nycshooter/iStock(NEW YORK) — Uber has announced a new policy that will deactivate accounts with low ratings. Riders who develop a “significantly below average rating” may lose access to using the rideshare app, Kate Parker, Uber’s head of safety brand and initiatives, said in a statement on Wednesday. However, users will have several opportunities to boost …
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May 30
Officials in Paris want to rename square after Princess Diana
Georges De Keerle/Getty Images(PARIS) — More than two decades after Princess Diana’s death, the Paris city council announced that a square near the tunnel where she died in a car crash should be named after her. The square, near Paris’ Alma Bridge, was originally supposed to be named after famous Greek singer Maria Callas, who …
May 30
2 men arrested in murder of woman shot dead in Chicago while holding 1-year-old
WLS(CHICAGO) — Two men have been arrested in the murder of a woman who was shot dead in broad daylight in Chicago while holding a 1-year-old, according to police. Michael Washington, 39, and Eric Adams, 23, both of Urbana, Ill., have each been charged with first-degree murder, according to the Chicago police. The 24-year-old victim …
May 30
Actress convicted of lying to police pleads innocence in interrogation tapes
ABC News (COSTA MESA, Calif.) — In police interrogation tapes obtained by ABC News, a California theater actress, who was later convicted of lying to police about two murders her then-fiancé had committed, is seen pleading with investigators that she knew nothing about these crimes. “The truth is, I did not know,” Rachel Buffett is …
May 30
NASA scientist released from Turkish prison after nearly three years
bedo/iStock(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey has released Serkan Golge, a NASA scientist who the country accused of belonging to a terrorist organization. Golge, who has dual U.S.-Turkish citizenship, was visiting his birth country with his family in 2016 when Turkish officials arrested him in the wake of a failed coup, which Turkish leaders blamed on the …
May 30
US Energy Department tries rebranding natural gas as ‘molecules of US freedom’
iStock(NEW YORK) — In a press release touting exports of natural gas, the Department of Energy referred to the fossil fuel as “molecules of U.S. freedom.” The statement, dated May 28, issued from the Tenth Clean Energy Ministerial in Vancouver, British Columbia, was touting a natural gas facility on Quintana Island in Texas. An expansion …
May 30
Tornado threat subsides but major flooding still a concern in central US
ABC News(NEW YORK) — After 398 reported tornadoes in the U.S. over the past 13 days, the threat will subside for most of the country in the days ahead. There were 24 reported tornadoes in four states — Iowa, Illinois, Texas and Oklahoma — on Tuesday and 270 damaging storm reports, largely from hail or …
May 30
Man sues Delta after emotional support dog allegedly attacked him on flight
Andreas Haas/iStock(NEW YORK) — An Alabama man has filed a lawsuit against Delta, accusing the airline of negligence after a passenger’s emotional support dog allegedly attacked him on a 2017 flight. Marlin Jackson was in a window seat on a flight from Atlanta to San Diego when a fellow passenger’s “large dog” suddenly mauled him, …
May 30
Second hiker missing in Hawaii found dead days after woman was rescued
Facebook/BringKekaiHome(HONOLULU) — Days after the rescue of Maui hiker Amanda Eller, a second hiker who had gone missing on the island met a sadder fate. Noah “Kekai” Mina, 35, was found dead by a helicopter early Wednesday at the bottom of a 300-foot fall line near the summit of Mauna Kahalawai, according to search-and-rescue teams …
May 30
Fingerprinting gun owners approved by Illinois lawmakers
Althom/iStock(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — A bill passed on Wednesday by the Illinois House would require gun owners to be fingerprinted and pay more for identification cards. The state Senate still must approve the bill before it could be signed into law. The bill is said to be in response to a shooting at a factory in …