On Tuesday, November 5th, several area businesses are offering freebies on Election Day.

Delivery service DoorDash says it’s partnering with Lyft to bring ride-sharing benefits to its members.

Kenneth Bertran Thomas, an Uber driver, was killed in a hit-and-run incident on July 28 while inspecting his vehicle on the I-10 East Freeway near the Kress exit in Houston.

The rideshare app has expanded a new checkmark verification program among several of its new features to make things safer for drivers and passengers.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz in the deciding match as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup.

American pair Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton have edged Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in doubles to tie the Laver Cup after the first day in Berlin.

Olive Garden is teaming up with Uber to offer delivery for the first time.

Ride-hailing leader Uber on Friday announced it will dispatch robotaxis built by driverless technology pioneer Waymo beginning next year in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta in a deal that deepens the bond between once-bitter rivals.

The Dutch data protection watchdog has slapped a 290 million euro ($324 million) fine on ride-hailing service Uber for allegedly transferring personal details of European drivers to the United States without adequate protection.

Cruise’s trouble-ridden robotaxis are on the road to joining Uber’s ride-hailing service next year as part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for passengers.

The ride sharing giant Uber and Chinese automaker BYD say they have agreed on a partnership to introduce 100,000 BYD model EVs on the Uber platform in Europe and Latin America.

Investigators say a driver, possibly impaired, hit an Uber driver giving a ride to a family of 5 sending all of them to the hospital, except the suspected drunk driver, who died at the scene.

Investigators say the driver was with a passenger, checking to see if he had hit something on the freeway's shoulder when a driver in another vehicle crashed into the back of his car, killing him.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell says drivers for Uber and Lyft will earn a minimum pay standard of $32.50 per hour under a settlement.

Uber and Lyft announced they will keep operating in Minnesota, now that state lawmakers have passed a measure that will increase driver pay to a level the companies can accept.

Ridesharing has become a monetary convenience and major part for travelers since the launch of Uber and Lyft.

The ride-hailing company Uber says it's banned an account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death.

An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both has been indicted on a murder charge.

The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has garnered concern and debate in recent weeks after the City Council voted last month to require that ride-hailing companies pay drivers a higher rate while they are within city limits.

A failed Australian taxi-industry disruptor has told a court that Uber began illegally operating its ridesharing service in Australia a decade ago to gain an unfair advantage over competitors.

Uber says the driver who ran over and killed a little girl Sunday night in North Harris County, can’t drive for them while the case is being investigated.

KPRC 2’s Bill Barajas spoke with KPRC 2 Analyst Brian Wice about the case.

A one-year-old girl is dead after an Uber driver ran over the child after dropping her off with family members.

A Houston area child is in critical condition after being struck by a rideshare driver.

Lyft and Uber have said they will halt operations in Minneapolis because of a new city ordinance that increases wages for app-based drivers.

Lyft and Uber say they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require ride-hailing services to increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local hourly minimum wage of $15.57.

The attorney for a Houston family says they are devastated by the loss of their daughter who died after the Uber she was in crashed.

The 3-year-old child injured in a hit-and-run crash on March 3 has died, police say.

On Sunday, a Houston child was left in critical condition after her family’s Uber driver chased another vehicle and got into a crash.

A hit-and-run crash involving an Uber driver left a three-year-old child in critical condition Sunday night.

Thousands of ride-hailing and delivery workers in the U.S. and the U.K. went on strike on Valentine's Day in an effort to win better pay.

The Biden administration has enacted a new labor rule that aims to prevent the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors,” a step that could bolster both legal protections and compensation for millions in the U.S. workforce.

A person who was behind the wheel of a Tesla is now dead after reportedly crashing into an Uber in downtown Houston Sunday night.

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will pay a combined $328 million to settle complaints that they improperly saddled their New York drivers with taxes and fees that should have been been paid by passengers.

A rideshare driver for Lyft is under investigation by Houston Police Department after a complaint for sexual assault was filed.

Most parents are balancing home and work life schedules, and kids today have more scheduled appointments than parents can keep up with. The question becomes, should you and would you use any of the ride sharing apps to help you shuffle your kids around?

Uber is adding a new task to its list of services: mailing consumers’ return packages.

Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle.

Two Houston residents have been ordered to federal prison after beating and carjacking an Uber driver, the United States Department of Justice announced Thursday.

Uber has raised the minimum age requirement for most new drivers in California to 25.

The backup Uber driver involved in the first death involving a fully autonomous vehicle has pleaded guilty to endangerment.

Houston police are searching for a suspected car burglar who they say shot at a group of people, wounding an Uber driver passing by in southeast Houston.

Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub have sued New York City to block its new minimum pay rules for food delivery workers.

A man and woman who were accused in the beating and carjacking of a man in November 2022 have pleaded guilty to the crime.

Gov. Tim Walz has vetoed a bill that would have mandated higher pay and job security for Lyft and Uber drivers in Minnesota.

Self-driving car pioneer Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing leader Uber in the Phoenix area to transport passengers and deliver food in robotic cars that triggered a bitter technological dispute between the two companies.

Uber is launching a new feature Monday in the Houston area that is designed to help families on the go with teens.

Uber is rolling out new features to make it easier for people of all ages to access its ride-hailing service, including an option that will let teens under the age of 18 ride alone for the first time.

The former chief security officer for Uber has been sentenced to probation for trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed tens of millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service.

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Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer are relinquishing their leadership roles to make way for a former Amazon executive as the ride-hailing service struggles to recover from the pandemic while long-time rival Uber has been regaining its momentum.

