Austin police, feds searching for ex-sheriff s deputy accused of killing 3, in Sunday s 2nd mass shooting
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Federal and local law enforcement were searching Sunday night for a former sheriff s deputy suspected of killing three people late Sunday morning in Austin, Texas. The suspect, Stephen Broderick, 41, was a property crimes detective for the Travis County sheriff s office until last June, when he resigned after being arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a child. After spending 16 days in jail last June, Broderick posted bail; Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza said his office filed a motion Sunday to revoke Broderick s $50,000 bond.
Watch NASA successfully fly a remote-controlled helicopter on Mars
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NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory successfully flew its remote-controlled helicopter on Mars early Monday. We can now say that human beings have flown a rotor craft on another planet, MiMi Aung, project manager for the Ingenuity helicopter, told her cheering crew after the data confirmed the test flight s success Monday morning. We have been talking so long about our Wright Brothers moment on Mars, and here it is!
Ingenuity, a solar-powered helicopter that landed on Mars on the belly of NASA s Perseverance rover, flew 10 feet into the air, hovered for about 20 seconds, then landed, JPL confirmed. Ingenuity s down-facing camera transmitted a black-and-white photo of its shadow on the Martian surface and Perseverance beamed back color video of the test flight. The proof-of-concept experiment proved that humans can fly aircraft remotely on planets with a tiny fraction of the Earth s atmosphere. A normal h
Trump s NSA general counsel Michael Ellis resigns, never having taken office
Former President Donald Trump s acting defense secretary had ordered NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone to accept Ellis appointment as general counsel, and Nakasone agreed days before Trump left office,
The Washington Post reported. The day Trump left the White House and Ellis was scheduled to start his new job, Nakasone placed him on administrative leave, citing a Pentagon inspector general investigation and inquiry into how Ellis handled classified information. The inspector general s investigation is still open, Nakasone told a House committee last Thursday. I have been on administrative leave for nearly three months without any explanation or updates, and there is no sign that NSA will attempt to resolve the issue, Ellis said in his resignation letter to Nakasone on Friday, the
John Oliver explains personal bankruptcy, how credit card lobbyists and lawyers make it much worse
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Bankruptcy, especially as portrayed by bankruptcy lawyers, promises a fresh start from your debts, John Oliver said on Sunday s
Last Week Tonight. Between 800,000 and 1.5 million Americans file for bankruptcy each year, and many worry that once the current pandemic assistance stops, more and more people will need the type of help bankruptcy offers. The process gives people a chance to dig out from under a mountain of debt, but it does hit your credit score, and it carries a completely misguided social stigma, he said.
This nursing student is leaving original paintings around Boston as gifts for strangers
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He s only been painting for five months, and already, Jake Garcia s art is becoming a collector s item.
The Boston resident is a nursing student at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services, but he recently discovered a love for painting. I just thought it would be really nice if you re walking down the street and you see this scene you really like and you look down and there was an oil painting of it, Garcia said. That would be really cool right?
He ran with the idea, and has left several of his original paintings in spots around Boston. I ll see something I like, I ll set up, I ll do a painting of it, and I ll do my best to leave it somewhere in the vicinity, Garcia told CBS Boston. He lets his Twitter followers know where they can look for his latest piece, and hopes that he also inspires people to pick up their own paintbrushes.