Gab B-ORG
appears O
to O
be O
losing O
investors O
after O
Pittsburgh B-LOC
shooting O

Gab B-ORG
, O
a O
social O
media O
platform O
popular O
with O
far-right O
extremists O
, O
appears O
to O
have O
lost O
more O
than O
three O
dozen O
small O
investors O
in O
the O
four O
days O
since O
a O
man O
posted O
on O
the O
site O
, O
" O
Screw O
your O
optics O
, O
I O
'm O
going O
in O
, O
" O
and O
then O
allegedlyburst O
into O
a O
Pittsburgh B-LOC
synagogue O
and O
opened O
fire O
, O
killing O
11 O
people O
and O
injuring O
six O
others O
. O

In O
the O
days O
since O
Gab B-ORG
rose O
to O
national O
prominence O
because O
of O
the O
violent O
and O
anti-Semitic B-MISC
postings O
made O
by O
accused O
shooter O
Robert B-PER
Bowers I-PER
, O
the O
site O
was O
taken O
down O
, O
and O
a O
count O
of O
its O
investors O
on O
a O
crowdfunding O
page O
has O
slowly O
declined O
. O

On O
the O
website O
StartEngine.com O
, O
Gab B-ORG
is O
soliciting O
investments O
of O
at O
least O
$ O
252 O
for O
" O
$ O
4/share O
of O
Class O
B O
Non-Voting O
Common O
Stock O
deliverable O
in O
token O
form O
( O
the O
' O
GAB B-ORG
Tokens O
' O
) O
. O
" O

A O
cached O
image O
of O
the O
page O
shows O
the O
fundraising O
drive O
, O
which O
began O
on O
Sept. O
19 O
, O
had O
at O
least O
$ O
1,068,484.87 O
from O
1,279 O
investors O
as O
of O
Saturday O
night. O

That O
day O
, O
as O
authorities O
and O
the O
media O
pored O
over O
Bowers B-PER
online O
life O
, O
his O
postings O
on O
Gab B-ORG
were O
exposed O
to O
the O
wider O
public O
; O
they O
included O
a O
photo O
of O
three O
handguns O
he O
called O
his O
" O
glock O
family O
, O
" O
and O
a O
bio O
in O
which O
he O
wrote O
, O
" O
jews O
are O
the O
children O
of O
satan B-PER
. O
" O

Since O
then O
, O
the O
number O
of O
investors O
on O
Gab B-ORG
's O
page O
has O
steadily O
decreased O
. O

As O
of O
Tuesday O
afternoon O
, O
Gab B-ORG
had O
$ O
1,036,620.87 O
in O
investments O
on O
the O
site O
, O
from O
1,240 O
people O
. O

While O
the O
investors O
who O
've O
apparently O
changed O
their O
minds O
appear O
to O
have O
removed O
about O
$ O
31,000 O
from O
company O
coffers O
, O
the O
timing O
of O
their O
decisions O
may O
be O
significant O
for O
Gab B-ORG
's O
future O
fundraising O
efforts O
. O

On O
Friday O
, O
the O
day O
before O
the O
Pittsburgh B-LOC
synagogue O
shooting O
, O
StartEngine B-ORG
posted O
on O
the O
page O
that O
Gab B-ORG
had O
met O
its O
fundraising O
goal O
of O
$ O
1,070,000 O
, O
meaning O
it O
would O
have O
access O
to O
the O
newly-raised O
funds O
. O

It O
is O
not O
clear O
if O
the O
sudden O
drop O
in O
investments O
below O
that O
threshold O
will O
affect O
Gab B-ORG
's O
access O
to O
the O
money O
. O

Emails O
and O
phone O
calls O
to O
StartEngine B-ORG
representatives O
on O
Monday O
and O
Tuesday O
were O
not O
returned O
. O

Attempts O
to O
contact O
Gab B-ORG
's O
founder O
, O
Andrew B-PER
Torba I-PER
, O
were O
unsuccessful O
. O

Gab B-ORG
launched O
in O
2016 O
as O
an O
alternative O
to O
larger O
social O
media O
platforms O
, O
such O
as O
Twitter B-ORG
and O
Facebook B-ORG
, O
which O
the O
company O
claims O
in O
an O
SEC B-ORG
filing O
" O
continue O
to O
crack O
down O
on O
'objectionable O
content O
' O
" O
and O
" O
censor O
conservative O
views O
. O
" O
In O
the O
same O
SEC B-ORG
filing O
Gab B-ORG
highlights O
the O
users O
of O
" O
conservative O
, O
libertarian O
, O
nationalist O
, O
and O
populist O
" O
sites O
, O
such O
as O
Breitbart B-PER
, O
Infowars B-PER
and O
Drudge B-PER
Report O
, O
as O
its O
target O
market O
. O

The O
company O
, O
which O
during O
a O
separate O
crowdfunding O
campaign O
in O
2017 O
managed O
to O
raise O
more O
than O
$ O
1 O
million O
, O
currently O
lists O
its O
corporate O
address O
with O
the O
SEC B-ORG
as O
being O
in O
an O
Austin B-LOC
, O
Texas B-LOC
apartment O
complex O
. O
But O
in O
filings O
in O
January O
, O
March O
and O
June O
this O
year O
Gab B-ORG
listed O
an O
address O
on O
Market B-LOC
Street I-LOC
in O
Philadelphia B-LOC
. O

The O
address O
is O
home O
to O
a O
location O
of O
the O
shared O
workspace O
company O
WeWork B-ORG
. O

A O
representative O
of O
WeWork B-ORG
said O
Gab B-ORG
never O
rented O
space O
there O
, O
but O
Torba B-PER
was O
briefly O
a O
" O
member O
, O
" O
without O
an O
office O
, O
at O
the O
location O
. O

Bolton B-PER
did O
n't O
know O
about O
Huawei B-ORG
CFO O
's O
arrest O
during O
Trump B-PER
, O
Xi O
meeting O
, O
spokesperson O
says O

National O
security O
adviser O
John B-PER
Bolton I-PER
did O
not O
know O
about O
the O
arrest O
of O
a O
top O
Chinese B-MISC
telecommunications O
executive O
before O
President O
Trump B-PER
met O
with O
Chinese B-MISC
President O
Xi B-PER
Jinping I-PER
at O
the O
G-20 B-MISC
summit O
in O
Argentina O
, O
a O
spokesperson O
for O
Bolton B-PER
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

Bolton B-PER
told O
NPR B-ORG
earlier O
Thursday O
he O
" O
knew O
in O
advance O
, O
" O
but O
his O
spokesperson O
said O
the O
comment O
referred O
to O
the O
briefing O
Bolton B-PER
received O
before O
news O
reports O
surfaced O
about O
the O
arrest O
. O

NPR B-ORG
asked O
Bolton B-PER
if O
Mr. O
Trump B-PER
knew O
about O
the O
arrest O
of O
Meng B-PER
Wanzhou I-PER
, O
Huawei B-ORG
's O
chief O
financial O
officer O
, O
before O
he O
met O
with O
Xi O
on O
Saturday O
. O

Bolton B-PER
answered O
" O
you O
know O
, O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
the O
answer O
to O
that O
. O

I O
knew O
in O
advance O
, O
but O
this O
is O
something O
that O
's O
, O
that O
we O
get O
from O
the O
Justice B-ORG
Department I-ORG
and O
these O
kinds O
of O
things O
happen O
with O
some O
frequency O
. O
We O
certainly O
do O
n't O
inform O
the O
president O
on O
every O
one O
of O
them O
. O
" O

But O
later O
in O
the O
day O
, O
Bolton B-PER
's O
spokesperson O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
that O
neither O
Bolton B-PER
or O
the O
president O
were O
aware O
of O
the O
arrest O
before O
the O
meeting O
. O

A O
White B-ORG
House I-ORG
spokesperson O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
that O
the O
president O
did O
not O
know O
about O
the O
arrest O
before O
his O
dinner O
with O
Xi O
. O

Meng B-PER
was O
detained O
by O
Canadian B-MISC
authorities O
in O
Vancouver B-LOC
on O
Dec. O
1 O
 O
the O
same O
day O
Mr. O
Trump B-PER
met O
with O
China B-LOC
's O
leader O
. O

Bolton B-PER
's O
spokesperson O
said O
the O
arrest O
transpired O
roughly O
around O
the O
same O
time O
the O
president O
was O
meeting O
with O
the O
Chinese B-MISC
delegation O
in O
Buenos B-LOC
Aires I-LOC
, O
and O
that O
Bolton B-PER
was O
briefed O
on O
the O
issue O
after O
returning O
to O
Washington B-LOC
earlier O
this O
week O
. O

Canadian B-ORG
Justice I-ORG
Department I-ORG
spokesman O
Ian B-PER
McLeod I-PER
confirmed O
her O
arrest O
on O
Wednesday O
, O
but O
said O
he O
could O
not O
provide O
further O
details O
on O
the O
case O
due O
to O
a O
publication O
ban O
imposed O
at O
Meng B-PER
's O
request O
. O

She O
has O
a O
bail O
hearing O
on O
Friday O
, O
he O
said O
. O

Huawei B-ORG
issued O
a O
statement O
saying O
Meng B-PER
was O
changing O
flights O
in O
Canada B-LOC
when O
she O
was O
detained O
" O
on O
behalf O
of O
the O
United B-MISC
States I-MISC
of I-MISC
America I-MISC
" O
to O
face O
" O
unspecified O
charges O
" O
in O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
. O
" O

The O
company O
has O
been O
provided O
very O
little O
information O
regarding O
the O
charges O
and O
is O
not O
aware O
of O
any O
wrongdoing O
by O
Ms. O
Meng B-PER
, O
" O
the O
statement O
said O
. O
" O
The O
company O
believes O
the O
Canadian B-MISC
and O
U.S. B-LOC
legal O
systems O
will O
ultimately O
reach O
a O
just O
conclusion O
. O
" O

The O
Wall B-ORG
Street I-ORG
Journal I-ORG
reported O
earlier O
this O
year O
that O
U.S. B-LOC
authorities O
were O
investigating O
whether O
the O
Chinese B-MISC
tech O
giant O
had O
violated O
sanctions O
on O
Iran B-LOC
. O

Canadian B-MISC
media O
also O
reported O
on O
Wednesday O
that O
the O
detention O
was O
likely O
linked O
to O
suspected O
U.S. B-LOC
sanctions O
violations O
. O

Huawei B-ORG
has O
said O
it O
complies O
with O
all O
laws O
and O
rules O
where O
it O
operates O
, O
including O
export O
controls O
and O
sanctions O
of O
the O
United B-LOC
Nations I-LOC
, O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
. O

As O
news O
of O
the O
arrest O
surfaced O
, O
lawmakers O
in O
Washington B-LOC
denounced O
Huawei B-ORG
for O
alleged O
links O
to O
China B-LOC
's O
communist O
leadership O
. O

Sen. O
Marco B-PER
Rubio I-PER
called O
for O
Meng B-PER
's O
extradition O
. O
" O
The O
arrest O
of O
Huawei B-ORG
's O
CFO O
by O
the O
Canadian B-MISC
government O
for O
potential O
violations O
of O
Iran B-LOC
sanctions O
is O
welcome O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
Huawei B-ORG
has O
direct O
ties O
to O
the O
Chinese B-MISC
government O
and O
Communist B-ORG
Party I-ORG
, O
has O
long O
posed O
a O
serious O
risk O
to O
U.S. B-LOC
national O
security O
. O
" O

Sen. O
Mark B-PER
Warner I-PER
, O
who O
wrote O
a O
letter O
alongside O
Rubio B-PER
to O
Canadian B-MISC
Prime O
Minister O
Trudeau B-PER
in O
October O
asking O
him O
to O
reconsider O
including O
Huawei B-ORG
in O
its O
country O
's O
5G O
network O
, O
urged O
the O
Trump B-ORG
administration I-ORG
to O
hold O
the O
Chinese B-MISC
telecommunications O
giant O
" O
accountable O
. O
" O

" O
There O
is O
ample O
evidence O
to O
suggest O
that O
no O
major O
Chinese B-MISC
company O
is O
independent O
of O
the O
Chinese B-ORG
government I-ORG
and O
Communist B-ORG
Party I-ORG
 O
and O
Huawei B-ORG
, O
which O
China B-LOC
's O
government O
and O
military O
tout O
as O
a O
'national O
champion O
, O
' O
is O
no O
exception O
, O
" O
he O
said O
" O
It O
has O
been O
clear O
for O
some O
time O
that O
Huawei B-ORG
, O
like O
ZTE B-ORG
, O
poses O
a O
threat O
to O
our O
national O
security O
. O
" O

Astronauts O
install O
cameras O
in O
spacewalk O

Two O
astronauts O
floated O
outside O
the O
International B-ORG
Space I-ORG
Station I-ORG
Thursday O
and O
installed O
two O
new O
cameras O
on O
the O
front O
of O
the O
lab O
complex O
that O
will O
provide O
views O
of O
commercial O
crew O
ships O
during O
final O
approach O
and O
docking O
. O

The O
spacewalkers O
also O
replaced O
a O
faulty O
high-definition O
camera O
and O
closed O
a O
door O
that O
was O
jammed O
open O
on O
an O
external O
instrument O
. O

Floating O
in O
the O
Quest O
airlock O
, O
Expedition O
56 O
commander O
Drew B-PER
Feustel I-PER
and O
Ricky B-PER
Arnold I-PER
switched O
their O
spacesuits O
to O
battery O
power O
at O
8:06 O
a.m. O
EDT O
( O
GMT-4 O
) O
, O
kicking O
off O
what O
turned O
out O
to O
be O
a O
six-hour O
49-minute O
excursion O
. O

It O
was O
the O
fifth O
spacewalk O
overall O
for O
Arnold B-PER
and O
the O
ninth O
for O
Feustel B-PER
, O
who O
now O
ranks O
third O
in O
the O
world O
, O
logging O
a O
total O
of O
61 O
hours O
and O
48 O
minutes O
across O
nine O
EVAs O
. O

The O
all-time O
record O
is O
held O
by O
Anatoly B-PER
Solovyev I-PER
, O
who O
logged O
78 O
hours O
and O
21 O
minutes O
of O
spacewalk O
time O
during O
16 O
excursions O
. O

Records O
aside O
, O
the O
major O
goal O
of O
U.S. B-LOC
EVA-51 O
was O
installation O
of O
two O
new O
cameras O
on O
the O
front O
of O
the O
forward O
Harmony O
module O
that O
will O
provide O
views O
of O
Boeing O
CST-100 O
Starliner B-MISC
and O
SpaceX B-MISC
crewed O
Dragon O
spacecraft O
during O
final O
approach O
to O
a O
new O
docking O
mechanism O
mounted O
on O
the O
port O
where O
space O
shuttles O
once O
attached O
. O

The O
new O
crew O
ferry O
ships O
are O
intended O
to O
end O
NASA B-ORG
's O
sole O
reliance O
on O
Russian B-MISC
Soyuz O
spacecraft O
to O
carry O
U.S. B-LOC
, O
European B-MISC
, O
Japanese B-MISC
and O
Canadian B-MISC
astronauts O
to O
the O
outpost O
, O
restoring O
American B-MISC
space O
transportation O
capability O
that O
was O
lost O
when O
the O
shuttle O
program O
ended O
in O
2011 O
. O

Development O
of O
the O
new O
crew O
ships O
is O
behind O
schedule O
and O
it O
's O
not O
yet O
clear O
when O
the O
first O
unpiloted O
test O
flights O
will O
be O
possible O
, O
but O
NASA B-ORG
hopes O
to O
begin O
operational O
crew O
ferry O
missions O
as O
soon O
as O
possible O
next O
year O
. O

The O
camera O
work O
required O
Arnold B-PER
and O
Feustel B-PER
to O
connect O
power O
and O
ethernet O
cables O
on O
a O
distribution O
panel O
on O
the O
Destiny O
lab O
module O
. O

Connecting O
the O
wires O
beneath O
a O
micrometeoroid O
panel O
, O
securing O
them O
and O
re-stowing O
the O
panel O
, O
proved O
time O
consuming O
, O
but O
the O
crew O
had O
no O
major O
problems O
. O

The O
astronauts O
then O
returned O
to O
the O
airlock O
, O
collected O
the O
new O
cameras O
and O
their O
mounts O
and O
moved O
up O
to O
the O
front O
of O
the O
station O
where O
they O
were O
installed O
and O
connected O
to O
already-routed O
cables O
. O
Live O
views O
from O
the O
cameras O
showed O
they O
were O
working O
normally O
, O
sending O
down O
sharp O
views O
of O
the O
Earth O
250 O
miles O
below O
. O

At O
that O
point O
, O
Arnold B-PER
and O
Feustel B-PER
split O
up O
. O

Arnold B-PER
climbed O
on O
the O
station O
's O
robot O
arm O
and O
replaced O
a O
high-definition O
camera O
and O
light O
assembly O
on O
the O
right O
side O
of O
the O
station O
that O
were O
not O
working O
properly O
. O

Feustel B-PER
, O
meanwhile O
, O
ventured O
to O
the O
far O
left O
side O
of O
the O
station O
to O
work O
on O
a O
payload O
mounted O
outside O
the O
Japanese B-ORG
Kibo B-ORG
laboratory O
module O
. O

The O
Cloud-Aerosol O
Transport O
System O
, O
or O
CATS O
, O
instrument O
was O
designed O
to O
study O
the O
atmosphere O
using O
a O
laser O
firing O
through O
a O
large O
aperture O
door O
. O

The O
instrument O
failed O
earlier O
, O
leaving O
the O
door O
open O
, O
and O
Feustel B-PER
manually O
closed O
it O
and O
wire-tied O
it O
in O
place O
so O
the O
instrument O
will O
fit O
aboard O
a O
SpaceX B-ORG
cargo O
ship O
later O
for O
disposal O
. O

Before O
calling O
it O
a O
day O
, O
the O
astronauts O
carried O
out O
two O
lower-priority O
" O
get-ahead O
" O
tasks O
and O
then O
returned O
to O
the O
Quest O
airlock O
, O
beginning O
repressurization O
procedures O
at O
2:55 O
p.m. O
to O
officially O
close O
out O
the O
six-hour O
49-minute O
spacewalk O
. O

" O
Hey O
, O
we O
're O
home O
, O
" O
one O
of O
the O
spacewalkers O
called O
from O
the O
airlock O
. O

More O
than O
120 O
astronauts O
and O
cosmonauts O
have O
now O
logged O
1,319 O
hours O
and O
29 O
minutes O
of O
spacewalk O
time O
during O
211 O
EVAS O
building O
and O
maintaining O
the O
International B-MISC
Space I-MISC
Station I-MISC
. O

Machines O
at O
Japan B-LOC
's O
World B-MISC
Robot I-MISC
Summit I-MISC
host O
TV O
shows O
and O
warn O
about O
smelly O
feet O

Tokyo B-LOC
is O
hosting O
the O
World B-MISC
Robot I-MISC
Summit I-MISC
this O
week O
and O
it O
's O
packed O
with O
the O
usual O
assortment O
of O
the O
practical O
, O
the O
weird O
, O
and O
the O
entertaining O
. O

When O
it O
comes O
to O
factory O
robots O
, O
Japan B-LOC
is O
king O
. O

More O
than O
half O
of O
all O
industrial O
robots O
sold O
last O
year O
were O
made O
in O
the O
country O
. O

The O
hazardous O
behemoths O
of O
old O
are O
getting O
kinder O
and O
gentler O
. O

Once O
corralled O
behind O
fences O
, O
factory O
bots O
are O
now O
working O
side O
by O
side O
and O
even O
collaborating O
with O
humans O
. O

" O
Lifting O
40-pound O
components O
is O
a O
real O
strain O
on O
human O
bodies O
. O
So O
robots O
do O
the O
heavy O
lifting O
and O
people O
do O
the O
light O
, O
complex O
work O
, O
" O
one O
developer O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
Lucy B-PER
Craft I-PER
. O

Modern O
robots O
now O
have O
a O
light O
enough O
touch O
to O
grab O
-- O
and O
delicately O
box O
-- O
potato O
chips O
. O

The O
world O
's O
first O
high-precision O
, O
tactile O
robot O
arm O
enables O
users O
to O
remotely O
sense O
what O
's O
being O
touched O
, O
even O
from O
3,000 O
miles O
away O
. O

Japan B-LOC
has O
long O
had O
a O
love O
affair O
with O
robots O
, O
and O
with O
its O
human O
population O
on O
the O
decline O
, O
it O
's O
no O
surprise O
robots O
are O
coming O
off O
the O
factory O
floor O
and O
taking O
a O
bigger O
role O
in O
everyday O
life O
. O

They O
're O
being O
tested O
in O
the O
notoriously O
short-handed O
nursing O
industry O
and O
helping O
monks O
perform O
funerals O
. O

They O
're O
also O
being O
mobilized O
as O
tour O
guides O
and O
as O
the O
ideal O
ping-pong O
partner O
, O
playing O
at O
any O
level O
. O

Robo-sniffer O
dogs O
keel O
over O
to O
warn O
their O
users O
about O
foot O
odor O
, O
and O
a O
pig-tailed O
bot O
tells O
users O
if O
their O
breath O
passes O
the O
smell O
test O
, O
taking O
the O
heartache O
out O
of O
halitosis O
. O

Even O
the O
banal O
chitchat O
of O
daytime O
TV O
has O
been O
creepily O
replicated O
by O
an O
android O
that O
appears O
eerily O
close O
to O
an O
actual O
celebrity O
. O

Whatever O
shape O
they O
're O
in O
, O
robots O
are O
grabbing O
attention O
like O
never O
before O
. O

Airports O
suggest O
making O
plane O
emoji B-MISC
less O
" O
crash-y O
" O

Airports O
and O
aviation O
enthusiasts O
across O
the O
country O
took O
to O
Twitter O
on O
Tuesday O
with O
a O
humble O
request O
: O
to O
make O
the O
plane O
emoji B-MISC
a O
little O
less O
" O
crash-y O
. O
" O

The O
Dallas-Fort B-LOC
Worth I-LOC
Airport O
Twitter B-ORG
account O
sent O
out O
an O
appeal O
to O
Unicode B-ORG
, O
the O
organization O
behind O
the O
nearly O
3,000 O
symbol O
emoji B-MISC
language O
, O
asking O
that O
the O
image O
of O
an O
airplane O
preparing O
to O
land O
not O
tilt O
nose-downward O
toward O
the O
runway O
. O

" O
Loving O
the O
new O
emojis B-MISC
, O
" O
they O
wrote O
, O
but O
added O
: O
" O
On O
behalf O
of O
Airport O
Twitter O
and O
pilots O
everywhere O
, O
we O
'd O
like O
to O
kindly O
request O
a O
re-angling O
. O
" O

Other O
airports O
around O
the O
country O
jumped O
in O
with O
their O
approval O
, O
using O
GIFs O
to O
show O
their O
support O
. O

We O
fully O
support O
this O
emoji O
correction O
. O

Thank O
goodness O
someone O
said O
it O
. O

In O
reality O
, O
commercial O
aircraft O
land O
on O
their O
back O
gear O
first O
and O
angled O
slightly O
upwards O
, O
the O
exact O
opposite O
way O
the O
plane O
is O
depicted O
in O
the O
emoji O
, O
said O
Craig B-PER
Civale I-PER
, O
the O
senior O
manager O
overseeing O
social O
media O
at O
Dallas-Fort B-ORG
Worth I-ORG
's O
airport O
. O

" O
That O
's O
a O
plane O
crashing O
, O
not O
a O
plane O
landing O
" O
Civale B-PER
said O
in O
a O
telephone O
interview O
with O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
, O
noting O
that O
the O
airport O
's O
tweet O
was O
just O
" O
tongue O
in O
cheek O
. O
" O

The O
emoji O
in O
question O
, O
which O
has O
the O
formal O
name O
" O
airplane O
arrival O
, O
" O
was O
introduced O
in O
2014 O
and O
was O
included O
in O
the O
first-ever O
universal O
emoji O
release O
, O
Emoji B-MISC
1.0 I-MISC
, O
in O
2015 O
, O
according O
to O
Emojipedia B-ORG
. O

While O
numerous O
tech O
giants O
like O
Apple B-ORG
, O
Google B-ORG
and O
Twitter B-ORG
have O
their O
own O
specific O
expression O
of O
the O
emoji B-MISC
, O
Emojipedia B-ORG
broadly O
defines O
it O
as O
a O
plane O
nearing O
a O
runway O
for O
landing O
, O
generally O
displayed O
from O
left O
to O
right O
, O
with O
its O
nose O
tilted O
toward O
the O
ground O
. O

Others O
outside O
of O
the O
aviation O
world O
have O
also O
noticed O
the O
design O
is O
n't O
quite O
right O
. O

In O
its O
description O
of O
the O
symbol O
, O
Emojipedia B-ORG
notes O
that O
a O
plane O
positioned O
toward O
the O
ground O
during O
landing O
" O
may O
result O
in O
a O
crash O
if O
attempted O
in O
the O
real O
world O
. O
" O

Each O
platform O
depicts O
the O
emoji O
slightly O
different O
. O

Samsung B-ORG
has O
one O
of O
the O
most O
exaggerated O
designs O
while O
WhatsApp B-ORG
's I-ORG
version O
appeared O
to O
be O
the O
most O
realistic O
. O

Burge B-PER
said O
he O
's O
received O
occasional O
feedback O
on O
the O
design O
, O
but O
it O
's O
not O
an O
emoji O
that O
gets O
frequent O
critique O
. O

" O
In O
the O
end O
it O
comes O
down O
to O
personal O
preference O
of O
whether O
an O
emoji B-MISC
should O
be O
prioritize O
real-world O
accuracy O
or O
conveying O
a O
concept O
, O
" O
Burge B-PER
said O
. O
" O
If O
it O
can O
do O
both O
, O
even O
better O
! O
" O

Voyager B-MISC
2 I-MISC
moves O
into O
interstellar O
space O

Eleven O
billion O
miles O
from O
Earth O
, O
NASA B-ORG
's O
long-lived O
Voyager O
2 O
probe O
, O
still O
beaming O
back O
data O
41 O
years O
after O
its O
launch O
in O
1977 O
, O
has O
finally O
moved O
into O
interstellar O
space O
, O
scientists O
revealed O
Monday O
, O
joining O
its O
sister O
ship O
Voyager B-MISC
1 I-MISC
in O
the O
vast O
, O
uncharted O
realm O
between O
the O
stars O
. O

Voyager B-MISC
2 I-MISC
moved O
past O
the O
boundary O
of O
the O
heliosphere O
, O
the O
protective O
bubble O
defined O
by O
the O
sun O
's O
magnetic O
field O
and O
electrically O
charged O
solar O
wind O
, O
on O
Nov. O
5 O
. O
The O
transition O
was O
marked O
by O
a O
sharp O
decline O
in O
the O
number O
of O
charged O
particles O
detected O
by O
the O
spacecraft O
's O
plasma O
science O
experiment O
, O
or O
PLS B-ORG
. O

The O
instrument O
has O
not O
detected O
any O
signs O
of O
the O
solar O
wind O
since O
then O
. O

Three O
other O
instruments O
measured O
corresponding O
changes O
in O
cosmic O
rays O
, O
low-energy O
particles O
and O
magnetic O
field O
strength O
. O

At O
Voyager B-MISC
2 I-MISC
's O
enormous O
distance O
from O
the O
sun O
, O
it O
took O
16-and-a-half O
hours O
for O
the O
data O
to O
make O
its O
way O
back O
to O
NASA B-ORG
's O
Jet B-ORG
Propulsion I-ORG
Laboratory I-ORG
in O
Pasadena B-LOC
, O
Calif B-LOC
. O

Voyager B-ORG
1 I-ORG
crossed O
the O
boundary O
of O
the O
heliosphere O
, O
a O
transition O
zone O
known O
as O
the O
heliopause O
, O
in O
2012 O
. O
But O
Voyager B-ORG
1 I-ORG
's O
plasma O
detector O
stopped O
working O
in O
1980 O
, O
and O
the O
new O
data O
from O
Voyager B-MISC
2 I-MISC
provides O
fresh O
insights O
into O
the O
nature O
of O
the O
boundary O
between O
interstellar O
space O
and O
the O
sun O
's O
magnetic O
and O
electrical O
influence O
. O

" O
Working O
on O
Voyager O
makes O
me O
feel O
like O
an O
explorer O
, O
because O
everything O
we O
're O
seeing O
is O
new O
, O
" O
John B-PER
Richardson I-PER
, O
principal O
investigator O
for O
the O
PLS B-ORG
instrument O
at O
the O
Massachusetts B-ORG
Institute I-ORG
of I-ORG
Technology I-ORG
in I-ORG
Cambridge I-ORG
, O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O
" O

Even O
though O
Voyager B-ORG
1 I-ORG
crossed O
the O
heliopause O
in O
2012 O
, O
it O
did O
so O
at O
a O
different O
place O
and O
a O
different O
time O
, O
and O
without O
the O
PLS B-ORG
data O
. O
So O
we O
're O
still O
seeing O
things O
that O
no O
one O
has O
seen O
before O
. O
" O

Voyager B-MISC
2 I-MISC
was O
launched O
in O
August O
1977 O
, O
16 O
days O
before O
Voyager B-MISC
1 I-MISC
, O
which O
explored O
Jupiter O
, O
Saturn O
and O
Saturn O
's O
large O
moon O
Titan O
before O
heading O
out O
into O
the O
depths O
of O
the O
solar O
system O
. O

Voyager B-MISC
2 I-MISC
flew O
past O
Jupiter O
, O
Saturn O
, O
Uranus O
and O
Neptune O
before O
it O
, O
too O
, O
left O
the O
realm O
of O
the O
major O
planets O
. O

" O
Voyager B-MISC
has O
a O
very O
special O
place O
for O
us O
in O
our O
heliophysics O
fleet O
, O
" O
Nicola B-PER
Fox I-PER
, O
director O
of O
the O
Heliophysics B-ORG
Division I-ORG
at O
NASA B-ORG
Headquarters I-ORG
, O
said O
in O
a O
NASA B-ORG
statement O
. O

" O
Our O
studies O
start O
at O
the O
sun O
and O
extend O
out O
to O
everything O
the O
solar O
wind O
touches O
. O
To O
have O
the O
Voyagers B-MISC
sending O
back O
information O
about O
the O
edge O
of O
the O
sun O
's O
influence O
gives O
us O
an O
unprecedented O
glimpse O
of O
truly O
uncharted O
territory O
. O
" O

While O
both O
Voyagers B-MISC
have O
now O
departed O
the O
sun O
's O
heliosphere O
, O
they O
are O
still O
inside O
the O
solar O
system O
as O
it O
's O
currently O
defined O
. O

That O
boundary O
is O
the O
outer O
edge O
of O
the O
Oort O
Cloud O
, O
a O
vast O
collection O
of O
rocky O
debris O
left O
over O
from O
the O
formation O
of O
the O
solar O
system O
4.6 O
billion O
years O
ago O
that O
is O
held O
in O
place O
by O
the O
sun O
's O
gravity O
. O

At O
its O
current O
velocity O
, O
it O
will O
take O
Voyager B-MISC
2 I-MISC
another O
300 O
years O
or O
so O
to O
reach O
the O
inner O
boundary O
of O
the O
Oort O
cloud O
and O
possibly O
30,000 O
years O
to O
move O
beyond O
it O
. O

XPrize B-ORG
of O
$ O
1.5M O
goes O
to O
couple O
who O
turn O
air O
into O
water O

LOS B-LOC
ANGELES I-LOC
- O
It O
started O
out O
modestly O
enough O
: O
David B-PER
Hertz I-PER
, O
having O
learned O
that O
under O
the O
right O
conditions O
you O
really O
can O
make O
your O
own O
water O
out O
of O
thin O
air O
, O
put O
a O
little O
contraption O
on O
the O
roof O
of O
his O
office O
and O
began O
cranking O
out O
free O
bottles O
of O
H2O O
for O
anyone O
who O
wanted O
one O
. O

Soon O
he O
and O
his O
wife O
, O
Laura B-PER
Doss-Hertz I-PER
, O
were O
thinking O
bigger O
-- O
so O
much O
so O
that O
this O
week O
the O
couple O
won O
the O
$ O
1.5 O
million O
XPrize B-ORG
For O
Water O
Abundance O
. O

They O
prevailed O
by O
developing O
a O
system O
that O
uses O
shipping O
containers O
, O
wood O
chips O
and O
other O
detritus O
to O
produce O
as O
much O
as O
528 O
gallons O
( O
2,000 O
liters O
) O
of O
water O
a O
day O
at O
a O
cost O
of O
no O
more O
than O
2 O
cents O
a O
quart O
. O

The O
XPrize B-ORG
competition O
, O
created O
by O
a O
group O
of O
philanthropists O
, O
entrepreneurs O
and O
others O
, O
has O
awarded O
more O
than O
$ O
140 O
million O
over O
the O
years O
for O
what O
it O
calls O
audacious O
futuristic O
ideas O
aimed O
at O
protecting O
and O
improving O
the O
planet O
. O

The O
first O
XPrize O
, O
for O
$ O
10 O
million O
, O
went O
to O
Microsoft B-ORG
co-founder O
Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
and O
aviation O
pioneer O
Burt B-PER
Rutan I-PER
in O
2004 O
for O
SpaceShipOne B-MISC
, O
the O
first O
privately O
financed O
manned O
space O
flight O
. O

So O
when O
Hertz B-PER
learned O
a O
couple O
of O
years O
ago O
that O
a O
prize O
was O
about O
to O
be O
offered O
to O
someone O
who O
could O
come O
up O
with O
a O
cheap O
, O
innovative O
way O
to O
produce O
clean O
fresh O
water O
for O
a O
world O
that O
does O
n't O
have O
enough O
of O
it O
, O
he O
decided O
to O
go O
all O
in O
. O

At O
the O
time O
, O
his O
little O
water-making O
machine O
was O
cranking O
out O
150 O
gallons O
a O
day O
, O
much O
of O
which O
was O
being O
given O
to O
homeless O
people O
living O
in O
an O
around O
the O
alley O
behind O
the O
Studio O
of O
Environmental O
Architecture O
, O
Hertz B-LOC
's I-LOC
Venice I-LOC
Beach I-LOC
, O
California B-LOC
, O
firm O
that O
specializes O
in O
creating O
green O
buildings O
. O

He O
and O
his O
wife O
, O
a O
commercial O
photographer O
, O
and O
their O
partner O
Richard B-PER
Groden I-PER
, O
who O
created O
the O
smaller O
machine O
, O
assembled O
The O
Skysource B-ORG
Skywater I-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
and O
went O
to O
work O
. O

They O
settled O
on O
creating O
little O
rainstorms O
inside O
shipping O
containers O
by O
heating O
up O
wood O
chips O
to O
produce O
the O
temperature O
and O
humidity O
needed O
to O
draw O
water O
from O
the O
air O
and O
the O
wood O
itself O
. O

" O
One O
of O
the O
fascinating O
things O
about O
shipping O
containers O
is O
that O
more O
are O
imported O
than O
exported O
, O
so O
there O
's O
generally O
a O
surplus O
, O
" O
said O
Hertz B-PER
, O
adding O
they O
're O
cheap O
and O
easy O
to O
move O
around O
. O
And O
if O
you O
do O
n't O
have O
wood O
chips O
to O
heat O
them O
with O
, O
coconut O
husks O
, O
rice O
, O
walnut O
shells O
, O
grass O
clippings O
or O
just O
about O
any O
other O
such O
waste O
product O
will O
do O
just O
fine O
. O

" O
Certainly O
in O
regions O
where O
you O
have O
a O
lot O
of O
biomass O
, O
this O
is O
going O
to O
be O
a O
very O
simple O
technology O
to O
deploy O
, O
" O
said O
Matthew B-PER
Stuber I-PER
, O
a O
professor O
of O
chemical O
and O
biomolecular O
engineering O
at O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Connecticut I-ORG
and O
expert O
on O
water O
systems O
who O
was O
one O
of O
the O
panel O
's O
judges O
. O

He O
called O
their O
water-making O
machine O
a O
" O
really O
cool O
" O
merging O
of O
rather O
simple O
technologies O
that O
can O
be O
used O
to O
quickly O
deliver O
water O
to O
regions O
hit O
by O
natural O
disasters O
, O
stricken O
by O
drought O
or O
even O
rural O
areas O
with O
a O
shortage O
of O
clean O
water O
. O

Hertz B-PER
and O
his O
wife O
are O
just O
starting O
to O
contemplate O
how O
to O
accomplish O
that O
. O

Theirs O
was O
among O
98 O
teams O
from O
27 O
countries O
who O
entered O
the O
XPrize B-ORG
competition O
. O

Many O
teams O
were O
bigger O
and O
better O
funded O
, O
while O
the O
couple O
mortgaged O
their O
Malibu B-ORG
home O
to O
stay O
in O
the O
game O
. O

At O
one O
point O
, O
they O
were O
told O
they O
had O
n't O
made O
the O
final O
round O
of O
five O
, O
but O
then O
one O
team O
that O
did O
dropped O
out O
-- O
and O
they O
were O
back O
in O
. O

" O
If O
you O
say O
we O
were O
the O
dark O
horse O
in O
the O
race O
, O
we O
were O
n't O
even O
in O
the O
race O
, O
" O
Hertz B-PER
recalled O
with O
a O
smile O
. O

He O
stood O
near O
a O
giant O
copy O
of O
the O
check O
in O
his O
office O
while O
his O
wife O
prepared O
to O
leave O
for O
a O
photo O
shoot O
and O
a O
visitor O
sampled O
a O
glass O
of O
their O
freshly O
made O
water O
. O

Now O
, O
though O
, O
they O
are O
in O
for O
the O
long O
, O
wet O
haul O
. O

" O
There O
's O
no O
restrictions O
whatsoever O
on O
how O
it O
's O
used O
, O
" O
Hertz B-PER
said O
of O
the O
prize O
money O
. O
" O
But O
Laura B-PER
and O
I O
have O
committed O
to O
using O
it O
all O
for O
the O
development O
and O
deployment O
of O
these O
machines O
, O
to O
get O
them O
to O
people O
who O
need O
the O
water O
most O
. O
" O

Queen O
rocker O
turned O
astrophysicist O
writes O
tribute O
to O
New B-ORG
Horizons I-ORG
mission O

Laurel B-LOC
, O
Md. B-LOC
We O
are O
getting O
our O
first O
good O
look O
at O
the O
most O
distant O
object O
ever O
explored O
 O
a O
piece O
of O
rock O
spinning O
way O
out O
in O
space O
. O

Fittingly O
, O
it O
took O
a O
rock O
star O
to O
help O
find O
it O
. O

The O
first O
clear O
image O
of O
Ultima B-MISC
Thule I-MISC
shows O
what O
looks O
like O
a O
celestial O
snowman O
, O
a O
frozen O
world O
1 O
billion O
miles O
beyond O
Pluto O
. O

It O
astounded O
the O
New B-ORG
Horizons I-ORG
science O
team O
, O
including O
astrophysicist O
Brian B-PER
May I-PER
. O

May O
, O
a O
Sir O
Isaac B-PER
Newton I-PER
look-alike O
, O
is O
also O
co-founder O
and O
lead O
guitarist O
of O
Queen B-ORG
, O
the O
iconic O
British B-MISC
rock O
band O
. O
He O
's O
a O
rocket O
scientist O
by O
day O
and O
rock O
star O
by O
night O
. O

" O
Different O
kind O
of O
rocks O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
It O
's O
amazing O
, O
and O
the O
whole O
trip O
with O
New B-ORG
Horizons I-ORG
is O
such O
a O
privilege O
for O
me O
. O
" O

May B-PER
wrote O
an O
anthem O
for O
New O
Horizon O
's O
flyby O
of O
Ultima O
Thule O
as O
a O
tribute O
to O
a O
glimpse O
beyond O
our O
solar O
system O
. O

" O
I O
did O
n't O
imagine O
that O
it O
could O
happen O
, O
" O
May B-PER
said O
. O

Now O
it O
has O
, O
and O
another O
one O
bites O
the O
dust O
. O

Wall B-ORG
Street I-ORG
to O
Tesla B-ORG
's O
Elon B-PER
Musk I-PER
: O
Get O
some O
help O

As O
Tesla B-ORG
struggles O
with O
the O
blowback O
from O
its O
surprising O
, O
and O
quickly O
retracted O
, O
proposal O
to O
go O
private O
, O
some O
investors O
are O
asking O
what O
was O
once O
unthinkable O
: O
Is O
it O
time O
to O
remove O
founder O
Elon B-PER
Musk I-PER
from O
the O
CEO O
spot O
? O

Cowen B-PER
and O
Co. O
analysts O
on O
Monday O
said O
they O
hoped O
recent O
events O
would O
inspire O
Tesla B-ORG
's O
board O
" O
to O
on O
a O
more O
operational O
CEO O
. O
" O
James B-PER
Albertin I-PER
of O
Consumer O
Edge O
Research O
told O
CNBC B-ORG
that O
Musk B-PER
's O
behavior O
created O
a O
" O
sideshow O
" O
that O
distracted O
from O
Tesla B-ORG
's O
real O
accomplishments O
. O
" O
He O
's O
clearly O
stretched O
too O
thin O
, O
" O
Albertin B-PER
said O
. O

" O
I O
give O
him O
credit O
for O
moving O
the O
industry O
toward O
full O
electrification O
in O
a O
way O
that O
would O
not O
have O
happened O
if O
Tesla B-ORG
was O
not O
there O
, O
" O
said O
CFRA B-ORG
analyst O
Efraim B-PER
Levy I-PER
. O
" O
But O
there O
's O
also O
the O
neuroticism O
, O
the O
unfiltered O
part O
. O
" O

In O
that O
, O
Musk B-PER
is O
similar O
to O
many O
founding O
CEOs O
. O

While O
entrepreneurs O
are O
great O
at O
imagining O
new O
products O
and O
turning O
them O
into O
reality O
, O
they O
're O
less O
effective O
at O
following O
the O
capitalist O
dictates O
of O
corporate O
governance O
. O

Musk B-PER
is O
often O
hostile O
to O
analysts O
and O
journalists O
, O
seems O
to O
tweet O
before O
thinking O
and O
displays O
a O
shocking O
candor O
in O
media O
profiles O
. O

He O
currently O
seems O
to O
be O
the O
opposite O
of O
an O
effective O
corporate O
leader O
. O

His O
actions O
have O
even O
drawn O
comparisons O
with O
Uber B-ORG
founder O
Travis B-PER
Kalanick I-PER
, O
who O
similarly O
courted O
controversy O
and O
was O
replaced O
last O
year O
by O
Dara B-PER
Khosrowshahi I-PER
. O

" O
Founders O
' O
attachment O
, O
overconfidence O
, O
and O
naive O
may O
be O
necessary O
to O
get O
new O
ventures O
up O
and O
running O
, O
but O
these O
emotions O
later O
create O
problems O
, O
" O
business O
professor O
Noam B-PER
Wasserman I-PER
wrote O
in O
the O
Harvard B-ORG
Business I-ORG
Review I-ORG
. O

