Minneapolis — The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has drawn concern and debate in recent weeks, with the City Council last month voting to require drivers to pay more when they are within city limits. Uber and Lyft responded by saying they would stop serving the Minneapolis area effective May 1 as the…
Former President Donald J. Trump, speaking at a multimillion-dollar fundraiser Saturday night, lamented that people are not immigrating to America from “good” countries “like Denmark” and suggested that his well-heeled dinner companions should be temporary. According to one participant, the neighborhood is safe from undocumented immigrants. Presumed Republican presidential candidate Mr. Trump made the comments…
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump stressed the importance of extending his signature tax cuts to some of the nation's wealthiest political donors, a Trump campaign official read from his personal comments Saturday night. “Trump has talked about the need to win back the White House so we can turn our country around by focusing…
WWE's Bayley coaches a 'stacked' women's roster The biggest wrestling event of the year is here: WWE's two-night extravaganza, WrestleMania. The version of this historic event is WrestleMania 40, which takes place Saturday and Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and the card is stacked. Night one's main event saw Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson…
A power company in Colorado announced on Saturday About 55,000 customers were without power due to wildfire concerns, as powerful winds, gusting up to 100 miles per hour, lashed the state. The company, Xcel Energy, said in a statement It “decided to preemptively cut power” to customers primarily in Boulder County and smaller areas of…
Officials have warned of dangerous water levels in the Ural River and will investigate the dam breach. Russia says more than 4,000 people have been evacuated from the Orenburg region near the border with Kazakhstan due to flooding caused by a burst dam. The Orenburg governor's office said on Saturday that “4,208 people, including 1,019…
CLEVELAND – Gabby Marshall knew it right away. The moment she ran into UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards, Marshall knew she had moved and had to call an illegal screen. Moments later it was three seconds left on the clock, and Iowa clinging to a one-point lead, the game all but sealed. Iowa defeated UConn 71-69…
US President Joe Biden reaffirmed federal support for rebuilding a collapsed bridge in the Baltimore area near Washington when he visited the site on Friday. On March 26, a cargo ship collided with one of the support piers of the four-lane Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor, collapsing, killing six people. Biden took an…
Federal Reserve officials were concerned that the job market was unsustainably strong through 2022 and much of 2023. Employers raced to obtain a limited supply of labor, the logic went, leading to rapid wage gains that ultimately prompted those firms to raise prices to cover their labor costs. But rather than view rapid job gains…
A shipping lane in Baltimore Harbor that has been blocked since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last week will be partially reopened by the end of April and full traffic will be restored by the end of May, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday. . The announcement came as President Biden was…
