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The self-driving freight truck startup TuSimple has been carrying mail across the state of Arizona for several weeks.
UPS announced on Thursday that its venture capital arm has made a minority investment in TuSimple. The announcement also revealed that since May TuSimple autonomous trucks have been hauling UPS loads on a 115-mile route between Phoenix and Tucson. Continue reading “UPS Has Been Delivering Cargo in Self-Driving Trucks for Months And No One Knew”
In the second mass shooting in less than 15 hours, at least nine people were killed and 27 injured in 30 seconds early on Sunday after a gunman in body armor and wielding an AK-47-style assault rifle opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio, according to police.
Police confirmed Sunday afternoon the suspected gunman’s 22-year-old sister is among those shot to death. Continue reading “9 dead, 27 injured in Dayton shooting; suspect’s sister among victims”
The US military is conducting wide-area surveillance tests across six midwest states using experimental high-altitude balloons, documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reveal.
Up to 25 unmanned solar-powered balloons are being launched from rural South Dakota and drifting 250 miles through an area spanning portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri, before concluding in central Illinois. Continue reading “Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US”
Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of secret documents in 2013, has written a memoir expected to come out Sept. 17, his publisher said Thursday.
The publisher, Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, is releasing the book, “Permanent Record,” in the United States, though it will be published in more than 20 countries, including Britain and Germany, on the same date. A Metropolitan spokeswoman declined to say how much Mr. Snowden was paid. Continue reading “Edward Snowden’s Memoir Is Coming in September”
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A court on Thursday upheld the rape and sexual assault convictions and 263-year prison sentence of a former Oklahoma City police officer whose case has been watched closely by the Black Lives Matter movement and some conservatives.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously rejected appeals by Daniel Holtzclaw that included a lack of evidence, excessive sentence, prosecutorial misconduct, a “circus atmosphere” during his trial and a failure by the defense attorney to present an expert to offer an alternative explanation to how DNA of one victim wound up on Holtzclaw’s pants. Continue reading “Oklahoma court upholds sentence for ex-cop convicted of rape”
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A veteran deputy of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is accused of killing his wife during a fight over sex, according to new details from court records.
Deputy Renard Spivey, 63, is charged with murder. His wife, Patricia Spivey, 52, was shot to death at their home on Briscoe Street over the weekend. Continue reading “Deputy accused of killing wife during fight over sex”
Five Ohio police officers, including a commander, a lieutenant, a sergeant and two arresting officers, have been departmentally charged in connection with the arrest of porn star Stormy Daniels and two other women at a Columbus strip club last year.
Daniels — whose real name is Stephanie Clifford – was arrested by vice unit officers at the Sirens Gentleman’s Club on July 11, 2018, along with fellow strippers Miranda Panda and Brittany Walters, on suspicion of sexually touching a patron while on stage, police said at the time. Continue reading “5 Ohio police officers face punishment over arrest of Stormy Daniels at strip club”
Daily Beast – by Pilar Melendez
Handcuffed and pinned to the ground on the side of the road, Tony Timpa begged Dallas police officers more than two dozen times for help before he fell unconscious and died, according to newly released body-camera footage.
“You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me!” he continuously yelled. Continue reading “‘You’re Gonna Kill Me’: Body-Cam Footage Shows Cops Mocking Dallas Man as He Dies”
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Footage captured by a South Carolina deputy’s body camera shows the moment he shot and injured a homeowner last month, and the events that led up to and after the shooting.
The events in the video differ from the original account of the June 14 shooting that was reported by the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. In the video, the deputy shoots the man through the window of the Simpsonville house. Initially, the agency said the man was shot after he opened the door and pointed his gun at the deputy. Continue reading “South Carolina deputy shoots homeowner through window, body camera shows”
VERNON, New Jersey (WABC) — Animal activists are outraged after a police officer shot and killed a dog in New Jersey.
Police say residents complained about the dog’s behavior in Vernon. Continue reading “Police officer shoots, kills ‘aggressive’ dog in New Jersey”
An Indianapolis police officer is eating crow after accusing employees at a local McDonald’s of taking a bite out of his sandwich because he’s a cop. It turns out, it was the officer himself who sunk his teeth into the McChicken sandwich.
“The employee took a bite out of the sandwich upon starting his shift at the Marion County Jail, then placed it in the refrigerator in a break room. He returned nearly seven hours later having forgotten that he had previously bitten the sandwich,” the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to WTHR. “He wrongly concluded that a McDonald’s restaurant employee had tampered with his food because he is a law enforcement officer.” Continue reading “Police officer who accused McDonald’s staff of biting his sandwich for being a cop admits forgetting he ate it himself”
A massive police manhunt has been launched in a remote part of northern Canada for a pair of teenager double murder suspects.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been chasing Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, for weeks since the pair were connected to two separate killings in British Columbia earlier this month. Continue reading “‘Stay inside and lock your doors’: Tiny Canadian village on lockdown as teenage murder spree suspects spotted scavenging for food”