His O
research O
, O
first O
published O
in O
2008 O
, O
found O
that O
more O
than O
75 O
percent O
of O
founders O
were O
replaced O
as O
CEO O
by O
the O
time O
their O
company O
went O
public O
. O

About O
the O
same O
portion O
resisted O
that O
change O
. O

As O
Tesla B-ORG
shifts O
from O
innovating O
on O
technology O
to O
shipping O
a O
mass-market O
car O
in O
huge O
quantities O
, O
that O
moment O
may O
be O
near O
. O

" O
The O
key O
question O
is O
whether O
[ O
Tesla B-ORG
] O
investors O
will O
continue O
to O
support O
a O
CEO O
who O
may O
potentially O
be O
involved O
in O
market O
manipulation O
and O
securities O
fraud O
as O
well O
as O
a O
company O
under O
SEC B-ORG
investigation O
, O
" O
the O
Cowen B-PER
analysts O
wrote O
. O

Musk B-PER
's O
series O
of O
tweets O
raises O
questions O
of O
" O
whether O
Elon B-PER
's O
behavior O
, O
management O
style O
, O
and O
operational O
ability O
are O
enough O
to O
take O
Tesla B-ORG
to O
the O
next O
level O
, O
" O
the O
note O
said O
. O

Still O
, O
the O
concept O
that O
Musk B-PER
might O
be O
replaced O
soon O
seems O
unlikely O
. O

Tesla B-ORG
's I-ORG
board O
reaffirmed O
its O
support O
of O
the O
CEO O
in O
a O
statement O
, O
and O
no O
replacement O
appears O
to O
be O
in O
the O
wings O
. O

Even O
though O
Musk B-PER
's O
pay O
agreement O
with O
Tesla B-ORG
allows O
for O
him O
to O
step O
down O
as O
CEO O
while O
remaining O
involved O
in O
the O
product O
, O
analysts O
agree O
that O
it O
would O
look O
terrible O
. O

" O
Anything O
hindering O
Elon B-PER
's O
involvement O
with O
the O
company O
, O
I O
think O
, O
would O
hurt O
the O
retail O
investor O
, O
since O
it O
hurts O
the O
mystique O
of O
the O
company O
, O
" O
said O
Cowan B-PER
analyst O
Jeffrey B-PER
Osborne I-PER
. O

CFRA B-ORG
's O
Levy B-PER
, O
who O
lowered O
Tesla O
's O
target O
share O
price O
this O
week O
, O
nonetheless O
said O
he O
expected O
Musk B-PER
to O
remain O
CEO O
, O
given O
" O
the O
unique O
investor O
support O
TSLA B-ORG
and O
Elon B-PER
Musk I-PER
receive O
. O
" O

What O
many O
are O
calling O
for O
, O
however O
, O
is O
a O
No. O
2 O
to O
Musk B-PER
: O
A O
chief O
operating O
officer O
or O
other O
operationally O
minded O
leader O
who O
could O
steer O
Tesla B-ORG
and O
free O
Musk B-PER
to O
concentrate O
on O
big-picture O
strategies O
. O

Musk B-PER
has O
such O
a O
leader O
at O
SpaceX B-ORG
in O
the O
form O
of O
the O
company O
's O
president O
and O
COO O
, O
Gwynne B-PER
Shotwell I-PER
. O

Having O
a O
counterpart O
at O
Tesla O
would O
take O
some O
pressure O
off O
Musk B-PER
. O

But O
some O
question O
how O
long O
a O
COO O
could O
last O
given O
Musk B-PER
's O
famously O
micromanaging O
style O
and O
hard-driving O
, O
sleeping-on-the-factory-floor O
tendencies O
. O

" O
To O
me O
, O
it O
would O
be O
like O
being O
chief O
of O
staff O
in O
the O
Trump B-ORG
White I-ORG
House I-ORG
, O
" O
CFRA B-ORG
's O
Levy B-PER
said O
. O
" O
It O
does O
n't O
have O
the O
full O
power O
that O
normally O
comes O
with O
the O
position O
. O
" O

Tesla B-PER
's O
board O
has O
said O
it O
fully O
supports O
Musk B-PER
and O
told O
The O
Washington B-ORG
Post I-ORG
it O
's O
not O
actively O
searching O
for O
a O
day-to-day O
operations O
head O
. O

Wall B-ORG
Street I-ORG
seems O
to O
agree O
that O
any O
movement O
on O
that O
front O
would O
need O
to O
come O
from O
Musk B-PER
himself O
-- O
and O
there O
has O
n't O
been O
any O
active O
movement O
on O
that O
front O
. O

In O
the O
interim O
, O
Musk B-PER
wo O
n't O
lack O
for O
advice O
on O
how O
to O
relieve O
some O
of O
the O
pressure O
. O

Wellness O
guru O
Arianna B-PER
Huffington I-PER
urged O
him O
recently O
to O
sleep O
more O
. O

Musk B-PER
countered O
that O
working O
less O
than O
his O
120-hour O
week O
is O
not O
an O
option O
. O

CFRA B-ORG
's O
Levy B-PER
had O
a O
simpler O
suggestion O
: O
" O
Tweet O
less O
. O
" O

" O
Fortnite O
" O
gamer O
arrested O
after O
allegedly O
assaulting O
wife O
on O
live O
stream O

A O
popular O
" O
Fortnite O
" O
player O
in O
Australia B-LOC
was O
arrested O
and O
charged O
with O
assaulting O
his O
wife O
on O
Sunday O
after O
thousands O
of O
online O
viewers O
witnessed O
the O
apparent O
violent O
incident O
while O
he O
was O
live O
streaming O
, O
according O
to O
Network B-MISC
10 I-MISC
, O
a O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
partner O
. O

Luke B-PER
Munday I-PER
, O
a O
26-year-old O
gamer O
who O
goes O
by O
the O
handle O
MrDeathMoth B-PER
, O
is O
accused O
of O
assaulting O
his O
wife O
, O
who O
is O
four O
months O
pregnant O
with O
his O
third O
child O
. O

In O
the O
video O
, O
she O
asks O
him O
to O
stop O
playing O
" O
Fortnite O
" O
to O
eat O
dinner O
when O
he O
leaves O
his O
chair O
and O
shouts O
back O
, O
" O
Stop O
, O
please O
! O
" O
What O
sounds O
like O
a O
slap O
can O
be O
heard O
and O
the O
woman O
begins O
crying O
. O

" O
You O
hear O
that O
, O
all O
you O
people O
out O
there O
? O
He O
just O
hit O
me O
in O
the O
face O
, O
" O
the O
woman O
says O
in O
the O
video O
. O

Viewers O
on O
the O
streaming O
site O
Twitch B-ORG
reportedly O
alerted O
police O
, O
who O
arrested O
Munday B-PER
at O
his O
Oran B-LOC
Park I-LOC
residence O
in O
southwest O
Sydney B-LOC
. O

The O
woman O
was O
not O
seriously O
injured O
but O
told O
police O
she O
was O
" O
distressed O
" O
and O
" O
shaken O
, O
" O
according O
to O
Network B-MISC
10 I-MISC
. O

Police O
said O
two O
young O
girls O
were O
at O
the O
home O
when O
the O
incident O
occurred O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
very O
grateful O
to O
those O
people O
, O
because O
I O
can O
see O
the O
community O
is O
showing O
that O
they O
care O
. O

Especially O
, O
believe O
it O
or O
not O
, O
most O
of O
them O
were O
men O
, O
" O
the O
victim O
's O
mother O
told O
Network B-MISC
10 I-MISC
. O
" O
As O
far O
as O
I O
'm O
concerned O
, O
he O
should O
not O
be O
around O
children O
. O
He O
should O
not O
have O
access O
to O
children O
and O
he O
should O
not O
be O
around O
a O
woman O
. O
" O

Munday B-PER
was O
charged O
with O
assault O
and O
granted O
bail O
, O
according O
to O
Network B-MISC
10 I-MISC
. O

He O
is O
scheduled O
to O
appear O
in O
a O
local O
courthouse O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Kimberley B-PER
Soekov I-PER
contributed O
to O
this O
report O
. O

Tastemaker O
: O
Food O
designer O
Sarah B-PER
Masoni I-PER
's O
million-dollar O
palate O

Although O
the O
bird O
might O
disagree O
, O
few O
Thanksgiving O
turkeys O
have O
been O
so O
lucky O
as O
the O
one O
being O
prepared O
by O
Sarah B-PER
Masoni I-PER
. O

With O
her O
, O
any O
food O
, O
from O
fig O
to O
fowl O
, O
is O
destined O
for O
gastronomic O
greatness O
. O

She O
's O
an O
alchemist O
of O
taste O
. O

Just O
consider O
her O
butter O
, O
mixed O
with O
rosemary O
, O
sage O
, O
and O
garlic O
, O
that O
she O
puts O
under O
the O
turkey O
's O
skin O
 O
and O
that O
's O
only O
after O
her O
turkey O
has O
taken O
a O
36-hour O
dip O
in O
her O
citrusy O
brine O
. O

Finally O
, O
to O
add O
one O
more O
savory O
note O
, O
she O
weaves O
a O
blanket O
of O
bacon O
on O
top O
. O
" O
All O
of O
the O
bacon O
fat O
is O
going O
to O
go O
down O
through O
the O
turkey O
and O
give O
it O
a O
whole O
different O
layer O
of O
flavor O
, O
" O
she O
told O
correspondent O
Lee B-PER
Cowan I-PER
. O

Masoni B-PER
was O
n't O
just O
getting O
a O
head O
start O
on O
Thanksgiving O
; O
she O
was O
demonstrating O
her O
job O
as O
a O
" O
food O
designer O
, O
" O
at O
Oregon B-ORG
State I-ORG
University I-ORG
's I-ORG
gleaming O
Food O
Innovation O
Center O
. O

Hundreds O
have O
paid O
big O
dollars O
to O
get O
Masoni B-PER
's O
culinary O
counsel O
, O
making O
sure O
their O
new O
food O
products O
are O
both O
safe O
and O
sumptuous O
. O

Sampling O
a O
smoked O
sea O
salt O
& O
juniper O
white O
fish O
jerky O
, O
she O
said O
, O
" O
There O
's O
actually O
a O
floral O
note O
to O
this O
product O
. O

A O
food O
science O
background O
gives O
her O
the O
technical O
knowledge O
to O
do O
what O
she O
does O
, O
but O
she O
has O
a O
physical O
attribute O
, O
too O
. O
" O
I O
knew O
there O
was O
something O
different O
about O
my O
tongue O
, O
but O
I O
mean O
, O
most O
people O
do O
n't O
spend O
a O
lot O
of O
time O
looking O
at O
their O
tongue O
! O
" O
she O
laughed O
. O

Her O
tastes O
buds O
, O
she O
says O
, O
are O
actually O
bigger O
and O
better O
than O
most O
, O
giving O
her O
what O
the O
New O
York O
Times O
called O
a O
" O
million O
dollar O
palate O
. O
" O

J. B-PER
Perry I-PER
is O
a O
chef O
who O
was O
hoping O
to O
get O
some O
advice O
on O
his O
new O
line O
of O
salad O
dressings O
 O
and O
he O
got O
a O
mouthful O
from O
Masoni B-PER
. O

Sampling O
his O
creation O
, O
Masoni B-PER
remarked O
, O
" O
It O
's O
bitter O
. O
You O
have O
too O
much O
mustard O
. O
" O

" O
She O
's O
done O
this O
for O
so O
long O
, O
she O
can O
detect O
every O
little O
nuance O
of O
flavor O
, O
" O
Perry B-PER
said O
. O

At O
Portland O
's O
Salt O
& O
Straw O
Ice O
Cream O
, O
you O
can O
get O
all O
manner O
of O
flavors O
, O
including O
one O
that O
tastes O
like O
sweet O
potato O
casserole O
, O
or O
cranberry O
sauce O
. O

Head O
ice O
cream O
maker O
Tyler B-ORG
Malek I-ORG
worked O
with O
Masoni B-ORG
for O
months O
. O

He O
says O
few O
people O
can O
turn O
such O
complicated O
flavors O
into O
reality O
. O

" O
We O
spent O
the O
first O
six O
months O
of O
our O
company O
right O
there O
beside O
her O
, O
" O
Malek B-PER
said O
. O
" O
If O
we O
had O
technical O
issues O
, O
like O
the O
caramel O
melting O
in O
with O
the O
cream O
, O
we O
could O
game O
plan O
on O
different O
techniques O
. O
And O
I O
think O
that O
that O
's O
an O
amazing O
talent O
. O
" O

It O
's O
that O
kind O
of O
praise O
from O
her O
clients O
that O
sometimes O
brings O
Masoni B-PER
to O
tears O
. O

Cowan B-PER
asked O
, O
" O
Why O
is O
that O
so O
emotional O
? O
" O

" O
Well O
, O
I O
do O
n't O
want O
to O
be O
on O
TV O
crying O
! O
" O
she O
replied O
. O
" O
When O
I O
put O
my O
heart O
into O
a O
food O
product O
and O
it O
's O
successful O
, O
it O
brings O
great O
joy O
. O
" O

Her O
emotional O
connection O
with O
food O
is O
as O
sweet O
as O
her O
ingredients O
. O

And O
when O
it O
came O
to O
the O
moment O
of O
truth O
for O
her O
turkey O
, O
bringing O
the O
bird O
out O
of O
the O
smoker O
in O
all O
its O
browned O
bacon O
goodness O
, O
there O
was O
nothing O
left O
for O
Sarah B-PER
Masoni I-PER
to O
do O
but O
her O
job O
. O

" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
investigation O
goes O
inside O
the O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
, O
leads O
to O
the O
disruption O
of O
four O
potential O
murder O
plots O

" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
explores O
the O
alarming O
world O
of O
murder-for-hire O
on O
the O
mysterious O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
and O
exposes O
an O
international O
criminal O
organization O
in O
a O
hunt O
for O
a O
self-described O
murder O
mastermind O
simply O
named O
Yura B-PER
in O
" O
Click O
for O
a O
Killer O
, O
" O
the O
two-hour O
season O
premiere O
airing O
Saturday O
, O
Sept. O
29 O
at O
9/8c O
on O
CBS B-MISC
. O

During O
the O
six-month O
investigation O
, O
which O
covered O
30,000 O
miles O
, O
correspondent O
Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
and O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
uncovered O
solid O
information O
that O
led O
law O
enforcement O
to O
arrest O
people O
in O
four O
separate O
cases O
who O
were O
allegedly O
willing O
to O
pay O
to O
have O
someone O
killed O
. O

" O
Never O
in O
my O
journalistic O
career O
have O
I O
ever O
been O
involved O
in O
a O
murder O
investigation O
that O
led O
us O
to O
prevent O
other O
future O
potential O
killings O
, O
" O
reports O
Van B-PER
Sant I-PER
. O

The O
investigation O
reveals O
how O
anyone O
with O
money O
, O
a O
computer O
and O
the O
right O
software O
can O
find O
websites O
advertising O
hit O
men O
for O
hire O
with O
the O
same O
ease O
as O
they O
buy O
a O
book O
from O
Amazon B-ORG
. O

" O
There O
are O
people O
around O
the O
world O
in O
danger O
, O
" O
says O
Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
, O
an O
eccentric O
, O
white O
hat O
computer O
hacker O
determined O
to O
bust O
murder-for-hire O
plots O
online O
. O

" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
learned O
of O
Yura B-PER
, O
the O
unknown O
person O
behind O
an O
alleged O
hit O
man-for-hire O
organization O
, O
while O
investigating O
a O
shooting O
death O
in O
the O
Midwest B-LOC
. O

" O
Yura B-PER
is O
the O
owner O
of O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
and O
subsequent O
websites O
that O
are O
the O
most O
profitable O
group O
of O
murder-for-hire O
sites O
that O
have O
ever O
existed O
, O
" O
says O
writer O
Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
, O
who O
is O
a O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
consultant O
. O

The O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
, O
Ormsby B-PER
explains O
, O
is O
a O
name O
given O
to O
a O
group O
of O
websites O
that O
ca O
n't O
be O
accessed O
using O
normal O
search O
engines O
. O

Once O
inside O
, O
Ormsby B-PER
says O
users O
can O
find O
anything O
from O
advertisements O
for O
weapons O
, O
pornography O
and O
even O
killers O
. O

" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
contacts O
Yura B-PER
, O
who O
refuses O
to O
give O
his O
location O
. O

At O
one O
point O
, O
he O
agrees O
to O
meet O
Van B-PER
Sant I-PER
in O
London B-LOC
, O
though O
Yura B-PER
backs O
out O
at O
the O
last O
minute O
. O

But O
then O
in O
a O
puzzling O
turn O
, O
Yura B-PER
begins O
to O
share O
the O
names O
of O
potential O
hit O
targets O
with O
" O
48 O
Hours O
, O
" O
essentially O
turning O
on O
the O
customers O
that O
have O
paid O
him O
thousands O
of O
dollars O
in O
untraceable O
bitcoin B-MISC
to O
have O
someone O
killed O
. O

" O
This O
is O
another O
target O
, O
" O
Yura B-PER
writes O
in O
a O
message O
to O
" O
48 O
Hours O
. O
" O
" O
You O
can O
contact O
her O
, O
and O
save O
her O
& O
" O

Given O
the O
specificity O
of O
the O
information O
and O
with O
lives O
potentially O
at O
stake O
, O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
immediately O
shares O
details O
with O
law O
enforcement O
. O

One O
of O
the O
targets O
Yura B-PER
identified O
was O
Sydney B-PER
Minor I-PER
, O
a O
22-year-old O
single O
mother O
in O
Tennessee B-LOC
. O

After O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
contacts O
authorities O
, O
Minor B-PER
is O
informed O
of O
the O
plot O
. O

She O
reveals O
the O
emotional O
details O
in O
an O
interview O
with O
" O
48 O
Hours O
. O
" O

" O
It O
was O
terrifying O
, O
" O
S-PER B-PER
says O
. O
" O
I O
'm O
just O
grateful O
& O
if O
it O
was O
n't O
for O
'48 O
Hours O
there O
would O
have O
been O
a O
funeral O
. O
" O

In O
yet O
another O
twist O
, O
Monteiro B-PER
, O
too O
, O
begins O
supplying O
tips O
about O
potential O
hits O
to O
" O
48 O
Hours O
, O
" O
saying O
he O
has O
backdoor O
access O
to O
Yura B-PER
's O
website O
. O

Those O
tips O
reveal O
alleged O
murder O
plots O
in O
Iran B-LOC
, O
Taiwan B-LOC
and O
Singapore B-LOC
, O
among O
other O
places O
. O

After O
conducting O
their O
own O
investigations O
, O
Monteiro B-PER
and O
Ormsby B-PER
raise O
questions O
about O
whether O
Yura B-PER
is O
running O
a O
real O
murder-for-hire O
site O
or O
just O
swindling O
people O
out O
of O
money O
. O

Authorities O
are O
n't O
sure O
either O
. O

" O
This O
is O
really O
an O
emerging O
technology O
, O
" O
says O
Dan B-PER
Dow I-PER
, O
District O
Attorney O
of O
San B-LOC
Luis I-LOC
Obispo I-LOC
County I-LOC
in O
California B-LOC
. O

" O
I O
think O
we O
're O
really O
trying O
to O
play O
catch-up O
in O
terms O
of O
law O
enforcement O
. O
" O

Who O
is O
Yura B-PER
? O
Where O
is O
Yura B-PER
? O
And O
can O
police O
intervene O
before O
someone O
else O
gets O
killed O
? O

Salesforce B-ORG
CEO O
calls O
for O
a O
national O
privacy O
law O

Amid O
continuing O
fallout O
from O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
massive O
user O
data O
scandal O
and O
increased O
scrutiny O
of O
how O
the O
tech O
industry O
handles O
consumers O
' O
information O
Salesforce B-ORG
CEO O
Marc B-PER
Benioff I-PER
is O
calling O
for O
a O
national O
privacy O
law O
in O
the O
U.S. B-LOC

" O
What O
we O
need O
is O
a O
national O
privacy O
law O
, O
and O
that O
will O
really O
not O
just O
protect O
the O
tech O
industry O
; O
it O
's O
going O
to O
protect O
all O
the O
consumers O
. O

Ultimately O
, O
it O
's O
going O
to O
protect O
our O
kids O
, O
which O
is O
really O
what O
this O
is O
all O
about O
because O
we O
know O
that O
all O
these O
companies O
are O
looking O
to O
bring O
kids O
into O
their O
social O
networks O
as O
well O
, O
" O
he O
told O
" O
CBS B-MISC
This I-MISC
Morning I-MISC
" O
on O
Wednesday O
. O

Salesforce B-ORG
, O
a O
cloud O
computing O
company O
that O
builds O
software O
to O
connect O
businesses O
with O
its O
customers O
, O
has O
30,000 O
employees O
and O
more O
than O
150,000 O
customers O
worldwide O
. O

It O
topped O
Fortune O
magazine O
's O
2018 O
list O
of O
the O
100 O
best O
companies O
to O
work O
for O
. O

Benioff B-PER
, O
who O
is O
also O
the O
company O
's O
founder O
and O
chairman O
, O
said O
his O
industry O
is O
going O
through O
a O
" O
significant O
crisis O
of O
trust O
. O
" O

" O
In O
some O
ways O
you O
can O
say O
Facebook B-ORG
has O
really O
become O
the O
new O
cigarettes O
in O
our O
industry O
. O

That O
is O
, O
it O
's O
a O
technology O
that O
is O
, O
yeah O
it O
's O
addictive O
, O
it O
may O
not O
be O
that O
great O
for O
you O
and O
it O
might O
be O
something O
that O
you O
might O
want O
to O
go O
back O
to O
. O

So O
, O
maybe O
this O
is O
a O
time O
where O
the O
government O
has O
to O
step O
in O
and O
regulate O
not O
just O
that O
product O
but O
really O
our O
industry O
. O
We O
're O
really O
at O
that O
point O
with O
technology O
, O
" O
Benioff B-PER
said O
. O

The O
influential O
Silicon B-LOC
Valley I-LOC
CEO O
pointed O
to O
Europe O
's O
General O
Data O
Protection O
Regulation O
law O
, O
or O
GDPR B-MISC
, O
which O
is O
set O
to O
go O
into O
effect O
later O
this O
month O
, O
and O
the O
proposed O
California B-MISC
Consumer I-MISC
Privacy I-MISC
Act O
of O
2018 O
as O
signs O
that O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
needs O
to O
get O
on O
board O
with O
federal O
privacy O
protection O
laws O
. O
So O
what O
would O
that O
regulation O
look O
like O
? O

" O
That O
would O
mean O
the O
companies O
would O
have O
to O
fully O
disclose O
how O
they O
collect O
your O
information O
, O
use O
your O
information O
, O
and O
you O
'd O
have O
a O
right O
to O
be O
forgotten O
so O
that O
if O
you O
want O
all O
your O
information O
deleted O
, O
you O
can O
hit O
that O
button O
and O
be O
assured O
that O
your O
data O
is O
gone O
forever O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

To O
hear O
what O
Benioff B-PER
had O
to O
say O
about O
the O
gender O
pay O
gap O
, O
watch O
the O
above O
video O
. O

" O
Far O
from O
an O
honest O
mistake O
" O
: O
Facebook B-ORG
accused O
of O
inflating O
ad O
data O

Advertisers O
in O
a O
class O
action O
lawsuit O
against O
Facebook B-ORG
say O
the O
social O
media O
giant O
committed O
fraud O
, O
knowingly O
inflating O
the O
amount O
of O
time O
users O
viewed O
videos O
by O
as O
much O
as O
900 O
percent O
for O
more O
than O
a O
year O
, O
causing O
businesses O
to O
spend O
more O
on O
ads O
than O
they O
otherwise O
would O
have O
. O

The O
allegations O
, O
which O
were O
first O
reported O
by O
The B-ORG
Wall I-ORG
Street I-ORG
Journal I-ORG
, O
arose O
in O
a O
filing O
unsealed O
Tuesday O
in O
northern O
California B-LOC
federal B-ORG
court I-ORG
. O

The O
small O
advertisers O
say O
the O
company O
's O
skewed O
numbers O
gave O
it O
an O
unfair O
advantage O
over O
its O
competitors O
, O
such O
as O
YouTube B-ORG
, O
LinkedIn B-ORG
and O
Twitter B-ORG
. O

The O
advertisers O
initially O
filed O
a O
lawsuit O
claiming O
Facebook B-ORG
engaged O
in O
unfair O
business O
practices O
in O
2016 O
. O
But O
after O
receiving O
tens O
of O
thousands O
of O
documents O
from O
Facebook B-ORG
in O
relation O
to O
the O
case O
, O
they O
amended O
their O
complaint O
to O
accuse O
the O
company O
of O
fraud O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
acknowledged O
in O
September O
2016 O
that O
its O
video O
metrics O
had O
been O
mistakenly O
inflated O
by O
between O
60 O
and O
80 O
percent O
, O
but O
the O
advertisers O
claim O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
internal O
records O
show O
it O
" O
was O
far O
from O
an O
honest O
mistake O
. O
" O
According O
to O
the O
lawsuit O
, O
the O
social O
media O
giant O
had O
in O
fact O
been O
misreporting O
numbers O
by O
" O
by O
some O
150 O
to O
900 O
percent O
. O
" O

" O
Facebook B-ORG
engineers O
knew O
exactly O
how O
the O
company O
was O
calculating O
its O
averages O
but O
did O
nothing O
about O
it O
for O
over O
a O
year O
, O
" O
lawyers O
for O
the O
advertisers O
wrote O
in O
the O
suit O
. O
" O
Facebook B-ORG
ignored O
reports O
from O
advertisers O
of O
aberrant O
results O
caused O
by O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
method O
of O
calculation O
. O
" O

In O
an O
email O
to O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
, O
a O
Facebook B-ORG
spokesperson O
disputed O
the O
advertisers O
' O
allegations O
. O

" O
This O
lawsuit O
is O
without O
merit O
and O
we O
've O
filed O
a O
motion O
to O
dismiss O
these O
claims O
of O
fraud O
. O

Suggestions O
that O
we O
in O
any O
way O
tried O
to O
hide O
this O
issue O
from O
our O
partners O
are O
false O
. O

We O
told O
our O
customers O
about O
the O
error O
when O
we O
discovered O
it O
 O
and O
updated O
our O
help O
center O
to O
explain O
the O
issue O
, O
" O
the O
spokesperson O
wrote O
, O
noting O
that O
the O
company O
has O
since O
implemented O
new O
measures O
to O
detect O
issues O
in O
its O
metrics O
reporting O
. O

Robert B-PER
Eglet I-PER
, O
whose O
Las B-MISC
Vegas-based I-MISC
law O
firm O
Eglet B-PER
Prince O
represents O
the O
social O
media O
marketing O
agency O
LLE B-ORG
One I-ORG
in O
the O
suit O
, O
countered O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
statement O
in O
a O
Wednesday O
afternoon O
phone O
call O
with O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

" O
I O
think O
the O
documents O
that O
we O
've O
unearthed O
pretty O
much O
refute O
that O
claim O
completely O
, O
" O
Eglet B-PER
said O
. O
" O
I O
mean O
that O
's O
just O
completely O
false O
. O
" O

Eglet B-PER
said O
the O
internal O
documents O
reviewed O
by O
his O
firm O
show O
Facebook B-ORG
employees O
ranging O
from O
engineers O
to O
" O
high-level O
" O
staff O
were O
aware O
of O
the O
inaccurate O
metrics O
before O
the O
company O
's O
announcement O
. O

He O
said O
the O
advertisers O
' O
law O
firm O
is O
planning O
to O
seek O
depositions O
from O
Facebook B-ORG
employees O
. O

" O
We O
do O
plan O
on O
deposing O
executive-level O
people O
, O
" O
Eglet B-PER
said O
. O

The O
advertisers O
cited O
internal O
documents O
in O
claiming O
that O
a O
Facebook B-ORG
engineering O
manager O
wrote O
in O
a O
June O
2016 O
email O
that O
" O
somehow O
there O
was O
no O
progress O
on O
the O
task O
for O
a O
year O
, O
" O
referring O
to O
the O
inflated O
metrics O
. O

In O
the O
meantime O
, O
the O
advertiser O
claim O
the O
company O
deployed O
a O
" O
'no O
PR O
" O
strategy O
to O
" O
obfuscate O
the O
fact O
that O
we O
screwed O
up O
the O
math O
. O
" O

That O
alleged O
obfuscation O
came O
at O
a O
time O
when O
the O
company O
's O
CEO O
and O
founder O
Mark B-PER
Zuckerberg I-PER
was O
particularly O
focused O
on O
the O
success O
of O
its O
video O
services O
, O
said O
Jason B-PER
Kint I-PER
, O
chief O
executive O
officer O
of O
the O
online O
publisher O
trade O
organization O
Digital B-ORG
Content I-ORG
Next I-ORG
. O

" O
Facebook B-ORG
was O
attempting O
to O
enter O
the O
video O
marketplace O
. O
At O
the O
the O
time O
Mark B-PER
Zuckerberg I-PER
said O
video O
was O
the O
number O
one O
priority O
for O
the O
company O
, O
" O
Kint B-PER
said O
. O

Kint B-PER
's O
organization O
had O
notified O
Facebook B-ORG
it O
intended O
to O
file O
an O
amicus O
brief O
in O
support O
of O
unsealing O
the O
fraud O
allegations O
shortly O
before O
the O
company O
told O
the O
court O
on O
Oct. O
4 O
that O
it O
would O
no O
longer O
demand O
they O
be O
kept O
private O
, O
he O
said O
. O

The O
advertisers O
allege O
the O
fraud O
took O
place O
at O
a O
time O
when O
Facebook B-ORG
was O
beset O
by O
a O
series O
of O
public O
embarrassments O
related O
to O
fake O
users O
and O
flawed O
metrics O
on O
the O
social O
network. O

In O
December O
2016 O
, O
the O
company O
announced O
that O
it O
undercounted O
the O
traffic O
of O
some O
publishers O
and O
for O
more O
than O
a O
year O
over-reported O
time O
spent O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
Instant O
Articles O
platform O
. O

It O
acknowledged O
issues O
affecting O
a O
range O
of O
metrics O
-- O
including O
ad O
reach O
, O
streaming O
reactions O
, O
likes O
and O
shares O
. O

And O
a O
scathing O
report O
on O
" O
disinformation O
and O
fake O
news O
" O
released O
in O
July O
by O
a O
U.K. B-LOC
Parliament B-ORG
committee I-ORG
called O
for O
increased O
oversight O
of O
social O
media O
companies O
and O
election O
campaign O
, O
citing O
" O
scraped O
" O
Facebook B-ORG
data O
used O
by O
companies O
associated O
with O
the O
successful O
" O
Brexit O
" O
campaigns O
and O
President O
Trump B-PER
's O
2016 O
run O
. O

The O
report O
said O
there O
was O
" O
a O
continual O
reluctance O
on O
the O
part O
of O
Facebook B-ORG
to O
conduct O
its O
own O
research O
on O
whether O
its O
organization O
has O
been O
used O
by O
Russia B-MISC
to O
influence O
others O
. O
" O

6 O
things O
to O
know O
about O
the O
ZTE B-ORG
trade O
dispute O

HONG B-LOC
KONG I-LOC
-- O
President O
Trump B-PER
injected O
fresh O
uncertainty O
into O
planned O
trade O
talks O
between O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
Chinese B-MISC
officials O
this O
week O
with O
his O
weekend O
social O
media O
musings O
that O
hinted O
at O
possibly O
easing O
up O
on O
sanctions O
for O
China B-LOC
's O
ZTE B-ORG
. O

Here O
's O
a O
closer O
look O
at O
the O
issues O
: O

It O
's O
a O
partially O
state-owned O
company O
based O
in O
the O
southern O
Chinese B-MISC
tech O
hub O
of O
Shenzhen B-LOC
, O
next O
door O
to O
Hong B-LOC
Kong I-LOC
, O
that O
makes O
cellphones O
and O
network O
switching O
and O
other O
telecommunications O
equipment O
. O

Last O
month O
, O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
Commerce O
Department O
banned O
it O
from O
buying O
U.S. B-LOC
technology O
or O
products O
for O
seven O
years O
after O
it O
misled O
regulators O
by O
failing O
to O
discipline O
employees O
involved O
in O
illegal O
exports O
and O
paying O
them O
bonuses O
. O

ZTE B-ORG
pleaded O
guilty O
and O
was O
hit O
by O
a O
$ O
1.19 O
billion O
fine O
after O
getting O
caught O
shipping O
cellular O
network O
equipment O
to O
Iran B-LOC
and O
North B-MISC
Korea I-MISC
in O
violation O
of O
U.S B-MISC
embargoes O
aimed O
at O
keeping O
sensitive O
technology O
away O
from O
hostile O
regimes O
. O

Last O
week O
, O
ZTE B-ORG
said O
it O
had O
suspended O
major O
business O
operations O
because O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
sanctions O
cut O
off O
supplies O
of O
needed O
components O
and O
technology O
. O

Catching O
many O
by O
surprise O
, O
on O
Sunday O
Trump B-PER
tweeted O
that O
he O
and O
Chinese B-MISC
President O
Xi B-PER
Jinping I-PER
" O
are O
working O
together O
to O
give O
massive O
Chinese B-MISC
phone O
company O
, O
ZTE B-ORG
, O
a O
way O
to O
get O
back O
into O
business O
, O
fast O
. O

Too O
many O
jobs O
in O
China B-LOC
lost O
. O
" O
Trump B-PER
said O
the O
Commerce O
Department O
was O
told O
to O
" O
get O
it O
done O
! O
" O

Hours O
later O
he O
tweeted O
that O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
China B-LOC
were O
working O
well O
together O
on O
trade O
, O
but O
it O
would O
be O
hard O
to O
work O
out O
a O
deal O
beneficial O
to O
both O
sides O
because O
" O
past O
negotiations O
have O
been O
so O
one O
sided O
in O
favor O
of O
China B-LOC
, O
for O
so O
many O
years O
. O
" O
He O
added O
, O
" O
But O
be O
cool O
, O
it O
will O
all O
work O
out O
! O
" O

During O
China-U.S. B-LOC
trade O
talks O
in O
Beijing B-LOC
earlier O
this O
month O
, O
Chinese B-MISC
officials O
sought O
help O
from O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
delegation O
in O
getting O
the O
ban O
on O
doing O
business O
with O
ZTE B-ORG
lifted O
. O

Those O
talks O
made O
little O
apparent O
progress O
. O
Sunday O
's O
comments O
are O
a O
confusing O
prelude O
to O
further O
talks O
in O
Washington B-LOC
this O
week O
aimed O
at O
resolving O
the O
worst O
trade O
dispute O
with O
Beijing B-LOC
in O
decades O
. O

The O
Chinese B-MISC
delegation O
, O
led O
by O
Liu B-PER
He I-PER
, O
President O
Xi B-PER
Jinping I-PER
's O
top O
economic O
adviser O
, O
is O
due O
to O
arrive O
on O
Tuesday O
, O
China B-LOC
's O
Foreign O
Ministry O
said O
. O

The O
tensions O
flared O
after O
the O
Trump B-PER
administration O
vowed O
to O
hike O
import O
duties O
on O
Chinese B-MISC
goods O
to O
try O
to O
even O
out O
the O
two O
countries O
' O
lopsided O
trading O
relationship O
, O
but O
they O
also O
reflect O
U.S. B-LOC
resistance O
to O
China B-LOC
's O
efforts O
to O
achieve O
tech O
dominance O
. O

The O
U.S. B-LOC
business O
ban O
is O
devastating O
for O
ZTE B-ORG
because O
the O
company O
relies O
heavily O
on O
U.S. B-LOC
technology O
and O
parts O
that O
are O
hard O
to O
source O
from O
elsewhere O
. O

U.S. B-LOC
suppliers O
of O
technology O
and O
components O
, O
such O
as O
computer O
chipmakers O
Qualcomm B-ORG
( O
QCOM B-ORG
) O
and O
Intel B-ORG
( O
INTC B-ORG
) O
, O
account O
for O
43 O
percent O
of O
the O
materials O
used O
in O
its O
Chinese-made O
handsets O
and O
networking O
equipment O
, O
according O
to O
tech O
research O
firm O
IDC O
. O

It O
's O
also O
an O
increasingly O
important O
market O
for O
ZTE B-ORG
, O
which O
is O
the O
fourth O
biggest O
smartphone O
vendor O
in O
the O
U.S. B-LOC

The O
U.S. B-LOC
government O
has O
long O
been O
suspicious O
of O
ZTE B-ORG
and O
another O
Chinese B-MISC
tech O
firm O
, O
Huawei B-ORG
. O

In O
2012 O
, O
the O
U.S. B-ORG
House I-ORG
Intelligence O
Committee O
said O
the O
companies O
posed O
a O
national O
security O
threat O
and O
advised O
regulators O
to O
block O
any O
of O
their O
mergers O
or O
acquisitions O
in O
the O
U.S B-MISC
. O

The O
sanctions O
on O
ZTE B-ORG
reflect O
those O
longer-term O
concerns O
and O
highlight O
the O
company O
's O
dependence O
on O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
for O
advanced O
technology O
. O

The O
sanctions O
against O
ZTE B-ORG
result O
from O
an O
investigation O
during O
former O
President O
Barack B-PER
Obama I-PER
's O
tenure O
. O

They O
were O
likely O
made O
harsher O
by O
prevailing O
trade O
tensions O
. O

ZTE B-ORG
says O
it O
does O
business O
with O
business O
with O
telecom O
providers O
, O
governments O
and O
corporate O
network O
clients O
in O
more O
than O
160 O
countries O
. O
Last O
year O
its O
revenues O
rose O
7.5 O
percent O
to O
108.8 O
billion O
yuan O
( O
$ O
17.2 O
billion O
) O
, O
as O
it O
swung O
to O
a O
4.6 O
billion O
yuan O
net O
profit O
from O
a O
net O
loss O
the O
year O
before O
. O

The O
company O
employs O
75,000 O
workers O
, O
including O
about O
30,000 O
in O
research O
and O
development O
. O

It O
has O
R O
& O
D O
centers O
in O
China B-LOC
, O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
, O
Europe B-LOC
, O
Japan B-LOC
and O
Canada B-LOC
. O

Kilauea B-LOC
opens O
new O
fissure O
, O
spews O
more O
lava O
and O
toxic O
gas O

PUNA B-LOC
, O
Hawaii B-LOC
-- O
A O
new O
fissure O
cracked O
open O
Thursday O
on O
the O
Island O
of O
Hawaii B-LOC
and O
others O
" O
reactivated O
" O
with O
new O
flows O
of O
oozing O
black O
lava O
, O
as O
noxious O
gas O
and O
ash O
became O
biggest O
immediate O
problem O
for O
residents O
around O
the O
Kilauea B-LOC
volcano O
. O

Hawaii B-LOC
County O
Civil O
Defense O
officials O
confirmed O
late O
Thursday O
afternoon O
local O
time O
that O
the O
21st O
fissure O
had O
opened O
in O
the O
Leilani B-LOC
Estates I-LOC
, O
and O
they O
urged O
residents O
there O
to O
" O
take O
necessary O
precautions O
" O
and O
" O
continue O
to O
be O
on O
the O
alert O
for O
volcanic O
fumes O
" O
of O
sulfur O
dioxide O
. O

The O
noxious O
gas O
, O
normally O
emitted O
at O
dangerous O
levels O
only O
from O
the O
volcano O
's O
Halemaumau B-MISC
Crater O
, O
was O
seeping O
at O
a O
greater O
rate O
from O
the O
fissures O
in O
Leilani B-LOC
Estates I-LOC
, O
a O
residential O
area O
of O
about O
four O
square O
miles O
in O
the O
Big O
Island O
's O
Puna B-LOC
district O
. O

The O
threat O
was O
significant O
enough O
, O
reports O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
correspondent O
David B-PER
Begnaud I-PER
, O
that O
some O
first O
responders O
were O
pulled O
back O
from O
their O
positions O
on O
Thursday O
to O
safer O
areas O
. O

" O
The O
sulfur O
dioxide O
has O
been O
very O
bad O
throughout O
Puna B-LOC
, O
" O
Talmadge B-PER
Magno I-PER
, O
Hawaii B-LOC
County O
Civil O
Defense O
administrator O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
affiliate O
Hawaii B-LOC
News O
Now O
. O
" O
Fortunately O
no O
( O
volcanic O
) O
vents O
opened O
up O
today O
, O
but O
this O
event O
is O
far O
from O
over O
. O
" O

Hawaii B-LOC
News O
Now O
reported O
that O
the O
concentration O
of O
gases O
was O
higher O
Thursday O
at O
least O
in O
part O
because O
light O
winds O
were O
n't O
pushing O
them O
offshore O
. O

Residents O
with O
respiratory O
problems O
had O
already O
been O
warned O
to O
stay O
indoors O
in O
the O
area O
on O
Thursday O
following O
an O
early O
morning O
ash O
cloud O
eruption O
at O
the O
Halemaumau B-LOC
Crater I-LOC
. O

The O
eruption O
at O
about O
4:30 O
a.m. O
local O
time O
failed O
to O
even O
wake O
up O
many O
residents O
as O
it O
was O
a O
non-explosive O
event O
, O
but O
a O
thin O
layer O
of O
ash O
did O
fall O
on O
areas O
west O
of O
the O
crater O
. O

It O
was O
not O
the O
big O
blast O
scientists O
have O
been O
warning O
could O
come O
from O
the O
crater O
any O
time O
, O
and O
that O
threat O
-- O
of O
an O
explosion O
that O
could O
produce O
flying O
boulders O
the O
size O
of O
cows O
-- O
remained O
unchanged O
late O
Thursday O
. O

The O
National B-ORG
Weather I-ORG
Service I-ORG
issued O
an O
ash O
advisory O
and O
then O
extended O
it O
through O
early O
evening O
, O
and O
county O
officials O
distributed O
ash O
masks O
to O
area O
residents O
. O

Several O
schools O
closed O
because O
of O
the O
risk O
of O
elevated O
levels O
of O
sulfur O
dioxide O
, O
a O
volcanic O
gas O
. O

The O
immediate O
risk O
health O
risk O
comes O
from O
ash O
particles O
in O
the O
air O
, O
said O
Dr. O
Josh B-PER
Green I-PER
, O
a O
state O
senator O
who O
represents O
part O
of O
the O
Big O
Island O
, O
also O
called O
Hawaii B-LOC
Island O
. O

Anyone O
with O
respiratory O
difficulties O
, O
such O
as O
asthma O
or O
emphysema O
, O
should O
limit O
exposure O
to O
the O
ash O
, O
Green B-PER
said O
. O

