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Video Shows Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Arguing With Driver Over Fares

BuzzFeed 

Shu Zhang / Reuters

Uber’s public relations crisis continues apace with no apparent end in sight.

On Tuesday afternoon, Bloomberg published a video in which CEO Travis Kalanick aggressively argues with an Uber driver who claimed he is earning less money after Uber cut fares. “Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own shit,” Kalanick exclaims, after his driver says he lost $97,000 because of Uber. “They blame everything in their life on somebody else. Good... Читать дальше...

Update shows no change in 4th-quarter economic growth

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at an anemic 1.9 percent rate in the fourth quarter, unchanged from an initial estimate, although consumers spent more than first thought. The increase in the gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic health, represented a significant slowdown from 3.5 percent growth recorded in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. The government found that consumer spending grew at a faster rate, but spending by state and local governments and businesses was weaker. Читать дальше...

Huskies lose top assistant Chris Strausser to NFL

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

Washington head coach Chris Petersen lost another top assistant to the NFL when offensive line/assistant head coach Chris Strausser was hired as the assistant offensive line coach of the Denver Broncos.



Big stats, few Ws: NC State star frosh Smith has bumpy ride

TheRepublic.com 

RALEIGH, N.C. — This wasn’t what Dennis Smith Jr. had envisioned for his freshman — and possibly only — season at North Carolina State. The Wolfpack’s star freshman point guard is a brilliant individual talent and potential one-and-done prospect who stands as the only player in Division I with two triple-doubles this year. But N.C.

Backstory carefully doled out in ‘Without Mercy’

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The latest from prolific local playwright Patricia Milton centers on a family with more than a few problems: a gruesome disappearance, alcoholism, rehab, plus acute resentment between Joanna (Sylvia Kratins) and her daughter Bethany (Niki Yapo-Held). “It looked like someone had broken into my house!” Bethany says. All of a sudden, you know characters’ backstories without being able to trace exactly how. Richard D. Harder directs the Off Broadway West production about an intriguing mystery and a complex mother-daughter relationship.

Michelle Obama surprises students on visit to DC high school

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Students and staff at Ballou STAY High School in southeast Washington were told their special guest Tuesday would be Antwan Wilson, the new chancellor of D.C. public schools. [...] Mrs. Obama walked in, continuing her practice of dropping in unannounced at local schools to encourage students to focus on getting an education.

Indiana Senate OKs abortion bill on parental notification

TheRepublic.com 

INDIANAPOLIS — Pregnant minors would be unable to obtain an abortion without at least attempting to notify their parents under a measure that cleared the Indiana Senate Tuesday. The first-of-its-kind abortion measure would drastically change the state’s existing judicial waiver process, which allows someone under the age of 18 to pursue an abortion procedure with

News Wrap: Trump followed generals’ advice on Yemen raid

PBS.org 

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JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: President Trump said he followed the advice of his generals and defense secretary in ordering a U.S. military raid in Yemen that left a Navy SEAL dead. He was asked about it in his FOX News interview.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, this was a mission that was started before I got here. This was something that was, you know — just, they wanted to do. And they came to see me. They explained what they wanted to do, the generals, who are very respected. Читать дальше...





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