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Grubhub sees orders jump but swings to 2Q loss

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 3, 2019, file photo, a casket is wheeled into the Congregation Beth Chaim in Princeton Junction, N.J., where funeral services were scheduled for Samantha Josephson. Legislation stemming from the death of Josephson, the New Jersey woman and South Carolina student police say got into the car of an Uber impersonator, passed the U.S. House on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. (Thomas P. Costello/The Asbury Park Press via AP, File)

House passes ride-sharing bill mandating matching ID’s

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Man won’t face execution if convicted in girlfriend’s death

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Washington, D.C., Council Chairman Phil Mendelson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2016, before a House Oversight Government Operations subcommittee hearing on whether the District of Columbia government truly has the power to spend local tax dollars without approval by Congress. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

D.C. Council postpones vote on ad sales tax, budget

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

Lawsuit seeks to designate Uber, Lyft drivers as employees

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, a restaurant advertises Uber Eats in the Coconut Grove neighborhood in Miami. Some app-based delivery companies have announced hiring sprees to cope with a surge in orders from millions of people stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak. Uber has an internal app that helps its ride-hailing drivers find work for Uber Eats and other jobs. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Uber buys Postmates for $2.65 billion as food delivery companies try to survive a crowded, intensely

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Instacart worker Saori Okawa loads groceries into her car for home delivery on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in San Leandro, Calif. Okawa is one of an estimated 1.5 million so-called gig workers who make a living driving people to airports, picking out produce at grocery stores or providing childcare for working parents. But with the pandemic pummeling the global economy and U.S. unemployment reaching heights not seen since the Great Depression, gig workers are clamoring for jobs that often pay less while facing stiff competition from a crush of newly unemployed workers also attempting to patch together a livelihood until the economy recovers. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Gig workers face shifting roles, competition in pandemic

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 24, 2020, photograph, Noah Hicks, owner of Spokehouse Bikes in the Upham's Corner neighborhood of Boston, poses at his shop. Many from outside Boston have donated to and shopped at the store which was robbed and vandalized earlier in the month. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Black-owned businesses see sales surge amid racism reckoning

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

Georgia lawmakers agree to 50-cent fee on ride-hailing trips

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Officials: Uber driver shot by passengers in Georgia

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In this file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Mr. Cruz is among a handful of senators on President Trump's list of possible appointees to the Supreme Court. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Ted Cruz: Uber Eats’ no-fee policy for black-owned restaurants violates civil rights laws

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This Feb. 20, 2018, file photo shows the Grubhub app on an iPhone in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) **FILE**

Just Eat swallows Grubhub creating restaurant delivery giant

By Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Columbia Police Department shows Nathaniel Rowland. The man accused of killing a South Carolina woman who got into his car thinking it was her Uber ride is seeking to get out of jail while he awaits trial. Prosecutors say Nathaniel Rowland is scheduled to have a hearing via video conference before a Columbia judge on Tuesday morning, June 9, 2020. (Columbia Police Department via AP, File)

Judge denies bond for man accused in Uber rider’s death

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Italy court rules Uber food delivery riders were exploited

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Residents look out their window in the Villa Azul neighborhood, quarantined by authorities after 50 some people tested positive for the new coronavirus, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, May 25, 2020. The virus initially brought to the region largely by wealthy citizens or visitors coming from Europe and the United States is now increasingly concentrated in poorer neighborhoods where residents have few means of protecting themselves. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Disease that began among rich shifts to Latin America’s poor

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Washington County, Maryland, Sheriff's Office, Thursday May 28, 2020, shows Peter Manfredonia. The college student wanted in connection with two killings and a kidnapping in Connecticut was taken into custody in Maryland after authorities tracked him to a truck stop, according to new details released by police on Thursday. (Washington County, Maryland, Sheriff's Office via AP)

Police: Man wanted in 2 slayings surrendered peacefully

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

A worker wears protective equipment after assisting a customer select her purchases from curb-side at The Loop fashion and shoe store as businesses slowly begin to reopen after social distancing restrictions shuttered storefronts nationwide, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Yonkers, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

In an early US coronavirus hot spot, business slowly reopens

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Rental bikes removed from Seattle during Lime-Jump merger

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California to decide if labor law applies to app drivers

By CUNEYT DIL - Associated Press

Uber cuts 3,000 jobs as virus slashes payroll by 25%

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press