" O
People O
need O
to O
stay O
inside O
until O
the O
winds O
shift O
and O
the O
ash O
has O
settled O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Extended O
exposure O
to O
sulfur O
dioxide O
can O
increase O
risk O
of O
bronchitis O
and O
upper O
respiratory O
infections O
in O
the O
long O
run O
, O
according O
to O
findings O
of O
a O
study O
Green B-PER
worked O
on O
with O
other O
experts O
published O
in O
2010 O
in O
the O
Journal O
of O
Toxicology O
and O
Environmental O
Health O
. O

The O
Federal B-ORG
Aviation I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
extended O
a O
restriction O
on O
aircraft O
from O
entering O
the O
airspace O
up O
to O
30,000 O
feet O
above O
Kilauea B-LOC
's O
summit O
. O

The O
earlier O
limit O
was O
up O
to O
10,000 O
feet O
. O

The O
prohibition O
applies O
to O
a O
5-mile O
radius O
around O
the O
crater O
. O

Thursday O
's O
eruption O
did O
not O
affect O
the O
Big O
Island O
's O
two O
largest O
airports O
in O
Hilo B-LOC
and O
in O
Kailua-Kona B-LOC
. O

The O
crater O
spewing O
ash O
sits O
within O
Hawaii B-ORG
Volcanoes I-ORG
National I-ORG
Park I-ORG
, O
which O
has O
been O
closed O
since O
May O
11 O
as O
a O
safety O
precaution O
over O
risks O
of O
a O
violent O
eruption O
. O

Scientists O
warned O
May O
9 O
that O
a O
drop O
in O
the O
lava O
lake O
at O
the O
summit O
might O
create O
conditions O
for O
a O
large O
explosion O
. O
Geologists O
predicted O
such O
a O
blast O
would O
mostly O
release O
trapped O
steam O
from O
flash-heated O
groundwater O
. O

Kilauea B-LOC
, O
one O
of O
the O
world O
's O
most O
active O
volcanoes O
, O
has O
been O
erupting O
continuously O
since O
1983 O
. O

It O
's O
among O
the O
five O
volcanoes O
that O
form O
the O
Big O
Island O
, O
and O
it O
's O
the O
only O
one O
actively O
erupting O
. O

An O
eruption O
in O
1924 O
killed O
one O
person O
and O
sent O
rocks O
, O
ash O
and O
dust O
into O
the O
air O
for O
17 O
days O
. O

Scientists O
can O
not O
say O
why O
the O
eruption O
is O
happening O
now O
, O
given O
that O
Kilauea B-LOC
has O
been O
active O
for O
35 O
years O
. O

" O
There O
's O
so O
many O
variables O
. O

It O
's O
complicated O
, O
like O
a O
bad O
Facebook B-ORG
relationship O
status O
, O
" O
said O
volcanologist O
Janine B-PER
Krippner I-PER
of O
Concord B-ORG
University I-ORG
in I-ORG
West I-ORG
Virginia I-ORG
. O
" O
Something O
will O
eventually O
change O
, O
like O
it O
has O
over O
and O
over O
and O
over O
again O
. O
" O

Airbnb B-ORG
, O
Lyft B-ORG
, O
Uber B-ORG
allowing O
service O
to O
be O
denied O
to O
white O
nationalist O
rally-goers O

Marchers O
in O
this O
weekend O
's O
Unite O
the O
Right O
2 O
white O
nationalist O
rally O
may O
have O
a O
harder O
time O
getting O
a O
ride O
or O
a O
room O
. O

Uber B-ORG
, O
Lyft B-ORG
and O
Airbnb B-ORG
are O
allowing O
drivers O
and O
hosts O
to O
deny O
service O
to O
potential O
customers O
who O
participate O
in O
the O
rally O
in O
Washington B-LOC
, O
D.C. B-LOC

Each O
company O
issued O
statements O
this O
week O
that O
did O
not O
directly O
denounce O
Unite B-ORG
the I-ORG
Right I-ORG
marchers O
but O
made O
clear O
that O
providers O
can O
refuse O
service O
to O
anyone O
who O
makes O
them O
uncomfortable O
or O
violates O
guidelines O
against O
discrimination O
. O

Lyft B-ORG
said O
it O
had O
made O
clear O
to O
drivers O
in O
the O
D.C. B-LOC
area O
that O
" O
their O
safety O
comes O
first O
. O
" O

" O
If O
they O
ever O
feel O
uncomfortable O
or O
disrespected O
by O
a O
passenger O
, O
they O
can O
cancel O
that O
ride O
, O
" O
the O
ride-share O
company O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
to O
CBS B-ORG
News B-ORG
. O

Uber B-ORG
sent O
a O
note O
to O
drivers O
this O
week O
emphasizing O
community O
guidelines O
about O
" O
respect O
, O
accountability O
, O
and O
common O
courtesy O
. O
" O

It O
said O
the O
company O
may O
remove O
people O
from O
the O
platform O
for O
violating O
those O
rules O
. O

" O
In O
general O
, O
regardless O
of O
event O
, O
drivers O
are O
advised O
to O
follow O
all O
local O
laws O
but O
have O
the O
right O
to O
refuse O
service O
to O
riders O
who O
are O
disrespectful O
or O
who O
make O
them O
feel O
unsafe O
, O
" O
Uber B-ORG
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

Uber B-ORG
's O
announcement O
to O
drivers O
made O
no O
direct O
mention O
of O
Unite B-ORG
the I-ORG
Right I-ORG
and O
simply O
warned O
about O
" O
the O
active O
political O
climate O
in O
Washington B-LOC
, O
DC B-LOC
, O
and O
Virginia B-LOC
. O
" O

Airbnb B-ORG
, O
which O
banned O
some O
white O
nationalist O
users O
before O
last O
year O
's O
Unite O
the O
Right O
rally O
in O
Charlottesville B-LOC
, O
Virginia B-LOC
, O
said O
it O
's O
ready O
to O
do O
that O
a O
second O
time O
. O

" O
We O
acted O
in O
advance O
of O
last O
year O
's O
horrific O
event O
in O
Charlottesville B-LOC
and O
if O
we O
become O
aware O
of O
similar O
information O
we O
wo O
n't O
hesitate O
to O
do O
so O
again O
, O
" O
the O
company O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

The O
rally O
is O
scheduled O
to O
be O
held O
Sunday O
near O
the O
White B-LOC
House I-LOC
in O
Washington B-LOC
's I-LOC
Lafayette I-LOC
Park I-LOC
. O

The O
website O
for O
Unite O
the O
Right O
urges O
marchers O
to O
meet O
at O
a O
Virginia B-LOC
Metro O
station O
and O
ride O
public O
transportation O
into O
the O
city O
. O

The O
site O
also O
advises O
participants O
to O
take O
" O
an O
Uber B-ORG
or O
a O
taxi O
" O
to O
avoid O
police O
, O
press O
and O
protesters O
. O

It O
discourages O
marchers O
from O
staying O
with O
strangers O
or O
telling O
them O
about O
the O
march O
. O

" O
Do O
n't O
let O
strangers O
know O
where O
you O
're O
staying O
. O
If O
you O
're O
going O
to O
be O
in O
town O
on O
Saturday O
, O
August O
11th O
please O
stay O
with O
trusted O
friends O
and O
do O
n't O
talk O
to O
strangers O
about O
your O
participation O
in O
the O
rally O
, O
" O
the O
website O
says O
. O

Jason B-PER
Kessler I-PER
, O
the O
rally O
's O
organizer O
, O
did O
not O
immediately O
return O
a O
message O
from O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

Uber B-ORG
, O
Lyft B-ORG
and O
Airbnb B-ORG
each O
took O
some O
actions O
against O
white O
nationalists O
around O
the O
time O
of O
last O
year O
's O
march O
. O
According O
to O
BuzzFeed B-ORG
News I-ORG
, O
Uber B-ORG
permanently O
banned O
white O
supremacist O
James B-PER
Allsup I-PER
after O
an O
Uber O
driver O
in O
Washington B-LOC
kicked O
him O
out O
of O
her O
vehicle O
. O
Tim B-PER
Gionet I-PER
 O
an O
alt-right O
leader O
better O
known O
as O
Baked B-PER
Alaska I-PER
 O
was O
also O
banned O
for O
allegedly O
making O
racist O
remarks O
. O

Last O
year O
's O
Unite B-ORG
the I-ORG
Right I-ORG
rally O
ended O
with O
violent O
clashes O
between O
marchers O
and O
counter-protesters O
. O

One O
counter-protester O
, O
Heather B-PER
Heyer I-PER
, O
was O
killed O
when O
a O
rally-goer O
allegedly O
plowed O
his O
car O
into O
a O
crowd O
. O

The O
driver O
, O
James B-PER
Alex I-PER
Fields I-PER
, O
has O
been O
indicted O
on O
federal O
hate-crime O
and O
state O
murder O
charges O
. O

Virginia B-LOC
Gov. O
Ralph B-PER
Northam I-PER
and O
the O
city O
of O
Charlottesville B-LOC
have O
declared O
a O
state O
of O
emergency O
for O
the O
anniversary O
of O
last O
year O
's O
rally O
. O
No O
rally O
has O
been O
scheduled O
for O
Charlottesville B-LOC
this O
year O
because O
the O
city O
refused O
to O
issue O
a O
permit O
. O

" O
Super O
blood O
wolf O
moon O
" O
will O
light O
up O
the O
sky O
Sunday O

A O
rare O
lunar O
eclipse O
will O
unfold O
Sunday O
night O
 O
and O
it O
'll O
be O
hard O
to O
miss O
if O
you O
stay O
up O
. O

As O
long O
as O
the O
weather O
cooperates O
, O
the O
" O
super O
blood O
wolf O
moon O
" O
will O
be O
visible O
across O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
, O
Europe B-LOC
and O
parts O
of O
Africa B-MISC
and O
Russia B-MISC
. O

According O
to O
Space.com B-MISC
, O
this O
will O
be O
the O
first O
total O
lunar O
eclipse O
that O
will O
be O
visible O
before O
midnight O
from O
start O
to O
finish O
in O
the O
majority O
of O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
in O
19 O
years O
. O

It O
's O
also O
the O
first O
total O
lunar O
eclipse O
visible O
in O
North O
America B-LOC
in O
three O
years O
. O

The O
super O
blood O
wolf O
moon O
is O
combination O
of O
three O
lunar O
events O
at O
once O
. O

A O
supermoon O
is O
when O
the O
moon O
is O
closest O
to O
Earth O
in O
its O
orbit O
during O
its O
full O
phase O
, O
making O
it O
appear O
bigger O
. O

Wolf O
moon O
is O
a O
Native O
American B-MISC
name O
for O
the O
first O
full O
moon O
of O
the O
year O
. O

A O
blood O
moon O
occurs O
with O
a O
total O
lunar O
eclipse O
when O
the O
sun O
, O
Earth O
and O
moon O
all O
line O
up O
and O
the O
shadow O
of O
the O
Earth O
casts O
a O
reddish O
glow O
on O
its O
lone O
natural O
satellite O
. O

The O
lunar O
event O
will O
last O
about O
four O
hours O
, O
beginning O
at O
9:36 O
p.m O
ET O
Sunday O
, O
Jan. O
20 O
and O
ending O
about O
1:50 O
a.m O
. O
ET O
Monday O
, O
Jan. O
21 O
. O

The O
beginning O
of O
the O
total O
eclipse O
phase O
will O
occur O
at O
11:41 O
p.m O
. O

ET O
, O
according O
to O
NASA B-ORG
. O
The O
duration O
of O
totality O
will O
be O
62 O
minutes O
. O

Unlike O
a O
solar O
eclipse O
, O
which O
you O
need O
special O
protective O
glasses O
to O
view O
safely O
, O
it O
's O
perfectly O
safe O
to O
look O
up O
at O
a O
lunar O
eclipse O
with O
the O
naked O
eye O
. O

While O
the O
lunar O
event O
is O
happening O
, O
football O
fans O
watching O
or O
attending O
the O
AFC B-MISC
Championship I-MISC
game I-MISC
between O
the O
New B-MISC
England I-MISC
Patriots I-MISC
and O
Kansas B-MISC
City I-MISC
Chiefs I-MISC
may O
be O
able O
to O
spot O
the O
eclipse O
. O

Weather O
forecasts O
predict O
harsh O
cold O
and O
a O
winter O
storm O
for O
the O
Martin B-PER
Luther I-PER
King I-PER
Jr. O
holiday O
weekend O
throughout O
much O
of O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
so O
it O
may O
not O
be O
optimal O
conditions O
to O
be O
outside O
, O
but O
there O
will O
be O
live-stream O
options O
available O
to O
view O
the O
eclipse O
online O
. O

But O
if O
you O
end O
up O
missing O
it O
, O
there O
are O
four O
more O
eclipses O
set O
to O
happen O
around O
the O
globe O
in O
2019 O
, O
including O
a O
big O
solar O
eclipse O
in O
in O
South B-MISC
America I-MISC
this O
July O
, O
according O
to O
CNET B-ORG
. O

Can O
LSD B-MISC
help O
solve O
mental O
health O
issues O
? O

So-called O
" O
Magic O
Mushrooms O
" O
have O
played O
their O
part O
in O
America B-LOC
's O
long O
, O
strange O
trip O
toward O
an O
understanding O
of O
mind-altering O
drugs O
. O

Illegal O
though O
most O
of O
these O
drugs O
may O
be O
, O
Faith O
Salie O
tells O
us O
recent O
research O
suggests O
some O
of O
them O
could O
have O
legitimate O
uses O
( O
Originally O
broadcast O
March O
18 O
, O
2018 O
) O
: O

" O
Celexa O
, O
Effexor O
, O
Zoloft O
, O
Trazodone O
& O
" O

Ayelet B-PER
Waldman I-PER
is O
no O
stranger O
to O
drugs O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
not O
going O
to O
get O
them O
all O
. O
Lexapro O
, O
Wellbutrin O
& O
" O

Diagnosed O
with O
a O
mood O
disorder O
, O
this O
author O
and O
mother O
of O
four O
had O
tried O
everything O
. O
" O

I O
was O
profoundly O
, O
profoundly O
depressed O
, O
suicidally O
depressed O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O
" O
I O
had O
never O
been O
like O
that O
in O
my O
life O
. O
" O

That O
's O
when O
she O
turned O
to O
a O
drug O
that O
might O
blow O
your O
mind O
" O
Kids O
, O
mommy O
's O
gon O
na O
tell O
you O
all O
about O
the O
first O
time O
she O
tried O
acid O
! O
" O

That O
's O
right O
: O
LSD B-MISC
. O
In O
secret O
, O
Waldman B-PER
actually O
began O
taking O
a O
miniscule O
amount O
every O
three O
days O
. O

q O
It O
's O
called O
microdosing O
, O
and O
it O
's O
a O
controversial O
yet O
growing O
trend O
among O
the O
Silicon O
Valley O
crowd O
. O
But O
for O
her O
, O
she O
says O
, O
it O
worked O
. O

" O
You O
do O
n't O
hallucinate O
; O
you O
do O
n't O
see O
anything O
unusual O
, O
" O
Waldman B-PER
said O
. O
" O
Best O
way O
I O
could O
describe O
it O
, O
a O
little O
more O
cheerful O
and O
a O
little O
more O
effective O
at O
work O
, O
like O
, O
a O
little O
more O
productive O
. O
" O

So O
productive O
, O
in O
fact O
, O
she O
wrote O
a O
book O
about O
her O
mind-altering O
experiment O
, O
" O
A O
Really O
Good O
Day O
. O
" O

And O
most O
importantly O
, O
her O
suicidal O
thoughts O
disappeared O
. O

But O
there O
was O
a O
catch O
: O
After O
a O
month O
, O
she O
ran O
out O
of O
the O
small O
supply O
she O
had O
gotten O
a O
hold O
of O
. O
And O
she O
stopped O
microdosing O
. O

Why O
? O
" O
'Cause O
it O
's O
illegal O
, O
" O
Waldman B-PER
said O
. O
" O
If O
it O
were O
n't O
illegal O
, O
I O
would O
still O
be O
doing O
it O
. O
" O

Taking O
LSD B-MISC
, O
even O
a O
tiny O
microdose O
of O
it O
, O
is O
still O
against O
the O
law O
, O
and O
potentially O
dangerous O
. O
But O
once O
upon O
a O
time O
, O
LSD B-MISC
and O
psychedelics O
like O
it O
were O
considered O
potential O
wonder O
drugs O
. O

Throughout O
the O
1940s O
, O
'50s O
, O
and O
into O
the O
'60s O
, O
scientists O
studied O
them O
to O
understand O
mental O
disorders O
like O
schizophrenia O
, O
and O
to O
treat O
anxiety O
, O
depression O
, O
even O
alcoholism O
. O

And O
then O
: O
the O
Controlled O
Substance O
Act O
led O
to O
a O
more O
than O
three O
decades-long O
ban O
on O
all O
psychedelic O
research O
. O

Since O
2003 O
, O
however O
, O
the O
FDA O
has O
allowed O
for O
a O
few O
clinical O
trials O
of O
illegal O
hallucinogens O
 O
drugs O
like O
psilocybin O
, O
the O
psychedelic O
ingredient O
found O
in O
so-called O
" O
magic O
mushrooms O
. O
" O

Trials O
are O
done O
in O
a O
safe O
, O
controlled O
setting O
, O
of O
course O
. O
Do O
not O
try O
this O
at O
home O
! O

Dr. O
Tony B-PER
Bossis I-PER
, O
of O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
University I-ORG
, O
showed O
Salie O
where O
his O
clinical O
trials O
occurred O
for O
psilocybin O
research O
at O
NYU B-ORG
. O
" O
This O
is O
the O
couch O
where O
people O
have O
the O
experience O
on O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

" O
This O
is O
a O
very O
special O
couch O
! O
" O
she O
laughed O
. O

" O
It O
's O
a O
magic O
couch O
! O
" O

In O
2016 O
Dr. O
Bossis B-PER
, O
along O
with O
researchers O
at O
Johns B-ORG
Hopkins I-ORG
University I-ORG
, O
published O
their O
findings O
of O
what O
a O
one-time O
dose O
of O
psilocybin O
can O
do O
to O
treat O
anxiety O
and O
depression O
in O
cancer O
patients O
. O

It O
was O
eye-opening O
. O
" O
In O
this O
study O
, O
anxiety O
and O
depression O
reduced O
dramatically O
, O
immediately O
after O
the O
experience O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Dinah B-PER
Bazer I-PER
beat O
ovarian O
cancer O
back O
in O
2010 O
, O
but O
the O
fear O
of O
it O
returning O
convinced O
her O
to O
volunteer O
for O
the O
study O
. O
" O
I O
just O
wanted O
this O
terrible O
daily O
anxiety O
to O
go O
away O
, O
" O
she O
told O
Salie B-PER
. O

In O
that O
treatment O
room O
, O
she O
was O
given O
the O
psilocybin O
& O
and O
her O
life-changing O
trip O
began O
. O

" O
I O
saw O
my O
fear O
, O
" O
she O
recalled O
. O
" O
And O
it O
was O
a O
black O
mass O
under O
my O
ribs O
. O
It O
was O
n't O
cancer O
; O
it O
was O
the O
fear O
itself O
. O
And O
it O
made O
me O
so O
mad O
. O

I O
was O
furious O
. O
And O
I O
screamed O
at O
it O
to O
get O
out O
. O
And O
, O
as O
soon O
as O
I O
did O
that O
, O
it O
was O
gone O
. O
" O

When O
the O
drug O
wore O
off O
, O
the O
anxiety O
about O
her O
cancer O
returning O
was O
gone O
, O
and O
still O
is O
. O
What O
remains O
, O
she O
says O
, O
is O
the O
powerful O
memory O
of O
that O
symbolic O
experience O
. O

Dr. O
Tony B-PER
said O
, O
" O
This O
medicine O
you O
take O
once O
, O
it O
's O
out O
of O
their O
system O
in O
a O
few O
hours O
. O
But O
it O
generates O
a O
three- O
to O
four-hour O
, O
incredible O
transcendent O
experience O
. O
And O
it O
's O
the O
memory O
of O
that O
experience O
that O
recalibrates O
how O
they O
view O
life O
and O
death O
and O
their O
existence O
, O
and O
give O
you O
very O
spiritual O
insights O
. O
" O

If O
that O
all O
sounds O
a O
bit O
far-out O
, O
scans O
have O
shown O
psychedelics O
may O
increase O
connectivity O
among O
different O
regions O
of O
the O
brain O
-- O
areas O
that O
normally O
do O
n't O
communicate O
with O
each O
other O
. O

" O
Maybe O
it O
's O
time O
to O
take O
a O
sober O
, O
careful O
, O
scientific O
look O
at O
these O
medicines O
, O
" O
Dr. O
Bossis B-PER
said O
, O
" O
to O
revisit O
, O
are O
they O
helpful O
? O
Are O
they O
safe O
? O
Are O
they O
effective O
? O
" O

Bezos B-PER
Blue B-ORG
Origin B-ORG
wins O
key O
rocket O
engine O
contract O

Ending O
months O
of O
speculation O
, O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
, O
a O
company O
owned O
by O
Amazon-founder O
Jeff B-PER
Bezos I-PER
, O
has O
won O
a O
milestone O
contract O
to O
provide O
first-stage O
rocket O
engines O
for O
a O
powerful O
new O
booster O
being O
designed O
by O
United B-ORG
Launch I-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
to O
replace O
its O
current O
fleet O
of O
Atlas O
and O
Delta O
launchers O
, O
the O
companies O
announced O
Thursday O
. O

Powered O
by O
liquefied O
natural O
gas O
and O
liquid O
oxygen O
, O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
's O
BE-4 O
engine O
was O
selected O
over O
Aerojet O
Rocketdyne O
's O
more O
traditional O
kerosene-burning O
AR1 O
for O
use O
in O
ULA B-ORG
's O
new O
Vulcan B-MISC
rocket O
, O
expected O
to O
make O
its O
first O
flight O
in O
the O
mid-2020 O
timeframe O
. O

" O
Big O
win O
for O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
today O
! O
" O
Bezos B-PER
tweeted O
. O
" O
And O
a O
big O
thank O
you O
to O
ulalaunch O
for O
choosing O
our O
BE-4 O
engine O
. O
Excited O
to O
be O
a O
part O
of O
Vulcan B-MISC
's O
mission O
to O
space O
. O
" O

Big O
win O
for O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
today O
! O
And O
a O
big O
thank O
you O
to O
ulalaunch O
for O
choosing O
our O
BE-4 O
engine O
. O

Excited O
to O
be O
a O
part O
of O
Vulcans O
mission O
to O
space O
. O

The O
BE-4 O
engine O
will O
eventually O
end O
ULA B-ORG
's O
reliance O
on O
Russian-built O
RD-180 O
first-stage O
engines O
currently O
powering O
the O
first O
stage O
of O
the O
company O
's O
workhorse O
Atlas O
5 O
. O

RD-180s O
burn O
kerosene O
and O
oxygen O
and O
develop O
860,000 O
pounds O
of O
thrust O
at O
sea O
level O
. O

Two O
BE-4 O
engines O
, O
generating O
550,000 O
pounds O
of O
thrust O
each O
, O
will O
power O
the O
Vulcan B-MISC
's O
first O
stage O
, O
along O
with O
strap-on O
solid-fuel O
boosters O
provided O
by O
Northrup O
Grumman O
as O
required O
by O
payload O
weight O
and O
trajectory O
. O

Maximum O
liftoff O
thrust O
will O
be O
3.8 O
million O
pounds O
and O
the O
rocket O
will O
be O
partially O
reusable O
. O

Aerojet O
Rocketdyne O
hydrogen-fueled O
RL10 O
engines O
will O
power O
the O
Vulcan B-MISC
's O
second O
stage O
when O
the O
initial O
version O
begins O
operations O
. O

A O
more O
powerful O
upper O
stage O
, O
the O
Advanced O
Cryogenic O
Evolved O
Stage O
, O
or O
ACES O
, O
will O
be O
phased O
in O
later O
. O

ULA B-ORG
plans O
to O
continue O
launching O
Atlas B-MISC
5s I-MISC
well O
into O
the O
early O
2020s O
while O
the O
Vulcan B-MISC
transition O
proceeds O
. O

The O
Atlas B-MISC
5 I-MISC
will O
be O
used O
as O
planned O
to O
launch O
Boeing O
's O
CST-100 O
Starliner O
commercial O
crew O
capsule O
to O
ferry O
astronauts O
to O
and O
from O
the O
International B-ORG
Space I-ORG
Station I-ORG
starting O
next O
year O
. O

" O
We O
are O
pleased O
to O
enter O
into O
this O
partnership O
with O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
and O
look O
forward O
to O
a O
successful O
first O
flight O
of O
our O
next-generation O
launch O
vehicle O
, O
" O
ULA B-ORG
CEO O
Tory B-PER
Bruno I-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
CEO O
Bob B-PER
Smith I-PER
added O
: O
" O
United O
Launch O
Alliance O
is O
the O
premier O
launch O
service O
provider O
for O
national O
security O
missions O
, O
and O
we O
're O
thrilled O
to O
be O
part O
of O
their O
team O
and O
that O
mission O
. O
We O
ca O
n't O
thank O
Tory B-PER
Bruno I-PER
and O
the O
entire O
United B-ORG
Launch I-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
team O
enough O
for O
entrusting O
our O
engine O
to O
powering O
the O
Vulcan B-ORG
rocket O
's O
first O
stage O
. O
" O

United B-ORG
Launch I-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
is O
a O
partnership O
between O
Boeing B-ORG
, O
original O
builder O
of O
the O
Delta O
family O
of O
rockets O
, O
and O
Lockheed B-ORG
Martin I-ORG
, O
developer O
of O
the O
Atlas O
5 O
, O
that O
was O
formed O
primarily O
to O
provide O
assured O
access O
to O
space O
for O
high-priority O
national O
security O
payloads O

Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
also O
plans O
to O
use O
the O
BE-4 O
in O
the O
first O
stage O
of O
its O
New B-MISC
Glenn I-MISC
rocket O
, O
which O
will O
compete O
with O
both O
SpaceX B-ORG
and O
ULA B-ORG
launchers O
when O
it O
debuts O
in O
the O
early O
to O
mid O
2020s O
. O
The O
New B-MISC
Glenn I-MISC
first O
stage O
is O
designed O
to O
land O
vertically O
for O
refurbishment O
and O
reuse O
. O

A O
two-stage O
version O
of O
the O
New B-MISC
Glenn I-MISC
booster O
will O
stand O
some O
27 O
stories O
tall O
and O
will O
generate O
3.85 O
million O
pounds O
of O
thrust O
at O
liftoff O
using O
seven O
BE-4 O
engines O
. O

The O
second O
stage O
will O
be O
powered O
by O
two O
BE-3 O
engines O
. O

The O
BE-3 O
already O
is O
in O
use O
with O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
's O
sub-orbital O
New O
Shepard O
rocket O
, O
designed O
to O
carry O
tourists O
, O
researchers O
and O
small O
payloads O
to O
the O
edge O
of O
space O
and O
back O
from O
a O
launch O
site O
in O
Texas B-ORG
. O

The O
company O
has O
built O
a O
huge O
manufacturing O
facility O
near O
the O
Kennedy B-ORG
Space I-ORG
Center I-ORG
in O
Florida B-LOC
to O
assemble O
New B-MISC
Glenn I-MISC
rockets O
, O
which O
will O
be O
launched O
from O
nearby O
Cape B-LOC
Canaveral I-LOC
. O

Bezos B-PER
has O
said O
he O
is O
spending O
roughly O
$ O
1 O
billion O
a O
year O
on O
his O
space O
ventures O
. O

Bezos B-PER
and O
Bruno I-PER
announced O
an O
initial O
agreement O
to O
develop O
BE-4 O
engines O
for O
ULA B-ORG
rockets O
in O
September O
2014 O
. O

" O
I O
think O
it O
's O
pretty O
clear O
it O
's O
time O
for O
a O
21st O
century O
booster O
engine O
, O
" O
Bezos B-PER
said O
at O
the O
time O
. O
" O
The O
great O
engines O
of O
the O
past O
were O
truly O
remarkable O
machines O
in O
their O
own O
right O
... O
but O
we O
have O
tools O
and O
capabilities O
, O
software O
simulations O
, O
computational O
horsepower O
that O
the O
builders O
of O
those O
great O
engines O
could O
have O
only O
dreamed O
about O
. O

" O
We O
can O
build O
an O
engine O
today O
that O
is O
a O
21st O
century O
engine O
that O
has O
great O
reliability O
, O
low O
cost O
of O
operations O
and O
high O
performance O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
And O
we O
're O
super O
excited O
about O
that O
, O
and O
we O
could O
n't O
be O
more O
excited O
to O
have O
a O
partner O
like O
ULA B-ORG
. O
" O

But O
Aerojet B-ORG
Rocketdyne I-ORG
threw O
its O
hat O
into O
the O
ring O
with O
plans O
to O
develop O
the O
AR1 O
, O
generating O
500,000 O
pounds O
of O
thrust O
, O
and O
it O
soon O
became O
clear O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
no O
longer O
had O
a O
lock O
on O
the O
engine O
selection O
. O

That O
fueled O
intense O
speculation O
across O
the O
space O
industry O
about O
how O
the O
competition O
might O
play O
out O
. O

In O
any O
case O
, O
the O
selection O
of O
Blue B-MISC
Origin I-MISC
's O
BE-4 O
means O
ULA B-ORG
will O
be O
relying O
on O
an O
eventual O
competitor O
to O
provide O
the O
engines O
needed O
for O
its O
next-generation O
rocket O
. O

Contract O
details O
were O
not O
revealed O
, O
but O
it O
presumably O
includes O
delivery O
guarantees O
that O
meet O
ULA B-ORG
's O
approval O
. O

" O
It O
is O
a O
great O
day O
for O
the O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
team O
! O
" O
the O
company O
tweeted O
late O
Thursday O
. O
" O
We O
are O
honored O
ulalaunch O
has O
selected O
Blue O
's O
LOX/LNG O
BE-4 O
engine O
to O
power O
the O
Vulcan B-MISC
rocket O
's O
first O
stage O
. O
" O

ULA B-ORG
's O
decision O
to O
replace O
its O
Delta B-MISC
and O
Atlas B-MISC
rockets O
with O
a O
single O
system O
came O
in O
the O
wake O
of O
widely O
publicized O
complaints O
from O
SpaceX B-ORG
founder O
Elon B-PER
Musk I-PER
that O
criticized O
the O
use O
of O
the O
Russian-built O
RD-180 O
to O
launch O
U.S. B-LOC
national O
security O
payloads O
and O
what O
he O
viewed O
as O
a O
ULA B-ORG
military O
launch O
monopoly O
. O

Musk B-PER
also O
criticized O
the O
high O
cost O
of O
the O
heavy-lift O
Delta O
4 O
, O
which O
uses O
Aerojet O
Rocketdyne O
RS-68 O
first O
stage O
engines O
and O
is O
currently O
the O
most O
powerful O
fully O
operational O
rocket O
in O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
inventory O
. O

It O
also O
is O
the O
most O
expensive O
and O
is O
used O
exclusively O
for O
national O
security O
and O
NASA B-ORG
payloads O
. O

Musk B-PER
eventually O
won O
the O
right O
to O
bid O
on O
high-value O
military O
payloads O
and O
since O
then O
, O
competition O
between O
SpaceX B-ORG
and O
ULA B-ORG
has O
been O
fierce O
, O
with O
ULA B-ORG
trimming O
costs O
and O
arguing O
its O
unblemished O
launch O
record O
, O
presumably O
lower O
insurance O
rates O
and O
schedule O
reliability O
make O
up O
for O
a O
higher O
price O
tag O
for O
the O
Atlas B-MISC
5 I-MISC
compared O
to O
SpaceX B-ORG
's O
Falcon B-MISC
9 I-MISC
. O

But O
Falcon B-MISC
9s I-MISC
cost O
tens O
of O
millions O
less O
than O
the O
Atlas B-MISC
5 I-MISC
, O
an O
obvious O
selling O
point O
in O
the O
commercial O
launch O
industry O
. O

The O
eventual O
cost O
of O
the O
Vulcan B-MISC
is O
not O
yet O
known O
. O

" O
From O
low O
Earth O
orbit O
to O
Pluto B-MISC
, O
the O
single-core O
Vulcan B-MISC
Centaur I-MISC
does O
it O
all O
, O
" O
ULA B-ORG
says O
on O
its O
website O
. O
" O
This O
simple O
design O
is O
more O
cost-efficient O
for O
all O
customers O
, O
whether O
defense O
and O
national O
security O
, O
NASA B-ORG
science O
and O
human O
spaceflight O
, O
or O
commercial O
. O
" O

Ambitious O
effort O
to O
clean O
up O
Great O
Pacific O
Garbage O
Patch O
faces O
major O
setback O

Pacific B-LOC
Palisades I-LOC
, O
Calif. B-LOC
 O
A O
2,000 O
foot-long O
ocean O
clean-up O
system O
left O
San O
Francisco O
last O
September O
with O
high O
expectations O
. O

The O
plan O
was O
to O
begin O
cleaning O
up O
the O
Great O
Pacific O
Garbage O
Patch O
, O
a O
giant O
floating O
mass O
twice O
the O
size O
of O
Texas B-LOC
. O

But O
on O
Thursday O
, O
after O
months O
at O
sea O
, O
24-year-old O
Dutch O
inventor O
Boyan B-PER
Slat I-PER
said O
there O
are O
some O
major O
setbacks O
. O

The O
pipe O
cracked O
, O
and O
a O
60-foot O
section O
of O
it O
has O
detached O
. O

Just O
before O
the O
launch O
, O
Slat B-PER
took O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
out O
on O
the O
water O
, O
and O
he O
had O
some O
reservations O
. O
At O
the O
time O
, O
the O
device O
floated O
freely O
with O
the O
currents O
, O
forming O
a O
" O
U O
" O
shape O
to O
corral O
the O
trash O
. O

A O
skirt O
about O
10 O
feet O
deep O
was O
supposed O
to O
catch O
the O
plastic O
, O
but O
that O
also O
did O
n't O
go O
as O
planned O
. O

" O
The O
system O
is O
n't O
able O
to O
retain O
the O
plastic O
well O
, O
so O
once O
it O
's O
caught O
we O
also O
sometimes O
see O
it O
floating O
out O
again O
, O
" O
Slat B-PER
said O
. O

It O
picked O
up O
4,500 O
pounds O
of O
trash O
, O
which O
is O
not O
nearly O
enough O
, O
according O
to O
some O
critics O
. O

" O
You O
will O
have O
more O
plastics O
there O
next O
week O
and O
the O
week O
after O
, O
so O
the O
real O
answer O
is O
to O
not O
consume O
so O
many O
plastics O
, O
" O
said O
Robert B-PER
Reed I-PER
, O
spokesman O
for O
Recology B-ORG
. O

Slat B-PER
said O
he O
thinks O
they O
're O
close O
to O
making O
his O
system O
work O
. O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
think O
we O
have O
much O
choice O
. O

This O
plastic O
does O
n't O
go O
away O
by O
itself O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Over O
the O
next O
two O
weeks O
, O
the O
massive O
system O
will O
be O
towed O
to O
Hawaii B-LOC
where O
the O
team O
will O
decide O
what O
design O
changes O
need O
to O
be O
made O
. O

The O
goal O
is O
to O
have O
it O
back O
out O
in O
the O
next O
few O
months O
for O
further O
testing O
. O

Almanac O
: O
London B-LOC
's O
killer O
smog O

On O
December O
9 O
, O
1952 O
 O
66 O
years O
ago O
today O
 O
a O
mixture O
of O
smoke O
and O
fog O
that O
killed O
thousands O
finally O
lifted O
over O
London B-LOC
. O

A O
thick O
cold O
fog O
had O
settled O
over O
the O
city O
four O
days O
earlier O
, O
trapping O
dirty O
smoke O
from O
the O
coal O
fires O
most O
residents O
relied O
on O
for O
warmth O
. O

The O
dangerous O
smog O
turned O
day O
into O
night O
, O
grinding O
ground O
transportation O
almost O
to O
a O
halt O
, O
and O
sending O
thousands O
to O
the O
hospital O
. O

A O
fortuitous O
wind O
largely O
cleared O
the O
air O
on O
December O
9th O
, O
but O
by O
then O
, O
the O
damage O
was O
done O
. O
The O
smog O
killed O
some O
4,000 O
people O
within O
three O
weeks O
, O
and O
as O
many O
as O
12,000 O
more O
are O
estimated O
to O
have O
died O
from O
its O
lingering O
effects O
. O

Britain B-MISC
responded O
by O
tightening O
regulations O
on O
air O
pollution O
. O

Though O
London O
's O
air O
is O
by-and-large O
cleaner O
and O
safer O
now O
, O
smoggy O
days O
occasionally O
still O
return O
... O
a O
flashback O
perhaps O
for O
older O
Londoners O
for O
whom O
the O
memories O
of O
the O
1952 O
" O
blackout O
" O
are O
anything O
but O
dim O
. O

8 O
things O
you O
can O
do O
to O
make O
a O
difference O
for O
our O
oceans O

The O
barrage O
of O
threats O
facing O
our O
oceans O
today O
might O
seem O
like O
an O
overwhelming O
tsunami O
of O
problems O
. O

Plastics O
are O
harming O
marine O
life O
. O

Carbon O
pollution O
is O
warming O
the O
oceans O
and O
increasing O
their O
acidity O
. O

Waters O
are O
being O
overfished O
. O

But O
there O
's O
hope O
, O
according O
to O
experts O
and O
activists O
, O
who O
say O
there O
are O
a O
slew O
of O
steps O
you O
can O
take O
to O
help O
make O
a O
difference O
. O

" O
Things O
are O
bad O
but O
we O
're O
at O
a O
state O
where O
we O
can O
definitely O
make O
a O
change O
, O
" O
said O
Samantha B-PER
Mackiewicz I-PER
, O
director O
of O
World B-MISC
Oceans I-MISC
Day I-MISC
. O

World B-MISC
Oceans I-MISC
Conference I-MISC
takes O
place O
every O
year O
on O
June O
8 O
to O
celebrate O
Earth O
's O
waters O
and O
highlight O
the O
challenges O
they O
face O
. O

This O
year O
, O
the O
focus O
is O
on O
plastic O
pollution O
, O
which O
is O
permeating O
our O
oceans O
. O

" O
What O
we O
're O
asking O
people O
to O
do O
this O
year O
is O
to O
eliminate O
or O
reduce O
their O
use O
of O
single-use O
plastics O
 O
so O
that O
's O
bags O
, O
bottles O
, O
straws O
 O
in O
honor O
of O
World B-MISC
Oceans I-MISC
Day I-MISC
, O
" O
said O
Mackiewicz B-PER
. O

" O
The O
hope O
is O
that O
if O
someone O
can O
take O
that O
action O
for O
one O
day O
, O
hopefully O
they O
could O
carry O
that O
behavior O
over O
beyond O
World B-MISC
Oceans I-MISC
Day I-MISC
and O
into O
the O
rest O
of O
the O
year O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O

Here O
's O
a O
look O
at O
how O
you O
can O
curb O
your O
plastic O
use O
 O
and O
other O
actions O
experts O
suggest O
 O
to O
have O
a O
positive O
impact O
on O
our O
oceans O
' O
health O
as O
we O
mark O
World B-MISC
Oceans I-MISC
Day I-MISC
. O

" O
Invest O
in O
a O
zippered O
fabric O
bag O
and O
request O
that O
your O
cleaned O
items O
be O
returned O
in O
it O
instead O
of O
sheathed O
in O
plastic O
, O
" O
says O
the O
Natural B-ORG
Resources I-ORG
Defense I-ORG
Council I-ORG
, O
a O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City-based I-LOC
non-profit O
organization O
. O

There O
are O
likely O
dozens O
of O
other O
ways O
you O
could O
cut O
down O
on O
single-use O
plastics O
, O
which O
are O
things O
like O
Ziploc O
bags O
, O
disposable O
coffee-cup O
lids O
and O
plastic O
wrap O
. O

Try O
using O
your O
own O
on-the-go O
mug O
when O
you O
hit O
up O
a O
coffee O
shop O
, O
carrying O
a O
reusable O
water O
bottle O
at O
all O
times O
, O
including O
while O
traveling O
, O
and O
bringing O
your O
own O
utensils O
to O
work O
to O
avoid O
relying O
on O
plastic O
cutlery O
. O

Experts O
and O
activists O
also O
suggest O
using O
cloth O
bags O
instead O
of O
disposable O
ones O
for O
groceries O
, O
buying O
in O
bulk O
to O
cut O
back O
on O
packaging O
, O
and O
boycotting O
products O
with O
microbeads O
, O
which O
are O
tiny O
orbs O
of O
plastic O
that O
can O
be O
found O
in O
products O
like O
facial O
scrubs O
and O
toothpaste O
. O

They O
slip O
through O
water O
treatment O
plants O
and O
can O
be O
eaten O
by O
marine O
animals O
. O

All O
of O
those O
small O
steps O
could O
have O
a O
cumulative O
effect O
of O
cutting O
down O
on O
the O
colossal O
amounts O
of O
plastic O
that O
are O
ending O
up O
in O
our O
oceans O
. O

Just O
days O
ago O
, O
nearly O
20 O
pounds O
of O
plastic O
bags O
and O
other O
plastic O
trash O
were O
pulled O
from O
the O
stomach O
of O
a O
pilot O
whale O
that O
died O
in O
Thailand B-MISC
, O
according O
to O
officials O
. O

One O
study O
has O
found O
that O
tossed O
plastic O
trash O
could O
outweigh O
fish O
by O
2050 O
if O
we O
do O
n't O
make O
changes O
. O

Plastic O
breaks O
down O
over O
time O
and O
turns O
into O
little O
pieces O
that O
do O
n't O
go O
away O
" O
but O
become O
almost O
part O
of O
the O
food O
chain O
, O
" O
said O
Whitley B-PER
Saumweber I-PER
, O
an O
ocean O
policy O
consultant O
in O
Washington B-LOC
, O
D.C B-LOC
. O

" O
These O
small O
pieces O
of O
plastic O
are O
everywhere O
in O
the O
ocean O
and O
are O
being O
consumed O
by O
everything O
from O
the O
smallest O
plankton O
all O
the O
way O
up O
to O
whales O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

" O
Talk O
to O
your O
friends O
and O
family O
about O
why O
the O
ocean O
is O
important O
and O
why O
you O
take O
steps O
to O
help O
it O
, O
and O
challenge O
them O
to O
do O
the O
same O
, O
" O
said O
Mackiewicz B-PER
, O
the O
director O
of O
World B-MISC
Oceans I-MISC
Day I-MISC
. O

Others O
suggest O
carrying O
that O
conversation O
into O
public O
places O
. O

" O
If O
you O
're O
at O
a O
restaurant O
and O
you O
ask O
not O
to O
have O
a O
plastic O
straw O
, O
then O
they O
're O
going O
to O
start O
thinking O
, O
'Hmm O
, O
that O
's O
interesting O
. O

