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☆ The world's youngest self-made billionaire hopes to power every future self-driving car with a technology that Elon Musk says is 'doomed'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Hillary Hoffower | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +18 min

He disrupted innovation in an emerging industry, developing nontraditional lidar sensors that help self-driving cars "see" the road. He took Luminar public in December through a reverse merger with the special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Gores Metropoulos. Russell founded Luminar, which creates lidar sensors that help self-driving cars "see" the road, as a teenager. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has criticized lidar sensors for years, saying they're too expensive for consumer cars. Highway perception via Luminar's lidar system.

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☆ Apple, Google, and Spotify are still hosting podcasts by pro-Trump conspiracists and extremists
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Shona Ghosh | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Conspiracy theorists and pro-Trump extremists are using podcasts hosted on mainstream tech platforms to push misinformation, despite a widespread crackdown on individual social media accounts that push these ideas. That's still available on Apple Podcasts as of January 17. Spotify, meanwhile, in November banned "War Room", a podcast hosted by former White House adviser Steve Bannon. Her podcast remains available on Apple and Google, but was removed from Spotify after an inquiry by the AP. Oren Segal of ADL's Center on Extremism told AP: "Podcasts filled with hatred and incitement to violence should not be treated any differently than any other content.

Persons: Joe Biden's, That's, White, Steve Bannon, Bannon, Anthony Fauci, Christopher Wray, Melody Torres, Oren Segal Organizations: AP, Trump, Apple, Spotify, Google, Pill, YouTube, Twitter, ADL's Center, Extremism

☆ Selena Gomez emailed Sheryl Sandberg months before the Capitol siege to highlight US militia group activity on Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Shona Ghosh | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Selena Gomez told Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg in September about militia groups on the site. The star told AP this week that, in the wake of the Capitol riots, she was frustrated tech platforms failed to heed warnings. Selena Gomez emailed Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg in September 2020 to warn of US militia groups operating on the social network despite a ban. This is about truth versus lies and Facebook, Instagram and big tech companies have to stop allowing lies to just flow and pretend to be the truth. Gomez's email came despite Facebook banning or restricting militia groups in August.

Persons: Selena Gomez, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Gomez, Sandberg, Jeremy Hogan Organizations: Facebook, AP, AAF, Getty, Defamation League, Trump

☆ Trump's habit of tearing up papers could leave a 'hole' in history as White House records may never be complete, worried experts say
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

Several historians are voicing concern about collecting Trump's White House records because of the administration's bad track record of preserving documents. Historians are growing increasingly concerned about collecting Trump's White House records because of the administration's inconsistency with preserving documents and the president's long-standing habit of ripping up papers, the Associated Press (AP) reported Saturday. White House records workers and historians now fear they will have to do the same, with one person telling news website Fortune that they are "petrified" by the task they are facing. Boxes are stacked on West Executive Avenue before being loaded onto a truck at the White House on January 14. Last month, multiple historian groups sued the White House over fears that the Trump Administration will improperly maintain records.

Persons: —, Trump, Richard Immerman, Mitch McConnell, Fortune, Mandel Ngan, Anne Weismann, Weismann, Biden, Lee White, Barack Obama Organizations: National Archives, Associated Press, Society, Historians of American Foreign Relations, Politico, House, Temple University, West, White, Records, Trump Administration, Presidential Records, AP, National Coalition for Locations: AFP

☆ Nick Ut, photojournalist who made famed Vietnam War 'napalm girl' image, attacked in D.C.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +2 min

The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who made the famed napalm girl photo during the Vietnam War was attacked in Washington, D.C. Same leg I have metal in from mortar in Vietnam War," Ut wrote. Mark Edward Harris, a fellow award-winning photographer and longtime friend of Ut, told NBC Washington, that he took a photo of Ut after the attack. The day before the attack, Ut had received the National Medal of Arts award from President Donald Trump. Ut told NBC Washington that he plans on staying in D.C. through the inauguration to take photos.

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☆ Louisiana parents sue first responders in death of 'severely autistic' son
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

The teen, Eric Parsa, died on Jan. 19, 2020, following an incident in the parking lot of the Westgate Shopping Center in Metairie, about seven miles northwest of New Orleans. The suit states that Pitfield knew Eric Parsa had autism. Eric Parsa was taken to the hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead. They knew E.P. Deputies Pitfield and Vega could not immediately be reached on Saturday.

