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Uber said it’s starting a program to allow women passengers to pick female drivers or share a ride with other women, with pilots slated to begin in the next few weeks in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit. In a Wednesday statement, Uber said that women customers will see an option called “women drivers” in…
New Japan trade agreement raises tariffs as automakers brace for impact – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump’s new trade deal with Japan includes a 15% tariff on exports to the U.S., up from earlier rates. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O’Grady breaks down how this could impact major automakers. Be the first to…
Travel across the border dropping in both directions this summer. A release from National Statistical Office of Canada showed that the amount of Canadian residents traveling back over the border has dropped drastically in the past year – by about a third. That is something that is being noticed in Western New York as well….
Russian military planes were detected flying near the coast of Alaska on Tuesday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said, marking the latest in a string of sightings in recent months. The planes were not considered a threat, as Russian activity in that airspace happens regularly, according to the military command. U.S. officials have not specified…
Wife of asylum-seeker addresses conditions at detention center – CBS News Watch CBS News The wife of a man who fled Ecuador to seek asylum says her husband has been subjected to harsh conditions while in detention, including being denied life-saving medicine. Lilia Luciano reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking…
Bryan Kohberger is set to be formally sentenced at a hearing after pleading guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022. Kohberger’s sentencing hearing is set to begin at 9 a.m. Mountain Time Wednesday, which is 11 a.m. Eastern. It is expected to last the day, with some scheduled breaks, although…
Juneau, Alaska — A small plane that crashed in 2023 while carrying moose meat for hunters in remote western Alaska, killing the husband of former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was overweight for takeoff and encountered drag from a set of antlers mounted outside, federal investigators said in a report released Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety…
Oregon authorities on Tuesday identified two people who died in a fatal waterfall accident as search operations continued for the one person who remains missing. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said the victims include Amanda Lloyd, 40, of Rockwall, Texas; and Lindsay Bashan, 33, of Parkland, Florida. Lloyd had just turned 40 on July 16….
Anchorage, Alaska — A brown bear attacked a woman Tuesday afternoon as she hiked on a popular trail in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains and officials are still looking for it, state police said. Alaska State Troopers used a helicopter to evacuate the woman off the Basher Trail to a hospital, Anchorage Police spokesperson Christopher Barraza said….
House Republicans on Tuesday advanced a measure that would rename the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ opera house after first lady Melania Trump — as President Trump and his allies boost their influence over the D.C. cultural institution. The proposed renaming was folded into an amendment to a bill that would set fiscal year 2026…