Activists call for stricter checks of ride-hailing drivers

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women is urging ride-hailing services like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar to come up with tougher background checks for their drivers. Mass NOW spokeswoman Katie Prisco-Buxbaum said the companies...

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Booting Up: Storage costs cloud police cam issue

Police body cameras are controversial, in demand — and a monumental technological undertaking that should be left to cloud computing experts. Pressure on police departments to deploy body cameras is boiling over as outrage intensifies over the deadly...

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Now if you buy a Sprint phone you can get it set up at home

A new customer strategy for Sprint: Phone setup in your house. Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint Corp. has been trying to draw subscribers from its bigger rivals, Verizon and AT&T. Meanwhile, the No. 4 carrier, T-Mobile, is winning customers through...

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US stock market gains in midday trading

NEW YORK — Stocks are moving slightly higher in midday trading as investors look ahead to a busy week for corporate earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30 points, or 0.2 percent, to 18,086 as of 11:45 am. Eastern time. The Standard &...

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Massachusetts gas prices inch up a penny

BOSTON — A gallon of gas in Massachusetts has inched up a penny in the past week, but remains a nickel below the national average. AAA Northeast reports Monday that the average price of a gallon of self-serve, regular is up to $2.34. The current price...

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Inspector Gadget: MacBook a bit pricy, but lightweight and a beauty

MacBook ($1,299 and up, 
AppleStore.com) The latest iteration of Apple's full-size notebook computer weighs in at two pounds, is 13.1 mm thin, and has a 12-inch so-called Retina display with edge-to-edge glass. The good: If you like Apple design, you'll...

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Hospitals eye models to address disasters

Crisis plans that can take hospitals months to develop could be produced in seconds with the right mathematical modeling — cutting out much of the painstaking human analysis — according to Boston professors who hope to incorporate these algorithms into...

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Stocks mostly rise as weak China data boosts stimulus hopes

BEIJING — World stocks mostly rose on Monday, with China's index closing at a seven-year high, as a run of weak indicators boosted hopes for stimulus in the world's second-largest economy. KEEPING SCORE: Germany's DAX was flat at 12,372.99 and France's...

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USTelecom files suit against government's new Internet rules

NEW YORK — A legal fight against the Federal Communications Commission's new Internet traffic rules has begun. The rules were voted on in February and uphold the principle of net neutrality — that online content be allowed to load at the same speed....

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Mom charged after boy, 2, falls into cheetah pit at Ohio zoo

CLEVELAND — A woman accused of holding her 2-year-old son over a railing at a Cleveland zoo when he fell into a cheetah exhibit has been charged with child endangering. Michelle Schwab, of Delaware, Ohio, was charged Monday in Cleveland Municipal Court....

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