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Cigna health giant accused of improperly rejecting thousands of patient claims using an algorithm

A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining

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Family: Saudis sentence US citizen to 16 years over tweets

An American citizen has been arrested in Saudi Arabia, tortured and sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets he sent while in the United States, his son said Tuesday

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Biden meets with Trevor Reed's parents after they protest outside White House

The parents of Trevor Reed, a 30-year-old U.S. citizen and former Marine who has been imprisoned in Russia since 2019, met with President Joe Biden Wednesday after demo

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Facebook to destabilize the world without a serious reckoning

Facebook is currently experiencing the worst crisis of its 17-year history as it faces a combination of whistleblower testimony, public relations disasters and Congress

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Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou arrives in China after release by Canada

Meng Wanzhou received a hero's welcome on her return to China, after fighting extradition to the U.S. for almost three years. Huawei's Chief Financial Officer and daug

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Trump’s new lawsuits against social media companies are going nowhere fast

Trump’s spicy trio of lawsuits against the social media platforms that he believes wrongfully banned him have succeeded in showering the former president with a flurry of media attention, but th

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The time has come for Canada to free Meng Wanzhou

Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co., leaves the Supreme Court during a break from a hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October 29, 2020. /Getty Editor

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Dutch seek stability amid COVID-19 as they head to the polls

Election panels in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. /CGTN Europe On Monday, the first of over 14 million voters will be allowed to go to the polls in the Netherlands. Over the next three days, the

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'Denialism' and 'Bogeyman Politics' in U.S. didn't start with Trump

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Judge grants Uber and Lyft temporary stay in driver reclassification case

A California appeals court judge has granted Uber and Lyft’s emergency stay. This means the preliminary injunction that sought to force companies to reclassify their drivers as employees will no

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Lyft is suspending rideshare operations in California

Lyft has decided to suspend its ridesharing operations in California beginning tonight at 11:59 pm PT.“We don’t want to suspend operations,” Lyft wrote in a blog post. “We are going

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Human Capital: A timeline of Uber and Lyft’s fight against AB 5 and Pinterest’s fall from grace

Welcome back to Human Capital, where we look at all things labor and diversity, equity and inclusion. This week, Uber and Lyft’s legal battle against a California law pertaining to independent c

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Judge says Uber, Lyft preliminary injunction ruling to come in ‘a matter of days’

California Superior Court Judge Ethan P. Schulman heard arguments from Uber and Lyft, as well as lawyers representing the people of California regarding the request for a preliminary injunction that s

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Uber and Lyft face new lawsuit from CA Labor Commissioner

Uber and Lyft are both facing another lawsuit from the office of the California Labor Commissioner alleging wage theft. Filed today, the suits argue both Uber and Lyft are misclassifying their driver

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Societal upheaval during the COVID-19 pandemic underscores need for new AI data regulations

As a long-time proponent of AI regulation that is designed to protect public health and safety while also promoting innovation, I believe Congress must not delay in enacting, on a bipartisan basis, Se

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Lyft settles DOJ lawsuit alleging violation of Americans with Disabilities Act

Lyft has agreed to settle a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice that alleges the ridesharing company discriminated against disabled people — specifically those who use foldable wheelcha

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San Francisco DA sues DoorDash for classifying delivery workers as independent contractors

DoorDash is facing a lawsuit from San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin for “illegally misclassifying employees as independent contractors,” Boudin tweeted today. In the complaint,