A woman is dead after being struck by several vehicles on the East Freeway Monday morning, according to the Houston Police Department.

A California appeals court has ruled companies like Uber and Lyft do not have to treat their drivers as employees.

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A man who police said was filling his gas tank on the side of the highway was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver on I-10 Katy Freeway early Saturday.

Some might know it, but there is a rideshare for long distances that exists.

Nearly 50 businesses and nonprofits including rideshare companies Uber and Lyft and industrial giant 3M are pledging millions of dollars in initiatives to stem a crisis in road fatalities under a new federal effort.

A lawsuit has been filed by the family of a man who was left with brain damage after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on July 22, 2022.

A man has been sentenced to 35 years after he reportedly killed a man who he mistook for a thief back in 2018, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.

The dashcam video of an armed robbery involving a rideshare driver and two suspects was released by the Houston Police Department in hopes someone from the public will identify those involved.

Authorities have arrested a man who they believe is responsible for robbing an Uber driver in north Houston last month.

Police in New Orleans arrested a man who allegedly killed his Uber driver at the end of a ride, filmed the aftermath and posted it to Facebook, according to officials.

Officers with the Houston Police Department said they are investigating after an Uber driver was shot following an argument with passengers in northeast Houston Sunday.

The U.S. Department of Labor is publishing a new proposal on how workers should be classified saying that thousands of people have been incorrectly labeled as contractors rather than employees, potentially curtailing access to benefits and protections they rightfully deserve.

The former chief security officer for Uber has been convicted of trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service.

In a story published September 16, 2022, about a major data breach at Uber, The Associated Press erroneously spelled a researcher's first name.

Uber says it has reached out to law enforcement after the apparent breach of its network.

An Uber driver has been arrested in the June death of Houston pastor Rev. Ronald K. Mouton Sr., of East Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.

One Houston area Lyft passenger and his family were shocked when they say their driver’s car wheel came flying off the car during a ride home.

French lawmakers have failed to pass a no-confidence motion requested by a leftist coalition to symbolically mark their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s government and economic policies.

As Uber pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws and used a “kill switch″ to thwart regulators and law enforcement.

Millions of Americans who rely on their cars for work are changing their habits, signing up for carpools or even ditching their cars for bicycles as gas prices recently hit $5 per gallon for the first time ever.

Houston is growing and some of those growing pains can be felt at the gas pump and when driving down congested streets. A new program is being tested in Houston to save money on rideshares. In partnership with Uber, the Greater Southeast Management District launched a program during Memorial Day weekend to help solve traffic concerns and keep Houston on the move.

Did you forget something at an Uber recently? If so, you’re not the only one that did.

Uber has joined many other businesses that have moved forward by no longer requiring mask use for rideshares following the CDC decision to its end mask order.

Sailing is no longer just for the rich and famous. It’s now becoming more affordable for families in the Houston area.

Delivery company DoorDash says it will refund its drivers for some U.S. gasoline purchases to help offset higher prices.

Citing record-high prices for gasoline, Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and delivery drivers.

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Houston police are investigating a fiery crash they said left four men dead near IAH Airport in northeast Houston Friday.

An Uber driver is accused of assaulting a 73-year-old passenger who asked her to stop texting and driving while traveling on the Northwest Freeway, according to deputies with Constable Mark Herman’s Office.

A man is speaking out after he said he was attacked by an Uber driver in northwest Harris County.

A new European Union plan to improve conditions for the growing number of gig economy workers could mean millions more of them are classified as employees entitled to benefits.

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An Uber driver was shot by a passenger during a possible attempted robbery Monday evening, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

The federal government is suing Uber saying it discriminates against disabled people by charging fees when drivers have to wait for passengers to board their vehicles.

Police are investigating after they said a hospital patient stole an Uber driver’s SUV from Memorial Hermann Hospital and led officers on a chase Monday night.

Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week have died after crashing into the city’s glass towers.

A court in Amsterdam has ruled that Uber drivers fall under the Dutch taxi drivers’ collective labor agreement.

Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they will cover the legal fees of any driver who is sued under the new law prohibiting most abortions in Texas.

A woman has been charged after being accused of repeatedly slamming her vehicle into the back of an Uber driver’s vehicle during a road rage incident, according to the Houston Police Department.

A judge has struck down California’s ballot measure that exempted Uber and other companies from a state law requiring their drivers to be classified as employees eligible for benefits and job protections.

Houston’s Yellow Cab services may soon come to an end after the company announced it’s filing for bankruptcy.

Uber says it’s formally recognizing a major British trade union.

The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: Dating apps are starting to offer vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who've gotten their coronavirus shots.

Houston police say 49-year-old Uber driver Leonel Medina accused of sexually assaulted a teenage girl.

Need a ride to your COVID-19 vaccine appointment? Uber and U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. have you covered.

Uber saw record demand in the first quarter as its food delivery business grew while lockdowns ended and more customers hailed rides.

Uber plans to recruit 20,000 more drivers in the United Kingdom to help fill swelling demand for rides as the country’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease.

Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as workers and entitled to such benefits, the company announced Tuesday, March 16, 2021. And they said the company can't decide by itself the expense base for calculating the minimum wage, which should be based on a collective agreement. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)LONDON – Uber is giving its U.K. drivers the minimum wage, pensions and holiday pay, following a recent court ruling that said they should be classified as workers and entitled to such benefits. The ride hailing giant's announcement Tuesday comes after it lost an appeal last month at the U.K. Supreme Court following a yearslong court battle. And they said the company can't decide by itself the expense base for calculating the minimum wage, which should be based on a collective agreement.