Lyft

MIAMI (AP) — Four Florida passengers were in for a shock when actor Will Smith answered their Lyft call and gave them a ride around town. The actor was in Miami promoting his new movie, “Bad Boys for Life,” over the weekend. He picked up four riders in a 2020 Porsche Taycan, occasionally getting into the attitude […]

So what would you do if the Lyft you ordered came with Taraji P. Henson as the driver? Well, that’s exactly what went down in LA recently when Lyft riders had a not-so-typical commute with Henson  at the wheel. You’ve probably figured out the star of Fox’s “Empire” and the new comedy flick, “What Men Want” posed as a driver in the […]

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A Lyft rider in suburban Phoenix stabbed his pregnant driver, killing the woman and her unborn child before stealing her vehicle and driving nearly 150 miles before being arrested near the California line, authorities said Monday. Tempe police said Kristina Howato, 39, was in her third trimester of pregnancy and is […]

A new study confirmed that Lyft and Uber drivers discriminate against African-American customers.

There's karmic solace in knowing taxi drivers, many guilty of racial profiling, are fighting for the very existence they once exclusively enjoyed.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — A former driver for Uber and Lyft was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting several women while on the job, and Southern California investigators said that there are likely more victims. An 18-year-old college student reported that she was assaulted Friday afternoon after requesting an Uber car in a city near San […]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it will be testing its grocery delivery service with ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft in the next two weeks in Denver and Phoenix. That’s in addition to a quiet pilot program that started in March with Deliv for its Sam’s Club customers that involves delivery of general […]

“I’ve come a long way since ‘Kazaam,’” says Shaquille O’Neal of his latest professional endeavor — moonlighting as a Lyft driver. The superstar NBA vet recently went undercover to drive unsuspecting Lyft users in Atlanta to their destinations. He pretended to be Jamaican, a Frenchman and an Atlanta Hawks hater, among other things to throw […]

DETROIT (AP) — The automotive industry is placing its biggest bet yet that using a device to hail a ride — with or without a driver — is the future of transportation. General Motors Co. said Monday it is investing $500 million in ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. and forming an unprecedented partnership that could eventually […]