2019

Uber driver drove sleeping woman miles away from home to ‘up the fare’. Now he’s facing years in the clink for kidnapping, fraud

An Uber driver has admitted kidnapping and wire fraud charges after he drove a sleeping passenger at least 60 miles from her destination in order to, seemingly, increase his fare. Harbir Parmar, 25, of Long Beach, New York, pleaded guilty on Monday in a US district court to the pair of charges. According to testimony [PDF] by […]

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How fake news was weaponized in Nigeria’s elections

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)As denials go, it was extraordinary and more than a little surreal. The sitting president of Africa’s largest democracy was forced to refute repeated claims that he had died and a clone was now running his office. “This is the real me,” said Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, dismissing the allegation as “ignorant rumors”

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