BOSTON (AP) — Tens of thousands of drivers for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will begin undergoing what Massachusetts officials are calling the most stringent background checks for the industry in the United States.
The checks, set to launch Friday, are designed in part to make sure a driver isn't a registered sex offender and will be overseen by a newly created division of the state Department of Public Utilities. A few ride-hailing drivers have been charged with rape, sexual assault and assault with intent to murder in Massachusetts.
(CNSNews.com) — When asked how and when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives would pass legislation to defund Planned Parenthood, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said "Planned Parenthood legislation will be in our reconciliation bill," but provided no further information.
CNSNews.com asked Ryan at his weekly meeting with reporters about defunding the nation's largest abortion provider, which annually receives millions of dollars in government health services grants and reimbursements–$528.4 million in the year that ended on June 30, 2014, according to Planned Parenthood's annual report.