I O
wonder O
why O
they O
did O
that O
, O
' O
" O
said O
Kallan B-PER
Benson I-PER
, O
a O
14-year-old O
oceans O
activist O
from O
Maryland B-LOC
who O
won O
the O
National O
Aquarium O
's O
Promise O
for O
the O
Planet O
award O
this O
year O
. O

Benson B-PER
said O
the O
extent O
to O
which O
plastics O
have O
permeated O
our O
lives O
and O
penetrated O
our O
environment O
is O
" O
scary O
. O
" O

" O
As O
a O
youth O
, O
I O
know O
that O
someday O
this O
environment O
is O
going O
to O
be O
my O
responsibility O
and O
I O
'm O
going O
to O
be O
getting O
it O
with O
all O
these O
problems O
already O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O
" O
How O
am O
I O
going O
to O
clean O
that O
up O
? O
How O
are O
we O
going O
to O
create O
a O
livable O
future O
for O
the O
rest O
of O
the O
generations O
on O
this O
planet O
? O
" O

Mackiewicz B-PER
said O
a O
good O
way O
to O
make O
a O
difference O
is O
to O
organize O
a O
garbage O
cleanup O
now O
. O

Whether O
it O
's O
an O
inland O
cleanup O
or O
one O
near O
the O
coast O
, O
plan O
one O
in O
your O
community O
, O
she O
said O
. O

" O
No O
matter O
how O
far O
you O
live O
from O
the O
ocean O
, O
the O
ocean O
impacts O
you O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O
" O
Everything O
leads O
to O
the O
ocean O
, O
every O
river O
. O
... O
So O
, O
no O
matter O
if O
you O
're O
cleaning O
inland O
or O
on O
the O
shore O
, O
you O
're O
helping O
the O
ocean O
overall O
. O
" O

One O
of O
the O
biggest O
issues O
related O
to O
human O
impact O
on O
the O
oceans O
is O
overfishing O
, O
said O
Saumweber B-PER
. O
" O
We O
've O
also O
got O
a O
real O
problem O
with O
illegal O
fishing O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Such O
practices O
have O
left O
many O
marine O
species O
severely O
depleted O
, O
with O
some O
on O
the O
brink O
of O
extinction O
, O
according O
to O
the O
Natural B-ORG
Resources I-ORG
Defense I-ORG
Council I-ORG
( O
NRDC B-ORG
) O
. O

" O
The O
simplest O
thing O
to O
do O
is O
buy O
sustainably O
, O
" O
said O
Saumweber B-PER
. O

And O
that O
does O
n't O
only O
apply O
when O
at O
the O
grocery O
store O
. O
" O
Dine O
discriminately O
, O
" O
said O
Sarah B-PER
Chasis I-PER
, O
senior O
attorney O
and O
director O
of O
NRDC B-ORG
's O
Oceans O
program O
. O

They O
recommend O
using O
the O
Monterey B-LOC
Bay I-LOC
Aquarium O
Seafood O
Watch O
guide O
, O
which O
provides O
information O
to O
help O
consumers O
make O
choices O
that O
have O
less O
impact O
on O
the O
environment O
. O

Saumweber B-PER
said O
a O
key O
thing O
to O
do O
when O
looking O
to O
support O
sustainability O
" O
is O
just O
buy O
American B-MISC
. O
" O

" O
We O
've O
got O
the O
best-managed O
fisheries O
in O
the O
world O
here O
in O
the O
States O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
By O
and O
large O
, O
if O
you O
're O
buying O
an O
American B-MISC
fish O
product O
, O
you O
're O
buying O
a O
well-managed O
fishery O
. O
" O

Another O
component O
of O
this O
is O
to O
fish O
responsibly O
, O
said O
experts O
. O

That O
includes O
making O
sure O
you O
know O
the O
local O
rules O
, O
having O
a O
proper O
fishing O
license O
, O
and O
practicing O
catch O
and O
release O
. O

" O
We O
are O
at O
risk O
of O
depleting O
our O
ocean O
fisheries O
worldwide O
and O
so O
care O
has O
to O
be O
given O
in O
how O
we O
use O
those O
resources O
, O
" O
said O
Chasis B-PER
. O

Opting O
for O
public O
transportation O
over O
driving O
your O
car O
can O
impact O
your O
microclimate O
, O
said O
Lisa B-PER
Emelia I-PER
Svensson I-PER
, O
director O
for O
Ocean B-ORG
at I-ORG
U.N. I-ORG
Environment I-ORG
, O
the O
environmental O
agency O
of O
the O
United O
Nations O
. O

An O
action O
like O
this O
can O
reduce O
your O
carbon O
footprint O
, O
and O
multiplied O
by O
the O
efforts O
of O
millions O
of O
others O
around O
the O
world O
, O
that O
may O
help O
slow O
global O
warming O
and O
ocean O
acidification O
 O
a O
change O
in O
ocean O
chemistry O
which O
threatens O
marine O
life O
. O

Bill B-PER
Mook I-PER
, O
who O
works O
in O
the O
oyster O
industry O
, O
says O
he O
has O
felt O
the O
impacts O
of O
acidity O
firsthand O
. O

He O
said O
his O
wake-up O
call O
came O
in O
2009 O
when O
his O
oyster O
farm O
started O
having O
trouble O
producing O
oysters O
. O

The O
challenge O
was O
growing O
oyster O
larvae O
, O
which O
mature O
into O
oysters O
that O
we O
can O
eventually O
eat O
. O
They O
are O
very O
sensitive O
to O
changes O
in O
the O
acidity O
level O
of O
the O
water O
. O

" O
We O
realized O
that O
we O
were O
having O
a O
pH O
problem O
, O
an O
acidification O
problem O
, O
and O
started O
buffering O
our O
water O
, O
which O
is O
the O
equivalent O
of O
putting O
Tums O
in O
the O
water O
, O
essentially O
, O
" O
said O
Mook B-PER
, O
who O
is O
a O
Maine-based B-MISC
leader O
of O
the O
Shellfish B-ORG
Growers I-ORG
Climate I-ORG
Coalition I-ORG
and O
owner O
of O
Mook B-ORG
Sea I-ORG
Farm I-ORG
. O

" O
What O
was O
surprising O
was O
that O
when O
we O
started O
doing O
that O
, O
it O
was O
literally O
like O
turning O
a O
light O
switch O
on O
and O
off O
 O
or O
on O
, O
I O
should O
say O
. O
And O
all O
of O
a O
sudden O
, O
each O
of O
the O
larval O
cohorts O
returned O
to O
their O
normal O
biology O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

While O
that O
basically O
solved O
the O
problem O
for O
his O
oyster O
farm O
, O
the O
major O
global O
challenge O
of O
ocean O
acidification O
remains O
. O

" O
In O
the O
past O
200 O
years O
alone O
, O
ocean O
water O
has O
become O
30 O
percent O
more O
acidic O
 O
faster O
than O
any O
known O
change O
in O
ocean O
chemistry O
in O
the O
last O
50 O
million O
years O
, O
" O
says O
the O
Smithsonian B-ORG
Institution I-ORG
's O
Ocean O
Portal O
, O
which O
is O
part O
of O
its O
Ocean O
Initiative O
. O

The O
oceans O
soak O
up O
about O
a O
quarter O
of O
the O
carbon O
dioxide O
produced O
by O
the O
burning O
of O
fossil O
fuels O
, O
which O
changes O
their O
fundamental O
chemistry O
. O

Aside O
from O
walking O
, O
biking O
or O
the O
taking O
the O
bus O
instead O
of O
driving O
, O
experts O
and O
activists O
say O
you O
can O
also O
cut O
your O
daily O
emissions O
by O
finding O
ways O
to O
conserve O
energy O
. O

" O
Energy O
conservation O
is O
a O
huge O
, O
huge O
benefit O
to O
people O
, O
" O
said O
Mook B-PER
. O
" O
And O
I O
can O
show O
you O
in O
my O
own O
business O
how O
over O
the O
years O
we O
have O
adopted O
technology O
that O
has O
dramatically O
allowed O
us O
to O
produce O
more O
and O
more O
oyster O
seed O
, O
for O
example O
, O
in O
our O
hatchery O
with O
less O
energy O
input O
, O
and O
I O
think O
that O
applies O
to O
small O
businesses O
all O
over O
the O
country O
, O
as O
well O
as O
to O
homes O
. O
" O

Activists O
and O
experts O
stress O
the O
importance O
of O
communicating O
with O
decision-makers O
. O

Individuals O
can O
have O
an O
impact O
on O
the O
health O
of O
our O
oceans O
by O
supporting O
policies O
that O
reduce O
carbon O
emissions O
, O
said O
Saumweber B-PER
, O
who O
served O
as O
associate O
director O
for O
ocean O
and O
coastal O
policy O
in O
the O
White B-ORG
House I-ORG
Council I-ORG
on O
Environmental O
Quality O
in O
the O
Obama B-ORG
administration I-ORG
. O

He O
urged O
people O
to O
work O
to O
make O
sure O
their O
elected O
representatives O
support O
keeping O
high O
standards O
for O
fuel O
emissions O
, O
embrace O
alternative O
energy O
strategies O
and O
support O
subsidies O
for O
solar O
and O
wind O
power O
. O

There O
is O
also O
concern O
about O
" O
threatened O
rollbacks O
to O
strong O
conservation O
laws O
that O
are O
on O
the O
books O
now O
, O
" O
such O
as O
the O
Marine O
Mammal O
Protection O
Act O
and O
the O
MagnusonStevens O
Fishery O
Conservation O
and O
Management O
Act O
, O
said O
NRDC B-ORG
's O
Chasis B-PER
. O

The O
Trump B-PER
administration O
has O
also O
proposed O
to O
open O
up O
huge O
areas O
of O
America B-LOC
's O
coast O
to O
offshore O
oil O
and O
gas O
drilling O
. O

" O
We O
all O
saw O
what O
happened O
with O
the O
BP O
oil O
spill O
in O
the O
Gulf B-LOC
of I-LOC
Mexico I-LOC
and O
how O
damaging O
that O
was O
to O
coastal O
communities O
and O
fisheries O
and O
the O
health O
of O
the O
Gulf O
Coast O
ecosystem O
, O
" O
said O
Chasis B-PER
. O

She O
urged O
people O
to O
send O
a O
message O
to O
Congress O
and O
the O
Trump B-ORG
administration I-ORG
through O
a O
form O
on O
the O
NRDC B-ORG
's O
website O
. O
" O
This O
is O
a O
time O
for O
people O
to O
raise O
their O
voices O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O

Mackiewicz O
, O
with O
World O
Oceans O
Day O
, O
suggests O
starting O
local O
. O

Contacting O
local O
leaders O
" O
is O
definitely O
the O
first O
step O
" O
in O
impacting O
government O
policy O
, O
as O
well O
as O
seeing O
what O
you O
can O
change O
in O
your O
local O
communities O
, O
she O
added O
. O

Experts O
say O
recycling O
is O
an O
obvious O
action O
to O
take O
. O

Check O
on O
what O
can O
be O
recycled O
in O
your O
community O
, O
and O
make O
sure O
you O
're O
separating O
out O
your O
plastic O
 O
and O
that O
it O
's O
eligible O
for O
recycling O
, O
said O
Chasis B-PER
. O

" O
I O
know O
it O
sounds O
a O
little O
trite O
, O
like O
'reduce O
, O
reuse O
, O
recycle O
, O
' O
but O
it O
's O
really O
true O
, O
and O
it O
's O
something O
we O
've O
got O
ta O
change O
and O
we O
've O
got O
ta O
embrace O
, O
" O
said O
Saumweber B-PER
. O

While O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
is O
not O
the O
biggest O
driver O
of O
plastic O
pollution O
 O
China B-LOC
tops O
that O
list O
 O
" O
it O
does O
n't O
mean O
we O
ca O
n't O
lead O
by O
example O
and O
it O
's O
not O
important O
for O
us O
as O
some O
of O
the O
world O
's O
major O
consumers O
to O
make O
sure O
that O
we O
're O
having O
an O
impact O
on O
the O
world O
through O
our O
actions O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

That O
's O
what O
Kallan B-PER
Benson I-PER
, O
the O
14-year-old O
oceans O
activist O
, O
would O
say O
to O
someone O
who O
asks O
what O
single O
action O
they O
could O
take O
to O
make O
a O
difference O
. O

The O
idea O
is O
that O
the O
more O
someone O
thinks O
about O
plastics O
and O
plastics O
pollution O
, O
the O
environment O
and O
the O
consequences O
of O
our O
actions O
, O
the O
more O
likely O
they O
are O
to O
act O
on O
it O
. O

" O
When O
we O
go O
to O
the O
grocery O
story O
, O
we O
're O
more O
likely O
to O
bring O
our O
own O
bags O
instead O
of O
getting O
plastics O
bags O
. O
We O
're O
more O
likely O
to O
go O
out O
and O
talk O
to O
our O
legislators O
about O
the O
Styrofoam O
ban O
just O
because O
we O
're O
constantly O
thinking O
about O
it O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O

" O
Being O
more O
aware O
is O
the O
biggest O
thing O
you O
can O
do O
, O
" O
she O
added O
. O

" O
Nothing O
stopping O
us O
" O
: O
How O
medical O
devices O
like O
pacemakers O
can O
be O
hacked O

The O
U.S. B-LOC
government O
is O
taking O
a O
closer O
look O
at O
how O
to O
stop O
hackers O
from O
taking O
control O
of O
medical O
devices O
like O
pacemakers O
. O

An O
inspector O
general O
's O
report O
last O
month O
found O
the O
Food O
and O
Drug O
Administration O
's O
" O
plans O
and O
processes O
were O
deficient O
for O
addressing O
medical O
device O
cybersecurity O
compromises O
. O
" O
The O
FDA B-ORG
disputes O
that O
and O
says O
it O
" O
has O
worked O
proactively O
" O
on O
the O
issue O
. O

So O
far O
, O
neither O
government O
officials O
nor O
security O
experts O
have O
identified O
any O
incidents O
in O
which O
a O
computer O
hacker O
has O
harmed O
a O
patient O
through O
a O
medical O
device O
. O
But O
two O
cybersecurity O
researchers O
say O
those O
devices O
have O
massive O
vulnerabilities O
that O
make O
it O
easy O
for O
hackers O
to O
break O
in O
, O
reports O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
correspondent O
Anna B-PER
Werner I-PER
. O

" O
There O
's O
nothing O
stopping O
us O
from O
, O
in O
a O
garage O
, O
taking O
them O
apart O
and O
hacking O
them O
. O

Nothing O
, O
" O
Billy B-PER
Rios I-PER
said O
. O
Talk O
to O
him O
and O
Jonathan B-PER
Butts I-PER
about O
the O
security O
of O
medical O
devices O
and O
they O
'll O
say O
: O

" O
We O
've O
yet O
to O
find O
a O
device O
that O
we O
've O
looked O
at O
that O
we O
have O
n't O
been O
able O
to O
hack O
, O
" O
Butts B-PER
said O
. O

The O
two O
security O
researchers O
have O
examined O
critical O
machines O
like O
pacemakers O
, O
drug O
infusion O
pumps O
and O
insulin O
pumps O
 O
devices O
that O
help O
keep O
people O
alive O
 O
and O
found O
all O
have O
vulnerabilities O
that O
would O
allow O
someone O
else O
to O
take O
control O
of O
the O
machines O
. O
The O
reason O
? O
All O
of O
those O
devices O
are O
run O
by O
computers O
 O
and O
computers O
can O
be O
hacked O
. O

For O
instance O
, O
take O
an O
insulin O
pump O
made O
by O
device O
manufacturer O
Medtronic B-ORG
. O

" O
Anyone O
that O
has O
this O
device O
, O
that O
has O
one O
of O
these O
controllers O
, O
we O
can O
take O
it O
over O
, O
" O
Rios B-PER
said O
. O

They O
showed O
us O
how O
they O
can O
send O
a O
wireless O
signal O
, O
telling O
the O
pump O
to O
deliver O
the O
wrong O
amount O
of O
insulin O
to O
a O
patient O
nearby O
who O
might O
be O
wearing O
it O
. O
They O
also O
found O
vulnerabilities O
in O
a O
Medtronic B-ORG
pacemaker O
that O
could O
allow O
a O
hacker O
to O
reprogram O
the O
device O
from O
anywhere O
 O
disrupting O
a O
patient O
's O
heart O
rhythms O
in O
a O
way O
that O
could O
hurt O
or O
kill O
them O
. O

They O
're O
scenarios O
that O
, O
until O
now O
, O
have O
been O
the O
stuff O
of O
TV O
shows O
like O
" O
Homeland O
. O
" O

" O
It O
sounds O
like O
a O
method O
for O
murder O
, O
" O
Werner B-PER
said O
. O
" O
Am O
I O
right O
? O
" O

" O
Yeah O
, O
there O
's O
 O
I O
mean O
, O
there O
's O
no O
coming O
back O
from O
some O
of O
these O
exploits O
, O
right O
? O
" O
Rios B-PER
said O
. O
" O
If O
a O
pacemaker O
for O
a O
patient O
gets O
hacked O
, O
you O
ca O
n't O
take O
that O
back O
You O
ca O
n't O
issue O
them O
a O
new O
credit O
card O
. O
You O
ca O
n't O
tell O
them O
change O
their O
password O
. O
You O
ca O
n't O
issue O
them O
credit O
monitoring O
. O
They O
're O
hurt O
. O
They O
're O
killed O
. O
" O

The O
pacemaker O
vulnerability O
was O
serious O
enough O
they O
thought O
Medtronic B-ORG
would O
want O
to O
address O
it O
immediately O
. O

So O
in O
January O
of O
2017 O
, O
they O
sent O
the O
company O
a O
report O
detailing O
what O
they O
'd O
found O
. O

" O
It O
seemed O
to O
us O
that O
a O
lot O
of O
it O
was O
being O
downplayed O
by O
the O
manufacturer O
, O
" O
Rios B-PER
said O
. O
" O

I O
mean O
, O
they O
were O
saying O
, O
'Hey O
, O
this O
is O
n't O
 O
this O
is O
n't O
possible O
. O

It O
's O
not O
feasible O
. O
' O
The O
way O
that O
they O
characterized O
it O
is O
wrong O
. O
" O

" O
They O
were O
just O
completely O
disagreeing O
with O
everything O
, O
" O
Butts B-PER
said O
. O

So O
the O
two O
researchers O
decided O
they O
had O
to O
prove O
it O
by O
writing O
the O
code O
, O
then O
demonstrating O
the O
potential O
dangers O
of O
both O
the O
pacemaker O
and O
the O
insulin O
pump O
at O
a O
prestigious O
information O
security O
conference O
. O

" O
After O
the O
two O
live O
demonstrations O
, O
people O
actually O
stood O
up O
and O
clapped O
, O
which O
was O
kind O
of O
 O
took O
us O
by O
surprise O
, O
" O
Rios B-PER
said O
. O

Medtronic B-ORG
's O
response O
? O
The O
company O
issued O
a O
statement O
saying O
it O
had O
addressed O
the O
problem O
and O
that O
" O
existing O
security O
controls O
mitigate O
the O
issue O
. O
" O
But O
the O
vulnerability O
caught O
the O
attention O
of O
the O
FDA B-ORG
. O

" O
Any O
device O
can O
be O
hacked O
and O
that O
's O
often O
not O
understood O
, O
" O
said O
Dr. O
Suzanne B-PER
Schwartz I-PER
, O
who O
oversees O
medical O
device O
cybersecurity O
at O
the O
FDA O
. O
She O
said O
manufacturers O
have O
been O
playing O
catch-up O
. O

" O
It O
's O
a O
culture O
shift O
, O
" O
Schwartz B-PER
said O
. O
" O
So O
the O
actions O
and O
the O
activities O
that O
we O
're O
seeing O
manufacturers O
take O
are O
very O
encouraging O
, O
they O
're O
very O
promising O
, O
but O
we O
still O
have O
a O
ways O
to O
go O
. O
" O

In O
the O
case O
of O
the O
Medtronic B-ORG
pacemaker O
, O
the O
researchers O
' O
work O
prompted O
the O
FDA B-ORG
to O
start O
asking O
questions O
of O
its O
own O
. O

" O
That O
was O
when O
Medtronic B-ORG
finally O
came O
out O
and O
said O
what O
we O
had O
been O
saying O
all O
along O
was O
indeed O
correct O
. O

That O
there O
is O
remote O
concern O
, O
and O
there O
is O
potential O
to O
cause O
patient O
harm O
, O
" O
Butts B-PER
said O
. O

Last O
month O
, O
the O
FDA B-ORG
took O
action O
, O
sending O
out O
a O
warning O
about O
certain O
Medtronic B-ORG
pacemakers O
, O
and O
the O
company O
issued O
a O
software O
fix O
. O

Medtronic B-ORG
has O
also O
instructed O
users O
of O
its O
insulin O
pumps O
to O
disable O
certain O
features O
to O
minimize O
risks O
. O

The O
company O
declined O
an O
on-camera O
interview O
, O
but O
in O
a O
statement O
to O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
, O
Medtronic B-ORG
admitted O
it O
" O
took O
entirely O
too O
long O
to O
process O
, O
validate O
and O
mitigate O
" O
the O
vulnerabilities O
discovered O
by O
the O
two O
researchers O
. O

" O
So O
do O
you O
feel O
vindicated O
? O
" O
Werner B-PER
asked O
. O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
that O
we O
're O
looking O
for O
vindication O
, O
" O
Butts B-PER
said O
. O

" O
At O
the O
end O
of O
the O
day O
for O
those O
manufacturers O
that O
do O
n't O
want O
to O
move O
and O
do O
n't O
want O
to O
fix O
their O
devices O
, O
I O
hope O
they O
realize O
that O
the O
repercussions O
are O
really O
serious O
. O
And O
we O
ca O
n't O
wait O
for O
something O
to O
happen O
before O
they O
decide O
to O
try O
to O
fix O
something O
, O
" O
Rios B-PER
said O
. O

Medtronic B-ORG
told O
us O
it O
began O
taking O
steps O
to O
mitigate O
the O
vulnerability O
risks O
even O
before O
Rios B-PER
and O
Butts B-PER
' O
live O
demonstrations O
. O

It O
also O
told O
us O
it O
has O
since O
" O
significantly O
improved O
" O
its O
response O
time O
to O
reports O
of O
vulnerabilities O
. O

That O
insulin O
pump O
, O
however O
, O
is O
still O
in O
use O
, O
though O
the O
company O
claims O
it O
's O
being O
phased O
out O
. O

The O
U.S. B-LOC
Food O
and O
Drug O
Administration O
tells O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
it O
has O
n't O
received O
any O
reports O
of O
patients O
being O
harmed O
due O
to O
cybersecurity O
flaws O
in O
medical O
devices O
. O

However O
, O
independent O
security O
researchers O
have O
found O
vulnerabilities O
that O
could O
potentially O
be O
exploited O
by O
hackers O
on O
certain O
devices O
, O
like O
pacemakers O
and O
insulin O
pumps O
. O

Below O
are O
links O
to O
information O
about O
some O
recently-discovered O
issues O
. O

" O
Blood O
moon O
" O
eclipse O
, O
Mars O
provide O
treat O
for O
skywatchers O

JOHANNESBURG B-LOC
-- O
Skywatchers O
around O
much O
of O
the O
world O
were O
treated O
to O
a O
complete O
lunar O
eclipse O
that O
was O
the O
longest O
of O
this O
century O
. O

The O
total O
eclipse O
lasted O
1 O
hour O
and O
43 O
minutes O
, O
with O
the O
entire O
event O
lasting O
closer O
to O
four O
hours O
. O

Astronomer O
Kobie B-PER
Van I-PER
E-PER I-PER
with O
the O
Johannesburg B-PER
Planetarium I-PER
in O
South B-MISC
Africa I-MISC
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
foreign O
correspondent O
Debora B-PER
Patta I-PER
the O
reason O
for O
the O
eclipse O
's O
length O
was O
because O
of O
the O
distances O
between O
the O
Earth O
and O
the O
moon O
and O
between O
the O
Earth O
and O
the O
sun O
. O

On O
Friday O
, O
the O
moon O
would O
reach O
its O
farthest O
point O
from O
Earth O
 O
about O
250,000 O
miles O
away O
 O
and O
the O
Earth O
was O
at O
its O
farthest O
point O
from O
the O
sun O
, O
Van B-PER
Zyl I-PER
said O
. O

" O
We O
will O
see O
totality O
eclipses O
happening O
again O
, O
but O
nothing O
this O
long O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
This O
is O
the O
longest O
for O
the O
next O
hundred-odd O
years O
. O
" O

Because O
the O
moon O
was O
at O
the O
farthest O
point O
on O
its O
orbit O
from O
Earth O
, O
its O
movement O
across O
the O
sky O
was O
slower O
from O
our O
perspective O
, O
according O
to O
AFP O
. O

Thus O
it O
's O
spending O
longer O
in O
the O
dark O
. O

The O
so-called O
" O
blood O
moon O
, O
" O
when O
it O
turns O
a O
deep O
red O
, O
was O
visible O
at O
different O
times O
in O
Australia B-LOC
, O
Africa B-MISC
, O
Asia B-MISC
, O
Europe B-LOC
and O
South B-MISC
America I-MISC
. O

When O
the O
sun O
, O
Earth O
and O
moon O
line O
up O
perfectly O
, O
Earth O
's O
shadow O
was O
cast O
on O
the O
moon O
. O

Rio B-LOC
de I-LOC
Janeiro I-LOC
's O
spectators O
cheered O
when O
the O
blood O
moon O
emerged O
from O
the O
fog O
. O
Hundreds O
of O
people O
watched O
at O
a O
fort O
overlooking O
the O
iconic B-LOC
Copacabana I-LOC
beach I-LOC
and O
Sugarloaf B-LOC
Mountain I-LOC
. O

The O
local O
planetarium O
set O
up O
telescopes O
for O
astrology O
fans O
. O

" O
These O
telescopes O
are O
fantastic O
. O
It O
's O
ox`ne O
thing O
to O
see O
pictures O
of O
the O
planets O
in O
a O
book O
and O
another O
to O
see O
it O
in O
real O
life O
, O
" O
said O
Ana B-PER
Selma I-PER
Ferreira I-PER
, O
a O
46-year O
old O
lawyer O
who O
brought O
her O
children O
to O
the O
spectacle O
. O

Across O
Africa B-MISC
, O
people O
turned O
to O
the O
sky O
, O
watching O
the O
reddish O
shadow O
slide O
up O
the O
moon O
's O
surface O
. O

In O
Somalia B-LOC
's O
capital O
, O
Mogadishu B-LOC
, O
hundreds O
of O
people O
hurried O
to O
mosques O
for O
special O
prayers O
often O
observed O
during O
lunar O
eclipses O
while O
clerics O
on O
loudspeakers O
urged O
them O
along O
. O

In O
South B-MISC
Sudan I-MISC
, O
some O
dared O
to O
take O
photos O
in O
a O
war-torn O
country O
where O
using O
a O
camera O
in O
public O
is O
discouraged O
. O

In O
Ethiopia B-MISC
's O
capital O
, O
Addis B-LOC
Ababa I-LOC
, O
people O
at O
an O
open-air O
restaurant O
admired O
a O
rare O
clear O
view O
during O
the O
rainy O
season O
, O
comparing O
a O
live O
NASA B-ORG
webcast O
to O
what O
they O
saw O
above O
. O

Then O
clouds O
rolled O
in O
. O
" O
Dem O
yelebesech O
chereka O
, O
" O
some O
murmured O
- O
Amharic O
for O
" O
blood O
moon O
. O
" O

" O
The O
reason O
that O
the O
moon O
turns O
red O
is O
because O
atmospheric O
scattering O
causes O
red O
light O
to O
pass O
through O
the O
atmosphere O
and O
the O
composition O
of O
the O
atmosphere O
can O
change O
if O
volcanic O
eruptions O
or O
forest O
fires O
occur O
, O
" O
said O
Tom B-PER
Kerss I-PER
, O
an O
astronomer O
with O
the O
Royal B-ORG
Observatory I-ORG
Greenwich I-ORG
. O
" O
And O
the O
density O
of O
dust O
increasing O
in O
the O
atmosphere O
can O
cause O
the O
moon O
to O
appear O
a O
particularly O
deep O
red O
, O
and O
indeed O
it O
has O
the O
same O
effect O
on O
our O
sunsets O
and O
sunrises O
. O
" O

Derrick B-PER
Pitts I-PER
, O
chief O
astronomer O
at O
the O
Franklin B-ORG
Institute I-ORG
in O
Philadelphia B-LOC
, O
told O
CBSN B-ORG
that O
the O
" O
blood O
moon O
" O
phrase O
was O
only O
recently O
attached O
to O
the O
phenomenon O
. O
" O
It O
really O
was O
more O
of O
a O
public O
relations O
or O
public O
affairs O
kind O
of O
thing O
than O
it O
was O
anything O
else O
because O
you O
know O
the O
moon O
's O
color O
in O
eclipses O
can O
range O
anywhere O
from O
a O
tan O
or O
coppery O
color O
actually O
, O
" O
Pitts B-PER
said O
. O

" O
It O
could O
even O
occur O
in O
such O
a O
way O
that O
it O
just O
barely O
has O
any O
color O
at O
all O
. O
But O
when O
you O
get O
really O
deep O
lunar O
eclipses O
, O
like O
we O
've O
had O
a O
few O
of O
over O
the O
last O
couple O
of O
years O
, O
a O
really O
great O
way O
to O
promote O
that O
is O
if O
you O
attach O
the O
moniker O
onto O
it O
that O
it O
's O
a O
'blood O
red O
' O
moon O
and O
that O
really O
engages O
people O
to O
go O
out O
and O
see O
it O
. O
" O

In O
a O
special O
treat O
, O
Mars O
was O
also O
at O
its O
closest O
approach O
to O
Earth O
this O
week O
since O
2003 O
, O
making O
it O
appear O
bigger O
and O
brighter O
. O

NASA B-ORG
has O
called O
out O
social O
media O
hoaxers O
claiming O
that O
Mars O
will O
appear O
as O
big O
as O
the O
moon O
during O
the O
eclipse O
, O
AFP B-ORG
reports O
. O

Excited O
skywatchers O
on O
social O
media O
shared O
photos O
of O
the O
bright O
planet O
just O
to O
the O
right O
of O
the O
moon O
. O

North O
America B-LOC
missed O
out O
on O
Friday O
's O
lunar O
eclipse O
but O
can O
look O
forward O
to O
the O
next O
one O
on O
Jan. O
21 O
, O
2019 O
, O
according O
to O
NASA B-ORG
. O

" O
We O
can O
hold O
him O
in O
contempt O
" O
: O
Will O
Zuckerberg B-PER
address O
officials O
? O

If O
Facebook B-ORG
CEO O
Mark B-PER
Zuckerberg I-PER
refuses O
to O
address O
an O
unprecedented O
joint O
" O
international B-MISC
grand I-MISC
committee I-MISC
" O
of O
members O
of O
at O
least O
five O
parliaments O
on O
Nov. O
27 O
, O
a O
Canadian B-MISC
politician O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
he O
'll O
consider O
issuing O
a O
subpoena O
for O
the O
social O
media O
baron O
to O
appear O
before O
that O
country O
's O
legislature O
, O
which O
could O
even O
hold O
Zuckerberg B-PER
in O
contempt O
if O
he O
's O
a O
no-show O
again O
. O

Zuckerberg B-PER
initially O
turned O
down O
an O
initial O
invitation O
by O
Canadian B-MISC
Member O
of O
Parliament O
Bob B-PER
Zimmer I-PER
and O
his O
British B-MISC
counterpart O
Damian B-PER
Collins I-PER
, O
whose O
committees O
are O
investigating O
disinformation O
and O
online O
election O
influence O
campaigns O
, O
but O
he O
was O
invited O
again O
Wednesday O
after O
Argentina B-MISC
, O
Australia B-LOC
and O
Ireland B-MISC
signed O
on O
to O
the O
joint O
inquiry O
. O

A O
spokesperson O
for O
the O
British B-MISC
Parliament O
's O
Digital O
, O
Culture O
, O
Media O
and O
Sport O
Select O
Committee O
, O
which O
is O
heading O
up O
the O
effort O
, O
wrote O
in O
an O
email O
to O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
Friday O
that O
lawmakers O
from O
even O
more O
countries O
may O
soon O
join O
the O
effort O
. O

" O
There O
is O
growing O
interest O
from O
other O
nations O
to O
join O
the O
committee O
, O
" O
the O
spokesperson O
said O
. O
She O
did O
not O
indicate O
which O
specific O
countries O
are O
interested O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
was O
given O
a O
Nov. O
12 O
deadline O
to O
reply O
to O
the O
renewed O
offer O
, O
and O
has O
not O
yet O
done O
so O
. O

The O
company O
did O
not O
respond O
when O
asked O
if O
the O
total O
number O
of O
nations O
involved O
in O
the O
committee O
would O
affect O
its O
decision O
. O

Zimmer B-PER
, O
who O
is O
chair O
of O
the O
Canadian B-MISC
Parliament O
's O
Standing O
Committee O
on O
Access O
to O
Information O
, O
Privacy O
and O
Ethics O
, O
said O
the O
growling O
list O
of O
countries O
participating O
should O
be O
a O
sign O
to O
Facebook B-ORG
that O
the O
governments O
wo O
n't O
be O
satisfied O
unless O
Zuckerberg B-PER
meets O
with O
them O
. O

" O
What O
we O
hope O
he O
's O
seeing O
in O
us O
is O
that O
we O
're O
not O
quitting O
, O
" O
Zimmer B-PER
said O
. O
" O
There O
are O
some O
tools O
in O
Parliament O
that O
we O
have O
available O
. O
We O
can O
subpoena O
him O
and O
if O
he O
does O
not O
come O
we O
can O
hold O
him O
in O
contempt O
. O
" O

Zimmer B-PER
acknowledged O
that O
because O
Zuckerberg B-PER
is O
an O
American B-MISC
citizen O
, O
he O
can O
not O
be O
forced O
to O
appear O
before O
Canada B-MISC
's O
governing O
body O
, O
but O
added O
, O
" O
If O
he O
wants O
to O
do O
business O
in O
Canada O
being O
held O
in O
contempt O
is O
n't O
helpful O
. O
" O

" O
Being O
held O
in O
contempt O
of O
Parliament O
really O
does O
not O
look O
good O
on O
a O
resume O
, O
" O
Zimmer B-PER
said O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
did O
not O
reply O
to O
a O
question O
from O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
about O
the O
possibility O
that O
Zuckerberg B-PER
could O
face O
a O
subpoena O
or O
contempt O
finding O
. O

Contempt O
of O
parliament O
citations O
for O
individuals O
have O
very O
rarely O
been O
invoked O
in O
Canada B-ORG
's O
history O
. O

The O
most O
recent O
instance O
was O
a O
2011 O
case O
involving O
a O
government O
official O
accused O
of O
misleading O
a O
committee O
. O

The O
effort O
to O
get O
Zuckerberg B-PER
to O
appear O
before O
the O
multi-nation O
investigation O
comes O
after O
Britain O
's O
Information O
Commissioner O
released O
a O
report O
Monday O
concluding O
that O
" O
Facebook B-ORG
... O
failed O
to O
keep O
[ O
users O
' O
] O
personal O
information O
secure O
because O
it O
failed O
to O
make O
suitable O
checks O
on O
apps O
and O
developers O
using O
its O
platform O
. O
" O

Her O
conclusion O
mirrors O
that O
of O
a O
scathing O
preliminary O
reportion O
" O
disinformation O
and O
fake O
news O
" O
written O
by O
the O
U.K. B-MISC
committee O
in O
July O
. O

It O
called O
for O
increased O
oversight O
of O
social O
media O
companies O
and O
election O
campaigns O
, O
while O
highlighting O
the O
use O
of O
" O
scraped O
" O
Facebook B-ORG
data O
by O
companies O
associated O
with O
the O
successful O
Brexit O
campaign O
and O
President O
Donald B-PER
Trump I-PER
's O
2016 O
run O
. O

Oceans O
have O
absorbed O
more O
heat O
than O
previously O
thought O
, O
study O
finds O

The O
Earth O
's O
oceans O
have O
absorbed O
more O
heat O
than O
previously O
believed O
, O
according O
to O
a O
study O
published O
this O
week O
in O
Nature O
, O
a O
scientific O
journal O
. O

Researchers O
found O
that O
the O
oceans O
absorbed O
60 O
percent O
more O
each O
year O
between O
1991 O
and O
2016 O
than O
was O
thought O
. O

" O
Imagine O
if O
the O
ocean O
was O
only O
30 O
feet O
deep O
. O

Our O
data O
show O
that O
it O
would O
have O
warmed O
by O
6.5 O
degrees O
Celsius O
every O
decade O
since O
1991 O
. O

In O
comparison O
, O
the O
estimate O
of O
the O
last O
report O
would O
correspond O
to O
a O
warming O
of O
only O
4 O
degrees O
Celsius O
every O
decade O
, O
" O
the O
study O
's O
lead O
author O
, O
Laure O
Resplandy O
, O
said O
in O
an O
article O
about O
the O
findings O
that O
was O
published O
by O
Princeton O
University O
. O

Jeff B-PER
Berardelli I-PER
, O
a O
contributing O
meteorologist O
for O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
, O
says O
60 O
percent O
is O
" O
a O
huge O
amount O
. O
" O

" O
Missing O
60 O
percent O
of O
heat O
for O
the O
last O
25 O
years O
-- O
that O
's O
a O
big O
deal O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

But O
scientists O
are O
now O
going O
to O
have O
to O
do O
their O
due O
diligence O
and O
check O
the O
math O
on O
this O
and O
check O
the O
methods O
and O
make O
sure O
it O
stands O
up O
. O

I O
mean O
, O
it O
's O
a O
peer-reviewed O
study O
. O
It O
's O
done O
by O
some O
of O
the O
best O
institutions O
in O
the O
world O
. O

However O
, O
with O
all O
that O
said O
, O
I O
think O
we O
need O
some O
more O
time O
to O
absorb O
this O
. O

If O
that O
is O
true O
, O
it O
has O
major O
implications O
for O
the O
world O
. O

The O
Earth O
's O
oceans O
absorb O
excess O
heat O
that O
is O
trapped O
by O
greenhouse O
gases O
, O
which O
impacts O
everything O
from O
coral O
reefs O
to O
the O
intensity O
of O
hurricanes O
. O

" O
As O
this O
heat O
is O
absorbed O
, O
it O
raises O
ocean O
temperatures O
and O
accelerates O
the O
retreat O
of O
glaciers O
and O
ice O
sheets O
, O
both O
of O
which O
cause O
sea O
level O
rise O
, O
" O
says O
a O
report O
published O
in O
August O
by O
the O
National B-ORG
Oceanic I-ORG
and I-ORG
Atmospheric I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
. O
" O
The O
heat O
also O
melts O
sea O
ice O
, O
fuels O
evaporation O
, O
and O
affects O
the O
intensity O
of O
tropical O
cyclones O
and O
coral O
bleaching O
. O
" O

" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
disrupts O
alleged O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
hitmen O
in O
potential O
murder-for-hire O
plots O

Known O
as O
the O
internet O
's O
evil O
twin O
, O
the O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
is O
a O
place O
where O
services O
offering O
hit O
men-for-hire O
are O
just O
a O
computer O
click O
away O
. O

" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
explores O
the O
alarming O
world O
of O
murder-for-hire O
on O
the O
mysterious O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
and O
exposes O
an O
international B-ORG
criminal I-ORG
organization I-ORG
in O
a O
hunt O
for O
a O
self-described O
murder O
mastermind O
who O
uses O
the O
name O
Yura B-PER
. O

Who O
is O
Yura B-PER
? O
Where O
is O
Yura B-PER
? O
And O
can O
police O
intervene O
before O
someone O
else O
gets O
killed O
? O

He O
calls O
himself O
Yura B-PER
-- O
a O
man O
who O
says O
he O
's O
behind O
an O
international O
murder O
empire O
named O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia. I-ORG
His O
real O
name O
is O
unknown. O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
A O
hit O
man O
market O
place O
is O
like O
any O
other O
auction O
site O
. O

It O
brings O
customers O
and O
vendors O
together O
. O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
Any O
hit O
man O
is O
welcome O
to O
sign O
up O
. O
But O
not O
all O
will O
be O
accepted O
. O

His O
website O
invites O
would-be O
killers O
to O
send O
him O
hit O
man O
audition O
tapes O
. O
Because O
the O
video O
is O
anonymously O
posted O
online O
, O
it O
ca O
n't O
be O
verified O
. O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
If O
one O
searches O
online O
for O
, O
I O
quote O
, O
" O
shot O
dead O
on O
street O
, O
" O
one O
will O
find O
plenty O
of O
news O
about O
people O
being O
shot O
dead O
in O
the O
street O
by O
unknown O
people O
that O
shoot O
and O
leave O
the O
site O
. O

Those O
are O
our O
hit O
men O
. O
We O
will O
be O
waiting O
for O
you O
to O
come O
place O
your O
orders O
, O
and O
get O
rid O
of O
your O
problems O
. O

Yura B-PER
's O
ominous O
brand O
of O
high-tech O
terror O
extends O
from O
an O
unknown O
location O
to O
the O
smartphones O
, O
tablets O
and O
laptops O
of O
Middle O
America B-LOC
. O
In O
fact O
, O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
discovered O
Yura B-PER
and O
his O
hit O
man-for-hire O
website O
while O
investigating O
the O
shooting O
death O
of O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
in O
the O
Minneapolis B-LOC
suburb O
of O
Cottage B-LOC
Grove I-LOC
, O
Minnesota B-LOC
. O

Amy B-PER
and O
her O
husband O
Stephen B-PER
, O
both O
43 O
, O
seemed O
to O
live O
a O
quintessentially O
American B-MISC
life O
surrounded O
by O
friends O
, O
family O
and O
dogs O
-- O
lots O
of O
them O
. O

Amy B-PER
ran O
a O
dog O
training O
business O
, O
while O
Stephen B-PER
, O
a O
freelance O
IT O
expert O
, O
worked O
from O
their O
home O
. O
The O
college O
sweethearts O
married O
in O
1996 O
and O
eventually O
adopted O
a O
young O
boy O
. O
Joseph B-PER
is O
now O
10 O
. O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
: O
When O
she O
talked O
about O
her O
son O
, O
her O
face O
changed O
, O
from O
happy O
to O
happier O
, O
if O
that O
's O
possible O
. O

Always O
thinking O
of O
others O
, O
Amy B-PER
was O
the O
salt O
of O
the O
earth O
says O
her O
friend O
, O
Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
. O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
: O
You O
could O
look O
in O
her O
eyes O
and O
just O
see O
good O
. O

