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• Scott Pruitt Just Proposed His Third Radical Change At EPA Since His Scandals Began

  07-06-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  Another day, another bizarre, oily Scott Pruitt controversy.
  
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• Star Wars, Westworld Studio Is Getting Into Gaming

  07-06-2018 23:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Bad Robot, the film and TV production company led by Star Wars director JJ Abrams, is getting into gaming in a bigger way. The company has opened a video game division called Bad Robot Games.Chinese internet giant Tencent is investing money into the studio, while Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is also involved, but only as a "synergistic minority investor." Bad Robot did not disclose the terms of the agreement, though the company did say Tencent gets the rights to distribute all of Bad R
  
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• New Pokemon Go Water Festival Event Going On Now

  07-06-2018 23:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Go's Adventure Week event may be over, but a new in-game event is now underway for a limited time. From now until June 21, players will be able to take part in the returning Water Festival, which offers a variety of bonuses, along with another chance to catch a powerful Legendary Pokemon.Among other things, Water Pokemon such as Magikarp and Wailmer will spawn more frequently for the duration of the event. On top of that, 2km Eggs will hatch into Totodile, Mudkip, Corphish, and other Wat
  
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• Hitman 2 - Sniper Assassin Mission Gameplay

  07-06-2018 23:30 via gamespot.com
  
  The Sniper Assassin mini-game is available today for those who preorder it. Here is a ten minute run through of the new mission.
  
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• Check Out The New Zelda Encyclopedia

  07-06-2018 23:06 via gamespot.com
  
  The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia from Dark Horse is coming in just a few weeks, but we have an early look at a few of its pages. This peek gives us a page of detail covering Zelda: Oracle of Ages, another on the highly-regarded Ocarina of Time, and a two-page spread on towns and villages throughout the series.The Encyclopedia is the third in the "Goddess Collection" of Zelda tomes from Dark Horse. The first, Hyrule Historia, made waves in the fan community by revealing the split Zelda timeline.
  
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• Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Bringing Back Nuketown With A Twist

  07-06-2018 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 developer Treyarch held a multiplayer livestream today during which the studio showed off new footage and made some announcements. We learned that Treyarch is bringing back classic Black Ops maps Jungle, Slums, Summit, and Firing Range for Black Ops 4. These maps have been "rebuilt from the base level," according to Treyarch.Additionally, and perhaps more excitingly, Treyarch also confirmed that the popular Nuketown map from the original Black Ops will be in Black Ops 4
  
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• BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Video Review

  07-06-2018 22:41 via gamespot.com
  
  The wonderful worlds of BlazBlue, Persona 4, Under Night, and RWBY collide for an accessible yet challenging fighting showcase.
  
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• Vibrant wave photography

  07-06-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  These kaleidoscopic images are the work of one persistent photographer’s efforts to capture vibrant hues at the exact moment a wave breaks. Ryan Pernofski‘s stunning shots feature brilliant yellows, reds, blues and purples as an array of sunlight hits the water at the perfect time.
  
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• MIT Creates Psychopath AI By Making It Look At A Reddit Forum

  07-06-2018 22:27 via yahoo.com
  Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have truly created a
  
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• Hitman 2 Release Date / US Pre-Order Guide

  07-06-2018 22:26 via gamespot.com
  
  It's official: Hitman 2 is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC on November 13, 2018. Developed by IO Interactive and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Hitman 2 follows the further bloody adventures of everyone's favorite bald, barcoded assassin, Agent 47.This time around, the game will not be episodic like the previous entry. Instead, the full game will be available at launch, though two additional locations will be added as post-launch DLC. As before, the globetrotting murderer w
  
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• Corrupt Baltimore police officer sentenced to 25 years

  07-06-2018 22:23 via yahoo.com
  A police officer described as perhaps the most corrupt in the history of the Baltimore police department was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday.Sergeant Wayne Jenkins headed an elite unit known as the Gun Trace Task Force that was responsible for stunning amounts of abuse in the troubled US city.Instead, the Task Force resold weapons they stole, robbed drug dealers and planted false evidence.
  
