A passenger sits in an Uber ride-hail vehicle as others are lined up to pick up passengers at Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 8, 2023. (Mario Tama / Getty Images) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ...

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Uber spent years trying to make it easier for ride-hailing drivers to ditch gasoline-powered cars. When Levi Spires, 51, an Uber driver in Syracuse, N.Y., hit a deer and damaged his Prius last year, a ...

Uber first introduced the feature in Saudi Arabia in 2019. Uber faces litigation in which women passengers allege sexual assault against male drivers. Detroit is one of three test cities nationwide ...

Hundreds of thousands of ride-hailing app drivers gained a path to negotiate a first union contract with Uber and Lyft, even as they remain classified as independent contractors, under legislation ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed into law a deal that will allow hundreds of thousands of rideshare drivers to unionize and bargain collectively while still being classified as independent ...