According to Mass Live, Alvin Campbell, 39 of Rhode Cumberland, has been indicted on charges including rape and kidnapping after being accused of posing as a rideshare driver to target women at Boston bars. In two of the incidents, victims believed Campbell was a bouncer.
On September 15, Lyft announced plans to offer discounted rides to polling places or ballot drop boxes on Election Day. This decision comes after Pew Research Center released data that said just over half of the U.S. voting-age population cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election. With the pandemic, it’s possible that the number of voters could decrease even more.
In 2018, a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona was killed after being struck by a self-driving Uber vehicle. According to the New York Times, the safety driver, who was watching a video on her phone at the time of the accident, has been charged with negligent homicide.
Around 12:45 a.m. on September 14, Jazib Aqeel drove to the 1200 block of West Leland Avenue in the Sheridan Park neighborhood. He was picking up his last passenger of the night when he heard gunshots. The 27-year-old passenger died at the scene.
Officials in St. George hope to keep e-scooters long-term after a six-month hiatus because. When the program began in 2019, the introduction was successful. A year later, however, the company managing the scooter fleet did not renew its contract with Spin, the e-scooter company.
When the partnership began, Spin, a unit of Ford Motor Company, provided more than 200 scooters to St. George. Boston-based Zagster picked up the management and maintenance duties. When Zagster failed to renew its partnership with Spin, St. George officials were left trying to determine how to proceed.