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Uber introduced a new age requirement for its California drivers on Thursday in response to rising commercial and auto insurance rates. The company said that moving forward, it will only allow people 25 years and older to transport passengers, but the rules won’t apply to Uber Eats delivery drivers.

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Rafaela Vasquez, the operator of a self-driving Uber vehicle that was the first-ever involved in a pedestrian fatality, has pleaded guilty to endangerment in the criminal case that followed the crash. The guilty plea, filed nearly five years after Vasquez’s fatal collision with a woman crossing a street with her bike,…