Lift car. Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images For months, the state of California and two leading ride-healing companies, Lyft and Uber, have been embroiled in a bitter legal battle. The problem at the heart of the conflict: Lyft and Uber do not want to follow the recent legislation on …
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Plane with dissident Navalny in coma leaves Russia for Germany
When German specialists first arrived Friday morning on a plane equipped with advanced medical equipment managed by his family, doctors from Navalny in Omsk said he was too unstable to move. Navalny’s supporters denied that as a ploy by authorities to stop until any poison in his system could no …
Read More »Reporter stands back for mocking Trump’s tweet in honor of late brother after funeral
White House reporter Andrew Feinberg stood Friday for intense backlash for mocking a tweet from President Trump’s paying homage to his late brother. A private service for Robert Trump was held Friday at the White House. The president’s younger brother died on August 15 at the age of 71. On …
Read More »‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Time Bend Taking on James Bond
We’re a few minutes away from the 2½-hour movie time and it’s already delivered: the sequence ends with interior and exterior photos of an explosion, which transforms editor Jennifer Lame into such a perfect action cut as ever. In that microsecond, we are reminded of something that has come together …
Read More »Weekly unemployment claims are more than 1 million because hopes of a rapid economic recovery are forgotten
The U.S. unemployment rate has been very dire since the COVID-19 pandemic first seized, plunging the economy deep into a recession. Last week there was some encouraging news on the unemployment front, when weekly unemployment claims came within 1 million for the first time since March. But this week, things …
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