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If you’ve thought about signing up to become an Uber driver, you’d better do it fast — the taxi-alteative giant appears to be on the brink of starting to replace its vast army of drivers with a fleet of driverless cars. Uber Technologies has signed a $300 million agreement with Volvo to develop and produce a sport-utility vehicle that will be used as a self-driving taxi, or sold to consumers, according to the Wall Street Joual. The agreement reportedly calls for Uber to buy Volvo’s X90 SUV — long a staple of its fleet — and to work with the company’s team of self-driving researchers from Caegie Mellon University’s robotics department, one of the best in the world. The department also...

For nearly two years, Mahmoud and his extended family of 17 lived in an Egyptian camp for refugees, experiencing first-hand the U.S. process for vetting Syrian refugees for admission into America. It boiled down to five interviews, totaling roughly four hours, in which they answered mostly ‘yes or no’ questions, according to Mahmoud, who finally made it to the U.S. on July 18 along with wife, children and grandchildren. Grateful to be in America after their circuitous flight from their embattled hometown of Homs, they nonetheless remain confused about what they have gone through and what lies ahead. “The interview process was long, but not scary," said Mahmoud, who asked that his ful...

U.S. gymnasts, left to right, Simone Biles, Gabrielle Douglas and Madison Kocian wave to the audience at the end of the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Just call them the Final Five....