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Passenger Shoots Lyft Driver During Botched Carjacking on West Side
A ride-share driver was shot by his passenger Wednesday in an attempted carjacking in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
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Suspect Arrested in Death of Utah Student From Southern California
A suspect was arrested Friday morning in the death of a University of Utah student who vanished after returning to Salt Lake City on a flight from her native Southern California, police said.
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Search for Missing Student Turns Up ‘Person of Interest'
A man whose home was searched as police investigate the disappearance of a Utah college student was named a “person of interest” in the case Thursday, and police were trying to find a mattress that had been inside his home. The announcement came shortly after authorities spent about 19 hours searching the man’s home in a middle class Salt Lake...
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Rideshare Drivers Fight Back Against ‘Bogus' Rider Complaints
Chicago-area rideshare drivers tell NBC 5 Investigations their livelihoods are at risk because of passengers making bogus accusations.
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Underage Rideshare: Too Young to Ride—But Doing it Anyway
What could be simpler than ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, which give mom and dad a low-cost alternative to child hauling? Trip to the movies? Call them an Uber! Staying late for band practice? Lyft will get them home!
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Five Carjack Lyft Driver at Gunpoint, Invade Home in Markham
A Lyft driver was carjacked at gunpoint Saturday afternoon in northwest Indiana, an incident that ended with five people in custody following a crash and home invasion in the south suburbs, police said.
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Under Trump, Cubans Are Losing Favored Immigration Status
Tens of thousands of Cubans living in the U.S. are adapting to a harsh new reality: After enjoying decades of favored status dating back to the Cold War, many of them now face the same deportation risks as any other immigrants. They feel betrayed by former President Barack Obama’s administration, which in its waning days stripped away a nearly automatic...
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7-Eleven Robbery Suspect Hails Getaway Ride From Unwitting Lyft Driver
A Lyft driver was unwittingly caught in the middle of a crime Tuesday when a customer hailed a ride after allegedly robbing a 7-Eleven convenience store in San Diego, using the ride-sharing car for his getaway.
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Rob Gronkowski Goes Undercover as Lyft Driver
Talk about a smooth ride. The Patriots’ tight-end Rob Gronkowski went undercover as a Lyft driver in New England recently. Starting out with a high-pitched voice, “Gronk” acted as a lover of astrophysics – barely able to discuss the subject with a passenger.
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Women-Only Car Services Fill a Niche, But Are They Legal?
Ride-hailing companies catering exclusively to women are cropping up and raising thorny legal questions, namely: Are they discriminatory?
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Lyft Driver Killed in New Year's Day Crash
A 21-year-old Lyft driver was killed in a possible DUI crash in Hawthorne on New Year’s Day at 2:55 a.m., Hawthorne police confirmed.
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Lyft Car Passenger Dies in California Crash
A spokeswoman for rideshare service Lyft says one of its drivers was involved in a multi-car crash in Northern California that left a man dead.