Faith O
was O
important O
, O
too O
, O
says O
Washington B-MISC
County I-MISC
Prosecutor I-MISC
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
. O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
They O
were O
members O
of O
the O
United B-ORG
Church I-ORG
of I-ORG
God I-ORG
, O
as O
were O
all O
of O
their O
family O
members O
. O

Stephen B-PER
, O
a O
respected O
elder O
in O
the O
church O
, O
delivered O
sermons O
, O
counseled O
couples O
and O
even O
made O
videos O
with O
Amy B-PER
demonstrating O
dance O
moves O
that O
complied O
with O
their O
conservative O
religious O
beliefs O
. O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
: O
She O
always O
was O
smiling O
, O
always O
smiling O
. O

But O
sometime O
, O
somewhere O
, O
warmhearted O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
had O
made O
an O
enemy O
. O

In O
spring O
of O
2016 O
, O
long O
before O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
began O
its O
investigation O
, O
the O
FBI B-ORG
learned O
about O
a O
murder-for-hire O
site O
called O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
-- O
people O
paying O
for O
other O
people O
to O
be O
killed O
-- O
and O
began O
looking O
into O
it O
. O

Poring O
over O
that O
treasure O
trove O
of O
dark O
web O
data O
, O
FBI B-ORG
agents O
were O
startled O
to O
learn O
dozens O
of O
requests O
for O
contract O
killings O
all O
over O
the O
world O
. O

But O
one O
in O
particular O
stood O
out O
. O

Someone O
using O
the O
chilling O
screen O
name O
Dogdaygod B-PER
had O
ordered O
the O
assassination O
of O
a O
woman O
in O
Cottage B-LOC
Grove I-LOC
. O

Her O
name O
: O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
| O
Cottage B-LOC
Grove I-LOC
Police O
: O
It O
was O
a O
case O
where O
the O
FBI B-ORG
had O
approached O
us O
about O
some O
concerns O
& O
regarding O
Amy B-PER
and O
threats O
on O
the O
internet O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Dogdaygod B-PER
says O
, O
" O
I O
need O
this O
bitch O
dead O
. O
So O
please O
help O
me O
. O
" O
There O
was O
an O
urgency O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
Whoever O
Dogdaygod B-PER
is O
-- O
is O
sorta O
chomping O
at O
the O
bit O
for O
this O
to O
happen O
. O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
Dogdaygod B-PER
said O
, O
" O
Amy B-PER
has O
ruined O
my O
life O
and O
stolen O
my O
business O
. O
" O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
, O
an O
Australian B-MISC
writer O
and O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
consultant O
, O
learned O
about O
the O
Allwine B-PER
case O
while O
researching O
a O
book O
about O
the O
dangers O
of O
the O
dark O
web O
. O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
| O
Writer O
: O
So O
here O
we O
have O
hacking O
services O
. O

Stolen O
PayPal O
and O
credit O
cards O
. O

The O
dark O
web O
is O
the O
name O
that O
we O
give O
to O
the O
group O
of O
websites O
that O
ca O
n't O
be O
accessed O
using O
Google B-ORG
or O
any O
of O
your O
normal O
search O
engines O
. O

You O
need O
to O
download O
special O
software O
and O
then O
it O
opens O
up O
this O
new O
world O
to O
you O
. O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
The O
technology O
behind O
it O
was O
actually O
developed O
by O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
military O
to O
hide O
military O
secrets O
. O
So O
that O
sort O
of O
security O
obviously O
offers O
criminals O
great O
security O
as O
well O
. O

The O
killing O
of O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
had O
been O
ordered O
on O
that O
hit O
man O
website O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
. O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
Yura B-PER
is O
the O
owner O
of O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
, O
and O
subsequent O
websites O
that O
are O
the O
most O
profitable O
group O
of O
murder-for-hire O
sites O
that O
have O
ever O
existed O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Ever O
existed O
? O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
Ever O
existed O
. O

Ormsby B-PER
's O
research O
led O
her O
to O
a O
like-minded O
colleague O
half O
a O
world O
away O
in O
London O
. O
Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
, O
an O
IT O
specialist O
by O
day O
, O
white O
hat O
hacker O
by O
night O
, O
had O
also O
found O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
| O
White O
hat O
hacker O
: O
If O
you O
've O
passed O
the O
barrier O
of O
having O
paid O
money O
to O
get O
someone O
killed O
, O
you O
are O
mentally O
committed O
to O
doing O
that O
. O

Monteiro B-PER
did O
n't O
want O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
-- O
or O
our O
footage O
-- O
to O
reveal O
the O
location O
of O
his O
apartment O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
The O
people O
who O
would O
use O
this O
website O
are O
in O
many O
cases O
dangerous O
people O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Because O
these O
are O
people O
who O
genuinely O
want O
to O
have O
someone O
else O
murdered O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
Yes O
. O
And O
in O
many O
cases O
are O
paying O
a O
significant O
amount O
of O
money O
for O
this O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
Dogdaygod B-PER
spent O
a O
lotta O
money O
to O
have O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
murdered O
. O

Dogdaygod B-PER
wanted O
her O
dead O
badly O
enough O
to O
pay O
Yura B-PER
and O
the O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
site O
more O
than O
$ O
12,000 O
in O
the O
digital O
currency O
bitcoin B-MISC
. O

Even O
financial O
transactions O
are O
made O
anonymously O
on O
the O
dark O
web O
, O
says O
prosecutor O
Kreuser B-PER
. O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
Bitcoin B-MISC
is O
untraceable O
. O
Because O
when O
you O
use O
bitcoin B-MISC
, O
it O
is O
done O
through O
what O
is O
called O
a O
wallet O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
And O
so O
once O
I O
get O
a O
bitcoin B-MISC
wallet I-MISC
, O
I O
can O
use O
that O
to O
pay O
for O
these O
services O
on O
the O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
? O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
That O
is O
correct O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Even O
murder O
? O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
That O
's O
right O
. O

With O
the O
hit O
against O
Amy B-PER
bought O
and O
paid O
for O
, O
the O
FBI B-ORG
had O
decided O
to O
tell O
her O
and O
Stephen B-PER
the O
frightening O
news O
. O

Det. O
Terry B-PER
Raymond I-PER
| O
Cottage B-LOC
Grove I-LOC
Police O
: O
I O
believe O
it O
was O
May O
31st O
of O
2016 O
. O

Cottage B-LOC
Grove I-LOC
Detective O
Terry B-PER
Raymond I-PER
rode O
along O
with O
the O
FBI B-ORG
that O
day O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
You O
had O
to O
ask O
the O
question O
, O
" O
Amy B-PER
, O
do O
you O
know O
anyone O
in O
your O
life O
who O
would O
want O
you O
dead O
? O
" O

Det. O
Terry B-PER
Raymond I-PER
: O
Right O
. O
And O
she O
did O
n't O
. O
She O
was O
completely O
shocked O
and O
had O
no O
clue O
who O
it O
could O
possibly O
be O
. O

Raymond B-PER
says O
, O
at O
the O
time O
, O
the O
FBI B-ORG
never O
mentioned O
anything O
to O
him O
or O
the O
Allwines B-PER
about O
Yura B-PER
, O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
or O
Dogdaygod B-PER
, O
but O
they O
told O
her O
there O
was O
a O
murder-for-hire O
plot O
against O
her O
on O
the O
dark O
web O
. O

Det. O
Terry B-PER
Raymond I-PER
: O
It O
was O
the O
FBI B-ORG
's O
investigation O
. O

They O
have O
people O
that O
are O
familiar O
with O
the O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
. O
Other O
than O
an O
extra O
patrol O
thing O
, O
it O
's O
not O
something O
that O
we O
would O
get O
involved O
in O
. O

The O
authorities O
advised O
Amy B-PER
and O
her O
husband O
to O
beef O
up O
their O
home O
security O
and O
then O
left O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
They O
installed O
& O
a O
video O
surveillance O
system O
. O
And O
they O
purchased O
a O
pistol O
. O
So O
they O
had O
taken O
steps O
. O

Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
And O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
, O
from O
that O
point O
on O
& O
lived O
with O
this O
knowledge O
that O
someone O
wanted O
her O
dead O
. O

Then O
two O
months O
later O
, O
in O
July O
2016 O
, O
Amy B-PER
got O
another O
death O
threat O
 O
this O
time O
sent O
directly O
to O
her O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
[ O
reading O
] O
: O
" O
Amy B-PER
, O
I O
still O
blame O
you O
for O
my O
life O
falling O
apart O
Here O
is O
what O
is O
going O
to O
happen O
. O
I O
will O
come O
after O
everything O
else O
that O
you O
love O
. O
" O

Suddenly O
, O
the O
death O
threat O
hung O
over O
Amy B-PER
's O
entire O
family O
, O
including O
her O
son O
, O
Joseph B-PER
, O
then O
8 O
years O
old O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
[ O
reading O
] O
: O
" O
Here O
is O
how O
you O
can O
save O
your O
family O
. O
Commit O
suicide O
. O
So O
why O
not O
do O
it O
now O
and O
save O
them O
? O
" O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
How O
seriously O
do O
you O
take O
this O
threat O
? O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
You O
have O
to O
investigate O
it O
as O
much O
as O
you O
can O
. O

The O
problem O
is O
, O
the O
email O
it O
was O
sent O
from O
& O
was O
anonymized O
, O
so O
it O
was O
untraceable O
. O

But O
someone O
did O
want O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
dead O
. O
And O
soon O
enough O
she O
would O
be O
. O

Sergeant B-PER
Gwen I-PER
Martin I-PER
was O
just O
starting O
the O
night O
shift O
on O
Nov. O
13 O
, O
2016 O
, O
when O
a O
911 O
call O
came O
in O
that O
made O
many O
on O
the O
Cottage B-LOC
Grove I-LOC
Police O
Department O
drop O
what O
they O
were O
doing O
. O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
The O
caller O
was O
telling O
them O
that O
a O
female O
had O
shot O
herself O
. O

911 B-MISC
CALL I-MISC
: O
I O
think O
my O
wife O
shot O
herself O
. O
There O
is O
blood O
all O
over O
. O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
We O
get O
in O
the O
squad O
cars O
, O
and O
we O
start O
going O
to O
the O
scene O
. O

As O
an O
18-year O
veteran O
patrol O
cop O
and O
experienced O
paramedic O
, O
Martin B-PER
says O
she O
was O
trained O
to O
be O
ready O
for O
anything O
. O
But O
nothing O
had O
prepared O
her O
for O
a O
message O
she O
received O
from O
dispatch O
about O
half O
way O
through O
her O
six-minute O
drive O
to O
the O
scene O
. O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
I O
knew O
it O
was O
Amy B-PER
. O

Martin B-PER
had O
grown O
fond O
of O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
after O
teaching O
her O
in O
an O
eight-week O
course O
for O
citizens O
to O
learn O
about O
law O
enforcement O
and O
emergency O
services O
. O

They O
'd O
last O
seen O
each O
other O
just O
two O
weeks O
earlier O
at O
graduation O
. O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
My O
-- O
my O
heart O
stopped O
. O
No O
. O
This O
is O
n't O
possible O
. O
Amy B-PER
was O
n't O
suicidal O
. O
Amy B-PER
was O
happy O
. O

She O
had O
a O
husband O
. O

She O
had O
a O
son O
. O

What O
possibly O
could O
be O
goin O
' O
on O
? O

As O
Martin B-PER
rounded O
a O
final O
curve O
on O
the O
pitch-black O
country O
road O
, O
the O
taillights O
of O
first O
responders O
at O
the O
scene O
appeared O
in O
her O
windshield O
. O

She O
says O
she O
entered O
the O
house O
still O
hoping O
that O
the O
female O
might O
be O
someone O
other O
than O
Amy B-PER
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
And O
what O
did O
you O
see O
? O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
I O
saw O
Amy B-PER
-- O
lying O
on O
the O
floor O
& O
a O
pool O
of O
blood O
& O
A O
blank O
look O
on O
her O
face O
, O
obviously O
dead O
. O

Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
was O
sprawled O
on O
the O
bedroom O
floor O
. O

Her O
eyes O
were O
open O
and O
her O
pants O
partially O
unzipped O
. O

Martin B-PER
called O
Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
at O
his O
home O
. O

He O
rushed O
to O
the O
scene O
, O
passing O
the O
Allwine B-PER
's O
son O
Joseph B-PER
outside O
the O
house O
. O

The O
boy O
was O
being O
comforted O
by O
his O
father O
Stephen B-PER
. O

McAlister B-PER
says O
he O
expected O
to O
find O
a O
suicide O
. O
But O
once O
in O
the O
house O
, O
his O
nose O
detected O
something O
strange O
. O

A O
pumpkin O
was O
roasting O
in O
the O
kitchen O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
So O
the O
notion O
would O
be O
that O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
put O
a O
pumpkin O
in O
the O
roaster O
, O
put O
it O
in O
the O
oven O
and O
then O
shot O
herself O
to O
death O
? O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
Yeah. O
Yeah O
. O
So O
that O
was O
really O
odd O
. O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
It O
does O
n't O
look O
like O
a O
suicide O
. O

Amy B-PER
's O
gunshot O
wound O
was O
easy O
to O
miss O
at O
first O
: O
a O
single O
bullet O
hole O
inside O
her O
right O
ear O
. O
The O
Allwine B-PER
's O
pistol O
was O
lying O
in O
the O
crook O
of O
her O
left O
arm O
, O
which O
was O
perplexing O
because O
Amy B-PER
was O
right O
handed O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
How O
did O
her O
hand O
end O
up O
under O
the O
bed O
and O
the O
gun O
end O
up O
on O
her O
left O
arm O
? O

Then O
McAlister B-PER
studied O
the O
bloody O
scene O
around O
Amy B-PER
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
I O
noticed O
what O
we O
call O
satellite O
blood O
drips O
that O
were O
actually O
outside O
of O
the O
blood O
pool O
. O

Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
At O
some O
point O
, O
Amy B-PER
's O
head O
was O
suspended O
above O
those O
drops O
. O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
It O
lit O
up O
like O
a O
Christmas O
tree O
! O

Bloody O
footprints O
too O
faint O
to O
be O
seen O
with O
the O
naked O
eye O
suddenly O
appeared O
everywhere O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
They O
went O
back O
and O
forth O
to O
the O
mud O
room O
& O
But O
they O
also O
went O
into O
the O
bathroom O
on O
the O
main O
floor O
. O
And O
they O
went O
into O
-- O
the O
son O
's O
bedroom O
. O

There O
were O
no O
immediate O
suspects O
. O
Amy B-PER
's O
son O
was O
just O
a O
kid O
, O
her O
husband O
Stephen B-PER
had O
helped O
beef O
up O
security O
at O
the O
house O
after O
the O
FBI B-ORG
's O
warning O
and O
even O
bought O
a O
gun O
. O
He O
agreed O
to O
be O
questioned O
down O
at O
the O
police O
station O
: O

STEPHEN B-PER
ALLWINE O
TO O
POLICE O
: O
We O
're O
a O
normal O
family O
. O
There O
's O
nothing O
-- O
nothing O
unique O
, O
nothing O
strange O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
The O
thing O
that O
stood O
out O
for O
everybody O
, O
I O
think O
, O
is O
his O
demeanor O
. O

Even O
though O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine B-PER
had O
made O
that O
911 O
call O
, O
McAlister B-PER
says O
Allwine B-PER
was O
oddly O
calm O
for O
someone O
who O
had O
just O
found O
his O
wife O
shot O
to O
death O
. O
Even O
when O
he O
started O
crying O
at O
one O
point O
: O

STEPHEN B-PER
ALLWINE O
TO O
POLICE O
: O
[ O
Sighs O
] O
If O
she O
did O
kill O
herself O
I O
did O
n't O
see O
anything O
comin O
' O
. O
I O
guess O
it O
was O
my O
fault O
[ O
cries O
] O
. O
I O
guess O
l O
do O
n't O
even O
know O
what O
to O
look O
for O
, O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
what O
 O
[ O
picks O
up O
a O
tissue O
] O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
It O
just O
seemed O
kinda O
fake O
to O
me O
. O

Allwine B-PER
told O
police O
he O
'd O
spent O
the O
morning O
working O
in O
his O
basement O
. O

He O
says O
when O
he O
came O
up O
for O
lunch O
, O
Amy O
was O
n't O
feeling O
well O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
She O
was O
coming O
down O
with O
something O
. O

Allwine B-PER
said O
he O
'd O
given O
their O
son O
to O
Amy B-PER
's O
parents O
for O
the O
afternoon O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
He O
left O
the O
house O
at O
roughly O
5:30 O
p.m. O
to O
go O
pick O
his O
son O
up O
from O
the O
grandparents O
' O
house O
. O

From O
there O
, O
Allwine B-PER
says O
he O
took O
his O
son O
for O
dinner O
and O
then O
drove O
home O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
The O
son O
apparently O
went O
right O
to O
the O
master O
bedroom O
to O
look O
for O
his O
mom O
and O
found O
her O
-- O
on O
the O
floor O
. O

STEPHEN B-PER
ALLWINE O
TO O
911 O
: O
I O
think O
my O
wife O
shot O
herself O
. O
There O
is O
blood O
all O
over O
. O

As O
the O
911 O
call O
went O
on O
, O
Stephen O
Allwine O
's O
distraught O
young O
son O
, O
who O
discovered O
his O
mother O
's O
body O
, O
had O
questions O
: O

JOSEPH B-PER
ALLWINE O
: O
Why O
did O
she O
shoot O
herself O
? O

STEPHEN B-PER
ALLWINE O
: O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
. O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
bud O
, O
come O
here O
. O

He O
then O
asked O
: O

JOSEPH B-PER
ALLWINE O
: O
Are O
you O
going O
to O
remarry O
? O

STEPHEN B-PER
ALLWINE O
: O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
bud O
[ O
chuckles O
] O
. O

JOSEPH B-PER
ALLWINE O
: O
I O
'm O
just O
sad O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Did O
you O
hear O
what O
I O
heard O
? O
What O
-- O
what O
seemed O
like O
a O
chuckle O
? O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
Yeah O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
There O
was O
nothing O
funny O
in O
that O
room O
, O
in O
that O
scene O
. O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
No O
. O
Nothing O
funny O
at O
all O
. O

Although O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
's O
behavior O
seemed O
fishy O
in O
the O
911 O
call O
and O
police O
interviews O
, O
McAlister B-PER
said O
there O
was O
no O
apparent O
motive O
for O
him O
to O
kill O
his O
wife O
. O
And O
there O
was O
no O
definitive O
evidence O
linking O
him O
to O
the O
death O
scene O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
At O
that O
point O
, O
in O
your O
mind O
, O
is O
this O
a O
murder O
case O
? O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
I O
'm O
thinkin O
' O
it O
's O
a O
murder O
case O
, O
I O
just O
do O
n't O
know O
who O
'd O
done O
it O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
's O
husband O
Stephen B-PER
called O
911 O
. O
I O
have O
it O
here O
. O

The O
Allwine B-PER
's O
young O
son O
can O
be O
heard O
crying O
on O
the O
call O
. O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
[ O
refusing O
the O
offer O
to O
hear O
the O
call O
] O
: O
I O
do O
n't O
even O
wan O
na O
hear O
her O
son O
! O
& O
That O
poor O
little O
boy O
! O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
is O
furious O
that O
authorities O
who O
knew O
about O
the O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
hit O
man O
threat O
against O
her O
friend O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
did O
n't O
do O
more O
to O
protect O
her O
. O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
: O
I O
think O
they O
failed O
her O
. O
They O
failed O
her O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
So O
when O
you O
arrived O
at O
the O
residence O
, O
there O
's O
not O
a O
sense O
of O
& O
The O
husband O
might O
be O
someone O
we O
should O
really O
keep O
our O
eye O
on O
? O

Det. O
Terry B-PER
Raymond I-PER
: O
No O
, O
we O
did O
n't O
discuss O
any O
of O
that O
. O

Terry B-PER
Raymond I-PER
and O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
from O
the O
Cottage B-LOC
Grove I-LOC
Police O
say O
this O
was O
the O
FBI B-ORG
's O
case. O
The O
Feds O
took O
the O
lead O
that O
day O
. O

Local O
police O
say O
they O
did O
everything O
they O
could O
for O
Amy B-PER
: O
warned O
her O
to O
take O
security O
precautions O
and O
increased O
patrols O
in O
her O
area O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
You O
ca O
n't O
park O
a O
car O
indefinitely O
outside O
of O
somebody O
's O
house O
, O
unless O
you O
have O
more O
& O
specific O
information O
. O

" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
wanted O
to O
ask O
the O
FBI B-ORG
about O
the O
Allwine B-PER
case O
, O
but O
the O
Bureau O
declined O
our O
request O
for O
an O
interview O
. O

Since O
2015 O
, O
Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
had O
been O
sounding O
the O
alarm O
about O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
murder-for-hire O
sites O
. O
He O
'd O
been O
writing O
online O
articles O
to O
argue O
that O
many O
hit O
man O
sites O
were O
phony O
. O

In O
2016 O
, O
he O
says O
he O
noticed O
someone O
had O
edited O
one O
of O
his O
posts O
about O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
, O
insisting O
it O
was O
real O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
This O
is O
Yura B-PER
doing O
this O
? O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
Yes O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
So O
he O
's O
basically O
saying O
& O
this O
guy O
's O
not O
right O
. O

Do O
n't O
listen O
to O
him O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
Yeah O
. O

An O
online O
argument O
ensued O
. O
The O
sniping O
continued O
for O
months O
, O
until O
Monteiro B-PER
says O
he O
received O
a O
chilling O
video O
from O
Yura B-PER
in O
his O
inbox O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
And O
in O
this O
video O
is O
someone O
holding O
up O
a O
piece O
of O
paper O
with O
my O
domain O
name O
& O
And O
there O
's O
a O
big O
flame O
. O
And O
a O
car O
's O
being O
torched O
! O
was O
very O
, O
very O
surreal O
& O
at O
this O
point O
I O
did O
n't O
know O
what O
to O
do O
. O

Monteiro B-PER
called O
a O
lawyer O
the O
next O
day O
. O

In O
the O
following O
weeks O
, O
as O
the O
threats O
from O
Yura B-PER
continued O
, O
he O
sought O
help O
and O
support O
from O
his O
online O
community O
, O
including O
author O
Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
in O
Australia B-LOC
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Did O
you O
interpret O
this O
as O
a O
threat O
upon O
Chris B-PER
's O
life O
? O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
Yes O
, O
we O
both O
did O
. O

Monteiro B-PER
also O
saw O
it O
as O
a O
declaration O
of O
war O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
I O
was O
gon O
na O
take O
this O
guy O
down O
. O

That O
was O
easier O
said O
than O
done O
. O

Yura B-PER
's O
sites O
were O
encrypted O
and O
he O
regularly O
changed O
their O
names O
. O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
To O
customers O
, O
law O
enforcement O
ca O
n't O
easily O
close O
our O
site O
because O
the O
IP B-MISC
is O
hidden O
, O
posting O
is O
hidden O
. O

Then O
Monteiro B-PER
developed O
a O
special O
computer O
code O
to O
hack O
into O
the O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
site I-ORG
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
So O
you O
were O
able O
to O
see O
all O
the O
communication O
that O
's O
gone O
between O
customers O
and O
Yura B-PER
himself O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
Yes O
. O
Exactly O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
What O
are O
you O
discovering O
? O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
I O
discovered O
there O
are O
lots O
of O
sick O
people O
out O
there O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
And O
in O
many O
cases O
, O
being O
very O
graphic O
about O
& O
how O
they O
want O
the O
person O
to O
suffer O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
[ O
reading O
miscellaneous O
kill O
orders O
] O
: O
" O
I O
would O
like O
this O
person O
to O
be O
shot O
and O
killed O
" O
" O
I O
have O
a O
very O
strong O
motive O
to O
kill O
my O
daughter O
. O
" O
" O
Do O
you O
know O
where O
I O
can O
hire O
someone O
to O
rape O
another O
person O
? O
" O
" O
Do O
you O
poor O
acid O
on O
my O
target O
? O
If O
so O
how O
much O
does O
it O
cost O
? O
" O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Did O
you O
come O
across O
someone O
who O
used O
the O
handle O
Dogdaygod B-PER
? O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
Yes O
, O
I O
did O
. O

The O
target O
in O
this O
kill O
order O
, O
was O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
. O
Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
found O
scores O
of O
messages O
between O
Dogdaygod B-PER
and O
Yura B-PER
discussing O
how O
, O
where O
and O
when O
the O
hit O
would O
take O
place O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
What O
did O
Dogdaygod B-PER
want O
done O
? O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
The O
target O
killed O
& O
whilst O
they O
were O
on O
-- O
a O
particularly O
given O
date O
" O

DOGDAYGOD B-PER
WRITES O
: O
" O
I O
am O
looking O
to O
hire O
you O
for O
a O
hit O
. O
" O

YURA B-PER
REPLIES I-PER
: O
" O
We O
can O
plan O
the O
hit O
when O
you O
are O
traveling O
outside O
the O
city O
for O
a O
day O
or O
two O
. O
This O
makes O
everyone O
know O
you O
could O
not O
be O
the O
murderer O
. O
" O

DOGDAYGOD B-PER
WRITES O
: O
" O
The O
target O
will O
be O
traveling O
out O
of O
town O
to O
Moline B-LOC
, O
Illinois B-LOC
. O
What O
is O
the O
price O
in O
bitcoin B-MISC
for O
a O
hit O
and O
ideally O
making O
it O
look O
like O
an O
accident O
? O
" O

YURA B-PER
RESPONDS O
: O
" O
Normal O
killing O
by O
gunshot O
is O
$ O
5,000 O
. O
Killing O
to O
make O
it O
look O
like O
accident O
is O
$ O
5,000 O
plus O
max O
4,000 O
. O
" O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
It O
's O
all O
organized O
. O
It O
's O
all O
ready O
to O
go O
. O

Yura B-PER
is O
offering O
everything O
here O
except O
airline O
miles O
it O
seems O
for O
this O
hit O
. O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
Dogdaygod B-PER
has O
a O
very O
intimate O
knowledge O
of O
Amy B-PER
's O
whereabouts O
, O
her O
movements O
and O
what O
she O
's O
going O
to O
be O
doing O
at O
any O
one O
time O
. O

And O
Ormsby O
says O
Dogdaygod B-PER
's O
messages O
with O
Yura B-PER
, O
which O
began O
about O
nine O
months O
before O
Amy O
Allwine O
died O
, O
makes O
clear O
that O
as O
time O
passed O
, O
Dogdaygod B-PER
had O
grown O
impatient O
about O
having O
the O
hit O
carried O
out O
. O

Dogdaygod B-PER
writes O
in O
an O
email O
dated O
March O
20 O
, O
2016 O
: O
" O
I O
want O
her O
gone O
. O
I O
need O
her O
gone O
. O
" O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
says O
he O
was O
so O
concerned O
about O
the O
hit O
man O
sites O
, O
he O
contacted O
the O
FBI B-ORG
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
I O
& O
spoke O
to O
an O
agent O
there O
and O
explained O
the O
situation O

He O
admits O
he O
did O
n't O
get O
into O
specifics O
about O
any O
plot O
in O
particular O
 O
and O
says O
the O
conversation O
went O
nowhere O
. O
He O
eventually O
gave O
up O
trying O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
This O
would O
take O
over O
my O
life O
even O
more O
than O
it O
has O
. O

But O
Monteiro B-PER
's O
life O
was O
turned O
upside O
down O
in O
January O
2017 O
when O
he O
learned O
about O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
's O
death O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
I O
was O
so O
upset O
when O
I O
found O
out O
... O
And O
this O
is O
exactly O
what O
I O
tried O
to O
stop O
. O
It O
's O
really O
been O
difficult O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
He O
had O
a O
lot O
of O
very O
advanced O
electrical O
and O
computer O
equipment O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
I O
heard O
there O
was O
as O
many O
as O
66 O
electronic O
devices O
down O
there O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
You O
're O
right O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Did O
it O
look O
like O
mission O
control O
? O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
Yeah O
. O

It O
was O
a O
lot O
, O
even O
for O
an O
IT B-MISC
professional O
like O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
. O
And O
investigators O
unearthed O
startling O
cyber O
evidence O
in O
his O
email O
. O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
had O
been O
going O
on O
a O
website O
called O
Ashley B-PER
Madison I-PER
. O
It O
is O
a O
website O
for O
married O
people O
seeking O
extramarital O
affairs O
. O

Ashley B-PER
Madison I-PER
's O
client O
list O
was O
leaked O
in O
2015 O
, O
publicly O
shaming O
some O
of O
the O
most O
rich O
and O
powerful O
adulterers O
in O
America B-MISC
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
How O
do O
you O
think O
she O
would O
've O
taken O
that O
news O
? O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
: O
She O
would O
've O
been O
crushed O
. O

Kreuser B-PER
says O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
's O
position O
in O
the O
church O
would O
have O
been O
in O
jeopardy O
if O
he O
divorced O
Amy B-PER
. O

Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
had O
& O
dated O
-- O
at O
least O
three O
women O
-- O
through O
different O
internet O
forums O
. O
Those O
relationships O
ranged O
from O
a O
date O
to O
a O
prolonged O
sexual O
relationship O
. O

His O
texts O
with O
one O
of O
those O
women O
could O
never O
be O
heard O
in O
church O
: O

STEVEN B-PER
ALLWINE I-PER
: O
Know O
what O
I O
am O
dreaming O
about O
tonight O
? O

WOMAN O
: O
What O
? O
? O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
That O
goes O
to O
motive O
in O
that O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
did O
not O
wan O
na O
be O
married O
anymore O
. O

The O
incriminating O
evidence O
against O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
was O
growing O
. O

They O
discovered O
Allwine B-PER
had O
been O
shopping O
on O
the O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
for O
an O
anti-nausea O
drug O
called O
scopolamine B-MISC
. O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Harden I-PER
: O
Taking O
-- O
a O
large O
amount O
of O
scopolamine B-MISC
would O
render O
you O
helpless O
essentially O
. O

Had O
he O
pulled O
the O
trigger O
himself O
or O
hired O
a O
hit O
man O
from O
Yura B-PER
's O
website O
? O
Yura B-PER
claimed O
Amy B-PER
's O
shooting O
was O
arranged O
on O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
in O
this O
video O
diary O
he O
sent O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
: O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
The O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
hit O
man O
visited O
the O
Allwine B-PER
residence O
and O
shot O
his O
wife O
with O
& O
her O
gun O
and O
then O
left O
the O
location O
driving O
in O
a O
hurry O

Either O
way O
, O
Amy O
's O
autopsy O
showed O
an O
enormous O
amount O
of O
scopolamine B-MISC
in O
her O
system O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
Well O
, O
in O
-- O
in O
high O
enough O
amounts O
, O
it O
can O
kill O
you O
. O

In O
spite O
of O
the O
scopolamine B-MISC
, O
in O
spite O
of O
the O
messages O
to O
the O
hit O
man O
site O
, O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
was O
lacking O
absolute O
proof O
that O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
was O
involved O
in O
Amy B-PER
's O
death O
. O
Could O
someone O
else O
have O
used O
Allwine B-PER
's O
computers O
? O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
I O
really O
did O
n't O
latch O
onto O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
as O
the O
suspect O
until O
December O
12th O
. O

December O
12 O
, O
2017 O
-- O
that O
's O
the O
day O
McAlister B-PER
got O
a O
call O
from O
another O
investigator O
who O
had O
just O
made O
another O
crucial O
discovery O
. O

Capt. O
Randy B-PER
McAlister I-PER
: O
Stephen B-PER
moves O
from O
being O
a O
& O
grieving O
spouse O
of O
Amy B-PER
, O
to O
the O
suspect O
in O
her O
murder O
. O

Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
I O
've O
worked O
on O
many O
murders O
in O
my O
career O
. O

This O
one O
, O
far O
and O
wide O
, O
the O
most O
complex O
, O
trying O
case O
I O
have O
ever O
worked O
on O
as O
a O
prosecutor O
. O

On O
Dec. O
12 O
, O
2016 O
, O
authorities O
in O
the O
Allwine B-PER
investigation O
caught O
their O
biggest O
break O
of O
all O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Is O
there O
a O
smoking O
gun O
in O
this O
case O
, O
in O
your O
opinion O
? O

Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
There O
is O
a O
smoking O
gun O
in O
this O
case O
. O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
says O
the O
smoking O
gun O
was O
a O
34-character O
code O
in O
a O
message O
from O
Dogdaygod B-PER
, O
paying O
for O
Amy B-PER
's O
murder O
in O
bitcoin O
-- O
that O
digital O
currency O
that O
people O
on O
the O
dark O
web O
often O
use O
to O
buy O
and O
sell O
anonymously O
. O

The O
problem O
for O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
was O
that O
code O
was O
on O
his O
computer O
. O

Kreuser B-PER
says O
it O
could O
not O
have O
been O
a O
coincidence O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
So O
in O
the O
end O
, O
who O
is O
Dogdaygod B-PER
? O

Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
Dogdaygod B-PER
is O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
. O

The O
man O
who O
swore O
to O
God O
that O
he O
would O
love O
, O
honor O
and O
cherish O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
is O
now O
suspected O
of O
sending O
her O
to O
an O
early O
grave O
. O

Sgt. O
Gwen B-PER
Martin I-PER
: O
We O
know O
he O
tried O
to O
hire O
a O
hit O
man O
to O
kill O
her O
. O

We O
know O
he O
tried O
to O
poison O
her O
. O

He O
tried O
to O
get O
her O
to O
kill O
herself O
with O
these O
emails O
. O
That O
did O
n't O
work O
. O

Prosecutors O
say O
after O
waiting O
for O
nine O
months O
, O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
was O
so O
frustrated O
that O
the O
hit O
had O
n't O
happened O
, O
that O
he O
shot O
his O
wife O
to O
death O
himself O
, O
using O
that O
nausea O
drug O
to O
render O
her O
helpless O
and O
the O
gun O
he O
'd O
bought O
for O
their O
personal O
protection O
. O

Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
was O
arrested O
on O
Jan. O
17 O
, O
2017 O
, O
on O
murder O
charges O
. O

He O
hired O
defense O
attorney O
Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Let O
's O
get O
right O
to O
it O
, O
did O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
murder O
his O
wife O
Amy B-PER
? O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
: O
No O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
If O
he O
did O
n't O
, O
who O
did O
? O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
: O
Well O
, O
there O
were O
threats O
that O
were O
being O
made O
directly O
to O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
on O
the O
internet O
. O

DeVore B-PER
claims O
authorities O
had O
tunnel O
vision O
from O
the O
start O
, O
focusing O
on O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
and O
ignoring O
other O
possibilities O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Now O
, O
investigators O
say O
, O
nice O
try O
with O
that O
. O
But O
Stephen B-PER
wrote O
all O
those O
emails O
. O

It O
was O
Stephen B-PER
who O
sought O
to O
hire O
a O
hit O
man O
. O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
: O
That O
's O
what O
they O
say O
& O
but O
they O
did O
n't O
provide O
us O
with O
any O
proof O
that O
he O
sent O
those O
emails O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
There O
is O
a O
34 O
digit O
code O
, O
the O
same O
code O
that O
was O
found O
on O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
's O
laptop O
and O
on O
his O
cell O
phone O
& O
how O
do O
you O
explain O
that O
? O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
: O
Well O
, O
that O
's O
-- O
that O
was O
the O
best O
evidence O
the O
state O
had O
in O
their O
case O
. O
And O
Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
And O
the O
truth O
is O
you O
ca O
n't O
explain O
it O
. O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
: O
Ca O
n't O
explain O
it O
. O
But O
there O
is O
another O
possibility O
of O
how O
it O
got O
on O
there O
. O

Incriminating O
evidence O
was O
uploaded O
to O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
's O
computer O
from O
a O
device O
called O
" O
S. O
Allwine B-PER
iphone B-MISC
. O
" O
But O
DeVore B-PER
will O
ask O
jurors O
to O
believe O
the O
phone O
was O
n't O
Stephen B-PER
's O
. O

In O
any O
case O
, O
DeVore B-PER
says O
there O
's O
evidence O
a O
woman O
wrote O
messages O
like O
this O
one O
: O

ANONYMOUS O
EMAIL O
TO O
AMY B-PER
ALLWINE I-PER
: O
" O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
how O
a O
fat O
bitch O
like O
you O
got O
to O
my O
husband O
" O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
: O
There O
were O
other O
women O
involved O
in O
Amy B-PER
's O
life O
-- O
friends O
of O
hers O
& O
other O
colleagues O
that O
... O
had O
full O
access O
to O
her O
internet O
to O
her O
home O
. O

And O
he O
says O
it O
was O
a O
woman O
after O
all O
 O
or O
at O
least O
someone O
claiming O
to O
be O
-- O
who O
tried O
to O
get O
Amy B-PER
to O
commit O
suicide O
just O
months O
before O
authorities O
found O
her O
dead O
. O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
: O
It O
appeared O
that O
it O
was O
another O
female O
that O
was O
angry O
with O
Amy B-PER
for O
-- O
allegedly O
having O
an O
affair O
with O
this O
woman O
's O
husband O
. O

Police O
found O
no O
evidence O
Amy O
Allwine O
was O
having O
an O
affair O
with O
anyone O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
It O
sounds O
like O
you O
're O
making O
up O
an O
excuse O
for O
your O
client O
. O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
: O
Well O
, O
let O
me O
tell O
you O
, O
as O
a O
criminal O
defense O
attorney O
my O
job O
is O
& O
to O
defend O
my O
client O
is O
to O
show O
that O
he O
's O
not O
guilty O
. O

Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
's O
arrest O
rocked O
the O
United B-ORG
Church I-ORG
of I-ORG
God I-ORG
, O
where O
he O
had O
been O
held O
in O
such O
high O
esteem O
. O

Officials O
issued O
a O
statement O
expressing O
their O
" O
profound O
shock O
and O
sadness O
. O
" O

As O
Allwine B-PER
's O
murder O
trial O
approached O
in O
January O
2018 O
, O
authorities O
were O
winding O
down O
their O
investigation O
. O
But O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
was O
launching O
one O
of O
its O
own O
. O

We O
wanted O
to O
learn O
more O
about O
the O
shadowy O
figure O
behind O
the O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
site O
. O

Yura B-PER
had O
by O
this O
time O
closed O
down O
Besa B-ORG
Mafia I-ORG
and O
opened O
a O
new O
hit O
man O
site O
called O
Cosa B-ORG
Nostra I-ORG
, O
another O
reference O
to O
the O
mob O
and O
organized O
crime O
. O

Again O
, O
these O
websites O
ca O
n't O
be O
verified O
. O

Amazingly O
, O
he O
responded O
almost O
right O
away O
: O
" O
Hi O
, O
I O
am O
Yura B-PER
" O
he O
wrote O
. O
" O
I O
got O
your O
earlier O
message O
" O

Even O
more O
amazingly O
, O
he O
agreed O
to O
an O
interview O
-- O
with O
an O
important O
condition O
. O

He O
said O
it O
had O
to O
be O
in O
London O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
[ O
on O
camera O
] O
: O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
flew O
from O
New O
York O
London O
, O
rented O
a O
studio O
and O
even O
brought O
in O
a O
master O
of O
disguise O
to O
camouflage O
Yura B-PER
's O
face O
. O

Now O
all O
we O
need O
is O
him O
. O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
, O
who O
we O
'd O
brought O
to O
London O
from O
Australia B-LOC
, O
joined O
us O
as O
we O
waited O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
What O
do O
you O
know O
about O
Yura B-PER
? O
Where O
does O
he O
live O
, O
do O
you O
think O
? O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
where O
Yura B-PER
lives O
, O
but O
I O
suspect O
he O
's O
not O
too O
far O
away O
from O
us O
right O
now O
. O

On O
our O
second O
day O
, O
we O
got O
a O
message O
on O
the O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
What O
did O
he O
say O
? O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
I O
do O
n't O
think O
he O
's O
coming O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
[ O
on O
camera O
] O
: O
Yura B-PER
told O
us O
he O
was O
sure O
we O
were O
being O
followed O
by O
British B-MISC
intelligence O
. O

So O
we O
offered O
to O
meet O
him O
in O
a O
public O
place O
where O
he O
could O
surveil O
us O
and O
see O
that O
we O
were O
alone O
. O

We O
even O
offered O
to O
talk O
in O
a O
moving O
taxi O
making O
our O
way O
through O
London B-LOC
. O
But O
Yura B-PER
was O
convinced O
that O
if O
he O
showed O
up O
, O
so O
too O
would O
the O
authorities O
. O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
[ O
reading O
Yura B-PER
's O
email O
] O
: O
" O
I O
do O
have O
several O
millions O
to O
live O
a O
nice O
life O
and O
start O
several O
businesses O
. O

Why O
should O
I O
risk O
being O
arrested O
and O
end O
up O
in O
jail O
? O
" O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
says O
he O
knows O
just O
how O
risky O
contact O
with O
Yura B-PER
can O
be O
. O

He O
experienced O
it O
firsthand O
in O
his O
own O
home O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
February O
4th O
, O
2017 O
, O
you O
're O
here O
in O
your O
flat O
in O
London B-LOC
. O
What O
happens O
? O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
[ O
in O
his O
apartment O
] O
: O
Well O
, O
I O
'm O
just O
in O
the O
living O
room O
having O
some O
soup O
and O
I O
hear O
some O
noises O
from O
the O
door O
. O

I O
think O
, O
" O
What O
's O
going O
on O
? O
" O
So O
I O
come O
out O
and O
I O
go O
here O
[ O
to O
the O
front O
door O
] O
to O
listen O
. O

He O
says O
he O
'd O
spent O
months O
monitoring O
Yura B-PER
, O
when O
Yura B-PER
cunningly O
turned O
the O
tables O
on O
him O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
Yura B-PER
was O
n't O
happy O
with O
me O
. O

He O
decided O
what O
he O
would O
do O
-- O
he O
would O
try O
and O
confuse O
the O
matters O
of O
who O
ran O
the O
website O
. O

Not O
long O
before O
, O
he O
'd O
discovered O
that O
Yura B-PER
was O
trying O
to O
frame O
him O
, O
claiming O
Monteiro B-PER
ran O
the O
hit O
man O
sites O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
And O
before O
I O
know O
it O
, O
there O
's O
a O
battering O
ram O
knocking O
down O
the O
door O
. O

There O
's O
armored O
police O
busting O
in O
. O

They O
push O
me O
up O
against O
the O
wall O
here O
and O
say O
, O
" O
Hands O
in O
the O
air O
. O
" O
& O
" O
You O
're O
under O
arrest O
for O
-- O
for O
incitement O
to O
murder O
. O
" O
I O
'm O
like O
, O
" O
What O
? O
" O

He O
says O
he O
was O
amazed O
when O
cops O
confiscated O
his O
computers O
and O
locked O
him O
up O
. O

British B-MISC
authorities O
dropped O
the O
charges O
and O
later O
refused O
" O
48Hours O
" O
' O
request O
for O
an O
interview O
about O
Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
What O
a O
nightmare O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
It O
was O
n't O
fun O
. O