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• Trump’s DOJ leak probe snags Senate staffer

  07-06-2018 22:19 via yahoo.com
  Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) reacts to breaking news that a recently retired high-ranking staffer on the Senate Intelligence Committee was arrested for lying to the FBI while a New York Times reporter’s email and phone records were also seized.
  
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• Giuliani Speaks, Causes Trouble for Trump

  07-06-2018 22:16 via yahoo.com
  Rudy Giuliani made off-the-cuff remarks about North Korea that the Secretary of State had to rebuff. Giuliani also made claims about Melania Trump and Stormy Daniels that the First Lady's spokesperson had to shoot down.
  
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• E3 2018: Watch Bethesda's Press Conference Right Here This Sunday

  07-06-2018 22:04 via gamespot.com
  
  We're fast approaching E3 2018, and that means the coming days will be filled with showcases from the biggest publishers and platform holders. Bethesda's showcase will take place on Sunday, June 10 at 6:30 PM PT / 9:30 PM ET. You can watch it right here from the comfort of GameSpot, since we'll be hosting all the big briefings through June 12. We'll update this post with the livestream as we approach the event. If you can't watch the stream, you can always follow along with our liveblog.We know
  
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• The Latest: Autopsy: Man shot by police had wound in back

  07-06-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a man by a Chicago police officer (all times local):
  
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• More building blocks of life found on Mars

  07-06-2018 21:55 via yahoo.com
  A NASA robot has detected more building blocks for life on Mars -- the most complex organic matter yet -- from 3.5 billion-year-old rocks on the surface of the Red Planet, scientists said Thursday.The unmanned Curiosity rover has also found increasing evidence for seasonal variations of methane on Mars, indicating the source of the gas is likely the planet itself, or possibly its subsurface water.While not direct evidence of life, the compounds drilled from Mars' Gale Crater are the most diverse
  
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• US man sentenced to death for torture killing of 8-year-old

  07-06-2018 21:44 via yahoo.com
  A US man was sentenced to death on Thursday for the torture killing of his girlfriend's eight-year-old son, who was beaten, starved and forced to sleep in a closet until his death in 2013.The boy's mother, Pearl Sinthia Fernandez, was sentenced to life in prison for her role in the death of her son, Gabriel.The pair were arrested in 2013 after paramedics were called to a home in Palmdale, northeast of downtown Los Angeles, and found Gabriel unconscious and with a broken skull as well as broken r
  
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• Fallout 76 E3 2018 Event Will Explain How Bethesda Made The Game

  07-06-2018 21:40 via gamespot.com
  
  The lineup of speakers for the E3 Coliseum event at E3 2018 has been revealed, and it contains some really big names. People speaking or presenting at the three-day event include Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima, The Last of Us: Part II director Neil Druckmann, Xbox boss Phil Spencer, Bethesda executive Todd Howard, Fortnite lead Donald Mustard, and EA Star Wars creative director Amy Hennig.You can see the full descriptions for each panel here on the Coliseum website. One of the most high-p
  
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• Top Gun 2: Another Classic Original Character Joins The Movie's Cast

  07-06-2018 21:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Last week it was revealed that production had started on Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to the classic 1986 blockbuster Top Gun. Tom Cruise is back in the lead role as ace fighter pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, and it has now been reported that at least one other member of the original cast will be joining him. Yes, Iceman is back.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Val Kilmer will return as Tom "Iceman" Kazansky. In the original movie, Kazansky was Maverick's great rival, but ultimately became
  
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• Rescue work at Guatemala volcano suspended, death toll hits 100

  07-06-2018 21:30 via yahoo.com
  By Sofia MenchuSAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala (Reuters) - The search for survivors from deadly eruptions of Guatemala's Fuego volcano was temporarily suspended on Thursday due to dangerous conditions for rescue workers, as the death toll from the disaster reached 100, authorities said.Residents should stay away from the still-dangerous area, said David de Leon, a spokesman for national disaster management agency CONRED.Authorities have admitted that a communication breakdown between CONRED and
  
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• Mom, boyfriend sentenced in boy's 'beyond animalistic' death

  07-06-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge sentenced a California mother to life in prison Thursday and gave her boyfriend the death penalty in the "beyond animalistic" killing of the woman's 8-year-old son, who prosecutors say was punished because the couple believed he was gay.
  
