Authorities in Washington state are investigating a shooting Saturday night after they said a father caught a rideshare driver allegedly sexually assaulting his daughter while she was “highly intoxicated.” Early Saturday morning, Thurston County sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a weapons violation in Nisqually Valley. A deputy stopped a vehicle that was attempting to […]
A rideshare driver was shot after a father of an intoxicated rider found the driver raping her. In the early hours of Saturday, the rideshare driver allegedly raped an intoxicated female that was depending on the ride to get home safely. According to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, deputies answered a call of weapons violations […]
Witnesses say a nude man was assaulting a woman in a Stanton neighborhood in Orange County when he was shot by a rideshare driver Sunday night. Orange County Sheriff’s Department personnel responded to the incident in the 7000 block of Custer Way shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday. A neighbor who spoke with KTLA on Monday […]
The California Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case that could invalidate all or part of Proposition 22, the 2020 ballot measure that addressed working conditions for rideshare drivers in the state who are part of the new “gig” economy. The court’s decision, expected by the end of summer, could reopen hotly contested […]
ST. LOUIS – A woman was carjacked at gunpoint early Sunday morning while working as a rideshare driver. According to a public statement from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the carjacking occurred around 3:50 a.m. in the 4900 block of Chippewa Street, located on the border of the city’s Northampton and Southampton neighborhoods. Police […]
An Atlanta family is desperate to find a 16-year-old who they fear could be a trafficking victim. Mekiya Smith hasn’t been seen since she got into a red Lyft after leaving Coretta Scott King Academy on Friday afternoon. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Police are investigating Smith’s disappearance and say […]
After mounting concern about safety on rideshare apps, Uber is unveiling a new feature to add layers of security for drivers and passengers on the roads. And Miami is among the first cities where it’s rolling out. The pilot program is a verification badge, which began appearing on the Uber app on Thursday. Riders, the […]
SpaceX is set to launch 11 satellites on a rideshare mission from Florida tonight (April 7). A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) tonight at 7:16 p.m. EDT (2316 GMT), kicking off the 11-satellite Bandwagon-1 mission. SpaceX will stream the launch live via its X account, beginning […]
Before Lyft, before Uber, Minneapolis had Taxi Magic. The app launched in Minneapolis in 2009, just two years after the iPhone, and worked by connecting riders with some local taxi companies. In the late 2000s, Minneapolis had more cabs than ever, and the early days of the smartphone meant more ways to summon one. One […]
Hennepin County’s chief public defender says some of his most vulnerable clients will be placed at an increased risk for arrest if Uber and Lyft make good on their pledge to stop operating in Minneapolis on May 1. Michael Berger, in a letter sent Monday to Minneapolis City Council members, said his office relies on […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor told a court on Tuesday that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain an unfair advantage over competitors. Taxi Apps, an Australian startup that developed taxi-hailing app GoCatch, lodged a 196-page statement of claim in the Victoria state Supreme […]
A deputy shot at two armed men during a traffic stop Friday morning in the Pine Hills neighborhood, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said. â–¶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Mina said the deputy conducted a traffic stop on a rideshare vehicle at about 11:45 a.m. near Balboa Drive and North Pine Hills Road. He […]