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☆ Virginia gang killer executed by U.S. despite Covid infection
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

He and two other members of the Newtowne gang were sentenced to death under a federal law that targets large-scale drug traffickers. Charles Keith, of Canton, Ohio, protests the execution of Corey Johnson, near the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. Joseph C. Garza / The Tribune-Star via APIn their clemency petition, Johnson’s lawyers asked President Donald Trump to commute his death sentence to life in prison. Johnson’s appellate lawyers say that psychologist was not an expert in intellectual disability and relied on standards that are now outdated. In his clemency petition, Johnson’s lawyers said he has repeatedly expressed “sincere remorse” for his crimes.

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☆ Biden's inauguration rehearsal has been postponed because of security threats, report says
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Thomas Colson | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

A rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's January 20 inauguration ceremony has been postponed because of security concerns, Politico reported. Law-enforcement agencies have boosted their security measures in the lead-up to Inauguration Day in the wake of last week's Capitol insurrection. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration rehearsal has been postponed because of security concerns, Politico reported. On Tuesday, a man in Illinois was arrested in connection with threats to kill Democrats on Inauguration Day. Elvina Nawaguna/Business InsiderThe US Secret Service agent in charge of security for Biden's inauguration has insisted the level of security at Biden's inauguration will be significantly higher than at the deadly Capitol riot on January 6.

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☆ The FBI is investigating 37 people in connection with the killing of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com sentiment -0.96 time to read: +2 min

The FBI is investigating 37 people in connection with the death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died after being assaulted by the mob that stormed the Capitol last Wednesday. The FBI is investigating more than three dozen people in connection with the killing of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, The New York Times reported Friday, citing an FBI memo. Sicknick died last Thursday at the hospital, where he was being treated for "injuries sustained while on-duty," USCP said in a statement. Over the weekend, numerous law enforcement officials from the Capitol and DC lined the streets for a procession for the fallen officer. "Officer Sicknick died in the line of duty as a US Capitol Police Officer but did so living up to the oath he swore in the military: to protect and defend the Constitution," she wrote in a request, according to the AP.

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☆ Prosecutors say the QAnon Shaman was one of the rioters who meant to 'capture and assassinate elected officials'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +8 min

Justice Department prosecutors said people who participated in the pro-Trump attack of the US Capitol planned to "capture and assassinate elected officials." Some of the people who participated in the pro-Trump attack of the US Capitol intended to "capture and assassinate elected officials" including Vice President Mike Pence, according to federal prosecutors. Department of Justice prosecutors made the assessment in a detention memo for the QAnon Shaman, who goes by Jake Angeli but whose real name is Jacob Anthony Chansley. "Chansley said that he was glad he sat in the Vice President's chair because Vice President Pence is a child-trafficking traitor," prosecutors wrote. "The Court did not order any specific diet for Mr. Chansley," Fine wrote.

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☆ Mitch McConnell is telling GOP senators their decision on a Trump impeachment trial conviction is a 'vote of conscience'
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Tom Lobianco | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

Cramer and others have been buzzing about a legal assessment from retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig saying the Senate can't hold an impeachment trial once Trump leaves office. Under the Senate rules, the upper chamber must prioritize the Trump trial once the House officially delivers its article of impeachment charging Trump with inciting rioters who stormed the Capitol. But the senator acknowledged that Republicans like him are also worried about backlash from Trump and his supporters as the impeachment trial approaches. Chief Justice John Roberts presided over President Trump's first impeachment trial in early 2021. Cramer said he doesn't think there are 17 GOP Senate votes who would join with all 50 Democrats to convict Trump.

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☆ 'Indoguration Day' nears for Major Biden
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Dareh Gregorian | Dareh Gregorian Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +1 min

Before his human gets inaugurated, Major Biden is getting "indogurated." The soon-to-be first pet is being honored with a virtual "indoguration" celebration on Jan. 17, courtesy of the Delaware Humane Association — the shelter President-elect Joe Biden got him from. Joe Biden and his newly-adopted German shepherd, Major, at the Delaware Humane Association in Wilmington in 2018. It's being hosted by the "TODAY" show's Jill Martin and will feature an appearance by Sir Darius Brown, a teenage entrepreneur who founded a bow-tie company called Beaux and Paws to help shelter dogs get adopted. Vice President Mike Pence and his family had a cat named Hazel, a dog named Harley, a snake named Sapphira and bunny named Marlon Bundo.