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• Kate Spade Dead at 55: Andy Spade Dons Mouse Mask as He's Spotted for First Time Since Wife's Death

  07-06-2018 21:20 via yahoo.com
  The odd appearance came two days after the shocking death of his fashion icon wife.
  
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• Israel says medic killed in Gaza was 'human shield'

  07-06-2018 21:15 via yahoo.com
  Israel on Thursday said that a Palestinian medical volunteer shot dead during violence along the Gaza border had agreed to serve as a "human shield" during protests and clashes.Spokespersons for the Israeli government and the army published the same tweet, quoting part of an interview with the young woman, Razan al-Najjar, in which she says she was acting as a "human shield"."Razan al-Najjar was not an angel of mercy as Hamas is trying to market her," Ofir Gendelman, the Arabic-language spokesma
  
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• Fallout 76's E3 2018 Poster Is Up And It Is Massive, Potentially Teases Multiplayer Support

  07-06-2018 21:13 via gamespot.com
  
  [UPDATE] Bethesda's Pete Hines tweeted out a picture of the complete mural, which shows three Vault Boys. What does that mean? Some are speculating that Fallout 76 will have some form of online multiplayer, which reports have suggested is the case.Life imitates art, or something. #BE3 #Fallout76 pic.twitter.com/ILMCt4ItPN— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) June 6, 2018The original story is below.A giant, three-panel Fallout 76poster has been installed in Los Angeles just ahead of E3 2018. The mural,
  
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• Rainbow Six Siege Operation Para Bellum Update Is Now Live; Here’s What’s New

  07-06-2018 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Rainbow Six Siege's Operation Para Bellum has begun, with a new update available for download that includes a new map, Villa, for all and two new defender operators, Alibi and Maestro, that are exclusive to season pass holders for a week. The DLC marks the launch of Siege's second season of their third year, and is one of the game's largest updates to date.Both operators are members of the Italian G.I.S. and will automatically unlock for any players who have Siege's Year 3 pass. Alibi's Prisma a
  
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• Hitman 2 Officially Announced; Release Date And New Co-Op Mode Revealed

  07-06-2018 20:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Hitman 2 is official; publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment revealed the game during a pre-E3 stream on its site. We've learned a few details about the game. It will be a direct sequel to Hitman, but unlike the previous title, which featured regular updates to its story via live content, Hitman 2's story will be revealed all at once on the day of launch (though there will still be some additional DLC, like new locations, released over time). Check out the reveal trailer in the video a
  
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• DoJ seizes records of NY Times reporter in leak probe: NYT

  07-06-2018 20:59 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow shares breaking news from The New York Times that the Justice Deparment seized the records of and surveilled a national security reporter who currently works for The New York Times, in an investigation of leaks of classified material.
  
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• New Ant-Man Poster Reveals Michelle Pfeiffer's Janet Van Dyne

  07-06-2018 20:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Marvel has released new character posters for Ant-Man and the Wasp a month ahead of its release date, and they are as cool as they are revealing. This is the first time we've gotten a good look at Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet Van Dyne--the original Wasp--people seem to be pretty hyped at the idea of the Oscar-nominated actor in this role.Pfeiffer looks pretty hardcore in the poster where she gives the viewer some serious side-eye. Other notable cast members who got a poster include Paul Rudd (obv
  
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• Pulse nightclub shooting survivors sue Orlando, its police

  07-06-2018 20:44 via yahoo.com
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Almost two years after a massacre at an Orlando nightclub left 49 people dead and 53 injured, some of the surviving victims were filing a lawsuit in federal court Thursday saying the city and police didn't do enough to try to stop the shooter.
  
