Starting Monday, DoorDash is offering grocery delivery in 15 minutes or less in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York. But instead of the army of gig workers it typically relies on to fulfill orders, DoorDash is forming a new company — called DashCorps — to employ couriers to handle the deliveries. Unlike DoorDash's gig workers, who set their own hours and decide which orders to deliver, DashCorps workers will work a set schedule, usually between 25-40 hours per week, said Max Rettig, DoorDash’s vice president of public policy. Pay starts at $15 per hour; they will also be offered medical, dental and vision insurance. The move is a big departure for DoorDash, which has long fought efforts to classify its gig workforce as employees because it would significantly raise the company’s costs. DoorDash backed Proposition 22, a ballot measure approved by California voters in 2020 that lets DoorDash, Uber and others treat their workers as independent contractors. But Rettig said … [Read more...]

LE PECQ, Francia (AP) — Las autoridades francesas abrieron una investigación en torno a los hechos de violencia registrados en el primer acto de campaña del candidato ultraderechista Eric Zemmour. La fiscalía informó que unas 60 personas fueron detenidas tras peleas y trifulcas a puños y sillazos en el acto de Zemmour al norte de París el domingo. El grupo antirracista SOS Racisme condenó las salvajes golpizas a las que fueron sometidos sus activistas en el evento, el primero de Zemmour desde que éste lanzó oficialmente su campaña. Zemmour, un ex comentarista de televisión de 63 años que ha sido condenado varias veces en los tribunales por su discurso racista, ha estremecido la campaña electoral en Francia. Las elecciones son en abril del año que viene. El presidente de SOS Racisme, SOS Racisme, Dominique Sopo, comparó la violencia con los ataques perpetrados por supremacistas blancos en Estados Unidos contra activistas de derechos civiles. Los asistentes al evento … [Read more...]

14 ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Monday there are plans for a possible second meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, after their historic 2016 encounter in Cuba became a landmark in mending relations severed by the 1,000-year-old schism that divided Christianity. Speaking to reporters as he traveled home from Greece, Francis said he planned to meet next week with the Russian church’s foreign envoy “to agree on a possible meeting” with Patriarch Kirill. He noted that Kirill is due to travel in the coming weeks but also said he was “ready to go to Moscow” even if diplomatic protocols weren’t yet in place. “Because talking with a brother, there are no protocols,” Francis said. “We are brothers. We say things to each other’s face like brothers.” The two churches split during the Great Schism of 1054 and have remained estranged over a host of issues, … [Read more...]

LONDON (AP) — The family of the British woman charged with helping the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exploit underage girls has asked the U.S. attorney general to improve the treatment she is receiving during her trial “in the interest of justice and common humanity.” Ghislaine Maxwell’s family have written to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland requesting that authorities stop using four-point restraints to shackle her hands, waist and feet when she is moved from a holding cell to the courtroom, and that she receive a food pack and a bar of soap each day. The family also asked that she be allowed to meet with her attorneys for at least 30 minutes before and after each day’s proceedings. The restraints cause bruising, broken skin and other “unnecessary trauma,” the family said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. They also complained that she received “minimal sustenance” during the first week of her trial, had no access to soap or hand sanitizer despite the risk … [Read more...]

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of two charges, marking the first verdicts in a string of cases against her. Suu Kyi, 76, was found guilty of inciting public unrest and breaching COVID-19 protocols, according to The New York Times , which added that the latter charge is connected to a moment on the campaign trail when a masked Suu Kyi, who was also wearing a face shield, stood outside and waved to supporters who were moving by in their vehicles. In a video of the moment cited by the newspaper, Suu Kyi is seen standing at a distance from her aides and security staff, who were also wearing masks. ADVERTISEMENT Suu Kyi has been charged with a total of 11 counts, according to the Times, and could be sentenced to prison for 102 years if she is found guilty on all charges. She is also charged with engaging in corruption, in some instances for allegedly accepting cash and gold bribes, and violating the … [Read more...]

CAMARILLO, Calif. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Slight downward movement for the average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline. Prices fell 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.46 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the price drop is partly because of a crash in crude oil costs. READ MORE: Traveling Outside The US? Check Out The New COVID-19 Testing Policy You Need To Know It was the first decline in gas prices in 14 weeks, Lundberg said. The average price at the pump is $1.24 higher than it was one year ago. READ MORE: Basketball Hall Of Famer's Shop With A Cop Program Helps Build Trust Between Police And Kids Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas is in the San Francisco Bay Area, at $4.80 per gallon. The lowest average is in Houston, at $2.91 per gallon. According to the survey, the average price of diesel was unchanged, at $3.69 a gallon. MORE NEWS: Hundreds Come Out To Honor Fallen Mesquite Officer In … [Read more...]