Uber, Pennsylvania Settle Over Illegal Activity, Fine Appeal | Fortune.com

react-text: 212 Uber Technologies has reached a settlement with Pennsylvania’s taxi regulator to end the ride-sharing company’s appeal of a record $11.4 million fine for operating illegally. /react-text react-text: 214 A notice posted on Tuesday with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania said Uber and the state’s Public Utility Commission had reported an agreement in principle…

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ADL Calls Reports of Family Fleeing Lancaster County, PA “Untrue and Damaging”

Philadelphia, PA, December 22, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), like many, read many numerous local and national news stories reporting that a Jewish family allegedly “fled” Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The reports claimed that the family feared retribution after being wrongfully blamed for the cancellation of the school production of A Christmas Carol. ADL investigated,…

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Jill Stein raises over $4.5m to request US election recounts in battleground states | US news | The Guardian

Jill Stein, the Green party’s presidential candidate, is preparing to request recounts of the election result in several key battleground states. Stein launched an online fundraising page seeking donations toward a multimillion-dollar fund she said was needed to request reviews of the results in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The drive has already raised more than…

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Passenger rants about Islamic State before shooting Muslim taxi driver in back – The Washington Post

Wasiullah Mohamed, executive director of the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, sits Friday with a taxi driver who was shot by a passenger last week. The victim, who asked not to be identified, said he was shot in the back for being Muslim. (Dominique Hildebrand/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) It began as an ordinary cab ride. But by the…

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