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• Putin says Russian military not building long-term in Syria

  07-06-2018 20:38 via yahoo.com
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian troops will remain in Syria as long as Moscow thinks it's necessary, but Russia isn't building permanent facilities in the only Middle East country where it has a military foothold, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in his annual marathon call-in show.
  
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• What We Want At E3 2018: Red Dead Redemption 2, Fallout 76, And More

  07-06-2018 20:20 via gamespot.com
  
  E3 2018 is fast approaching and our excitement for the biggest upcoming games continues to build. The show is bound to yield plenty of announcements and surprising reveals from companies, like Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Bethesda, Square Enix, and more. To prepare you for the upcoming event, we've created multiple features on the biggest games we're likely to hear more about at E3, detailing everything we know so far about them and everything we'd love to hear. Below you can find a list of all th
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 At E3 2018: What We Know And Want

  07-06-2018 20:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Rockstar Games doesn't usually have a large presence at E3; it tends to announce details about its latest games on its own schedule. But seeing as Red Dead Redemption II is only a few months away, it's possible we'll hear more about the upcoming open-world Western at this year's big event. To prepare for what's ahead, let's break down what we already know about Red Dead Redemption II, and what we're hoping to see at E3 2018.What We Know So FarRed Dead Redemption II was revealed on October 20, 20
  
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• NASA rover data shows Mars had the ingredients needed for life

  07-06-2018 20:08 via yahoo.com
  A NASA rover has detected a bonanza of organic compounds on the surface of Mars and seasonal fluctuations of atmospheric methane in findings released on Thursday that mark some of the strongest evidence ever that Earth's neighbor may have harbored life.Three different types of organic molecules were discovered when the rover dug just 2 inches (5 cm) into roughly 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone, a fine-grained sedimentary rock, at Gale crater, apparently the site of a large lake when ancient Mars w
  
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• German police seek fugitive Iraqi over killing of girl, 14

  07-06-2018 20:00 via yahoo.com
  BERLIN (AP) — German authorities investigating the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl said Thursday they are seeking a fugitive Iraqi asylum-seeker, but released a Turkish suspect in the latest high-profile criminal case involving migrants.
  
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• Appeals court allows review for Texas inmate who ate his eye

  07-06-2018 19:59 via yahoo.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court said Thursday it won't consider whether the execution of a Texas inmate who removed his only eye and ate it in an outburst several years ago would be unconstitutional because he's mentally ill but will consider other questions in an appeal of his conviction for killing his estranged wife's 13-month-old daughter.
  
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• Hitman 2 Officially Announced; Will Be A Direct Sequel To Hitman

  07-06-2018 19:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Hitman 2 is official; publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment revealed the game during a pre-E3 stream on its site. We've learned a few details about the game. It will be a direct sequel to Hitman, but unlike the previous title, which featured regular updates to its story via live content, Hitman 2's story will be revealed all at once on the day of launch (though there will still be some additional DLC released over time). Check out the reveal trailer in the video above.Hitman 2 will fe
  
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• Sean Hannity suggests Mueller witnesses 'bash their phones to pieces'

  07-06-2018 19:45 via yahoo.com
  Sean Hannity is trying a new tactic in his attempts to derail special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.The Fox News host, who it is reported has replaced Melania Trump as the last person Donald Trump speaks to before he goes to bed each night, was responding to news that Mueller has asked some witnesses to turn in their phones in order to view messages on encrypted apps such as WhatsApp.
  
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• Hitman 2 Release Date, Co-Op Mode Revealed - GameSpot Daily

  07-06-2018 19:37 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of E3 2018, WB Games revealed the release date and co-op mode for Hitman 2, which hits PS4, Xbox One, and PC later this year.
  
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• E3 2018: Square Enix Press Conference Liveblog

  07-06-2018 19:37 via gamespot.com
  
  E3 2018 is almost upon us, and with it comes a wide array of press briefings. This year a new publisher is entering the mix, as Square Enix has announced its very own presentation to highlight its upcoming library. Among those are franchise heavy hitters like Kingdom Hearts 3 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider.We're hosting the livestream of the event here on GameSpot, but if you can't watch it for yourself, you can follow this liveblog instead. We'll make sure you're kept up-to-the-minute on all the
  
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• KFC To Test Vegetarian Fried Chicken Option In U.K.

