Uber can be sued over driver assaults, judge rules

Uber can be sued over driver assaults, judge rules

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge says two women who allege that Uber drivers assaulted them, one in Boston and the other in South Carolina, can sue the ride-hailing company.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco says the women showed the possibility that the drivers were Uber employees who acted within the scope of their employment. That could be determined later.

Make way for ducklings – from classroom to pond
Massachusetts

Make way for ducklings – from classroom to pond

NBP Staff

MILTON – In an annual tradition, children who attend Glover Elementary School line corridor walls and campus walkways to watch as ducklings hatched in an enclosed courtyard march behind their Mrs. Mallard to nearby Turners Pond.

They're given a bit of encouragement and guidance along their seasonal waddle, and it all makes for good video. This year, YouTube fans lapped up the downy duckling parade with thousands of views, helping to draw the attention of CNN, the global television news network.

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