Do O
not O
recommend O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
[ O
on O
camera O
] O
: O
Knowing O
what O
Yura B-PER
had O
done O
to O
Monteiro B-PER
, O
we O
were O
n't O
surprised O
that O
he O
'd O
backed O
out O
of O
an O
interview O
with O
us O
during O
our O
four O
days O
in O
London B-LOC
. O
But O
we O
did O
n't O
walk O
away O
empty-handed O
. O

Yura B-PER
did O
give O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
some O
information O
that O
took O
our O
investigation O
into O
a O
whole O
new O
direction O
. O

The O
man O
who O
apparently O
cornered O
the O
market O
in O
contract O
killings O
, O
sent O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
a O
video O
diary O
. O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
I O
am O
doing O
this O
video O
diary O
entry O
to O
give O
you O
visual O
statements O
about O
the O
site O
. O

He O
insisted O
he O
actually O
wanted O
to O
save O
lives O
. O

To O
prove O
it O
, O
he O
began O
giving O
us O
the O
names O
of O
the O
murder O
targets O
from O
his O
sites O
. O

Normally O
, O
as O
journalists O
, O
we O
report O
the O
news O
and O
do O
our O
best O
to O
get O
out O
of O
the O
way O
. O
But O
this O
was O
different O
. O

We O
found O
ourselves O
in O
the O
middle O
of O
an O
apparent O
live O
marketplace O
for O
murder O
 O
and O
there O
was O
only O
one O
thing O
we O
could O
do O
. O
We O
contacted O
authorities O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
[ O
on O
phone O
] O
: O
We O
have O
a O
tip O
on O
a O
murder O
for O
hire O
plot O
. O

" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
associate O
producer O
[ O
on O
phone O
] O
: O
knows O
where O
the O
target O
works O
, O
knows O
where O
the O
target O
lives O
. O

And O
after O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
called O
authorities O
, O
we O
began O
approaching O
targets O
ourselves O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
If O
you O
had O
an O
opportunity O
to O
be O
alone O
in O
a O
room O
with O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
, O
what O
would O
you O
like O
to O
say O
or O
do O
? O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
: O
I O
'm O
not O
sure O
that O
would O
be O
a O
good O
idea O
& O
I O
'd O
probably O
kickbox O
his O
ass O
. O

I O
mean O
, O
I O
would O
. O

As O
prosecutors O
prepared O
to O
try O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
, O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
began O
its O
investigation O
into O
the O
criminal O
mastermind O
known O
as O
Yura B-PER
. O

Yura B-PER
had O
built O
a O
dark O
web O
empire O
advertising O
assassinations O
for O
hire O
, O
as O
described O
in O
a O
video O
diary O
he O
sent O
us O
: O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
The O
hit O
man O
usually O
goes O
to O
the O
target O
address O
, O
such O
as O
home O
or O
workplace O
and O
waits O
for O
them O
inside O
a O
stolen O
or O
rental O
car O

Nothing O
about O
Yura B-PER
, O
including O
his O
diary O
, O
can O
be O
verified O
. O

His O
website O
has O
been O
rebranded O
. O

As O
reporters O
, O
our O
job O
is O
to O
cover O
the O
news O
. O
But O
in O
a O
shocking O
turn O
of O
events O
, O
Yura B-PER
began O
sending O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
the O
names O
of O
targets O
-- O
turning O
on O
his O
own O
customers O
. O

It O
defied O
logic O
. O
We O
turned O
that O
information O
over O
to O
authorities O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
says O
, O
through O
all O
the O
years O
investigating O
Yura B-PER
, O
though O
all O
the O
murder O
plots O
and O
all O
the O
lives O
threatened O
-- O
including O
his O
own O
-- O
he O
and O
Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
reached O
an O
explosive O
conclusion O
: O
that O
Yura B-PER
's O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
murder-for-hire O
operation O
is O
all O
a O
big O
scam O
. O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
They O
are O
claiming O
that O
all O
hit O
man O
sites O
are O
fake O
. O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
Nobody O
is O
being O
killed O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
What O
? O

Eileen B-PER
Ormsby I-PER
: O
Nobody O
is O
being O
killed O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
It O
's O
a O
scam O
site O
. O

You O
know O
, O
it O
's O
designed O
to O
take O
people O
's O
money O
. O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
Always O
pay O
with O
bitcoin B-MISC
through O
escrow O
. O

Turns O
out O
, O
Yura B-PER
is O
a O
con O
man O
, O
and O
not O
some O
hit O
man O
commander O
. O
According O
to O
our O
investigation O
, O
he O
never O
arranged O
for O
a O
single O
actual O
hit O
. O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
We O
have O
hundred O
of O
people O
who O
love O
to O
kill O
for O
money O
. O

But O
Yura B-PER
still O
insists O
his O
websites O
are O
real O
: O

YURA B-PER
'S O
VIDEO O
DIARY O
: O
The O
hit O
men O
do O
n't O
get O
paid O
until O
the O
job O
is O
done O
. O

Jane B-PER
Sharpe I-PER
: O
Cottage B-LOC
Grove I-LOC
lost O
an O
awesome O
citizen O
. O

As O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
's O
trial O
begins O
, O
the O
State O
argues O
he O
paid O
Yura B-PER
to O
have O
Amy B-PER
murdered O
. O
But O
when O
Yura B-PER
did O
n't O
deliver O
, O
Allwine B-PER
drugged O
her O
and O
shot O
her O
to O
death O
himself O
. O

Prosecutor O
Jaime B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
says O
he O
wanted O
out O
of O
his O
marriage O
, O
but O
divorce O
was O
discouraged O
in O
his O
fundamentalist O
church O
. O

Prosecutor O
Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
Marriage O
was O
considered O
a O
covenant O
& O
And O
that O
covenant O
was O
not O
to O
be O
broken O

Defense O
attorney O
Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
countered O
that O
authorities O
never O
looked O
beyond O
Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
and O
that O
there O
were O
other O
people O
who O
may O
have O
wanted O
Amy B-PER
dead O
. O

He O
says O
those O
people O
could O
have O
left O
clues O
at O
the O
crime O
scene O
, O
but O
first O
responders O
bungled O
the O
investigation O
. O

Kevin B-PER
DeVore I-PER
| O
Defense O
attorney O
: O
They O
had O
no O
fingerprints O
, O
no O
DNA O
& O
no O
eyewitnesses O
& O
they O
had O
no O
confessions O
, O
they O
had O
very O
little O
, O
you O
know O
, O
traditional O
evidence O
. O

After O
an O
eight-day O
trial O
, O
where O
Allwine B-PER
never O
took O
the O
stand O
, O
the O
jury O
took O
just O
six O
hours O
before O
convicting O
him O
of O
first-degree O
murder O
. O

Stephen B-PER
Allwine I-PER
was O
sentenced O
to O
life O
in O
prison O
without O
the O
possibility O
of O
parole O
. O

Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
When O
it O
was O
read O
, O
" O
Guilty O
, O
" O
he O
just O
kind O
of O
fell O
. O
He O
put O
his O
hands O
in O
his O
face O
. O
And O
he O
began O
to O
cry O
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
He O
finally O
shows O
emotion O
. O

Jamie B-PER
Kreuser I-PER
: O
Finally O
. O

The O
death O
of O
Amy B-PER
Allwine I-PER
is O
hard O
for O
Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
too O
, O
but O
for O
different O
reasons O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
It O
was O
totally O
preventable O
from O
a O
law O
enforcement O
institution O
point O
of O
view O
. O

After O
six O
months O
, O
about O
30,000 O
miles O
and O
four O
arrests O
, O
" O
48 O
Hours O
" O
' O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
murder-for-hire O
investigation O
is O
nearing O
a O
close O
. O

In O
San B-LOC
Luis I-LOC
Obispo I-LOC
, O
Beau B-PER
Brigham I-PER
last O
month O
pleaded O
not O
guilty O
in O
the O
murder O
plot O
against O
his O
stepmother O
Laurie B-PER
. O

Beau B-PER
Brigham I-PER
: O
I O
do O
n't O
even O
remember O
actually O
doing O
it O
. O
And O
it O
's O
not O
something O
I O
wanted O
. O

Laurie B-PER
knows O
I O
love O
her O
. O

I O
mean O
, O
it O
's O
a O
really O
f O
-- O
-- O
d O
up O
situation O
to O
be O
honest O
. O

In O
Singapore B-LOC
, O
Allen B-PER
Vincent I-PER
awaits O
his O
day O
in O
court O
. O
If O
convicted O
, O
he O
could O
face O
the O
death O
penalty O
. O

In O
the O
Tennessee B-LOC
case O
, O
Brandon B-LOC
States I-LOC
pleaded O
not O
guilty O
in O
the O
plot O
to O
kill O
Sydney B-PER
Minor I-PER
. O

He O
faces O
a O
court-martial O
in O
January O
. O
Just O
13 O
days O
ago O
, O
Sydney B-PER
gave O
birth O
to O
their O
baby O
, O
a O
daughter O
named O
Saylor B-PER
. O

In O
the O
Illinois B-LOC
case O
, O
Tina B-PER
Jones I-PER
has O
pleaded O
not O
guilty O
, O
too O
. O

She O
made O
bail O
and O
awaits O
her O
next O
court O
date O
at O
her O
parents O
' O
house O
in O
Georgia B-LOC
. O

Peter B-PER
Van I-PER
Sant I-PER
: O
Today O
as O
we O
sit O
here O
, O
after O
all O
the O
trauma O
that O
you O
've O
been O
through O
& O
no O
one O
's O
touched O
Yura B-PER
. O
He O
's O
still O
operating O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
: O
Yup O
. O

Chris B-PER
Monteiro I-PER
says O
Yura B-PER
knows O
there O
will O
always O
be O
people O
who O
believe O
his O
sites O
are O
authentic O
, O
people O
who O
expect O
him O
to O
deliver O
death O
when O
they O
click O
for O
a O
killer O
. O
So O
he O
remains O
in O
business O
, O
somewhere O
out O
there O
& O
on O
the O
dark B-ORG
web I-ORG
. O

Yura B-PER
is O
still O
generating O
new O
customers O

One O
inquiry O
, O
just O
last O
week O
, O
was O
trying O
to O
secure O
a O
hit O
man O
in O
NYC B-LOC

Apple B-ORG
to O
close O
iPhone B-MISC
security O
loophole O
used O
by O
police O
to O
access O
devices O

Apple B-ORG
will O
make O
a O
method O
-- O
often O
used O
by O
police O
-- O
for O
getting O
data O
off O
iPhones O
much O
less O
powerful O
with O
a O
software O
update O
announced O
Wednesday O
. O

The O
change O
, O
called O
USB B-MISC
Restricted I-MISC
Mode I-MISC
, O
will O
close O
down O
access O
to O
data O
through O
a O
iPhone B-MISC
's O
Lightning O
port O
if O
the O
phone O
has O
n't O
been O
unlocked O
in O
the O
past O
hour O
. O

The O
update O
is O
n't O
meant O
to O
hold O
back O
law O
enforcement O
efforts O
, O
Apple B-ORG
said O
Wednesday O
, O
but O
to O
close O
a O
security O
hole O
that O
put O
customers O
at O
risk O
. O

Not O
just O
police O
, O
but O
identity O
thieves O
could O
use O
the O
Lightning O
port O
to O
access O
data O
. O

What O
's O
more O
, O
Apple B-ORG
reportedly O
told O
Reuters B-ORG
, O
some O
of O
its O
customers O
live O
in O
countries O
where O
police O
take O
possession O
of O
phones O
whenever O
they O
want O
. O

" O
At O
Apple B-ORG
, O
we O
put O
the O
customer O
at O
the O
center O
of O
everything O
we O
design O
, O
" O
the O
Apple B-ORG
said O
in O
an O
emailed O
statement O
. O
" O
We O
're O
constantly O
strengthening O
the O
security O
protections O
in O
every O
Apple B-ORG
product O
to O
help O
customers O
defend O
against O
hackers O
, O
identity O
thieves O
and O
intrusions O
into O
their O
personal O
data O
. O

We O
have O
the O
greatest O
respect O
for O
law O
enforcement O
, O
and O
we O
do O
n't O
design O
our O
security O
improvements O
to O
frustrate O
their O
efforts O
to O
do O
their O
jobs O
. O
" O

The O
announcement O
is O
one O
more O
piece O
of O
Apple B-ORG
's O
effort O
to O
position O
itself O
as O
a O
champion O
of O
user O
privacy O
, O
an O
approach O
that O
has O
put O
it O
at O
odds O
with O
law O
enforcement O
in O
the O
US B-MISC
. O

In O
2016 O
, O
the O
company O
refused O
a O
demand O
from O
the O
FBI B-ORG
that O
it O
create O
software O
to O
circumvent O
encryption O
technology O
on O
an O
iPhone B-MISC
that O
had O
belonged O
to O
a O
suspect O
in O
a O
mass O
shooting O
in O
San B-LOC
Bernardino I-LOC
, O
California B-LOC
. O
That O
stand-off O
ended O
when O
the O
Department O
of O
Justice O
said O
it O
had O
found O
a O
third O
party O
that O
could O
unlock O
the O
iPhone B-MISC
without O
Apple B-ORG
's O
help O
. O

The O
FBI B-ORG
did O
n't O
immediately O
respond O
to O
a O
request O
for O
comment O
. O

Apple B-ORG
pointed O
out O
Wednesday O
that O
it O
has O
responded O
to O
thousands O
of O
requests O
from O
US B-MISC
law O
enforcement O
for O
access O
to O
customer O
data O
-- O
more O
than O
14,000 O
in O
2017 O
. O

Currently O
, O
law O
enforcement O
and O
others O
can O
plug O
specialized O
tools O
made O
by O
cybersecurity O
experts O
into O
the O
phone O
's O
Lightning O
port O
to O
access O
data O
. O

Apple B-ORG
hinted O
at O
the O
change O
in O
early O
versions O
of O
its O
iPhone B-MISC
software O
, O
iOS O
. O

Software O
developers O
noticed O
it O
in O
the O
beta O
version O
iOS O
11.3 O
before O
it O
disappeared O
from O
the O
publicly O
released O
version O
of O
the O
software O
. O

Then O
it O
was O
named O
again O
in O
release O
notes O
for O
the O
beta O
version O
of O
iOS O
11.4 O
. O

Apple B-ORG
did O
n't O
say O
which O
future O
version O
of O
iOS B-MISC
would O
contain O
the O
update O
. O

This O
article O
originally O
appeared O
on O
CNET B-ORG
titled O
" O
Apple B-ORG
to O
close O
iPhone B-MISC
security O
hole O
used O
by O
police O
, O
criminals O
" O

3 O
companies O
win O
major O
Air O
Force O
rocket O
contracts O

United B-ORG
Launch I-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
, O
Northrup B-ORG
Grumman I-ORG
and O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
, O
a O
company O
owned O
by O
Amazon-founder O
Jeff B-PER
Bezos I-PER
, O
were O
awarded O
major O
Air B-ORG
Force I-ORG
contracts O
Wednesday O
totaling O
more O
than O
$ O
2 O
billion O
to O
develop O
next-generation O
rockets O
capable O
of O
boosting O
high-value O
national O
security O
payloads O
into O
orbit O
. O

Two O
of O
the O
new O
rockets O
will O
be O
selected O
in O
a O
second O
competition O
, O
providing O
assured O
access O
to O
space O
through O
the O
next O
decade O
and O
beyond O
. O
In O
a O
surprise O
to O
some O
observers O
, O
SpaceX O
, O
the O
ambitious O
rocket O
company O
founded O
by O
Elon B-PER
Musk I-PER
, O
was O
not O
among O
the O
latest O
winners O
in O
the O
Pentagon O
's O
Evolved O
Expendable O
Launch O
Vehicle O
program O
. O

The O
Launch O
Service O
Agreements O
" O
will O
facilitate O
the O
development O
of O
three O
domestic O
launch O
system O
prototypes O
and O
enable O
the O
future O
competitive O
selection O
of O
two O
National O
Security O
Space O
launch O
service O
providers O
for O
future O
procurements O
, O
planned O
for O
no O
earlier O
than O
fiscal O
year O
2020 O
, O
" O
the O
Air B-ORG
Force I-ORG
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

The O
public-private O
partnerships O
will O
ensure O
" O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
maintains O
assured O
access O
to O
space O
, O
with O
at O
least O
two O
domestic O
launch O
service O
providers O
and O
without O
reliance O
on O
non-allied O
rocket O
propulsion O
systems O
. O
" O
The O
contracts O
will O
be O
" O
incrementally O
funded O
" O
through O
2024 O
and O
managed O
by O
Air O
Force O
Space O
Command O
's O
Space O
and O
Missile O
Systems O
Center O
in O
Los B-LOC
Angeles I-LOC
. O

" O
These O
awards O
are O
central O
to O
the O
Air O
Force O
goal O
of O
two O
domestic O
, O
commercially O
viable O
launch O
providers O
that O
meet O
National O
Security O
Space O
requirements O
, O
" O
Lt. O
Gen. O
John B-PER
Thompson I-PER
, O
SMC B-ORG
commander O
, O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O
" O
These O
innovative O
public-private O
partnerships O
with O
industry O
provide O
a O
path O
to O
develop O
launch O
vehicles O
to O
assure O
access O
to O
space O
, O
address O
the O
urgent O
need O
to O
transition O
away O
from O
strategic O
foreign O
reliance O
and O
provide O
responsive O
launch O
capabilities O
to O
the O
warfighter O
. O
" O

United B-ORG
Launch I-ORG
Alliance I-ORG
, O
a O
partnership O
between O
Boeing B-ORG
and O
Lockheed B-ORG
Martin I-ORG
, O
won O
a O
$ O
967 O
million O
contract O
to O
develop O
its O
Vulcan O
Centaur O
rocket O
, O
a O
powerful O
launcher O
that O
will O
replace O
the O
company O
's O
venerable O
Delta O
4 O
and O
Atlas O
5 O
boosters O
. O

The O
Vulcan O
's O
first O
stage O
engine O
compartment O
can O
be O
jettisoned O
in O
flight O
for O
recovery O
, O
refurbishment O
and O
re-use O
. O

Strap-on O
solid-fuel O
boosters O
also O
can O
be O
attached O
to O
the O
rocket O
for O
additional O
liftoff O
power O
depending O
on O
payload O
requirements O
. O

ULA O
will O
launch O
the O
rocket O
from O
pads O
it O
already O
operates O
at O
the O
Cape B-LOC
Canaveral I-LOC
Air O
Force O
Station O
and O
Vandenberg B-LOC
Air O
Fore O
Base O
, O
Calif B-LOC
. O

Orbital O
Sciences O
, O
recently O
acquired O
by O
Northrup B-ORG
Grumman I-ORG
, O
won O
a O
$ O
791.6 O
million O
contract O
to O
develop O
the O
company O
's O
Omega O
launch O
system O
, O
a O
rocket O
that O
will O
be O
" O
capable O
of O
launching O
the O
full O
range O
of O
national O
security O
missions O
required O
by O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
Air O
Force O
, O
as O
well O
as O
science O
and O
commercial O
payloads O
for O
other O
customers O
, O
" O
the O
company O
says O
on O
its O
web O
page O
. O

The O
Omega O
rocket O
uses O
a O
large O
solid-propellant O
first O
stage O
and O
hydrogen-fueled O
RL10 O
engines O
in O
its O
upper O
stage O
. O

The O
rocket O
will O
be O
launched O
from O
the O
Kennedy B-ORG
Space I-ORG
Center I-ORG
in O
Florida B-LOC
and O
Vandenberg B-LOC
Air O
Force O
Base O
. O

Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
won O
a O
$ O
500 O
million O
contract O
to O
help O
develop O
its O
New O
Glenn O
booster O
, O
a O
rocket O
with O
a O
fully O
reusable O
first O
stage O
powered O
by O
seven O
BE-4 O
engines O
burning O
liquefied O
natural O
gas O
. O

A O
single O
BE-4 O
will O
power O
the O
rocket O
's O
second O
stage O
and O
a O
third O
stage O
, O
using O
a O
BE-3 O
engine O
, O
also O
can O
be O
used O
depending O
on O
payload O
requirements O
. O

" O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
is O
honored O
to O
enter O
into O
a O
Launch O
Services O
Agreement O
partnership O
with O
the O
Air O
Force O
to O
leverage O
our O
commercial O
, O
heavy-lift O
New O
Glenn O
launch O
vehicle O
for O
national O
security O
space O
missions O
, O
" O
the O
company O
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

" O
The O
LSA B-ORG
partnership O
enables O
rapid O
buildout O
of O
NSS-unique O
New O
Glenn O
infrastructure O
such O
as O
vertical O
payload O
integration O
capability O
and O
a O
launch O
site O
at O
Vandenberg B-LOC
Air O
Force O
Base O
as O
well O
as O
completion O
of O
NSS B-MISC
certification O
activities O
. O
" O

Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
recently O
completed O
a O
huge O
new O
rocket O
manufacturing O
facility O
just O
outside O
the O
Kennedy B-ORG
Space I-ORG
Center I-ORG
and O
is O
modifying O
a O
launch O
pad O
at O
the O
nearby O
Cape B-LOC
Canaveral I-LOC
Air O
Force O
Station O
to O
support O
New O
Glenn O
flights O
. O

In O
a O
tweet O
, O
Bezos B-PER
thanked O
the O
Air B-ORG
Force I-ORG
" O
for O
your O
confidence O
in O
the O
Blue B-ORG
Origin I-ORG
team O
and O
our O
NewGlenn O
rocket O
. O

We O
are O
proud O
to O
serve O
the O
national O
security O
space O
community O
and O
are O
committed O
to O
providing O
safe O
, O
reliable O
access O
to O
space O
for O
the O
nation O
. O
" O

While O
the O
new O
prototypes O
are O
being O
developed O
, O
the O
Air B-ORG
Force I-ORG
statement I-ORG
said O
the O
department O
will O
continue O
to O
" O
competitively O
award O
commercial O
launch O
services O
contracts O
to O
providers O
who O
demonstrate O
the O
capability O
to O
design O
, O
produce O
, O
qualify O
and O
deliver O
launch O
systems O
and O
provide O
the O
mission O
assurance O
support O
required O
to O
deliver O
National O
Security O
Space O
satellites O
to O
orbit O
. O
" O

SpaceX B-ORG
was O
not O
part O
of O
the O
award O
announced O
Wednesday O
, O
but O
the O
company O
's O
Falcon O
9 O
rockets O
are O
used O
to O
launch O
military O
satellites O
, O
NASA B-ORG
spacecraft O
and O
commercial O
payloads O
from O
the O
Cape B-LOC
Canaveral I-LOC
Air B-ORG
Force I-ORG
Station I-ORG
and O
Vandenberg B-LOC
. O

The O
company O
also O
offers O
a O
heavy O
lift O
three-core O
Falcon O
Heavy O
and O
is O
developing O
a O
huge O
new O
rocket O
known O
as O
the O
BFR B-MISC
to O
eventually O
carry O
passengers O
to O
the O
moon O
and O
Mars O
. O

SpaceX B-ORG
recently O
announced O
plans O
to O
launch O
a O
Japanese B-MISC
billionaire O
and O
a O
half-dozen O
artists O
on O
a O
flight O
around O
the O
moon O
. O

" O
No O
doubt O
" O
Russians B-MISC
are O
behind O
latest O
Facebook B-ORG
meddling O
, O
Morell B-PER
says O

Facebook B-ORG
said O
it O
is O
cracking O
down O
on O
a O
coordinated O
campaign O
designed O
to O
interfere O
with O
the O
upcoming O
U.S. B-LOC
midterm O
elections O
. O

The O
social O
media O
giant O
said O
the O
company O
removed O
32 O
pages O
and O
apparently O
fake O
accounts O
that O
stoked O
emotions O
over O
divisive O
issues O
, O
including O
ones O
that O
duped O
people O
to O
organizing O
a O
protest O
in O
Washington B-LOC
, O
D.C. B-LOC
, O
and O
encouraged O
Americans O
to O
turn O
on O
each O
other O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
said O
it O
does O
not O
have O
" O
firm O
evidence O
" O
of O
who O
's O
behind O
the O
effort O
, O
but O
according O
to O
Michael B-PER
Morell I-PER
, O
former O
acting O
and O
deputy O
director O
of O
the O
CIA B-ORG
and O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
senior O
national O
security O
contributor O
, O
there O
is O
" O
no O
doubt O
that O
the O
Russians B-MISC
are O
behinds O
the O
effort O
. O
" O

Facebook B-ORG
said O
it O
found O
similarities O
and O
connections O
to O
the O
activities O
of O
a O
Russian B-MISC
group O
, O
Internet O
Research O
Agency O
, O
which O
has O
been O
tied O
to O
meddling O
in O
the O
2016 O
election O
. O

" O
I O
think O
Facebook B-ORG
does O
n't O
want O
to O
be O
the O
organization O
that O
does O
the O
attribution O
. O
I O
think O
Facebook B-ORG
rightfully O
believes O
that O
the O
government O
should O
do O
that O
, O
" O
Morell B-PER
said O
Wednesday O
on O
" O
CBS B-MISC
This I-MISC
Morning I-MISC
. O
" O
" O
But O
the O
similarities O
in O
patterns O
here O
, O
and O
some O
of O
the O
techniques O
, O
the O
fact O
that O
one O
of O
the O
administrators O
in O
these O
new O
accounts O
was O
an O
administrator O
on O
the O
2016 O
accounts O
, O
I O
think O
, O
is O
all O
the O
evidence O
we O
need O
to O
say O
it O
's O
the O
Russians B-MISC
. O
So O
very O
confident O
in O
that O
judgment O
. O
" O

Morell B-PER
said O
it O
's O
also O
clear O
" O
the O
Russians B-MISC
learned O
from O
what O
they O
did O
in O
2016 O
, O
" O
and O
took O
additional O
steps O
this O
time O
to O
cover O
their O
tracks O
. O

" O
So O
changing O
the O
internet O
protocols O
to O
make O
it O
look O
like O
they O
're O
not O
coming O
from O
Russia B-MISC
, O
changing O
the O
way O
that O
they O
paid O
for O
some O
of O
these O
ads O
. O

In O
2016 O
, O
they O
used O
rubles O
. O

Now O
they O
're O
using O
other O
currencies O
. O
So O
the O
Russians B-MISC
are O
going O
to O
greater O
efforts O
to O
hide O
what O
they O
're O
doing O
, O
" O
Morell B-PER
said O
. O

Morell B-PER
is O
concerned O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
is O
n't O
doing O
enough O
to O
stop O
the O
Russians B-MISC
from O
meddling O
. O

" O
We O
have O
not O
deterred O
Vladimir B-PER
Putin I-PER
. O

What O
's O
absolutely O
clear O
is O
that O
he O
continues O
to O
interfere O
in O
our O
democracy O
and O
he O
's O
doing O
it O
without O
cost O
. O
I O
think O
we O
need O
to O
 O
the O
Senate O
needs O
to O
, O
the O
president O
needs O
to O
 O
significantly O
enhance O
the O
sanctions O
and O
raise O
the O
pain O
on O
Putin B-PER
so O
that O
he O
thinks O
twice O
about O
what O
he O
's O
doing O
, O
" O
Morell B-PER
said O
. O

On O
Tuesday O
, O
Homeland B-ORG
Security I-ORG
Secretary O
Kirstjen B-PER
Nielsen I-PER
said O
at O
the O
DHS B-MISC
National I-MISC
Cybersecurity I-MISC
Summit O
that O
she O
believes O
" O
cyber O
threats O
collectively O
now O
exceed O
the O
danger O
of O
physical O
attacks O
against O
us O
. O
" O

Similarly O
, O
Morell B-PER
said O
cyberattacks O
are O
" O
one O
of O
the O
most O
significant O
threats O
" O
the O
nation O
faces O
 O
" O
both O
people O
getting O
in O
networks O
to O
steal O
information O
, O
to O
possibly O
do O
damage O
to O
information O
, O
and O
to O
use O
those O
networks O
to O
spread O
misinformation O
and O
political O
influence O
. O
" O

" O
Exceptional O
find O
" O
: O
Man O
crushed O
by O
huge O
stone O
trying O
to O
flee O
Vesuvius B-LOC

MILAN B-LOC
-- O
Officials O
at O
the O
Pompeii B-LOC
archaeological O
site O
have O
announced O
a O
dramatic O
new O
discovery O
, O
the O
skeleton O
of O
a O
man O
crushed O
by O
an O
enormous O
stone O
while O
trying O
to O
flee O
the O
explosion O
of O
Mt. B-LOC
Vesuvius I-LOC
in O
79 O
A.D. O
Pompeii B-LOC
officials O
on O
Tuesday O
released O
a O
photograph O
showing O
the O
skeleton O
protruding O
from O
beneath O
a O
large O
block O
of O
stone O
that O
may O
have O
been O
a O
door O
jamb O
that O
had O
been O
" O
violently O
thrown O
by O
the O
volcanic O
cloud O
. O
" O

The O
victim O
, O
who O
was O
over O
30 O
, O
had O
his O
thorax O
crushed O
. O

Archaeologists O
have O
not O
found O
the O
victim O
's O
head O
, O
which O
could O
still O
be O
underneath O
the O
huge O
rock O
. O

Officials O
said O
the O
man O
suffered O
an O
infection O
of O
the O
tibia O
, O
which O
may O
have O
caused O
walking O
difficulties O
, O
impeding O
his O
escape O
. O

The O
archaeological O
site O
's O
general O
director O
, O
Massimo B-PER
Osanna I-PER
, O
called O
it O
" O
an O
exceptional O
find O
, O
" O
that O
contributes O
to O
a O
better O
" O
picture O
of O
the O
history O
and O
civilization O
of O
the O
age O
. O
" O

Pompeii B-LOC
has O
become O
famous O
for O
the O
way O
victims O
of O
the O
eruption O
of O
Vesuvius B-LOC
, O
nearby O
, O
were O
frozen O
in O
time O
by O
the O
pyroclastic O
flow O
of O
gas O
and O
debris O
that O
swept O
over O
the O
town O
and O
then O
buried O
them O
in O
ash O
. O

Researchers O
believe O
the O
man O
pinned O
under O
the O
massive O
stone O
may O
have O
been O
killed O
by O
the O
wall O
of O
gas O
and O
debris O
as O
he O
turned O
around O
to O
see O
it O
coming O
, O
then O
being O
hurled O
backwards O
and O
having O
the O
bolder O
land O
on O
top O
of O
him O
. O

Alphabet B-ORG
profits O
jump O
despite O
record O
EU O
fine O

MOUNTAIN B-LOC
VIEW I-LOC
, O
Calif. B-LOC
Google-parent O
Alphabet B-ORG
announced O
surging O
profits O
, O
shrugging O
off O
the O
impact O
of O
a O
$ O
5 O
billion O
fine O
by O
the O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
. O

The O
internet O
giant O
on O
Monday O
reported O
second-quarter O
profit O
of O
$ O
3.2 O
billion O
even O
after O
accounting O
for O
the O
fine O
, O
imposed O
by O
the O
EU O
earlier O
this O
month O
for O
abusing O
its O
market O
dominance O
On O
a O
per-share O
basis O
, O
the O
Mountain O
View O
, O
California-based B-MISC
company O
said O
it O
had O
net O
income O
of O
$ O
4.54 O
. O

Earnings O
, O
adjusted O
for O
non-recurring O
costs O
, O
came O
to O
$ O
11.75 O
per O
share O
. O

The O
results O
topped O
Wall B-ORG
Street I-ORG
expectations O
. O

The O
average O
estimate O
of O
13 O
analysts O
surveyed O
by O
Zacks B-ORG
Investment I-ORG
Research I-ORG
was O
for O
earnings O
of O
$ O
9.45 O
per O
share O
. O

Top-line O
growth O
was O
also O
strong O
. O

Alphabet B-ORG
reported O
total O
revenue O
of O
$ O
32.7 O
billion O
, O
up O
26 O
percent O
from O
the O
year-ago O
period O
. O

After O
subtracting O
Alphabet B-ORG
's O
advertising O
commissions O
, O
revenue O
was O
$ O
26.2 O
billion O
, O
also O
exceeding O
Street O
forecasts O
. O

Thirteen O
analysts O
surveyed O
by O
Zacks B-PER
expected O
revenue O
of O
$ O
25.6 O
billion O
. O

" O
Our O
investments O
are O
driving O
great O
experiences O
for O
users O
, O
strong O
results O
for O
advertisers O
, O
and O
new O
business O
opportunities O
for O
Google B-ORG
and O
Alphabet B-ORG
, O
" O
said O
Ruth B-PER
Porat I-PER
, O
chief O
financial O
officer O
for O
both O
Alphabet B-ORG
and O
Google B-ORG
in O
a O
statement O
. O

Alphabet B-ORG
shares O
have O
risen O
15 O
percent O
since O
the O
beginning O
of O
the O
year O
, O
while O
the O
Standard O
& O
Poor O
's O
500 O
index O
has O
risen O
5 O
percent O
. O
In O
the O
final O
minutes O
of O
trading O
on O
Monday O
, O
shares O
hit O
$ O
1,211 O
, O
a O
climb O
of O
22 O
percent O
in O
the O
last O
12 O
months O
. O

In O
a O
call O
with O
analysts O
to O
discuss O
Alphabet B-ORG
's O
latest O
earnings O
, O
CEO O
Sundar B-PER
Pichai I-PER
emphasized O
the O
company O
's O
growing O
use O
of O
artificial O
intelligence O
to O
improve O
Google B-ORG
's O
news O
delivery O
, O
mapping O
and O
photo O
features O
. O

Pichai B-PER
also O
highlighted O
Alphabet B-ORG
's O
computing O
video O
and O
advertising O
platforms O
, O
noting O
that O
the O
company O
generated O
$ O
7 O
billion O
in O
revenue O
for O
its O
software O
developers O
, O
content O
creators O
and O
publishers O
. O

" O
While O
advertising O
on O
YouTube B-ORG
is O
an O
incredibly O
strong O
and O
growing O
source O
of O
income O
for O
creators O
, O
we O
are O
also O
investing O
in O
new O
ways O
for O
creators O
to O
generate O
revenue O
on O
the O
platform O
, O
including O
pay O
channel O
memberships O
, O
merchandise O
shelves O
on O
YouTube B-ORG
channels O
and O
endorsement O
opportunities O
through O
a O
company O
we O
acquired O
in O
2016 O
, O
Fame O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

2 O
Americans O
win O
Nobel B-MISC
for O
working O
climate O
, O
tech O
into O
economic O
analysis O

STOCKHOLM B-LOC
-- O
Two O
researchers O
at O
American B-MISC
universities O
have O
been O
awarded O
the O
Nobel B-MISC
Prize I-MISC
for O
economics O
. O

Yale B-ORG
University I-ORG
's O
William B-PER
Nordhaus I-PER
was O
named O
for O
integrating O
climate O
change O
into O
long O
term O
macroeconomic O
analysis O
and O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
University I-ORG
's O
Paul B-PER
Romer I-PER
was O
awarded O
for O
factoring O
technological O
innovation O
into O
macroeconomics O
. O

They O
will O
share O
the O
9-million-kronor O
( O
$ O
1.01 O
million O
) O
prize O
. O

The O
award O
, O
which O
concluded O
this O
year O
's O
series O
of O
Nobel B-MISC
prizes I-MISC
, O
came O
into O
existence O
about O
seven O
decades O
after O
the O
others O
. O

When O
Swedish B-MISC
industrialist O
Alfred B-PER
Nobel I-PER
established O
the O
prizes O
in O
his O
will O
, O
economics O
was O
n't O
one O
of O
the O
undertakings O
he O
wanted O
honored O
. O

The O
Nobel O
Memorial O
Prize O
in O
Economic O
Sciences O
was O
established O
by O
Sweden B-ORG
's I-ORG
central I-ORG
bank I-ORG
and O
first O
given O
out O
in O
1969 O
. O

Whether O
economics O
is O
a O
genuine O
science O
in O
the O
sense O
of O
the O
Nobels O
awarded O
for O
accomplishments O
in O
medicine O
, O
chemistry O
and O
physics O
can O
be O
debated O
; O
the O
award O
often O
goes O
to O
work O
that O
has O
a O
high O
level O
of O
abstraction O
. O

Last O
year O
's O
win O
by O
American B-MISC
Richard B-PER
Thaler I-PER
was O
unusually O
accessible O
to O
the O
layman O
-- O
his O
work O
studied O
the O
human O
irrationality O
that O
can O
mess O
with O
economic O
theory O
. O

The O
2018 O
Nobel O
Peace O
Prize O
-- O
the O
highest-profile O
of O
the O
Nobels O
-- O
was O
awarded O
on O
Friday O
to O
Congolese B-MISC
doctor O
Denis B-PER
Mukwege I-PER
and O
Yazidi B-LOC
activist O
Nadia B-PER
Murad I-PER
for O
their O
work O
to O
end O
sexual O
violence O
against O
women O
as O
a O
weapon O
of O
war O
. O

Amazon B-ORG
has O
plenty O
of O
competition O
on O
Prime O
Day O

Some O
of O
the O
best O
deals O
on O
Amazon B-MISC
Prime I-MISC
Day I-MISC
may O
be O
found O
on O
sites O
that O
have O
nothing O
to O
do O
with O
the O
e-commerce O
giant O
and O
do O
n't O
require O
shoppers O
to O
wait O
for O
the O
shopping O
holiday O
's O
" O
official O
" O
start O
. O

Walmart B-ORG
( O
WMT B-ORG
) O
, O
the O
largest O
retailer O
, O
is O
currently O
advertising O
deeper O
discounts O
on O
some O
TVs O
than O
it O
offered O
on O
Black B-MISC
Friday I-MISC
, O
according O
to O
Money O
magazine O
. O

Department O
store O
operator O
Macy B-ORG
's O
( O
M B-ORG
) O
is O
touting O
its O
" O
Black O
Friday O
in O
July O
" O
through O
July O
15 O
on O
its O
website O
. O

Target B-ORG
( O
TGT B-ORG
) O
is O
offering O
a O
25 O
percent O
discount O
on O
home O
items O
and O
is O
slashing O
prices O
on O
some O
toys O
by O
as O
much O
as O
50 O
percent O
. O

Shoppers B-ORG
at I-ORG
Kohl I-ORG
's O
( O
KSS B-ORG
) O
can O
save O
as O
much O
as O
70 O
percent O
during O
a O
" O
clearance O
sale O
. O
" O

More O
offers O
are O
expected O
before O
Prime O
Day O
's O
official O
launch O
on O
July O
16 O
, O
its O
third O
anniversary O
. O

Analysts O
estimate O
the O
shopping O
holiday O
generated O
more O
than O
$ O
1 O
billion O
in O
sales O
for O
Amazon B-ORG
( O
AMZN B-ORG
) O
in O
2017 O
, O
roughly O
three O
times O
what O
it O
earns O
on O
a O
typical O
day O
. O

No O
wonder O
the O
number O
of O
unique O
retailers O
issuing O
Prime O
Day O
deals O
on O
RetailMeNot.com B-ORG
increased O
340 O
percent O
, O
from O
27 O
in O
2016 O
to O
119 O
in O
2017 O
. O

" O
We O
expect O
that O
number O
to O
increase O
this O
year O
, O
" O
said O
Michelle B-PER
Skupin I-PER
, O
a O
RetailMeNot B-ORG
spokeswoman O
. O
" O
Prime O
Day O
is O
no O
longer O
just O
an O
Amazon.com B-ORG
shopping O
holiday O
. O
It O
's O
much O
bigger O
than O
that O
. O
" O

Newegg B-ORG
, O
an O
e-commerce O
company O
that O
focuses O
on O
tech O
, O
has O
announced O
plans O
for O
its O
annual O
four-day O
" O
FantasTech O
sale O
" O
starting O
on O
July O
16 O
. O

Google B-ORG
( O
GOOG B-ORG
) O
is O
offering O
deals O
on O
its O
Google B-ORG
Home O
voice-activated O
speaker O
. O

More O
deals O
are O
expected O
to O
follow O
. O

" O
We O
may O
see O
deals O
for O
flowers O
, O
mattresses O
and O
other O
non-consumer O
electronics O
and O
food-related O
products O
, O
" O
said O
Peter B-PER
Greene I-PER
of O
InfoScout B-ORG
in O
a O
statement O
. O

Officials O
from O
Walmart B-ORG
, O
Macy B-ORG
's O
, O
Target B-ORG
and O
Best B-ORG
Buy I-ORG
( O
BBY B-ORG
) O
did O
n't O
respond O
to O
requests O
for O
comment O
for O
this O
story O
. O

A O
Kohl B-ORG
's O
spokeswoman O
declined O
to O
comment O
on O
the O
retailer O
's O
Prime O
Day O
plans O
. O

Wall B-ORG
Street I-ORG
will O
pay O
close O
attention O
to O
the O
performance O
of O
Prime O
Day O
because O
it O
may O
foreshadow O
how O
retailers O
will O
fare O
during O
back-to-school O
season O
and O
the O
December O
holidays O
, O
when O
the O
industry O
earns O
most O
of O
its O
profits O
. O

Not O
to O
be O
outdone O
, O
Amazon B-ORG
has O
unveiled O
some O
deals O
of O
its O
own O
ahead O
of O
Prime O
Day O
, O
including O
awarding O
Prime O
Members O
$ O
10 O
to O
spend O
on O
Amazon B-ORG
for O
every O
$ O
10 O
they O
spend O
between O
July O
11 O
and O
July O
17 O
at O
its O
Whole O
Foods O
markets O
. O

Prime O
Day O
2017 O
was O
the O
biggest O
shopping O
day O
in O
Amazon B-ORG
's O
history O
, O
surpassing O
Cyber B-MISC
Monday I-MISC
and O
Black B-MISC
Friday I-MISC
. O

Earlier O
this O
year O
, O
Amazon B-ORG
disclosed O
that O
it O
had O
more O
than O
100 O
million O
Prime O
members O
worldwide O
, O
who O
receive O
free O
two-day O
shipping O
along O
with O
access O
to O
its O
video O
content O
for O
a O
yearly O
fee O
of O
$ O
119 O
. O

eMarketer B-ORG
pegs O
the O
number O
of O
U.S. B-LOC
Prime O
households O
at O
more O
than O
58 O
million O
this O
year O
and O
expects O
that O
number O
to O
hit O
68 O
million O
in O
2020 O
. O

Prime O
Members O
also O
spend O
more O
on O
average O
than O
customers O
who O
do O
n't O
subscribe O
to O
the O
service O
. O

" O
Amazon B-ORG
will O
do O
$ O
3.5 O
billion O
on O
Prime O
Day O
, O
a O
dramatic O
increase O
over O
last O
year O
, O
on O
a O
'nothing O
' O
retail O
day O
in O
July O
, O
" O
said O
retail O
consultant O
Jan B-PER
Rogers I-PER
Kniffen I-PER
in O
an O
email O
. O
" O
Everyone O
else O
is O
merely O
playing O
defense O
. O
" O