  07-06-2018 19:33 via yahoo.com
  Someone alert the brigadier general ― the Colonel has gone rogue.
  
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• Michael Avenatti Calls For 'Absolute Pig' Rudy Giuliani To Be Fired After Comments

  07-06-2018 19:29 via yahoo.com
  Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti went after Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday
  
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• US suicide rate on rise: health agency

  07-06-2018 19:26 via yahoo.com
  The suicide rate across the United States has risen 30 percent since 1999, and nearly 45,000 people took their lives in 2016, officials said Thursday.Suicide presents a "growing public health problem," with significant increases in 44 of the 50 states, said the report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Earlier this week, American handbag designer Kate Spade, 55, took her own life, sparking renewed calls for mental health awareness and suicide prevention.
  
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• 3 More Rockstar Games Are Now Backwards Compatible On Xbox One

  07-06-2018 19:11 via gamespot.com
  
  The Xbox One backwards compatibility list is the gift that just keeps on giving. Three more games were just added to the Xbox program, each one published by Rockstar Games. Xbox One owners can start playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, and Rockstar Table Tennis right now.All three games are currently on sale on the Xbox marketplace for Xbox Live Gold members. So if you've been looking for an excuse to buy any of these games, there’s no better time like the pre
  
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• E3 2018: Bethesda Press Conference Liveblog

  07-06-2018 19:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda's E3 2018 briefing kicks off on Sunday, marking the third such presentation in a weekend chock full of them. We know that Rage 2 and Fallout 76 are on the docket. Both were announced just weeks before E3 and so far have been kept largely mysterious. Bethesda has promised its biggest showcase ever, though, so we expect to see more surprises in store.We're hosting the livestream on GameSpot, but if you can't watch that you can follow along with all the news here on our liveblog. We'll kee
  
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• Carrie Underwood Kisses Husband Mike Fisher After Winning CMT Award for Female Video of the Year

  07-06-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  PLUS: Blake Shelton takes home top honors after winning Video of the Year.
  
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• Immigrant Faces Deportation After Delivering Pizza To New York Army Base

  07-06-2018 18:30 via yahoo.com
  A New York City pizza deliverer who brought a pie to an Army base in Brooklyn
  
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• Las Vegas shooting: New CCTV video shows people running for their lives

  07-06-2018 18:29 via yahoo.com
  Las Vegas police have released footage from a camera positioned on top of the Mandalay Bay Resort recording during last October's mass shooting in the city - the deadliest in modern US history.The eerie video shows floodlights sweep the concert crowd before the shooting starts.The newly-released footage, provided more than eight months after the shooting, represents the fifth batch of records made public by the Las Vegas police department.
  
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• Suspected Los Angeles street race ends in massive crash ‘like Armageddon’

  07-06-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  A suspected street race in Los Angeles ended in a driver who may have been intoxicated crashing into several parked vehicles, authorities said.Police officers responded to reports of a collision involving street racing in the Reseda section of Los Angeles to find a scene of destruction after the drivers rammed into a number of parked cars.A Los Angeles Police Department official said that two people were in critical condition and local reports said three were injured in total.
  
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• Philadelphia 76ers President Resigns After Wife's Twitter Controversy

  07-06-2018 18:26 via yahoo.com
  The president of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, Bryan Colangelo, resigned on
  
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• Investigators say Tesla Autopilot sped up before fatal Model X crash

  07-06-2018 18:24 via yahoo.com
  Federal investigators said Thursday that a Tesla Model X traveling on Autopilot in California sped up before crashing into an highway barrier, killing its driver and striking two other cars.A preliminary report was made available by the National Transportation Safety Board detailing the moments before and after the March crash near Mountain View, California.In that report, investigators said the car's Autopilot system actually increased speed in the moments leading up to the crash and didn't att
  
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