iStock(NEW YORK) — An Uber glitch moving the decimal point over two spaces caused several riders to be charged eye-popping fares this week, or 100 times the original amount. After users took to social media earlier this week, Uber copped to the problem and said it would work with banks and credit card issuers to …
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Jul 19
DHS warns of Russian efforts to divide America over pineapple pizza — sort of
iStock(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning that Russian agents could seek to further divide Americans by exploiting U.S. passions over whether pineapple belongs on pizza. It’s a cheesy, playful warning — but it’s trying to deliver a serious message. Posted online Wednesday by the department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security …
Jul 19
Restaurant near where Trump held rally is donating its profits to help immigrants
iStock(GREENVILLE, N.C.) — A Greenville, North Carolina, restaurant near the site of President Donald Trump’s Wednesday rally plans to donate all of its profits from that day to a non-profit immigration advocacy group. “One hundred percent of today’s sales will be donated to American Immigration Council in order to help with the immigration crisis at …
Jul 19
El Paso Police: 29-year-old Texas mom Erika Gaytan missing after date, ‘could be in danger’
iStock(EL PASO, Texas) — A 29-year-old Texas mother who went missing after she went on a date last weekend “could be in danger,” relatives and police said. Erika Gaytan, of El Paso, was last seen in the evening of July 13 or the early morning hours of July 14, according to the El Paso police …
Jul 19
Trump says White House is helping rapper ASAP Rocky, who is being held in Sweden without charges
Christian Vierig/Getty Images(STOCKHOLM) — President Donald Trump spoke out for the first time Friday about the case of rapper A$AP Rocky, who has been held in a Swedish jail for more than two weeks without charges following a street fight. The president said the White House has been communicating with Sweden and working on the …
Jul 19
German Chancellor Merkel expresses ‘solidarity’ with freshman lawmakers after Trump attack
Omer Messinger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized President Donald’s Trump’s comments that four Democratic congresswomen should “go back” to where they came from, saying the idea “contradicts America’s strength,” and expressed “solidarity with the attacked women.” The chancellor, who made the comments on Friday during her annual press event, said the country’s …
Jul 19
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seizes British-flagged tanker in Strait of Hormuz
iStock(NEW YORK) — A British-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz has been seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the tanker’s owner and the guard corps. “Stena Impero … was approached by unidentified small crafts and a helicopter during transit of the Strait of Hormuz while the vessel was in …
Jul 19
Outdoor Voices CEO Ty Haney announces she is pregnant
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Entrepreneur Ty Haney, the founder and CEO of Outdoor Voices, is pregnant with a baby girl! Haney, 30, is expecting her first child with her fiance Mark Wystrach, and is due this November. “As a young female founder and CEO it’s so cool to show that you don’t have to …
Jul 19
Neutrogena recalls light therapy masks for risk of eye damage
jfmdesign/iStock(NEW YORK) — Neutrogena has recalled its popular Light Therapy Acne Mask citing a “theoretical risk of eye injury” “For a small subset of the population with certain underlying eye conditions, as well as for users taking medications which could enhance ocular photosensitivity, there is a theoretical risk of eye injury,” the brand wrote in …
Jul 19
American citizen charged with allegedly joining ISIS: Authorities
Zolnierek/iStock(NEW YORK) — An American citizen who allegedly became an ISIS sniper and weapons instructor has been charged by federal authorities with helping the terrorist organization, prosecutors said Friday. Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Kazakhstan, was charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to ISIS, according to criminal complaint …