" O
Marty O
" O
the O
robot O
ready O
to O
roll O
at O
some O
grocery O
stores O

Robots O
may O
soon O
be O
perusing O
the O
aisles O
of O
your O
neighborhood O
grocery O
store O
. O

Robotic O
assistants O
will O
alert O
managers O
to O
spills O
and O
other O
hazards O
in O
nearly O
500 O
Stop B-ORG
& I-ORG
Shop I-ORG
, O
Giant B-ORG
Food I-ORG
Stores I-ORG
and O
Giant B-ORG
Martin I-ORG
's I-ORG
stores I-ORG
, O
parent O
company O
Ahold B-ORG
Delhaize I-ORG
USA B-MISC
announced O
Monday O
. O
And O
unlike O
the O
scarier O
robots O
often O
depicted O
on O
TV O
or O
in O
films O
, O
these O
machines O
have O
a O
decidedly O
friendly O
appearance O
. O

Dubbed O
" O
Marty O
, O
" O
the O
in-store O
robots O
will O
be O
used O
to O
identify O
potential O
safety O
hazards O
such O
as O
spills O
of O
liquid O
, O
powder O
or O
bulk O
food O
items O
in O
store O
aisles O
and O
to O
issue O
an O
alert O
for O
clean O
up O
. O

Robots O
are O
performing O
many O
tasks O
at O
other O
retailers O
. O

Walmart B-ORG
plans O
to O
have O
360 O
robotic O
mops O
scrubbing O
store O
floors O
starting O
this O
month O
, O
and O
Amazon B-ORG
is O
using O
artificial O
intelligence O
to O
rid O
stores O
in O
Seattle B-LOC
and O
Chicago B-LOC
of O
cashiers O
and O
checkout O
lines O
. O

In O
addition O
to O
owning O
PeaPod B-ORG
and O
several O
other O
brands O
, O
Ahold B-ORG
Delhaize I-ORG
operates O
414 O
Stop B-ORG
& I-ORG
Shops I-ORG
in O
Connecticut B-LOC
, O
Massachusetts B-LOC
, O
New B-LOC
Jersey I-LOC
, O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
and O
Rhode B-LOC
Island O
; O
171 O
Giant O
Martin O
's O
in O
Pennsylvania B-LOC
, O
Maryland B-LOC
, O
Virginia B-LOC
and O
West B-LOC
Virginia I-LOC
; O
and O
167 O
Giant B-ORG
Food I-ORG
Stores I-ORG
. O

Yanny O
vs. O
Laurel O
: O
What O
do O
you O
hear O
? O

A O
short O
audio O
clip O
is O
completely O
puzzling O
the O
world O
and O
pitting O
friend O
against O
friend O
in O
the O
online O
debate O
. O

What O
is O
the O
voice O
saying O
 O
is O
it O
Yanny O
or O
is O
it O
Laurel O
? O

Some O
people O
think O
they O
hear O
the O
word O
" O
Laurel O
" O
while O
others O
are O
convinced O
it O
says O
" O
Yanny O
. O
" O
It O
's O
the O
most O
perplexing O
phenomenon O
since O
the O
great O
the O
dress O
debate O
of O
2015 O
. O

" O
Yanny O
or O
Laurel O
" O
took O
the O
internet O
by O
storm O
after O
a O
Reddit B-ORG
user O
posted O
the O
short O
clip O
of O
a O
word O
being O
read O
out O
loud O
, O
asking O
fellow O
Reddit B-ORG
users O
a O
simple O
question O
: O
What O
do O
you O
hear O
? O
The O
clip O
was O
posted O
a O
few O
days O
ago O
, O
and O
now O
hundreds O
of O
thousands O
of O
people O
are O
engaged O
in O
a O
debate O
over O
what O
they O
hear O
. O

What O
do O
you O
hear O
? O

When O
the O
" O
Laurel O
v. O
Yanny O
" O
debate O
erupted O
, O
even O
celebrities O
like O
like O
Ellen B-PER
DeGeneres I-PER
and O
JJ B-PER
Watt I-PER
were O
talking O
about O
it O
( O
DeGeneres B-PER
thought O
it O
was O
" O
Laurel O
" O
but O
Watt B-PER
was O
Team O
" O
Yanny O
" O
) O
. O

Wired O
magazine O
solved O
part O
of O
the O
mystery O
Wednesday O
when O
it O
revealed O
the O
origins O
of O
the O
audio O
recording O
in O
question O
. O

Katie B-PER
Hetzel I-PER
, O
a O
freshman O
at O
Flowery B-LOC
Branch I-LOC
High O
School O
in O
Georgia B-LOC
, O
had O
a O
question O
about O
one O
of O
her O
vocabulary O
words O
, O
" O
laurel O
. O
" O
" O
She O
looked O
it O
up O
on O
Vocabulary.com O
, O
and O
played O
the O
audio O
. O

Instead O
of O
the O
word O
in O
front O
of O
her O
, O
she O
heard O
'yanny O
. O
' O
" O
Wired O
reports O
. O

" O
I O
asked O
my O
friends O
in O
my O
class O
and O
we O
all O
heard O
mixed O
things O
, O
" O
Hetzel B-PER
told O
Wired B-PER
. O
She O
posted O
the O
audio O
clip O
to O
her O
Instagram B-ORG
story O
, O
another O
student O
re-published O
it O
as O
a O
poll O
, O
and O
then O
a O
friend O
put O
it O
on O
Reddit B-ORG
, O
thus O
sparking O
the O
nationwide O
debate O
. O

We O
want O
to O
know O
what O
your O
hear O
. O

Let O
us O
know O
by O
taking O
our O
poll O
below O
or O
by O
clicking O
here O
: O

But O
even O
if O
that O
explains O
which O
word O
was O
originally O
spoken O
, O
what O
accounts O
for O
the O
fact O
that O
some O
listeners O
hear O
something O
completely O
different O
? O

As O
people O
took O
to O
social O
media O
to O
let O
the O
world O
know O
what O
they O
heard O
-- O
and O
argue O
with O
those O
who O
hear O
differently O
-- O
scientists O
were O
trying O
to O
figure O
out O
why O
this O
debate O
even O
exists O
. O
How O
can O
some O
people O
hear O
" O
Yanny O
" O
and O
others O
the O
completely O
different-sounding O
" O
Laurel O
" O
? O

Several O
researchers O
agreed O
that O
the O
audio O
recording O
is O
just O
too O
ambiguous O
. O

Theoretically O
, O
listeners O
can O
hear O
different O
sounds O
depending O
on O
whether O
the O
low O
frequencies O
or O
high O
frequencies O
are O
amplified O
, O
CNET B-ORG
reports O
. O

One O
Twitter B-ORG
user O
proved O
this O
by O
adjusting O
the O
bass O
levels O
of O
the O
original O
recording O
. O
As O
the O
bass O
is O
adjusted O
, O
the O
word O
seems O
to O
shift O
. O

However O
, O
this O
does O
n't O
explain O
why O
someone O
would O
hear O
the O
lower O
frequencies O
and O
some O
hear O
the O
higher O
frequencies O
in O
the O
first O
place O
. O

What O
could O
alter O
what O
you O
hear O
are O
your O
headphones O
or O
audio O
equipment O
. O

Mediocre O
speakers O
do O
n't O
usually O
play O
both O
quality O
bass O
and O
treble O
. O

But O
what O
if O
two O
people O
are O
both O
listening O
through O
the O
same O
speaker O
and O
hear O
different O
things O
? O
Well O
, O
your O
ears O
just O
might O
be O
different O
. O

" O
If O
I O
cut O
your O
ears O
off O
and O
put O
someone O
else O
's O
on O
your O
head O
, O
sounds O
would O
sound O
different O
, O
" O
Howard B-PER
Nusbaum I-PER
, O
a O
psychologist O
who O
studies O
speech O
science O
at O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Chicago I-ORG
, O
told O
Gizmodo B-PER
. O
He O
explained O
that O
differently O
shaped O
ears O
focus O
sounds O
differently O
. O

You O
might O
actually O
hear O
sounds O
differently O
than O
the O
person O
next O
to O
you O
. O

Even O
with O
various O
explanations O
as O
to O
why O
we O
are O
all O
hearing O
this O
recording O
differently O
, O
people O
are O
still O
joining O
in O
the O
debate O
. O
" O
CBS B-MISC
This I-MISC
Morning I-MISC
" O
co-hosts O
Norah B-PER
O'Donell I-PER
and O
John B-PER
Dickerson I-PER
heard O
" O
Laurel O
" O
while O
Gayle B-PER
King I-PER
heard O
" O
Yanny O
. O
" O

" O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
why O
I O
'm O
so O
personally O
offended O
by O
this O
, O
" O
King B-PER
said O
during O
their O
rousing O
debate O
over O
the O
recording O
. O
" O
It O
's O
definitely O
, O
definitely O
, O
definitely O
'Yanny O
. O
' O
" O

" O
Fortnite B-MISC
" O
shines O
at O
E3 O
video-gaming O
convention O

Two O
big O
reasons O
Fortnite B-MISC
is O
a O
hit O
: O
It O
does O
n't O
cost O
a O
cent O
to O
play O
, O
at O
least O
initially O
, O
while O
the O
game O
and O
format O
are O
addictive O
. O

In O
the O
game O
, O
100 O
players O
are O
dropped O
onto O
an O
island O
and O
have O
to O
fight O
one O
another O
until O
only O
one O
is O
left O
standing O
( O
think O
" O
The O
Hunger O
Games O
. O
" O
) O

" O
The O
key O
thing O
with O
Fortnite B-MISC
is O
that O
it O
's O
free O
, O
so O
that O
enables O
them O
to O
pull O
together O
[ O
a O
] O
big O
audience O
very O
, O
very O
quickly O
. O

I O
think O
that O
free O
model O
is O
what O
you O
're O
going O
to O
see O
other O
people O
imitate O
, O
" O
Ben B-PER
Howard I-PER
, O
Gamespot B-PER
's O
vice O
president O
of O
programming O
, O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

Epic B-ORG
Games I-ORG
, O
the O
company O
behind O
Fornite B-MISC
, O
makes O
money O
by O
charging O
players O
for O
additional O
items O
like O
extra O
moves O
or O
different O
costumes O
. O

Players O
also O
can O
purchase O
a O
" O
Battle B-MISC
Pass I-MISC
" O
for O
$ O
9.99 O
, O
which O
lets O
them O
complete O
challenges O
to O
earn O
rewards O
. O

Those O
sales O
can O
add O
up O
: O
In O
April O
alone O
, O
the O
company O
raked O
in O
nearly O
$ O
300 O
million O
, O
according O
to O
CNET B-ORG
. O

So-called O
social O
games O
like O
Fortnite B-MISC
are O
only O
expected O
to O
become O
more O
popular O
, O
according O
to O
gaming O
experts O
, O
and O
rival O
companies O
are O
creating O
their O
own O
version O
of O
the O
popular O
product O
. O

" O
Two O
of O
the O
biggest O
games O
companies O
right O
now O
-- O
Activision B-ORG
and O
Electronic B-ORG
Arts I-ORG
-- O
the O
two O
big O
games O
they O
announced O
this O
week O
, O
'Battlefield O
' O
and O
'Call O
of O
Duty O
. O
' O
have O
battle-royale O
modes O
, O
which O
is O
really O
the O
type O
of O
game O
that O
Fortnite O
is O
, O
" O
Howard B-PER
said O
. O

Social O
play O
is O
also O
helping O
propel O
broader O
growth O
for O
the O
video-gaming O
industry O
, O
whose O
$ O
40 O
billion O
in O
annual O
revenue O
makes O
it O
bigger O
than O
the O
movie O
business O
in O
North O
America B-MISC
and O
the O
music O
or O
sports O
industry O
. O

Earthquake O
warning O
app O
, O
first O
of O
its O
kind O
, O
being O
offered O
in O
L.A. B-ORG

Los B-LOC
Angeles I-LOC
has O
released O
an O
earthquake O
warning O
app O
that O
could O
give O
L.A. B-LOC
County O
residents O
precious O
seconds O
to O
drop O
, O
cover O
and O
hold O
on O
in O
the O
event O
of O
a O
quake O
. O

The O
city O
announced O
Wednesday O
that O
ShakeAlertLA B-MISC
is O
available O
for O
download O
on O
Android O
and O
Apple B-ORG
phones O
. O

Based O
on O
a O
warning O
system O
developed O
by O
the O
U.S. B-ORG
Geological I-ORG
Survey I-ORG
, O
the O
app O
will O
send O
an O
alert O
when O
there O
's O
a O
quake O
of O
magnitude O
5.0 O
or O
greater O
in O
the O
state O
. O

Depending O
on O
where O
the O
quake O
hits O
, O
the O
app O
says O
the O
warning O
could O
arrive O
before O
, O
during O
or O
after O
the O
quake O
. O
It O
urges O
people O
who O
see O
the O
alert O
or O
feel O
the O
shaking O
to O
take O
precautions O
to O
avoid O
injury O
. O

" O
Right O
now O
the O
only O
way O
you O
know O
an O
earthquake O
is O
happening O
is O
if O
you O
feel O
the O
shaking O
, O
" O
Robert B-PER
Degroot I-PER
, O
of O
the O
U.S. B-ORG
Geological I-ORG
Survey I-ORG
, O
told O
CBS B-ORG
Los B-LOC
Angeles I-LOC
. O

The O
warning O
, O
he O
said O
, O
would O
mean O
" O
having O
that O
extra O
time O
to O
maybe O
protect O
yourself O
a O
little O
bit O
more O
. O

To O
do O
something O
a O
little O
bit O
different O
or O
if O
you O
are O
in O
a O
particularly O
precarious O
situation O
. O
You O
might O
be O
at O
work O
in O
a O
lab O
. O

You O
might O
be O
able O
to O
do O
something O
that O
could O
protect O
yourself O
even O
more O
rather O
than O
just O
having O
to O
react O
when O
the O
shaking O
begins O
. O
" O

It O
's O
" O
the O
first O
one O
out O
of O
the O
gate O
, O
" O
Degroot B-PER
added O
, O
" O
and O
so O
we O
're O
very O
enthusiastic O
about O
what O
might O
happen O
. O
We O
're O
going O
to O
learn O
a O
lot O
from O
this O
. O
" O

Zuckerberg B-PER
wo O
n't O
address O
unprecedented O
gathering O
of O
parliaments O
probing O
disinformation O

Facebook B-ORG
CEO O
Mark B-PER
Zuckerberg I-PER
will O
not O
appear O
before O
an O
" O
international O
grand O
committee O
" O
of O
at O
least O
five O
governments O
investigating O
disinformation O
and O
election O
meddling O
, O
according O
to O
a O
letter O
from O
Facebook B-ORG
obtained O
by O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

The O
hearing O
is O
scheduled O
for O
Nov. O
27 O
. O

Zuckerberg B-PER
initially O
turned O
down O
an O
invitation O
by O
Damian B-PER
Collins I-PER
, O
a O
member O
of O
British O
Parliament O
, O
and O
Bob B-PER
Zimmer I-PER
, O
a O
Canadian B-MISC
lawmaker O
. O

But O
he O
was O
invited O
again O
after O
Argentina O
, O
Australia B-LOC
and O
Ireland B-MISC
signed O
on O
to O
the O
joint O
inquiry O
. O

On O
Monday O
, O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
Head O
of O
Public O
Policy O
for O
the O
United B-MISC
Kingdom I-MISC
, O
Rebecca B-PER
Stimson I-PER
, O
declined O
on O
Zuckerberg B-PER
's O
behalf O
, O
writing O
in O
the O
letter O
that O
Zuckerberg B-PER
will O
be O
unavailable O
. O

" O
Thank O
you O
for O
the O
invitation O
to O
appear O
before O
your O
Grand O
Committee O
. O
As O
we O
explained O
in O
our O
letter O
of O
November O
2nd O
, O
Mr. O
Zuckerberg B-PER
is O
not O
able O
to O
be O
in O
London B-LOC
on O
November O
27th O
for O
your O
hearing O
and O
sends O
his O
apologies O
, O
" O
Stimson B-PER
wrote O
. O

Zimmer B-PER
told O
CBS B-MISC
News I-MISC
that O
the O
international O
group O
of O
politicians O
intend O
to O
respond O
to O
the O
rejection O
soon O
. O

Zimmer B-PER
is O
chair O
of O
the O
Canadian B-MISC
Parliament O
's O
Standing O
Committee O
on O
Access O
to O
Information O
, O
Privacy O
and O
Ethics O
. O

He O
noted O
that O
Facebook B-ORG
did O
not O
address O
whether O
Zuckerberg B-PER
might O
be O
available O
in O
the O
future O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
did O
not O
immediately O
reply O
to O
an O
email O
from O
CBS B-MISC
News I-MISC
seeking O
clarification O
on O
that O
point O
. O

The O
letter O
from O
Facebook B-PER
includes O
a O
rundown O
of O
efforts O
and O
studies O
documenting O
the O
company O
's O
ongoing O
push O
to O
combat O
false O
news O
and O
the O
work O
done O
by O
its O
election O
teams O
to O
bring O
transparency O
to O
political O
advertising O
. O

" O
You O
may O
have O
heard O
us O
refer O
to O
some O
of O
this O
work O
already O
during O
the O
many O
hearings O
and O
communications O
we O
've O
had O
with O
committees O
and O
Governments O
around O
the O
world O
, O
" O
Stimson B-PER
wrote O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
has O
repeatedly O
noted O
in O
its O
refusals O
to O
send O
Zuckerberg B-PER
to O
Westminster B-LOC
that O
Zuckerberg B-PER
has O
appeared O
before O
Congress O
and O
the O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
Parliament I-ORG
, O
saying O
in O
a O
Nov. O
2 O
letter O
, O
" O
It O
is O
not O
possible O
for O
Mr. O
Zuckerberg B-PER
to O
be O
available O
to O
all O
Parliaments O
. O
" O

The O
grand O
committee O
says O
its O
five O
governments O
represent O
170 O
million O
Facebook B-ORG
users O
. O
It O
proposed O
meeting O
in O
one O
location O
, O
offering O
a O
way O
for O
Zuckerberg B-PER
to O
address O
their O
concerns O
. O

More O
governments O
may O
sign O
on O
, O
according O
to O
a O
spokesperson O
for O
the O
British O
Parliament O
's O
Digital O
, O
Culture O
, O
Media O
and O
Sport O
Select O
Committee O
. O

" O
There O
is O
growing O
interest O
from O
other O
nations O
to O
join O
the O
committee O
, O
" O
the O
spokesperson O
said O
in O
an O
email O
to O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

She O
did O
not O
indicate O
which O
specific O
countries O
are O
interested O
. O

On O
Monday O
, O
the O
U.K. B-ORG
committee I-ORG
launched O
a O
social O
media O
campaign O
aimed O
at O
pressuring O
Zuckerberg B-PER
to O
attend O
. O

If O
Zuckerberg B-PER
does O
not O
appear O
, O
Zimmer B-PER
told O
CBS B-ORG
he O
'd O
recommend O
that O
Collins O
issue O
a O
subpoena O
for O
the O
34-year-old O
to O
appear O
before O
the O
" O
international O
grand O
committee O
" O
in O
London B-LOC
. O

A O
refusal O
to O
comply O
with O
a O
subpoena O
could O
ultimately O
lead O
to O
a O
finding O
of O
contempt O
of O
Parliament O
, O
he O
said O
. O

The O
effort O
to O
get O
Zuckerberg B-PER
to O
appear O
before O
the O
multi-nation O
investigation O
comes O
after O
Britain O
's O
Information O
Commissioner O
released O
a O
report O
on O
November O
5 O
concluding O
that O
" O
Facebook B-ORG
... O
failed O
to O
keep O
personal O
information O
secure O
because O
it O
failed O
to O
make O
suitable O
checks O
on O
apps O
and O
developers O
using O
its O
platform O
. O
" O

That O
conclusion O
mirrors O
a O
scathing O
preliminary O
report O
on O
" O
disinformation O
and O
fake O
news O
" O
written O
by O
the O
U.K. B-MISC
committee O
in O
July O
. O

It O
called O
for O
increased O
oversight O
of O
social O
media O
companies O
and O
election O
campaigns O
, O
while O
highlighting O
the O
use O
of O
" O
scraped O
" O
Facebook B-ORG
data O
by O
companies O
associated O
with O
the O
successful O
Brexit O
campaign O
and O
President O
Donald B-PER
Trump I-PER
's O
2016 O
run O
. O

" O
A O
population O
marching O
toward O
extinction O
" O
: O
Missing O
orca O
feared O
dead O

SEATTLE B-LOC
-- O
Efforts O
to O
find O
a O
sick O
young O
orca O
from O
a O
critically O
endangered O
population O
of O
killer O
whales O
in O
the O
Pacific B-LOC
Northwest I-LOC
came O
up O
empty O
Thursday O
, O
and O
a O
scientist O
who O
tracks O
the O
animals O
declared O
her O
dead O
-- O
though O
federal B-ORG
authorities O
said O
they O
'd O
keep O
looking O
. O

The O
grim O
news O
means O
scientists O
believe O
just O
74 O
whales O
remain O
in O
a O
group O
that O
has O
failed O
to O
reproduce O
successfully O
in O
the O
past O
three O
years O
. O

The O
have O
struggled O
with O
pollution O
, O
boat O
noise O
and O
, O
most O
severely O
, O
a O
dearth O
of O
their O
preferred O
prey O
, O
chinook O
salmon O
, O
because O
of O
dams O
, O
habitat O
loss O
and O
overfishing O
. O

" O
We O
're O
watching O
a O
population O
marching O
toward O
extinction O
, O
" O
said O
Ken B-PER
Balcomb I-PER
of O
the O
Center B-ORG
for I-ORG
Whale I-ORG
Research I-ORG
. O
" O
Unless O
we O
do O
something O
about O
salmon O
recovery O
, O
we O
're O
just O
not O
going O
to O
have O
these O
whales O
in O
the O
future O
. O
" O

The O
whales O
are O
in O
such O
bad O
shape O
that O
experts O
prepared O
last-ditch O
efforts O
to O
save O
the O
emaciated O
nearly O
4-year-old O
known O
as O
J50 O
. O

A O
sharpshooting O
veterinarian O
fired O
an O
antibiotic-filled O
dart O
into O
her O
, O
crews O
dropped O
live O
salmon O
in O
front O
of O
her O
to O
try O
to O
get O
her O
to O
eat O
, O
and O
scientists O
even O
mulled O
capturing O
her O
so O
they O
could O
diagnose O
and O
treat O
her O
. O

J50 O
has O
not O
been O
seen O
since O
last O
Friday O
. O
As O
teams O
scrambled O
to O
find O
her O
Thursday O
, O
she O
failed O
to O
appear O
with O
her O
pod O
once O
again O
, O
despite O
favorable O
sighting O
conditions O
. O

Balcomb B-PER
, O
who O
tracks O
the O
whales O
for O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
government O
, O
declared O
her O
dead O
late O
Thursday O
afternoon O
. O

Michael B-PER
Milstein I-PER
, O
a O
spokesman O
for O
NOAA B-ORG
Fisheries I-ORG
, O
said O
the O
agency O
gives O
great O
weight O
to O
Balcomb B-PER
's O
assessment O
of O
the O
whales O
, O
given O
his O
long O
experience O
monitoring O
them O
. O
But O
, O
he O
said O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
Canadian B-MISC
governments O
plan O
to O
continue O
searching O
Friday O
on O
the O
chance O
she O
's O
still O
alive O
. O

" O
We O
want O
to O
make O
the O
most O
of O
it O
to O
make O
sure O
that O
if O
J50 O
is O
there O
, O
we O
have O
n't O
missed O
her O
, O
" O
Milstein B-PER
said O
. O
" O
We O
have O
n't O
given O
up O
hope O
. O
" O

Crews O
in O
a O
U.S. B-LOC
Coast O
Guard O
helicopter O
, O
10 O
vessels O
, O
whale O
watch O
crews O
and O
other O
resources O
on O
both O
sides O
of O
the O
border O
were O
involved O
in O
the O
search O
. O

Authorities O
also O
alerted O
a O
network O
of O
people O
who O
respond O
when O
marine O
mammals O
wash O
ashore O
. O

Whale O
experts O
feared O
the O
orca O
was O
dead O
earlier O
this O
month O
when O
J50 O
lagged O
behind O
her O
family O
and O
went O
missing O
. O
But O
she O
later O
turned O
up O
and O
was O
seen O
with O
her O
family O
. O

The O
distinctive O
black-and-white O
orcas O
, O
known O
as O
southern O
resident O
killer O
whales O
, O
have O
struggled O
since O
they O
were O
listed O
as O
an O
endangered O
species O
in O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
Canada B-LOC
well O
over O
a O
decade O
ago O
. O

The O
orcas O
' O
numbers O
are O
now O
at O
their O
lowest O
in O
more O
than O
three O
decades O
. O

Another O
whale O
in O
the O
same O
pod O
, O
known O
as O
J35 O
, O
triggered O
international O
sympathy O
this O
summer O
when O
she O
kept O
the O
body O
of O
her O
dead O
calf O
afloat O
in O
waters O
for O
more O
than O
two O
weeks O
. O

The O
message O
, O
the O
Center B-ORG
for I-ORG
Whale I-ORG
Research I-ORG
said O
in O
a O
website O
post O
, O
is O
that O
extinction O
is O
looming O
" O
while O
the O
humans O
convene O
task O
forces O
and O
conference O
calls O
that O
result O
in O
nothing O
, O
or O
worse O
than O
nothing O
, O
diverting O
attention O
and O
resources O
from O
solving O
the O
underlying O
ecological O
problems O
. O
" O

Scientists O
began O
to O
be O
concerned O
about O
J50 O
in O
July O
. O

Teams O
dropped O
live O
salmon O
from O
a O
boat O
as O
J50 O
and O
her O
pod O
swam O
behind O
-- O
a O
test O
to O
see O
whether O
fish O
could O
be O
used O
as O
a O
means O
of O
delivering O
medication O
. O

Drone B-MISC
images O
taken O
earlier O
this O
month O
showed O
J50 O
much O
thinner O
than O
she O
was O
last O
year O
. O

Her O
mother O
, O
J16 O
, O
has O
also O
declined O
in O
condition O
in O
the O
past O
month O
. O

AI O
babysitting O
service O
vows O
to O
stay O
online O
amid O
controversy O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
 O
Predictim B-MISC
, O
an O
app O
that O
uses O
artificial O
intelligence O
to O
vet O
potential O
babysitters O
, O
has O
vowed O
to O
continue O
using O
social O
media O
data O
to O
improve O
its O
recommendation O
engine O
even O
after O
being O
blocked O
by O
Facebook B-ORG
and O
Twitter B-ORG
, O
said O
co-founder O
and O
CEO O
Sal B-PER
Parsa I-PER
. O

" O
We O
will O
continue O
what O
we O
are O
doing O
now O
, O
helping O
parents O
make O
decisions O
as O
to O
who O
they O
want O
to O
trust O
, O
" O
Parsa B-PER
said O
in O
an O
interview O
with O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

Parsa B-PER
's O
company O
uses O
a O
form O
of O
AI O
called O
natural O
language O
processing O
to O
filter O
and O
rank O
search O
results O
gathered O
from O
a O
vast O
cache O
of O
information O
gathered O
from O
social O
media O
sites O
. O

Predictim B-MISC
's O
product O
is O
designed O
, O
Parsa B-PER
said O
, O
to O
help O
parents O
and O
pet O
owners O
learn O
more O
about O
the O
personality O
traits O
of O
potential O
babysitters O
, O
dog O
walkers O
and O
other O
caretakers O
. O

The O
company O
's O
technology O
generates O
a O
" O
risk O
score O
" O
based O
on O
social O
media O
activity O
that O
ranks O
a O
person O
's O
attitude O
and O
their O
likelihood O
of O
engaging O
in O
online O
harassment O
or O
abusing O
drugs O
. O

The O
site O
also O
flags O
questionable O
content O
, O
and O
automatically O
generates O
a O
report O
that O
explains O
what O
each O
ranking O
means O
. O

" O
Our O
AI O
assesses O
an O
individual O
's O
online O
behavior O
in O
regards O
to O
bullying O
, O
harassment O
, O
sexual O
explicit O
content O
, O
and O
drug O
abuse O
, O
" O
Parsa B-PER
said O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
, O
Instagram B-ORG
( O
which O
is O
owned O
by O
Facebook B-ORG
) O
and O
Twitter B-ORG
recently O
blocked O
Predictim B-MISC
for O
violating O
the O
tech O
firms O
' O
rules O
on O
data O
harvesting O
and O
user O
privacy O
. O

" O
We O
strictly O
prohibit O
the O
use O
of O
Twitter O
data O
and O
APIs O
for O
surveillance O
purposes O
, O
including O
performing O
background O
checks O
, O
" O
Twitter B-ORG
spokesperson O
Nick B-PER
Pacilio I-PER
said O
. O
" O
When O
we O
became O
aware O
of O
Predictim B-MISC
's O
services O
, O
we O
conducted O
an O
investigation O
and O
revoked O
their O
access O
to O
Twitter B-ORG
's O
public O
APIs O
. O
" O
API O
is O
an O
acronym O
for O
application O
programming O
interface O
, O
the O
technology O
that O
allows O
computer O
applications O
exchange O
information O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
did O
not O
respond O
to O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
request O
for O
comment O
, O
but O
recently O
told O
the O
BBC B-ORG
, O
" O
scraping O
people O
's O
information O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
is O
against O
our O
terms O
of O
service O
. O
" O

Pasrsa B-PER
pushed O
back O
against O
the O
ban O
. O
" O
We O
do O
not O
use O
automated O
scrapers O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
so O
we O
are O
not O
violating O
their O
platform O
policy O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
We O
use O
publicly O
available O
data O
. O
" O

The O
Predictim O
app O
's O
use O
of O
public O
data O
has O
been O
controversial O
since O
the O
product O
launched O
. O

A O
number O
of O
users O
on O
Twitter B-ORG
noted O
that O
the O
company O
's O
results O
were O
inconsistent O
and O
expressed O
concern O
that O
in O
addition O
to O
social O
media O
information O
, O
Predictim O
might O
be O
relying O
on O
open O
source O
intelligence O
( O
OSINT B-ORG
) O
 O
commonly O
available O
datasets O
like O
academic O
journals O
, O
think O
tank O
studies O
, O
and O
traditional O
mass O
media O
reports O
. O

Digital O
privacy O
specialist O
Sarah B-PER
Clarke I-PER
worried O
that O
using O
on O
OSINT B-MISC
data O
was O
too O
generic O
and O
created O
" O
murky O
, O
inherently O
error-prone O
" O
results O
. O

" O
[ O
The O
] O
potential O
for O
false O
positives O
and O
false O
negatives O
is O
huge O
, O
and O
accuracy O
relies O
on O
both O
requestor O
and O
target O
having O
more O
and O
more O
data O
disclosed O
, O
" O
said O
Clarke B-PER
. O

AI O
experts O
are O
dubious O
about O
the O
company O
's O
opaque O
methodology O
and O
are O
concerned O
that O
the O
data O
sources O
it O
uses O
could O
lead O
to O
inaccurate O
, O
incomplete O
, O
or O
damaging O
results O
. O

" O
A O
lot O
of O
datasets O
are O
biased O
, O
especially O
against O
women O
and O
minorities O
, O
" O
said O
James B-PER
Barrat I-PER
, O
AI O
expert O
and O
author O
of O
the O
book O
" O
Our O
Final O
Invention O
. O
" O
" O
Many O
datasets O
were O
hand-coded O
, O
sometimes O
decades O
ago O
, O
and O
have O
passed O
on O
the O
biases O
of O
their O
creators O
. O

For O
example O
, O
a O
prison O
sentencing O
algorithm O
in O
Florida B-ORG
was O
built O
using O
historical O
prison O
sentences O
. O
They O
were O
harsher O
for O
minorities O
. O
" O

Barrat B-PER
was O
also O
skeptical O
about O
using O
AI O
to O
rank O
individuals O
based O
on O
social O
media O
information O
. O

" O
What O
gives O
a O
prospective O
employer O
, O
not O
even O
an O
actual O
employer O
, O
the O
right O
to O
invade O
someone O
's O
privacy O
by O
demanding O
access O
to O
their O
social O
media O
accounts O
? O
" O
Barrat B-PER
asked O
. O

" O
The O
processes O
behind O
these O
magical O
ranking O
algorithms O
are O
'black-box O
' O
systems O
, O
meaning O
you O
ca O
n't O
look O
under O
the O
hood O
to O
see O
how O
the O
rankings O
are O
being O
made O
. O
" O

Predictim B-MISC
was O
also O
critiqued O
online O
for O
using O
scare O
tactics O
to O
target O
parents O
of O
young O
children O
in O
its O
promotional O
materials O
. O

Two O
documents O
linked O
on O
the O
Predictim B-MISC
site O
use O
images O
of O
children O
alongside O
anecdotes O
about O
how O
the O
company O
's O
" O
advanced O
artificial O
intelligence O
" O
might O
prevent O
tragedy O
. O

One O
story O
, O
under O
the O
headline O
" O
Protecting O
your O
children O
from O
babysitting O
nightmares O
is O
possible O
, O
if O
you O
have O
the O
right O
tools O
, O
" O
described O
a O
scenario O
in O
which O
a O
child O
is O
harmed O
by O
a O
criminal O
. O
" O
A O
mother O
needed O
to O
go O
out O
of O
town O
, O
so O
she O
simply O
leaned O
on O
a O
person O
she O
'd O
trusted O
her O
children O
with O
in O
the O
past O
. O

This O
time O
, O
however O
, O
the O
babysitter O
was O
out O
for O
pain O
, O
" O
reads O
the O
Predictim B-MISC
scenario I-MISC
. O

The O
rhetoric O
bothered O
many O
technology O
experts O
, O
including O
David B-PER
Heinemeier I-PER
Hansson I-PER
, O
programmer O
and O
creator O
of O
popular O
coding O
language O
Ruby O
on O
Rails O
. O
" O

I O
think O
black-box O
AI O
that O
renders O
opaque O
verdicts O
that O
has O
substantial O
impact O
on O
people O
's O
lives O
is O
both O
bad O
, O
dangerous O
, O
misguided O
, O
and O
irresponsible O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
When O
we O
do O
n't O
know O
what O
's O
in O
the O
algorithm O
, O
there O
's O
nothing O
to O
trust O
. O
" O

Heinemeier B-PER
Hansson I-PER
explained O
that O
babysitters O
could O
potentially O
be O
harmed O
by O
AI O
systems O
that O
rely O
on O
social O
media O
data O
. O
" O

I O
do O
n't O
think O
it O
's O
possible O
to O
look O
at O
22 O
Twitter B-ORG
posts O
and O
then O
declare O
with O
any O
reasonable O
certainty O
that O
the O
person O
who O
wrote O
those O
are O
prone O
to O
drug O
use O
or O
of O
poor O
social O
character O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
Their O
dignity O
is O
degraded O
by O
being O
subjected O
to O
the O
process O
" O
and O
" O
they O
may O
not O
get O
a O
job O
that O
they O
were O
eminently O
qualified O
for O
because O
the O
machine O
gave O
them O
a O
[ O
bad O
] O
score O
. O
" O

But O
Parsa B-PER
objected O
to O
recent O
criticism O
. O
" O
We O
stack O
our O
[ O
technology O
] O
with O
other O
models O
to O
make O
the O
final O
output O
explainable O
and O
not O
a O
black-box O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
Every O
scan O
that O
is O
flagged O
for O
medium O
or O
high O
risk O
is O
human O
reviewed O
by O
an O
analyst O
trained O
on O
conscious O
and O
unconscious O
bias O
and O
we O
show O
the O
parents O
examples O
of O
why O
the O
AI O
flagged O
this O
person O
so O
they O
can O
make O
their O
own O
judgement O
. O
" O

Japan B-LOC
drives O
forward O
with O
plans O
for O
flying O
cars O

TOKYO B-LOC
, O
Japan B-LOC
-- O
Electric O
drones O
booked O
through O
smartphones O
pick O
people O
up O
from O
office O
rooftops O
, O
shortening O
travel O
time O
by O
hours O
, O
reducing O
the O
need O
for O
parking O
and O
clearing O
smog O
from O
the O
air O
. O

This O
vision O
of O
the O
future O
is O
driving O
the O
Japanese B-MISC
government O
's O
" O
flying O
car O
" O
project O
. O

Major O
carrier O
All B-ORG
Nippon I-ORG
Airways I-ORG
, O
electronics O
company O
NEC B-ORG
Corp. O
and O
more O
than O
a O
dozen O
other O
companies O
and O
academic O
experts O
hope O
to O
have O
a O
road O
map O
for O
the O
plan O
ready O
by O
the O
year O
's O
end O
. O

" O
This O
is O
such O
a O
totally O
new O
sector O
Japan B-LOC
has O
a O
good O
chance O
for O
not O
falling O
behind O
, O
" O
said O
Fumiaki B-PER
Ebihara I-PER
, O
the O
government O
official O
in O
charge O
of O
the O
project O
. O

For O
now O
, O
nobody O
believes O
people O
are O
going O
to O
be O
zipping O
around O
in O
flying O
cars O
any O
time O
soon O
. O

Many O
hurdles O
remain O
, O
such O
as O
battery O
life O
, O
the O
need O
for O
regulations O
and O
of O
course O
safety O
concerns O
. O
But O
dozens O
such O
projects O
are O
popping O
up O
around O
the O
world O
. O

A O
flying O
car O
is O
defined O
as O
aircraft O
that O
's O
electric O
, O
or O
hybrid O
electric O
, O
with O
driverless O
capabilities O
, O
that O
can O
land O
and O
takeoff O
vertically O
, O
according O
to O
Ebihara I-PER
. O

They O
are O
often O
called O
EVtol B-MISC
, O
which O
stands O
for O
" O
electric O
vertical O
takeoff O
and O
landing O
" O
aircraft O
. O

All O
the O
flying O
car O
concepts O
, O
which O
are O
like O
drones O
big O
enough O
to O
hold O
humans O
, O
promise O
to O
be O
better O
than O
helicopters O
, O
which O
are O
expensive O
to O
maintain O
, O
noisy O
to O
fly O
and O
require O
trained O
pilots O
, O
Ebihara O
and O
other O
proponents O
say O
. O

" O
You O
may O
think O
of O
'Back O
to O
the O
Future O
, O
' O
Gundam B-MISC
, O
' O
or O
Doraemon B-MISC
, O
' O
" O
Ebihara B-PER
said O
, O
referring O
to O
vehicles O
of O
flight O
in O
a O
Hollywood O
film O
and O
in O
Japanese B-MISC
cartoons O
featuring O
robots O
. O
" O
Up O
to O
now O
, O
it O
was O
just O
a O
dream O
, O
but O
with O
innovations O
in O
motors O
and O
batteries O
, O
it O
's O
time O
for O
it O
to O
become O
real O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Google B-ORG
, O
drone O
company O
Ehang B-ORG
and O
car O
manufacturer O
Geely B-ORG
in O
China B-LOC
, O
and O
Volkswagen B-ORG
AG I-ORG
of O
Germany O
have O
invested O
in O
flying O
car O
technology O
. O

Nissan B-ORG
Motor I-ORG
Co. I-ORG
and O
Honda B-ORG
Motor I-ORG
Co. I-ORG
said O
they O
had O
nothing O
to O
say O
about O
flying O
cars O
, O
but O
Toyota B-ORG
Motor I-ORG
Corp. I-ORG
recently O
invested O
$ O
500 O
million O
in O
working O
with O
Uber O
on O
self-driving O
technology O
for O
the O
ride-hailing O
service O
. O

Toyota B-ORG
group O
companies O
have O
also O
invested O
42.5 O
million O
yen O
( O
$ O
375,000 O
) O
in O
a O
Japanese B-MISC
startup O
, O
Cartivator B-ORG
, O
that O
is O
working O
on O
a O
flying O
car O
. O

The O
hope O
is O
to O
fly O
up O
and O
light O
the O
torch O
at O
the O
2020 O
Tokyo B-LOC
Olympics O
, O
but O
it O
's O
unclear O
it O
will O
meet O
that O
goal O
: O
at O
a O
demonstration O
last O
year O
the O
device O
crashed O
after O
it O
rose O
to O
slightly O
higher O
than O
eye O
level O
. O

A O
video O
of O
a O
more O
recent O
demonstration O
suggests O
it O
's O
now O
flying O
more O
stably O
, O
though O
it O
's O
being O
tested O
indoors O
, O
unmanned O
and O
chained O
so O
it O
wo O
n't O
fly O
away O
. O

There O
are O
plenty O
of O
skeptics O
. O

Elon B-PER
Musk I-PER
, O
chief O
executive O
of O
electric O
car O
maker O
Tesla B-ORG
Inc. I-ORG
, O
says O
even O
toy O
drones O
are O
noisy O
and O
blow O
a O
lot O
of O
air O
, O
which O
means O
anything O
that O
would O
be O
" O
1,000 O
times O
heavier O
" O
is O
n't O
practical O
. O

" O
If O
you O
want O
a O
flying O
car O
, O
just O
put O
wheels O
on O
a O
helicopter O
, O
" O
he O
said O
in O
a O
recent O
interview O
with O
podcast O
host O
and O
comedian O
Joe B-PER
Rogan I-PER
on O
YouTube B-ORG
. O
" O

Your O
neighbors O
are O
not O
going O
to O
be O
happy O
if O
you O
land O
a O
flying O
car O
in O
your O
backyard O
or O
on O
your O
rooftop O
. O
" O

Though O
the O
Japanese B-MISC
government O
has O
resisted O
Uber B-ORG
's O
efforts O
to O
offer O
ride-hailing O
services O
in O
Japan B-LOC
, O
limiting O
it O
to O
partnerships O
with O
taxi O
companies O
, O
it O
has O
eagerly O
embraced O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
company O
's O
work O
on O
EVtol B-MISC
machines O
. O

Uber B-ORG
says O
it O
is O
considering O
Tokyo B-LOC
as O
its O
first O
launch O
city O
for O
affordable O
flights O
via O
its O
UberAir O
service O
. O

It O
says O
Los B-LOC
Angeles I-LOC
and O
Dallas B-LOC
, O
Texas B-LOC
, O
and O
locations O
in O
Australia B-LOC
, O
Brazil B-LOC
, O
France B-MISC
and O
India B-MISC
are O
other O
possible O
locations O
for O
its O
services O
. O

Unlike O
regular O
airplanes O
, O
with O
their O
aerodynamic O
design O
and O
two O
wings O
, O
Uber B-ORG
's O
" O
Elevate B-MISC
" O
structures O
look O
like O
small O
jets O
with O
several O
propellers O
on O
top O
. O

The O
company O
says O
it O
plans O
flight O
demonstrations O
as O
soon O
as O
2020 O
and O
a O
commercial O
service O
by O
2023 O
. O

