In California, Uber driver is employee, not contractor
(Reuters) – A driver for Uber is an employee, not a contractor, according to a California ruling that eventually could push up costs for the smartphone-based ride hailing service and hurt the closely watched start-up’s valuation.
Bill Gates trust to pay $30,000 fine over horse manure
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A trust affiliated with billionaire Bill Gates will pay a $30,000 fine over horse manure in a settlement expected to be approved on Thursday by a special magistrate in the affluent south Florida village of Wellington.
New Jersey’s Atlantic County topped U.S. job losses in 2014: BLS
(Reuters) – Atlantic County, home of New Jersey’s struggling gambling hub Atlantic City, lost a higher percentage of jobs last year than any other big county in the United States, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed on Wednesday.
Phoenix-area woman quietly claims $120 million lottery prize
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A suburban Phoenix woman has quietly claimed the top prize of nearly $120 million in the multi-state Powerball lottery drawn earlier this month, an Arizona lottery official said on Wednesday.
U.S. regulators compile Takata recall data from automakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Automakers affected by the Takata air bag inflator recall have loaded the ID numbers of millions of recalled vehicles into a searchable system, allowing consumers and government officials to examine the data, U.S. safety regulato…
Police in Washington state hunt for escaped convict
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Police in Washington state were hunting on Wednesday for the second of two non-violent prisoners who escaped from an outside-prison work crew cleaning up a gun range, a spokeswoman for the minimum-security corrections facility said….
Minnesota sex offender commitment program ruled unconstitutional
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday ruled Minnesota’s sex offender treatment program unconstitutional and ordered a hearing into the system that has not unconditionally released anyone in 20 years and holds more than 700 people in trea…
Female prison worker, NY escapees plotted husband’s murder: prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A female prison worker in custody for helping two upstate New York inmates escape had discussed with the convicts a murder-for-hire plot against her husband, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
North Dakota’s workers comp claims rise less than expected
WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) – The number of workers compensation filings in North Dakota’s oil patch rose less than forecast from January through March, leading state officials to curb projections for total fiscal year filings, data released on Wednesday…
Tropical Depression Bill soaks Texas, kills one, brings flood worries
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Tropical Depression Bill drenched large parts of Texas on Wednesday, turning streets into lakes, raising flood worries and killing at least one person in the state where severe weather killed about 30 people last month.
