On Tuesday, New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission voted to set a minimum pay rate for Uber, Lyft, and other on-demand ride-hailing drivers. The new rate will be set at $17.22 after expenses, or $26.51 per hour gross. New York is believed to be the first city in the nation to implement such a…
(Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant described by former colleagues as a one-time “model soldier” was sentenced to 25 years in prison at a federal court in Hawaii on Tuesday after pleading guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State militant group, a local news outlet reported. FILE PHOTO: A photograph with a redacted…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPresident Trump visits George HW Bush's casket lying in state at the US Capitol US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have paid their respects to President George HW Bush as he lies in state at the US Capitol.Mr Trump made a brief visit to the…
Enlarge / A 1979 issue of Shang-Chi's primary Marvel Comics series. MarvelMarvel Studios has already teased major announcements this week in the form of new Captain Marvel and Avengers 4 film trailers. But one additional piece of big Marvel news has leaked out before either of those dropped. According to Deadline Hollywood, Marvel Studios is…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday called for a “full and complete” sentence for his former lawyer Michael Cohen, accusing him of lying about Trump’s business dealings with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign to get reduced jail time. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen exits Federal Court after…
Image copyright Getty Images Beijing will "reduce and remove" the 40% tariffs it places on US cars imported into China, US President Donald Trump has said.China has not commented on President Trump's announcement, which he made on Twitter without providing details.The move, if confirmed, would be welcomed by a car industry unsettled by the escalating…
Enlarge / Humpback whales On Friday, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) approved a plan to make it legal for five companies to conduct seismic testing off the Atlantic coast, in an area stretching from Delaware to Florida. The seismic testing is an initial step toward leasing federal offshore waters to oil companies that may want…
FILE PHOTO: Former FBI director James Comey arrives at the Irish Film Institute for for a public interview in Dublin, Ireland June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday withdrew a legal challenge that sought to quash a congressional subpoena compelling him to testify in secret about the…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Trump (front right) last met Mr Xi (front left) last year US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks, the US says.The two men met in Buenos Aires after the G20 summit for…
At the conclusion of a tense hearing that lasted over 3.5 hours, a San Mateo County judge ruled Friday that a top executive of an embattled and now-defunct bikini-related app company now must surrender his electronic devices for forensic inspection. San Mateo County Judge V. Raymond Swope ordered Six4Three's managing director, Ted Kramer, to hand…
