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☆ Tesla is trying to get an Apple engineer to testify in its defense at its fatal Autopilot crash trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla is being sued by the family of an Apple engineer who died in 2018 after his Model X crashed. Tesla plans to argue that the Apple engineer was distracted on his phone as the case goes to trial. AdvertisementNow, less than a week before the case is set to go to trial on April 8, Tesla introduced the sworn statement from an Apple employee. They are also seeking to call the Apple employee as a witness in the trial, but attorneys for Huang's family are pushing back. Following Harding's more recent sworn statement, attorneys for the Huang family subpoenaed Apple to acquire more information about Harding's testimony.

Persons: Tesla, —, Wei, Walter, Huang, Huang's, James Harding, Apple, Harding Organizations: Apple, Service, Business, National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB

☆ The alma mater of a British billionaire trapped on the Titan sub played 'My Heart Will Go On' at a ball while he's missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hamish Harding's alma mater hosted an under-the-sea-themed ball on Wednesday and played "My Heart Will Go On" at the event. Harding is one of five people trapped on the sunken Titan submersible. The Pembroke May Ball Committee apologized after the fact. The billionaire, Hamish Harding, is a Pembroke alumnus and one of five people trapped on the lost submersible. The May Ball Committee added that they chose the "Into the Depths" theme of the ball "many months ago," and that "if we could change it now, we would."

Persons: Hamish Harding's alma mater, Harding, —, Celine Dion's, Hamish Harding, Ball, Harding's, Brian Szasz, hasn't, Hamish, Haven't Organizations: Pembroke, Service, Titan, University of Cambridge, Coast Guard Locations: British, Pembroke, England

☆ Titanic sub timeline: when did it go missing and key events in search
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But it starts its descent later, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. ET) - The submersible is scheduled to return to the surface, the U.S. Coast Guard says. The U.S. Coast Guard - which announces this on Wednesday - does not give a precise timing. WEDNESDAYDURING THE DAY - U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and OceanGate Expeditions establish a unified command to handle the search. ET) - U.S. Coast Guard announces Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises.

Persons: Hamish Harding, Harding, John Mauger, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Stone, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Edmund Blair, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: OceanGate Expeditions, Expedition, Facebook, U.S . Coast Guard, Titan, Atlantic, Communications, Coast Guard, Canadian Research Vessel, MONDAY U.S, Lockheed, Orion, CNN, Stone, . Coast Guard, U.S . Navy, Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian, U.S, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: St, John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Instagram, U.S, Cape Cod, France, U.S . Coast

Those aboard the submersible called Titan, the highlight of a tourist expedition that costs $250,000 per person, included British billionaire Hamish Harding and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood with his son Suleman. The wreckage of the Titanic that sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg lies at about 12,500 feet (3,810 metres). OceanGate Expeditions, the private company that operates the submersible, said it was "mobilizing all options" to rescue those aboard the Titan. Reuters GraphicsBILLIONAIRE ABOARDThe expeditions to the Titanic start in St. John's, Newfoundland, before heading out about 400 miles (640 km) into the Atlantic to the wreckage site, OceanGate's website says. Harding's stepson later wrote on Facebook that Harding had "gone missing on submarine" and asked for "thoughts and prayers".

Persons: Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, John Mauger, Harding, Dawood, Joseph Ax, Kanishka Singh, Ismail Shakil, Edmund Blair, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Discovery, U.S . Coast Guard, Stockton Rush, Expeditions, Twitter, Reuters Graphics, Action Aviation, Facebook, Engro Corporation, SETI, Thomson Locations: Nova Scotia, Canada, U.S, ., Cape Cod, St, John's, Newfoundland, UAE, California, Britain, Washington, Shahid, Karachi

☆ Price hikes are double whammy for pet owners who are crushed by inflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Minneapolis CNN —As head of PAWS Atlanta, Joe Labriola can get a good sense of the region’s economic well-being from the day-to-day activity of the city’s oldest no-kill animal shelter. And the shelves at PAWS Atlanta’s Pet Food Pantry quickly go bare. She said her pet food costs for Lola, her Australian Shepherd mix, and for Phoebe, her Golden Retriever, have doubled to $250 per month. Josh Fiala, Animal Rescue League of Iowa's Pet Support Services Manager, helps load pet food into a vehicle during a Pet Food Pantry in January 2022. Courtesy Animal Rescue League of IowaARL gave out about 40,000 pounds of pet food in both 2020 and 2021.

☆ Florida legislator who sponsored ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law resigns amid Covid-relief fraud charges
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is The Evening Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Florida state representative who sponsored legislation opponents dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill resigned Thursday, a day after he was accused of fraudulently obtaining tens of thousands of dollars from a federal Covid-relief program. State Rep. Joseph Harding, a Republican, said his resignation would be "effective immediately." He has been indicted on a slew of charges, including wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements and other crimes. He sponsored a bill this year prohibiting “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in the state’s primary schools. The bill, which was criticized as an attack on Florida’s LGBTQ community, was signed into law in March by Republican Gov.

☆ The author of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill resigns after being indicted on charges of swindling COVID-relief loans
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The author of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill resigned on Thursday after a federal indictment. Florida state Rep. Joe Harding was indicted on charges of fraud worth over $150,000. Federal prosecutors alleged that Harding made fake businesses, bank accounts and pocketed COVID loans. In 2022, Harding sponsored Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" Bill,which is officially called the "Parental Rights in Education" bill. If found guilty, Harding faces up to 20 years on the wire fraud charges; 10 years related to the money laundering allegations; and five years in prison for allegedly making false statements.

☆ Legislator behind Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law is accused of Covid-relief fraud
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Florida legislator who sponsored legislation critics dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay" bill was accused of illegally obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in Covid-relief funds, authorities said Wednesday. Joseph Harding, 35, was indicted on six counts of wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements and other crimes, the U.S. attorney’s office for Northern Florida said in a release. Harding sought more than $150,000 in loans and received roughly $45,000 in January and February 2021, according to the indictment. "This bill goes way beyond the text on its page," former Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat who is gay, said in February. He could face 20 years in prison for the fraud charges, 10 years for money laundering and five years for making false statement, the release says.

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