Persons: Major Biden, Joe Biden, Biden, Major, Stephanie Carter, Jill Martin, Sir Darius Brown, Major's, Donald Trump, Andrew Johnson, Mike Pence, Hazel, Harley, Marlon Bundo, Kamala Harris Organizations: Delaware Humane Association, AP, White House, Presidential, Museum, Naval Observatory Locations: Wilmington, Pennsylvania

☆ Two Latino House Republicans, Herrera Beutler and Gonzalez, voted to impeach Trump
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Suzanne Gamboa | Suzanne Gamboa Is A National Reporter For Nbc Latino | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

"I'm not choosing a side, I'm choosing truth," Herrera Beutler said on the House floor. Herrera Beutler, whose father is of Mexican descent, was on the House floor when police barricaded the doors as protesters pounded on them to get in. In a statement the day before the vote, Herrera Beutler described the violent storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters on Jan. 6 as an "assault on democracy." The House voted 232-197 for impeachment, with four members not voting. — Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) January 13, 2021The GOP votes are 10 more than in the first impeachment of Trump, when Republicans unanimously voted against impeachment.

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☆ Republican sources say McConnell is considering a vote to convict Trump and expel him from the US government forever
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Darren Samuelsohn | Tom Lobianco | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +9 min

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is considering a vote to convict President Donald Trump in an impeachment trial, Republican sources told Insider. "It's the time to shiv him and then brace for the fallout," said one GOP source with ties to the Trump White House. Sources close to the White House say the president's team remains in chaos after last week's riot. They also don't believe McConnell has the votes to convict him, according to another Republican close to the White House. "He's only going to get stronger," one of the sources close to the White House said, "if he survives all this."

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☆ Pet cat feared dead in 2018 California mudslide is found alive
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com sentiment -0.92 time to read: +1 min

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A pet cat believed killed along with her owner in a huge mudslide has been found three years later. The Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Santa Barbara County says the calico named Patches was brought in as a stray last month and a microchip scan revealed her identity. Patches, who had been missing since Jan. 9, 2018, rests at Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Jan. 11, 2021. Jillian Title / Animal Shelter Assistance Program via APTwenty-three people were killed, including cat owner Josie Gower. The ASAP shelter says Patches was found less than a quarter-mile from where her Montecito home stood.

Persons: Santa Barbara County, Patches, Thomas Fire, Jillian, Josie Gower, Norm Borgatello, “, she’s, Norm Organizations: Shelter, AP Locations: SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Santa Barbara, Montecito, Los Angeles

☆ Here's what happens if Trump is impeached a 2nd time by the House, as expected
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Grace Panetta | Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives is expected to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time in his presidency. The House is impeaching Trump on one article of inciting an insurrection on the US Capitol on January 6. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives is expected to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time in his presidency. Trump was once before impeached by the House in December 2019 on charges of abusing his office and obstructing Congress before being acquitted in a Senate trial in February 2020. Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Trump in his first impeachment were impeached by the House but all acquitted in the Senate.

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☆ US rivals are looking to use the Capitol siege to their advantage
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

The US's rivals are likely calculating that the US, distracted by the Capitol Siege of January 6, will be ill-equipped to respond to provocations. Since January 6, multiple key national security officials have announced their resignations, reducing the cadre of security experts who have longstanding relationships with President Donald Trump. Some adversaries are likely to use the Capitol siege as a catalyst to take new malign actions, while others will instead use the events of January 6 to justify their existing destabilizing behavior. Members of the National Guard in Washington, DC, after rioters broke into the US Capitol, on January 6, 2021. Adversaries are also likely to consider how they can exploit the extreme societal divisions on display on January 6, including via further online disinformation efforts, some of which helped spur the Capitol siege in the first place.

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☆ House Republicans put divides over Trump's culpability on clear display
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

SEE NEW POSTSHouse Republicans put divides over Trump's culpability on clear display As the debate unfolded on the U.S. House floor ahead of the vote to impeach President Trump for inciting last week's riots that engulfed the Capitol, the growing divide within the Republican caucus over the president's actions was on clear display. Many Republicans mounted little defense of the president, in stark reversal from last year’s impeachment debate. He continued: “A vote against this impeachment is a vote to validate the unacceptable violence we witnessed in our nation’s capital." He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding," McCarthy said on the House floor before the impeachment vote. Matt Fuller, a reporter for HuffPost, recorded at least 12 GOP lawmakers either side-stepping the metal detectors or setting them off and continuing on to the House floor.

