Uber

Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a “grandparent scam” that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man and an 82-year-old woman out of $700,000, both told to withdraw money and then give it to someone using the ride-sharing service to pick it up.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during U.S. Uber rides in 2018, the company said in a long-awaited safety report. That figure includes 229 rapes across the company’s 1.3 billion rides. Uber noted that drivers and riders were both attacked, and that some assaults occurred between riders. SIGN UP FOR […]

The search for a 2-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has come to a tragic end after her body was found dumped in a park. A Pennsylvania Uber driver named Sharena Nancy, 25, is accused of speeding off with Nalani Johnson on Saturday after dropping off the child’s father, Paul Johnson. Johnson claims he was […]

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — An Uber driver has been found guilty of raping an intoxicated woman he picked up at a casino near Philadelphia. Ahmed Elgaafary was found guilty Thursday of rape of an unconscious person, sexual assault and indecent assault. Elgaafary, 27, of Lansdale, will be sentenced at a later date and then likely […]

A little over a month after a woman was killed after jumping into a fake Uber car, a Penn State professor is now accused of kidnapping three women, ABC reports.  Richard Lomotey was first arrested on May 11th after two women, who were driving in his vehicle, reported his odd behavior. They were riding along with Lomotey […]

Beyoncé told us the best revenge is your paper three years ago on “Formation” and as more news comes out abut the Queen’s investments, her words are proving more and more true. Inside Edition reported late last week that Beyoncé and a few other celebrities are banking big off of their early investments in Uber. The ride-share […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Uber is releasing a new feature to help riders ensure they’re getting into the right vehicles. The development comes several weeks after a University of South Carolina student was killed after getting into a car she had mistaken for the Uber ride she hailed. Uber said Thursday it would send a […]

By 2023 there could be an airline that works the same way companies like Uber and Lyft do. How crazy would that be? Like, “hold on guys let me call my plane and I’ll be on my way.” It’s an aircraft called elevate and it can go as fast as 150 mph. Don’t Miss Out! […]

  NEW YORK (AP) — A rising star in college basketball’s coaching ranks who police said threw a punch that led to the death of a New York City tourist who apparently mistook him for an Uber driver pleaded not guilty to an assault charge Thursday night. Wake Forest University assistant coach Jamill Jones attacked […]

A group of young, Black conservatives on their way to a Make America Great Again “meet-up” at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC claim they were refused service by an Uber driver because of their political views. “To me, what happened took me back to the 60’s when Black Americans were told they couldn’t sit in […]

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Former Teen Vogue Editor in Chief, Elaine Welteroth, was allegedly attacked by an Uber driver in New York. Welteroth described the violent interaction that left her with bruises, on Instagram. She said when the driver stopped at the wrong location he refused to help her get to the proper destination. He kicked her out of the car, and […]