For a ‘First on Yahoo,’ Lyft Business introduces Lyft Pass, essentially allowing companies to pay for its employees’ rides. Yahoo Finance’s Ines Ferre joins The First Trade with Brian Sozzi to discuss Lyft’s new B2B venture.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyBy Damon Darlin | KHNAmericans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for COVID-19 at home. But just try to find an “at-home” rapid COVID test in a store and at a price that makes frequent tests affordable.Testing, as well as mask-wearing, is an important measure if the country ever hopes to beat COVID, restore normal routines and get the economy running efficiently. To get Americans cheaper tests, the federal government now plans to have
AlamyIf there’s one place East Coast snobs have no compunction about turning up their noses at when it’s mentioned, it’s Phoenix. The sprawl, the newness, the topsoil-thin culture—there’s nothing to do, they’ll say. People will sheepishly share that their Christmas plans involve going to their parents’ place in, I know, I know, Scottsdale. But what that snobbery misses, and what I missed every time I stopped in Phoenix en route to somewhere else, is that while the sun and affordability have been
Anna Moneymaker/GettyThings are not looking good for voting rights.Reliably useless Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema last week reasserted their unwillingness to change the filibuster rule to oppose voter suppression. A political Rube Goldberg chain reaction followed, with Chuck Schumer then delaying the promised vote to alter the filibuster—impossible without Manchin and Sinema’s support—and thereby missing his own self-imposed, highly symbolic, always-a-long-shot deadline of M
Erik McGregor/GettyFlorida has HB 211. Georgia has HB 401. North Carolina has HB 514, and Tennessee has SB 657.All of these bills—either introduced or soon to make their way through Republican-controlled state legislatures—seek to prohibit health care for trans minors and criminalize any health-care practitioners who provide it, including the prescribing of puberty blockers which trans youth advocates say can be vital for trans teens’ well-being. In Tennessee, violations of the act are defined a
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyAs Democrats nationally gird themselves for a tough year, progressives are looking to Texas’ first-in-the-nation primaries on March 1, and two Texas candidates in particular, to test their midterm muscle.Both Jessica Cisneros and Greg Casar are supported by Justice Democrats—an organizing group known for backing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s successful bid to oust incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in 2018. “Progressive ideas have always prove
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyWhen it comes to Merrick Garland, Donald Trump, and Jan. 6, no news is not good news.The public hasn’t heard anything indicating that Garland’s Department of Justice is zeroing in on Trump. And, according to Preet Bharara—the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and author of Justice Is…—that means it’s very unlikely that Garland has interviewed top Trumpworld figures or the ex-president himself.Plenty of Democrats hope that Garlan
A state TV series documenting high-profile officials caught in President Xi Jinping's purge of the Communist Party's upper echelons has captivated millions in China and renewed focus on widespread abuses of power.
Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed a law approving the relocation of its capital from slowly sinking Jakarta to a site 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) away on jungle-clad Borneo island that will be named "Nusantara".
The Supreme Court will hear a First Amendment case about a Christian flag, a voting rights bill is on the agenda and more news to start your Tuesday.
Comedy music group repurpose Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Killing in the Name’
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Expert says word is ‘concerning’ but ‘not surprising’
Wonder Woman star previously accused director of toxic behaviour
Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in bomb-and-gun massacres in Norway’s worst peacetime slaughter in 2011, appeared Tuesday before a court for a parole hearing. The Telemark District Court must rule whether Breivik is still so dangerous that society needs extra protection against him. Under Norwegian law, Brevik, 42, is eligible to seek parole after serving the first 10 years of his term.
‘Avengers’ director didn’t hold back while addressing claims
‘Next generation of girls might do differently,’ Chopra says
‘Watching it before going to bed may not have been the wisest choice,’ one viewer admitted
The world's top-selling carmaker Toyota said Tuesday it no longer expects to meet its annual production target with operations hampered by the global chip crunch.
British households are suffering their third real pay squeeze in a decade after inflation outstripped slowing wage growth in November, piling pressure on ministers and rate-setters to ease the cost of living crisis.
‘West Side Story’ star received criticism for appearing to make light of the row between Spears and her sister
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