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☆ GOP Rep. wears 'censored' mask while speaking on House floor
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +8 min

SEE NEW POSTSGOP Rep. wears 'censored' mask while speaking on House floor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has repeatedly refused to wear a mask on the House floor, including last week before the Capitol riots, showed up for Wednesday's vote wearing a mask that said the word "censored" on it. Share this -To resounding applause, Rep. Newhouse becomes 6th House GOPer to support impeachment Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., said on Wednesday he would vote yes on impeachment, joining the five other House Republicans who have said they will vote to impeach the president. He continued: “A vote against this impeachment is a vote to validate the unacceptable violence we witnessed in our nation’s capital." He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding," McCarthy said on the House floor before the impeachment vote. Matt Fuller, a reporter for HuffPost, recorded at least 12 GOP lawmakers either side-stepping the metal detectors or setting them off and continuing on to the House floor.

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☆ Pelosi to speak at lectern commandeered during Capitol riots
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

SEE NEW POSTSPelosi to speak at lectern commandeered during Capitol riots Remember that lectern seen being carried around the Capitol by a rioter (who was later arrested)? Last week, there was a domestic threat at the door of the Capitol and he did nothing to stop it. He continued: “A vote against this impeachment is a vote to validate the unacceptable violence we witnessed in our nation’s capital." He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding," McCarthy said on the House floor before the impeachment vote. This is a vote of conscience," Cheney told a member of the press pool on Capitol Hill.

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☆ National Guard troops defending the Capitol have reportedly been told to be prepared for IED threats
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

National Guard troops defending the Capitol have been briefed on the potential for additional IED threats, Politico reported Wednesday, citing Guard members. As many as 20,000 National Guard troops may be deployed to DC in the coming days. National Guard troops defending the Capitol in the wake of last week's assault by Trump supporters have been briefed on the possibility that improvised explosive devices may be used in follow-on attacks, Politico reported Wednesday, citing two National Guard members. Politico reported that it is unclear whether Guard troops are expected to respond to IED threats. Members of the National Guard walk through the Visitor Center of the U.S. Capitol on January 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Just as they still don't drink the water, which local authorities again say is safe, they're not yet ready to embrace the new vaccines. she said, noting the "well-earned" mistrust the Black community has for the medical establishment. "You're not going to catch me drinking a glass of water, saying the water's safe," Womack said. Water testing now shows Flint’s water is safe to drink, but Womack and most people he knows still drink bottled water, he said. Sarah Bailey at a rally drawing attention to the Flint water crisis.

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Richard BarnettA supporter of President Donald Trump sits in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. He was arrested Friday in Arkansas on federal charges of entering and remaining on restricted grounds, violent entry and theft of public property, the Justice Department said. Donning a fur hat with horns and American-flag inspired face paint, Angeli stormed the Capitol bare-chested and gloated in the aftermath. Guthrie, who didn't return requests for comment, was arrested the day of the riot and charged with unlawful entry. The Post said Mostofsky was holding a Capitol Police riot shield, which he claimed he had found on the floor.

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☆ Answers to your 24 most burning questions about the coronavirus vaccine, from side effects and costs to when you'll be able to get one
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Andrew Dunn | Hilary Brueck | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +21 min

To help, we've answered some of the biggest questions everyone has about the coronavirus vaccine. A half-dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine initially could mean we have double the number doses available when it's approved by regulators. You should get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as your turn comes if you want it. So in that regard, I would not be surprised, as we get into the full scope of [COVID-19] vaccination, that some companies, some hospitals, some organizations might require [COVID-19] vaccination." President Donald Trump signed a bill into law last year that aimed at ensuring that patients don't get charged for coronavirus vaccines.

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☆ The head of security for Biden's inauguration said he's confident in the event's safety and that it doesn't compare to the Capitol breach
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

A Secret Service agent has said that security at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration will be far tighter than at the Capitol riot, the Associated Press reported. "I don't want to use the expression that we're comparing apples to oranges," Michael Plati, the agent in charge of the inauguration's security, told the AP. Unlike the protest that led to last Wednesday's insurrection, the inauguration is a "national special security event" and will have more resources dedicated to protecting it, the AP said. On January 6, President Donald Trump had encouraged his supporters to march to the Capitol to protest Biden's certification. But according to the AP, Plati has said that the inauguration is of a completely different order.

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