Jim Dwyer

A lot of app-based companies like Uber, GrubHub, and Doordash like to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees.

Human civilization is threatened by climate change. But it also needs the energy from fossil fuels that now emit greenhouse gases.

Federal prosecutors announced charges today in what they call the “largest college admissions scam” they’ve ever prosecuted. More than a dozen people charged are from L.A.

Students have filed a class-action lawsuit against the universities named in the college bribery scandal, which includes Stanford, USC and UCLA.

After 17 years, the U.S. is trying to negotiate its way out of Afghanistan. One partner in the search for peace is the Taliban, once an enemy in the “War on Terror.”

The gig economy has made it easy and fast to order food, groceries, or a ride.

Also in the show: President Trump’s first veto in defense of his border wall, Boeing, and college admissions scandal

And minutes later, he’s indicted — this time, by the state of New York.

Ken, what’s a “lolsuit”?