as Minnesota’s bullpen imploded again.
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants who are living in the country illegally. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $307.9 billion operating budget on Thursday. It makes all low-income adults eligible for the state’s Medicaid program
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Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that Oregon State University has earned $265,000 in federal funds to improve models used by fire managers to help them contain wildfires and employ prescribed burns as a tool to reduce the risk of wildfires in Oregon and nationwide.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El presentador de televisión, modelo y actor Fernando del Solar murió este jueves a los 49 años, según lo dio a conocer el programa Venga la Alegría, del que formó parte y que se emite a través de la televisora mexicana TVAzteca. También confirmaron el fallecimiento del presentador la Asociación
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Temen por sus vidas. No tienen qué comer. Perdieron todo tras el paso de un huracán. Quieren reencontrarse con sus familiares. Millones de habitantes de América Latina —especialmente de México, El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala— abandonan los países que los vieron nacer y emprenden un viaje a Estados Unidos, a
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The Oregon Fire Chiefs Association on Thursday welcomed the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State University College of Forestry’s rollout of the Oregon Explorer Wildfire Risk Map.
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California may turn to fossil fuels to avoid blackouts during hot weather that strains the electric grid. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed legislation that gives the state broad power to buy energy in extreme situations. The Department of Water Resources would be allowed to purchase
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s climate change ruling on Thursday is likely to hinder President Joe Biden’s plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and to make the U.S. a global leader again in the fight to slow global warming. In its
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in South Carolina say “Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been charged with buying or selling endangered lemurs, cheetahs, and a chimpanzee without the proper paperwork. The latest charges released Thursday are on top of money laundering counts, where authorities said Antle tried
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