Uber Agrees to $148M Settlement With States Over Data Breach

CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Uber has agreed to pay $148 million and take steps to tighten data security, after the ride-hailing company failed for a year to notify drivers that hackers had stolen their personal information. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the settlement Wednesday between Uber Technologies Inc. and all 50 states and the…

The Latest: Kavanaugh Denies New Sexual Misconduct Charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 12:42 p.m. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is denying new allegations of sexual misconduct, saying they’re from the “Twilight Zone.” In a statement Wednesday, Kavanaugh said: “This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I don’t know who this is and…

Anita Hill: Kavanaugh Hearing Isn’t Referendum On #MeToo

By JOCELYN NOVECK ,  AP National Writer Her 1991 testimony against Clarence Thomas riveted the nation, but failed to derail his nomination to the Supreme Court. Now, 27 years later, Anita Hill says the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing — with no FBI investigation and no witness testimony — is destined to be unfair, just as she…

At UN This Year, It’s Trump Versus The World

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A gaping ideological divide cuts through this year’s gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. It’s not between capitalists and communists, rich and poor, East and West. It’s between multilateralists who advocate nations working together and unilateralists who are pushing for national sovereignty. Despite near-universal hand-wringing about the U.N.’s failings,…