Uber B-ORG
's O
vision O
calls O
for O
using O
heliports O
on O
rooftops O
, O
but O
new O
multi-floored O
construction O
similar O
to O
parking O
lots O
for O
cars O
will O
likely O
be O
needed O
to O
accommodate O
so O
many O
more O
EVtol B-MISC
aircraft O
, O
once O
the O
service O
takes O
off O
. O

Unmanned O
drones O
are O
legal O
in O
Japan B-LOC
, O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
other O
countries O
, O
but O
there O
are O
restrictions O
on O
where O
they O
can O
be O
flown O
and O
requirements O
for O
getting O
approval O
in O
advance O
. O

In O
Japan B-LOC
, O
drone O
flyers O
can O
be O
licensed O
if O
they O
take O
classes O
. O

There O
is O
no O
requirement O
like O
drivers O
licenses O
for O
cars O
. O

Flying O
passengers O
over O
populated O
areas O
would O
take O
a O
quantum O
leap O
in O
technology O
, O
overhauling O
aviation O
regulations O
and O
air O
traffic O
safety O
controls O
and O
major O
efforts O
both O
to O
ensure O
safety O
and O
convince O
people O
it O
's O
safe O
. O

Uber B-ORG
said O
at O
a O
recent O
presentation O
in O
Tokyo B-LOC
that O
it O
envisions O
a O
route O
between O
the O
city O
's O
two O
international O
airports O
, O
among O
others O
. O

Savings O
in O
time O
would O
add O
up O
, O
it O
said O
. O

" O
This O
is O
not O
a O
rich O
person O
's O
toy O
. O

This O
is O
a O
mass O
market O
solution O
, O
" O
said O
Adam B-PER
Warmoth I-PER
, O
product O
manager O
at O
Uber B-ORG
Elevate B-MISC
. O

Concepts O
for O
flying O
cars O
vary O
greatly O
. O

Some O
resemble O
vehicles O
with O
several O
propellers O
on O
top O
while O
others O
look O
more O
like O
a O
boat O
with O
a O
seat O
over O
the O
propellers O
. O

Ebihara B-PER
, O
the O
flying-car O
chief O
at O
the O
Ministry O
of O
Economy O
, O
Trade O
and O
Industry O
, O
says O
Japan B-LOC
is O
on O
board O
for O
" O
Blade O
Runner O
" O
style O
travel O
- O
despite O
its O
plentiful O
, O
efficient O
and O
well O
developed O
public O
transportation O
. O

Japan B-LOC
's O
auto O
and O
electronics O
industries O
have O
the O
technology O
and O
ability O
to O
produce O
super-light O
materials O
that O
could O
give O
the O
nation O
an O
edge O
in O
the O
flying O
car O
business O
, O
he O
said O
. O

Such O
vehicles O
could O
be O
tested O
first O
in O
uncongested O
, O
remote O
areas O
or O
between O
islands O
, O
where O
public O
transport O
is O
less O
accessible O
and O
safety O
issues O
would O
be O
less O
of O
a O
problem O
. O

Just O
as O
the O
automobile O
vanquished O
horse-drawn O
carriages O
, O
moving O
short-distance O
transport O
into O
the O
air O
could O
in O
theory O
bring O
a O
sea O
change O
in O
how O
people O
live O
, O
Ebihara B-PER
said O
, O
pointing O
to O
the O
sky O
outside O
the O
ministry O
building O
to O
stress O
how O
empty O
it O
was O
compared O
to O
the O
streets O
below O
. O

Flying O
also O
has O
the O
allure O
of O
a O
bird O
's O
eye O
view O
, O
the O
stuff O
of O
drone O
videos O
increasingly O
used O
in O
filmmaking O
, O
tourism O
promotion O
and O
journalism O
. O

Atsushi B-PER
Taguchi I-PER
, O
a O
" O
drone O
grapher O
, O
" O
as O
specialists O
in O
drone O
video O
are O
called O
, O
expects O
test O
flights O
can O
be O
carried O
out O
even O
if O
flying O
cars O
wo O
n't O
become O
a O
reality O
for O
years O
since O
the O
basic O
technology O
for O
stable O
flying O
already O
exists O
with O
recent O
advances O
in O
sensors O
, O
robotics O
and O
digital O
cameras O
. O

A O
growing O
labor O
shortage O
in O
deliveries O
in O
Japan B-LOC
is O
adding O
to O
the O
pressures O
to O
realize O
such O
technology O
, O
though O
there O
are O
risks O
, O
said O
Taguchi B-PER
, O
who O
teaches O
at O
the O
Tokyo B-ORG
film I-ORG
school I-ORG
Digital O
Hollywood O
. O

The O
propellers O
on O
commercially O
sold O
drones O
today O
are O
dangerous O
, O
and O
some O
of O
his O
students O
have O
lost O
fingers O
with O
improper O
flying O
. O

The O
bigger O
propellers O
needed O
for O
vertical O
flight O
would O
increase O
the O
hazards O
and O
might O
need O
to O
be O
covered O
. O

The O
devices O
might O
need O
parachutes O
to O
soften O
crash O
landings O
, O
or O
might O
have O
to O
explode O
into O
small O
bits O
to O
ensure O
pieces O
hitting O
the O
ground O
would O
be O
smaller O
. O

" O
I O
think O
one O
of O
the O
biggest O
hurdles O
is O
safety O
, O
" O
said O
Taguchi B-PER
. O
" O
And O
anything O
that O
flies O
will O
by O
definition O
crash O
. O
" O

California B-LOC
data O
privacy O
bill O
passes O
, O
heads O
to O
governor O

An O
internet O
privacy O
bill O
that O
experts O
call O
the O
nation O
's O
most O
far-reaching O
effort O
to O
give O
consumers O
more O
control O
over O
their O
data O
is O
headed O
to O
California B-LOC
Gov O
. O

Jerry B-PER
Brown I-PER
after O
passing O
both O
chambers O
of O
the O
Legislature O
on O
Thursday O
. O

Under O
the O
bill O
, O
consumers O
could O
ask O
companies O
what O
personal O
data O
they O
've O
collected O
, O
why O
it O
was O
collected O
and O
what O
categories O
of O
third O
parties O
have O
received O
it O
. O

Consumers O
could O
ask O
companies O
to O
delete O
their O
information O
or O
that O
they O
refrain O
from O
selling O
it O
. O

Companies O
could O
offer O
discounts O
to O
customers O
who O
allow O
their O
data O
to O
be O
sold O
and O
could O
charge O
those O
who O
opt O
out O
a O
reasonable O
amount O
based O
on O
how O
much O
the O
company O
makes O
selling O
the O
information O
. O

It O
passed O
the O
Legislature O
without O
any O
dissenting O
votes O
. O

Lawmakers O
scrambled O
to O
pass O
it O
so O
that O
a O
San B-LOC
Francisco I-LOC
real O
estate O
developer O
would O
remove O
a O
similar O
initiative O
from O
the O
November O
ballot O
. O

The O
deadline O
to O
remove O
initiatives O
is O
Thursday O
. O

The O
bill O
, O
AB375 O
by O
Assemblyman O
Ed B-PER
Chau I-PER
, O
would O
also O
bar O
companies O
from O
selling O
data O
from O
children O
younger O
than O
16 O
without O
consent O
. O

" O
We O
in O
California B-LOC
are O
taking O
a O
leadership O
position O
with O
this O
bill O
, O
" O
said O
Sen. O
Bob B-PER
Hertzberg I-PER
, O
a O
Van B-MISC
Nuys I-MISC
Democrat O
who O
co-authored O
the O
bill O
. O
" O
I O
think O
this O
will O
serve O
as O
an O
inspiration O
across O
the O
country O
. O
" O

Voter-enacted O
initiatives O
are O
much O
harder O
to O
alter O
than O
laws O
passed O
through O
the O
legislative O
process O
. O

Given O
the O
significance O
and O
complexity O
of O
the O
proposed O
policy O
, O
supporters O
and O
even O
many O
opponents O
say O
they O
want O
legislators O
to O
pass O
the O
bill O
so O
they O
can O
more O
easily O
change O
it O
in O
the O
future O
. O

San B-LOC
Francisco I-LOC
real O
estate O
developer O
Alastair B-ORG
Mactaggart I-ORG
spent O
$ O
3 O
million O
to O
support O
the O
related O
initiative O
and O
qualify O
it O
for O
the O
ballot O
. O

If O
the O
bill O
fails O
, O
he O
says O
he O
'll O
push O
forward O
with O
the O
initiative O
. O

Addicted O
to O
your O
smartphone O
? O
How O
to O
track O
your O
screen O
time O

How O
much O
time O
are O
you O
spending O
glued O
to O
your O
phone O
each O
day O
? O
Google B-ORG
and O
Apple B-ORG
both O
have O
tools O
to O
help O
you O
manage O
your O
screen O
time O
on O
their O
devices O
. O

You O
can O
use O
these O
features O
to O
see O
how O
much O
time O
you O
're O
really O
spending O
on O
your O
mobile O
device O
and O
which O
applications O
you O
use O
most O
often O
. O

Apple B-ORG
's O
" O
Screen O
Time O
" O
feature O
on O
its O
iPhones O
can O
be O
found O
under O
" O
Settings O
. O
" O

It O
breaks O
down O
in O
simple O
charts O
how O
long O
you O
spent O
on O
your O
phone O
that O
day O
or O
over O
the O
past O
week O
, O
and O
tells O
you O
which O
types O
of O
apps O
sucked O
up O
most O
of O
your O
time O
. O

Google B-ORG
has O
built O
a O
native O
" O
Digital B-MISC
Wellbeing I-MISC
" O
app O
into O
its O
Pixel O
phones O
which O
provides O
similar O
data O
. O

It O
also O
includes O
an O
option O
to O
set O
limitations O
on O
usage O
. O

For O
other O
Android O
devices O
, O
there O
are O
a O
number O
of O
apps O
in O
the O
the O
Google B-ORG
Play O
store O
that O
users O
can O
download O
to O
monitor O
their O
mobile O
device O
usage O
. O

It O
's O
hard O
to O
know O
how O
your O
usage O
stacks O
up O
against O
the O
average O
because O
Apple B-ORG
does O
not O
release O
any O
aggregate O
data O
that O
could O
show O
trends O
. O

However O
, O
here O
in O
our O
newsroom O
, O
we O
asked O
our O
colleagues O
to O
send O
us O
some O
of O
their O
own O
screen-time O
usage O
metrics O
. O

We O
found O
, O
on O
average O
, O
people O
in O
our O
newsroom O
spent O
3 O
hours O
and O
47 O
minutes O
per O
day O
on O
their O
mobile O
device O
. O

Instagram B-ORG
and O
Messages O
were O
tied O
for O
the O
most-used O
apps O
, O
followed O
by O
Gmail B-MISC
. O
Other O
frequently O
used O
apps O
included O
Safari B-MISC
, O
Twitter B-MISC
, O
Facebook B-MISC
and O
Spotify B-MISC
. O

According O
to O
the O
Pew B-ORG
Research I-ORG
Center I-ORG
, O
more O
and O
more O
Americans O
are O
using O
smartphones O
as O
their O
primary O
internet O
device O
. O

The O
study O
found O
that O
one O
in O
five O
adults O
in O
the O
United B-MISC
States I-MISC
are O
" O
smartphone-only O
" O
internet O
users O
who O
do O
not O
have O
traditional O
broadband O
service O
at O
home O
. O

And O
it O
should O
come O
as O
no O
surprise O
that O
young O
Americans B-MISC
ages O
18 O
to O
29 O
are O
especially O
reliant O
on O
smartphones O
. O

Nearly O
40 O
percent O
in O
that O
age O
group O
say O
they O
're O
online O
" O
almost O
constantly O
. O
" O

Some O
researchers O
are O
looking O
into O
whether O
heavy O
smartphone O
use O
is O
an O
addictive O
behavior O
and O
how O
such O
heavy O
usage O
may O
affect O
the O
brain O
, O
especially O
in O
growing O
children O
. O

60 O
Minutes O
recently O
got O
an O
inside O
look O
at O
early O
research O
from O
the O
National B-ORG
Institutes I-ORG
of I-ORG
Health I-ORG
, O
which O
is O
following O
over O
11,000 O
children O
into O
adulthood O
to O
paint O
a O
holistic O
picture O
of O
development O
. O

Those O
early O
findings O
from O
MRIs O
show O
sooner-than-expected O
" O
cortical O
thinning O
" O
in O
young O
people O
's O
brains O
, O
although O
it O
's O
unclear O
whether O
that O
will O
have O
any O
impact O
on O
their O
health O
or O
development O
. O

60 O
Minutes O
Anderson B-PER
Cooper I-PER
spoke O
to O
Dr. O
Dimitri B-PER
Christakis I-PER
, O
the O
lead O
author O
of O
the O
American B-ORG
Academy I-ORG
of I-ORG
Pediatrics I-ORG
most O
recent O
guidelines O
on O
screen O
time O
. O

Christakis B-PER
says O
children O
are O
looking O
to O
their O
devices O
for O
self-soothing O
, O
which O
could O
hinder O
development O
of O
internalizing O
that O
ability O
. O

Part O
of O
the O
reason O
we O
keep O
checking O
our O
devices O
' O
screens O
is O
the O
impact O
of O
dopamine B-MISC
, O
a O
brain O
chemical O
associated O
with O
happiness O
, O
which O
scientists O
have O
found O
is O
released O
when O
we O
use O
technology O
such O
as O
social O
media O
. O

" O
There O
's O
plenty O
of O
scientific O
research O
around O
what O
is O
causing O
those O
dopamine O
hits O
. O

Some O
of O
it O
is O
affirmation O
. O

Some O
of O
it O
is O
just O
stimulus O
all O
the O
time O
. O
And O
that O
certainly O
, O
I O
think O
, O
is O
a O
problem O
, O
not O
because O
of O
the O
addictive O
nature O
of O
it O
but O
because O
it O
keeps O
us O
so O
fixed O
in O
the O
present O
. O

There O
's O
no O
time O
for O
contemplation O
, O
" O
says O
Amy B-PER
Webb I-PER
, O
CEO O
and O
founder O
of O
Future B-ORG
Today I-ORG
Institute I-ORG
and O
professor O
of O
strategic O
foresight O
at O
New B-ORG
York I-ORG
University I-ORG
's O
Stern O
School O
of O
Business O
. O

Features O
like O
Apple B-ORG
's O
Screen O
Time O
seem O
to O
demonstrate O
that O
tech O
companies O
may O
be O
trying O
to O
improve O
awareness O
and O
even O
promote O
moderation O
on O
their O
devices O
 O
especially O
at O
a O
time O
when O
technology O
companies O
are O
increasingly O
under O
scrutiny O
. O

Data O
breach O
disrupts O
concert O
ticketing O
service O
Ticketfly B-MISC

The O
San B-LOC
Francisco I-LOC
firm O
's O
parent O
company O
, O
Eventbrite B-ORG
, O
said O
Sunday O
that O
the O
stolen O
information O
included O
customers O
' O
names O
, O
addresses O
, O
emails O
and O
phone O
numbers O
. O

It O
has O
n't O
disclosed O
other O
details O
, O
but O
a O
website O
that O
tracks O
data O
breaches O
says O
the O
hack O
affected O
more O
than O
26 O
million O
user O
accounts O
. O

Troy B-PER
Hunt I-PER
, O
who O
runs O
the O
" O
Have O
I O
Been O
Pwned O
? O
" O
( O
POHNED B-ORG
) O
website O
, O
says O
it O
's O
not O
as O
immediately O
damaging O
as O
other O
breaches O
because O
passwords O
were O
n't O
stolen O
. O

Ticketfly B-MISC
tweeted O
Sunday O
that O
" O
there O
will O
be O
some O
technical O
issues O
with O
certain O
functionality O
typical O
to O
bringing O
these O
type O
of O
operations O
back O
online O
" O
: O

The O
breach O
left O
nightclubs O
and O
other O
venues O
from O
Seattle B-LOC
to O
Providence O
, O
Rhode B-LOC
Island I-LOC
, O
scrambling O
for O
alternatives O
to O
sell O
tickets O
for O
upcoming O
shows O
. O

Eventbrite B-ORG
bought O
rival O
Ticketfly B-MISC
for O
$ O
200 O
million O
last O
year O
from O
music O
service O
Pandora B-ORG
. O

7-year-old O
tops O
10 O
highest-paid O
YouTube B-ORG
stars O
of O
2018 O

Forbes B-ORG
has O
released O
a O
list O
of O
YouTube B-ORG
's O
top-earning O
stars O
, O
taking O
into O
account O
their O
video O
advertising O
profits O
, O
merchandise O
deals O
and O
other O
sources O
of O
revenue O
. O

From O
controversial O
brothers O
to O
a O
toy-loving O
7-year-old O
boy O
, O
here O
is O
the O
list O
of O
highest-paid O
YouTubers O
, O
according O
to O
Forbes O
. O

Logan B-PER
Paul I-PER
was O
pulled O
from O
a O
special O
YouTube B-ORG
project O
and O
lost O
elite O
status O
in O
the O
platform's O
Google B-ORG
Preferred O
ads O
program O
, O
accessible O
only O
to O
top O
creators O
, O
after O
posting O
a O
controversial O
video O
earlier O
this O
year O
. O

Paul B-PER
filmed O
himself O
in O
a O
Japanese B-MISC
forest O
near O
what O
appeared O
to O
be O
a O
body O
hanging O
from O
a O
tree O
. O

YouTube B-ORG
said O
the O
images O
violated O
its O
policies O
and O
suspended O
him O
. O

Paul B-PER
's O
account O
was O
marked O
with O
a O
" O
strike O
, O
" O
which O
lasts O
for O
three O
months O
and O
can O
mean O
a O
loss O
of O
ad O
revenue O
from O
videos O
and O
from O
links O
to O
crowdfunding O
and O
merchandising O
websites O
. O

The O
now-23-year-old O
apologized O
for O
posting O
the O
insensitive O
content O
. O

Despite O
the O
turmoil O
, O
he O
ended O
up O
as O
YouTube B-ORG
's O
10th O
highest O
earner O
of O
2018 O
. O

He O
was O
tied O
for O
fourth O
place O
last O
year O
. O

Despite O
criticism O
over O
making O
several O
anti-Semitic B-MISC
and O
racist O
videos O
in O
2017 O
, O
PewDiePie B-PER
still O
made O
the O
list O
of O
YouTube B-ORG
's O
top O
earners O
in O
2018 O
. O

He O
dropped O
a O
few O
notches O
from O
last O
year O
, O
when O
he O
ranked O
No. O
6 O
. O

In O
February O
2017 O
, O
Disney B-ORG
and O
YouTube B-ORG
dropped O
the O
27-year-old O
Swedish B-MISC
content O
creator O
, O
whose O
real O
name O
is O
Felix B-PER
Kjellberg I-PER
, O
after O
he O
posted O
a O
video O
of O
him O
laughing O
while O
two O
men O
held O
up O
a O
sign O
that O
said O
" O
death O
to O
all O
Jews O
. O
" O
Later O
that O
year O
, O
he O
came O
under O
fire O
again O
and O
apologized O
for O
using O
the O
n-word O
during O
a O
live-stream O
. O

In O
2018 O
he O
apologized O
for O
making O
fun O
of O
Demi B-PER
Lovato I-PER
's O
hospitalization O
. O

The O
YouTuber B-ORG
posted O
a O
meme O
that O
showed O
the O
" O
Sober O
" O
singer O
asking O
her O
mother O
for O
money O
to O
buy O
a O
burger O
, O
then O
turning O
around O
to O
buy O
heroin O
instead O
. O

He O
deleted O
the O
meme O
two O
days O
after O
Lovato B-PER
was O
hospitalized O
for O
an O
apparent O
overdose O
. O

The O
most O
popular O
YouTuber O
in O
Ireland O
is O
the O
energetic O
and O
often O
foulmouthed O
video O
game O
commentator O
Jacksepticeye O
 O
whose O
real O
name O
is O
Sean B-PER
McLaughlin I-PER
, O
Forbes O
reports O
. O

The O
28-year-old O
has O
broken O
into O
the O
mainstream O
and O
currently O
has O
over O
20 O
million O
YouTube B-ORG
subscribers O
. O

Another O
international O
gamer O
has O
made O
the O
list O
of O
YouTube B-ORG
's O
highest O
paid O
stars O
, O
Forbes O
reports O
. O

Canadian B-MISC
Evan B-PER
Fong I-PER
 O
aka O
VanossGaming B-PER
 O
plays O
mainstream O
games O
like O
Call O
of O
Duty O
and O
Assassin O
's O
Creed O
. O

The O
26-year-old O
creates O
compilations O
of O
his O
video O
game O
commentary O
for O
his O
more O
than O
23 O
million O
subscribers O
. O

Adding O
to O
the O
legion O
of O
gamers O
on O
the O
highest-paid O
list O
is O
American B-MISC
YouTube B-ORG
star O
Markiplier B-PER
. O

The O
29-year-old O
, O
whose O
real O
name O
is O
Mark B-PER
Edward I-PER
Fischbach I-PER
, O
is O
known O
for O
his O
" O
Let O
's O
Play O
" O
videos O
, O
in O
which O
he O
provides O
on-screen O
commentary O
to O
games O
as O
he O
plays O
them O
, O
Inside O
Edition B-PER
reported O
. O
Markiplier B-PER
appeared O
on O
Jimmy B-PER
Kimmel I-PER
Live O
in O
2014 O
to O
show O
the O
world O
what O
he O
does O
. O

Star O
first O
gained O
fame O
on O
MySpace B-ORG
and O
joined O
YouTube B-ORG
in O
2006 O
, O
sharing O
homemade O
music O
videos O
and O
makeup O
tutorials O
. O

The O
33-year-old O
has O
since O
has O
become O
a O
makeup O
mogul O
and O
launched O
Jeffree O
Star O
cosmetics O
, O
which O
sells O
$ O
100 O
million O
worth O
of O
products O
annually O
, O
Forbes B-ORG
reports O
. O

Daniel B-PER
Middelton I-PER
was O
last O
year O
's O
top-earner O
on O
YouTube O
, O
Forbes B-ORG
reports O
. O

The O
British O
gamer O
not O
only O
plays O
on-camera O
for O
his O
more O
than O
20 O
million O
subscribers O
, O
but O
he O
also O
makes O
money O
on O
his O
tour O
and O
merchandise O
line O
, O
according O
to O
Forbes B-ORG
. O

" O
Tornado O
Alley O
" O
may O
be O
shifting O
to O
the O
densely-populated O
Southeast O
: O
Study O

The O
part O
of O
the O
country O
famous O
for O
its O
" O
Tornado O
Alley O
" O
may O
be O
in O
jeopardy O
of O
losing O
that O
distinction O
. O

A O
new O
study O
says O
the O
tornado O
threat O
zone O
may O
be O
spreading O
eastward O
, O
to O
the O
densely O
populated O
southeastern O
U.S. B-LOC
, O
and O
that O
could O
lead O
to O
a O
" O
threefold O
increase O
" O
in O
disaster O
potential O
. O

One O
of O
the O
study O
's O
authors O
says O
climate O
change O
could O
be O
behind O
the O
shift O
, O
as O
drier O
air O
creeps O
into O
the O
Southeast O
. O

Such O
a O
shift O
would O
be O
good O
news O
the O
southern O
and O
western O
Plains O
states O
, O
but O
a O
threat O
to O
others O
. O

More O
tornadoes O
in O
a O
more O
vulnerable O
area O
is O
a O
recipe O
for O
disaster O
. O

The O
study O
, O
conducted O
by O
two O
severe-weather O
researchers O
, O
Harold B-LOC
Brooks I-LOC
of O
NOAA B-ORG
s I-ORG
National O
Severe O
Storms O
Laboratory O
in O
Oklahoma B-LOC
and O
Dr. O
Victor B-PER
Gensini I-PER
of O
Northern B-ORG
Illinois I-ORG
University I-ORG
, O
noted O
" O
significant O
increasing O
trends O
( O
of O
tornadoes O
) O
in O
portions O
of O
Mississippi B-LOC
, O
Alabama B-LOC
, O
Arkansas B-LOC
, O
Missouri B-LOC
and O
Illinois B-LOC
. O
" O

The O
increased O
risk O
of O
disaster O
is O
due O
to O
a O
combination O
of O
factors O
, O
but O
greater O
vulnerability O
is O
apparently O
the O
biggest O
. O

In O
part O
, O
that O
vulnerability O
stems O
from O
the O
mid-South O
being O
more O
densely O
populated O
, O
meaning O
more O
people O
are O
exposed O
. O

In O
addition O
, O
there O
are O
more O
trees O
in O
the O
region O
and O
that O
, O
combined O
with O
wetter O
, O
" O
rain-wrapped O
" O
storms O
make O
the O
tornadoes O
harder O
to O
see O
. O

Tornadoes O
also O
happen O
more O
often O
at O
night O
in O
these O
areas O
. O

But O
potentially O
the O
most O
dangerous O
factor O
for O
the O
Southeast O
is O
the O
large O
number O
of O
weak-framed O
homes O
there O
. O
According O
to O
Gensini B-PER
, O
half O
of O
tornado O
fatalities O
occur O
in O
weak-framed O
homes O
. O

Researchers O
say O
the O
shift O
eastward O
is O
being O
caused O
by O
the O
creeping O
of O
drier O
, O
desert O
air O
farther O
eastward O
in O
the O
Plains O
states O
. O

In O
Tornado O
Alley O
, O
the O
boundary O
between O
dry O
, O
desert O
air O
and O
warm O
, O
moist O
Gulf B-LOC
of I-LOC
Mexico I-LOC
air O
is O
famously O
called O
the O
Dry O
Line O
. O
That O
's O
where O
much O
of O
the O
severe O
weather O
originates O
. O

But O
a O
recent O
study O
by O
Columbia B-ORG
University I-ORG
substantiates O
the O
movement O
of O
the O
so O
called O
" O
100th O
meridian O
" O
( O
100 O
degrees O
longitude O
) O
eastward O
over O
the O
past O
100 O
years O
. O
Since O
severe O
weather O
forms O
in O
moist O
air O
, O
the O
eastward O
shift O
in O
tornadoes O
makes O
sense O
. O

Gensini B-PER
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
" O
it O
's O
not O
a O
big O
jump O
to O
say O
that O
climate O
change O
is O
causing O
this O
shift O
east O
. O

The O
hypothesis O
and O
computer O
simulations O
support O
what O
we O
are O
observing O
and O
what O
we O
expect O
in O
the O
future O
. O
" O

Climate O
change O
is O
projected O
to O
make O
the O
desert O
Southwest O
even O
drier O
. O
And O
this O
drier O
air O
will O
continue O
to O
move O
farther O
into O
Tornado O
Alley O
. O
At O
the O
same O
time O
, O
climate O
models O
predict O
more O
moisture O
and O
severe O
weather O
in O
the O
Gulf B-LOC
States I-LOC
. O

Gensini B-PER
said O
that O
although O
" O
as O
a O
scientist O
, O
you O
never O
want O
to O
say O
never O
, O
" O
there O
is O
" O
no O
supporting O
evidence O
" O
that O
the O
cause O
for O
the O
shift O
is O
natural O
. O

Storm O
chasers O
are O
noticing O
the O
shift O
, O
as O
well O
. O
" O
Following O
it O
for O
the O
last O
12 O
years O
, O
we O
have O
noticed O
more O
chasers O
having O
to O
chase O
further O
into O
rugged O
terrain O
east O
of O
the O
normal O
Tornado O
Alley O
, O
" O
said O
Kory B-PER
Hartman I-PER
, O
owner O
of O
Severe B-ORG
Studios I-ORG
Storm I-ORG
Chasers I-ORG
. O
" O
It O
seems O
to O
stay O
colder O
and O
drier O
in O
the O
spring O
, O
so O
you O
do O
n't O
see O
as O
many O
early O
season O
outbreaks O
in O
Kansas B-LOC
, O
Oklahoma B-LOC
and O
Texas B-LOC
. O
" O

To O
address O
the O
question O
of O
whether O
" O
this O
eastward O
shift O
is O
just O
a O
result O
of O
more O
people O
observing O
tornadoes O
, O
" O
Brooks B-PER
and O
Gensini B-PER
examined O
the O
frequency O
of O
U.S. B-LOC
tornadoes O
and O
found O
it O
has O
remained O
relatively O
constant O
since O
the O
beginning O
of O
reliable O
record-keeping O
40 O
years O
ago O
. O

That O
diminishes O
a O
possible O
link O
to O
reporting O
or O
data-recording O
errors O
. O

Although O
the O
study O
focuses O
on O
the O
increasing O
threat O
of O
tornado O
outbreaks O
east O
of O
the O
Mississippi B-LOC
, O
the O
study O
notes O
the O
southern O
Plains O
states O
still O
remain O
the O
Tornado O
Alley O
bulls-eye O
. O

Bitcoin B-MISC
emissions O
could O
propel O
planet O
to O
climate O
threshold O
, O
study O
says O

Using O
bitcoin O
to O
pay O
for O
your O
morning O
coffee O
could O
be O
compounding O
climate O
change O
. O

As O
crazy O
as O
it O
sounds O
, O
this O
high-tech O
digital O
currency O
has O
a O
real O
impact O
on O
the O
environment O
, O
and O
some O
researchers O
believe O
it O
might O
even O
push O
Earth O
closer O
to O
the O
brink O
. O

In O
a O
study O
published O
Monday O
in O
the O
journal O
Nature O
Climate O
Change O
, O
researchers O
from O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Hawaii I-ORG
found O
that O
large O
scale O
bitcoin O
mining O
has O
the O
potential O
to O
catapult O
us O
past O
the O
2-degree O
Celsius O
warming O
threshold O
set O
by O
the O
Paris B-MISC
Agreement I-MISC
in O
just O
16 O
to O
22 O
years O
. O

That O
's O
two O
to O
three O
times O
faster O
than O
the O
current O
pace O
of O
warming O
. O

The O
estimate O
of O
16 O
years O
is O
assuming O
an O
average O
rate O
of O
bitcoin O
adoption O
compared O
to O
other O
technologies O
; O
the O
estimate O
of O
22 O
years O
assumes O
a O
slower O
adaption O
rate O
than O
normal O
. O

" O
We O
can O
not O
predict O
the O
future O
of O
Bitcoin B-MISC
, O
but O
if O
implemented O
at O
a O
rate O
even O
close O
to O
the O
slowest O
pace O
at O
which O
other O
technologies O
have O
been O
incorporated O
, O
it O
will O
spell O
very O
bad O
news O
for O
climate O
change O
and O
the O
people O
and O
species O
impacted O
by O
it O
, O
" O
the O
lead O
author O
of O
the O
study O
, O
Camilo O
Mora B-PER
, O
said O
in O
a O
press O
release O
. O

Mora B-PER
is O
an O
associate O
professor O
of O
geography O
at O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Hawaii I-ORG
Manoa I-ORG
. O

The O
researchers O
estimated O
that O
last O
year O
alone O
, O
use O
of O
bitcoins O
emitted O
69 O
million O
metric O
tons O
of O
the O
greenhouse O
gas O
carbon O
dioxide O
, O
or O
CO2 O
, O
into O
the O
atmosphere O
. O
That O
's O
the O
equivalent O
of O
17 O
coal-fired O
power O
plants O
running O
for O
a O
year O
, O
the O
EPA B-ORG
estimates O
. O

The O
recent O
CBSN B-ORG
Originals O
documentary O
, O
" O
Cryptocurrency O
: O
Virtual O
Money O
, O
Real O
Power O
, O
" O
makes O
it O
easy O
to O
understand O
why O
bitcoin O
mining O
is O
so O
energy O
intensive O
. O
( O
Watch O
the O
video O
at O
the O
top O
of O
this O
page O
. O
) O

In O
the O
very O
first O
moment O
of O
the O
video O
you O
can O
hear O
server O
farms O
buzzing O
away O
at O
computationally O
demanding O
tasks O
. O

The O
machines O
are O
eating O
up O
prodigious O
amounts O
of O
power O
computing O
and O
recording O
transactions O
, O
while O
industrial-strength O
fans O
run O
constantly O
to O
cool O
them O
off O
. O

Just O
one O
of O
the O
mining O
pods O
seen O
in O
the O
film O
uses O
as O
much O
power O
as O
600 O
residential O
homes O
. O

Once O
a O
transaction O
is O
complete O
the O
miners O
are O
rewarded O
with O
more O
bitcoin O
, O
and O
the O
process O
continues O
around O
the O
clock O
. O

The O
owners O
of O
these O
bitcoin O
businesses O
believe O
this O
is O
the O
future O
of O
money O
. O

If O
that O
's O
true O
, O
what O
does O
it O
mean O
for O
the O
future O
of O
our O
planet O
? O

Climate O
scientists O
say O
that O
crossing O
the O
2-degree O
Celsius O
threshold O
( O
3.6 O
Fahrenheit O
) O
would O
take O
humanity O
into O
the O
unknown O
; O
the O
world O
would O
be O
a O
profoundly O
different O
place O
with O
complete O
loss O
of O
coral O
reefs O
, O
dramatically O
higher O
sea O
levels O
, O
displaced O
human O
populations O
and O
, O
just O
to O
name O
a O
few O
of O
the O
impacts O
forecast O
. O

But O
supporters O
of O
cryptocurrency O
say O
the O
worry O
is O
overblown O
. O

In O
a O
recent O
article O
on O
Bitcoinist.com B-ORG
, O
the O
author O
, O
Osato O
Avan-Nomayo O
, O
gives O
reasons O
why O
he O
believes O
the O
" O
energy O
consumption O
rhetoric O
is O
pure O
nonsense O
. O
" O
He O
argues O
that O
technological O
innovation O
as O
well O
as O
off-grid O
and O
sustainable O
energy O
sources O
will O
limit O
the O
power O
being O
guzzled O
from O
the O
grid O
to O
fuel O
the O
growth O
of O
bitcoin O
. O

We O
see O
this O
rush O
for O
cheap O
, O
sustainable O
energy O
at O
the O
heart O
of O
the O
controversy O
in O
CBSN B-ORG
's O
documentary O
, O
as O
the O
town O
of O
Wenatchee B-LOC
, O
Washington B-LOC
, O
grapples O
with O
allowing O
its O
valuable O
hydropower O
from O
the O
Columbia B-LOC
River O
to O
fuel O
a O
growing O
number O
of O
cryptocurrency O
operations O
. O

Using O
hydropower O
limits O
costs O
for O
operators O
and O
limits O
heat-trapping O
greenhouse O
gas O
emissions O
. O

However O
, O
the O
authors O
of O
the O
new O
study O
claim O
they O
have O
taken O
geography O
and O
power O
sources O
of O
bitcoin B-MISC
mining O
into O
consideration O
, O
and O
still O
see O
a O
worrying O
impact O
on O
the O
climate O
. O

The O
researchers O
analyzed O
the O
likely O
geographic O
locations O
of O
the O
cryptocurrency O
mining O
operations O
, O
the O
CO2 O
emissions O
of O
mining O
bitcoin O
in O
those O
countries O
, O
and O
power O
efficiency O
to O
predict O
future O
energy O
consumption O
. O

There O
's O
no O
telling O
what O
future O
market O
growth O
, O
competition O
and O
innovation O
will O
mean O
for O
the O
extent O
of O
energy O
efficiency O
. O

But O
Mora B-PER
says O
, O
" O
Clearly O
, O
any O
further O
development O
of O
cryptocurrencies O
should O
critically O
aim O
to O
reduce O
electricity O
demand O
, O
if O
the O
potentially O
devastating O
consequences O
of O
2 O
C O
of O
global O
warming O
are O
to O
be O
avoided O
. O
" O

Astronomers O
find O
signs O
of O
" O
exomoon O
" O
in O
distant O
solar O
system O

NASA B-ORG
's O
planet-hunting O
Kepler O
spacecraft O
, O
with O
an O
assist O
from O
the O
more O
powerful O
Hubble B-MISC
Space I-MISC
Telescope I-MISC
, O
has O
found O
what O
appears O
to O
be O
a O
huge O
moon O
orbiting O
a O
gas O
giant O
planet O
8,000 O
light O
years O
away O
. O
If O
confirmed O
, O
it O
would O
be O
the O
first O
discovery O
of O
an O
" O
exomoon O
" O
in O
another O
solar O
system O
. O

Kepler B-MISC
, O
now O
virtually O
out O
of O
gas O
after O
an O
extraordinary O
mission O
, O
detected O
more O
than O
2,600 O
exoplanets O
by O
looking O
for O
the O
tell-tale O
dip O
in O
brightness O
that O
occurs O
when O
a O
planet O
transits O
, O
or O
moves O
in O
front O
of O
its O
parent O
star O
as O
seen O
from O
Earth O
, O
blocking O
some O
of O
the O
star O
's O
light O
. O

Until O
now O
, O
astronomers O
have O
never O
found O
solid O
evidence O
for O
a O
moon O
. O

Searching O
for O
such O
evidence O
, O
Alex B-PER
Teachey I-PER
and O
David B-PER
Kipping I-PER
of O
Columbia B-ORG
University I-ORG
went O
back O
through O
light O
curves O
representing O
284 O
planets O
discovered O
earlier O
by O
Kepler B-MISC
, O
all O
in O
orbits O
longer O
than O
30 O
days O
. O

That O
made O
it O
easier O
to O
detect O
secondary O
brightness O
dips O
that O
might O
represent O
an O
exomoon O
. O

And O
in O
one O
instance O
, O
they O
found O
" O
deviations O
and O
wobbles O
" O
in O
the O
light O
curve O
representing O
a O
planet O
known O
as O
Kepler-1625b B-MISC
. O

The O
researchers O
then O
used O
the O
Hubble B-MISC
Space I-MISC
Telescope I-MISC
to O
closely O
monitor O
the O
star O
in O
question O
, O
monitoring O
the O
light O
closely O
as O
the O
planet O
made O
a O
19-hour O
transit O
. O

Three-and-a-half O
hours O
later O
, O
Hubble O
detected O
a O
much O
smaller O
dip O
in O
the O
star O
's O
brightness O
consistent O
with O
a O
large O
moon O
trailing O
the O
planet O
. O

There O
are O
other O
possible O
explanations O
, O
but O
" O
a O
companion O
moon O
is O
the O
simplest O
and O
most O
natural O
explanation O
for O
the O
second O
dip O
in O
the O
light O
curve O
and O
the O
orbit-timing O
deviation O
, O
" O
Kipping B-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

" O
It O
was O
definitely O
a O
shocking O
moment O
to O
see O
that O
Hubble O
light O
curve O
, O
my O
heart O
started O
beating O
a O
little O
faster O
and O
I O
just O
kept O
looking O
at O
that O
signature O
. O

But O
we O
knew O
our O
job O
was O
to O
keep O
a O
level O
head O
and O
essentially O
assume O
it O
was O
bogus O
, O
testing O
every O
conceivable O
way O
in O
which O
the O
data O
could O
be O
tricking O
us O
. O
" O

Writing O
in O
the O
journal O
Science O
Advances O
, O
the O
researchers O
noted O
the O
moon O
would O
have O
to O
be O
unusually O
large O
to O
explain O
the O
observed O
light O
curve O
, O
possibly O
comparable O
to O
a O
body O
the O
size O
of O
Neptune O
. O

The O
gas O
giant O
it O
presumably O
orbits O
has O
several O
times O
the O
mass O
of O
Jupiter O
. O

No O
such O
giant O
moons O
exist O
in O
Earth O
's O
solar O
system O
. O

If O
a O
gas O
giant O
exomoon O
is O
confirmed O
by O
follow-on O
observations O
, O
it O
may O
provide O
new O
insights O
into O
how O
planets O
and O
moons O
form O
and O
evolve O
across O
the O
galaxy O
. O

" O
The O
world O
has O
really O
changed O
" O
when O
it O
comes O
to O
online O
dating O

More O
than O
half O
of O
single O
people O
in O
America B-LOC
have O
tried O
online O
dating O
or O
dating O
apps O
. O
And O
the O
internet O
was O
the O
No O
. O
1 O
place O
to O
meet O
a O
first O
date O
last O
year O
. O

That O
's O
according O
to O
the O
annual O
" O
Singles O
in O
America B-LOC
" O
study O
by O
Match B-ORG
Group I-ORG
, O
the O
world O
's O
largest O
subscription-based O
online O
dating O
company O
. O

The O
company O
includes O
websites O
and O
apps O
like O
Tinder B-ORG
, O
Match.com B-ORG
, O
OKCupid B-ORG
and O
Hinge B-ORG
. O

CEO O
Mandy B-PER
Ginsberg I-PER
is O
one O
of O
the O
only O
female O
CEO O
's O
of O
a O
publicly-traded O
tech O
company O
. O
She O
told O
" O
CBS B-MISC
This I-MISC
Morning I-MISC
" O
the O
online O
dating O
industry O
has O
exploded O
in O
a O
little O
over O
a O
decade O
. O

" O
When O
I O
joined O
12 O
years O
ago O
, O
3 O
percent O
of O
marriages O
were O
from O
online O
dating O
products O
, O
" O
Ginsberg B-PER
said O
. O
" O
And O
today O
it O
's O
around O
35 O
percent O
. O
So O
the O
world O
has O
really O
changed O
. O
" O

Ginsberg B-PER
said O
Match B-ORG
Group I-ORG
has O
put O
millions O
of O
dollars O
into O
figuring O
out O
the O
" O
science O
of O
matching O
, O
" O
developing O
apps O
that O
adapt O
to O
users O
' O
actions O
. O

" O
You O
might O
say O
I O
'm O
looking O
for O
someone O
who O
's O
6 O
feet O
tall O
and O
blond O
, O
but O
then O
once O
you O
're O
actually O
on O
the O
app O
you O
start O
reaching O
out O
, O
connecting O
and O
going O
on O
dates O
with O
people O
who O
are O
short O
and O
brunette O
, O
" O
Ginsberg B-PER
said O
. O
" O
So O
what O
we O
do O
is O
we O
start O
to O
adapt O
, O
what O
you O
say O
you O
want O
and O
what O
you O
actually O
really O
want O
are O
two O
different O
things O
. O
So O
our O
algorithm O
in O
this O
case O
starts O
to O
adapt O
much O
more O
on O
your O
behavior O
. O
" O

Ginsberg O
said O
no O
matter O
how O
old O
you O
are O
or O
what O
situation O
you O
're O
in O
, O
there O
's O
an O
app O
for O
you O
. O

" O
Our O
apps O
are O
very O
different O
, O
" O
Ginsberg B-PER
said O
. O
" O
When O
you O
're O
23 O
years O
old O
and O
you O
're O
on O
Tinder B-ORG
and O
getting O
to O
know O
and O
meeting O
people O
, O
that O
's O
very O
different O
than O
if O
you O
're O
45 O
and O
you O
're O
a O
single O
mom O
looking O
for O
a O
second O
time O
around O
, O
which O
you O
might O
be O
using O
Match B-ORG
. O
" O

But O
she O
admits O
she O
hopes O
users O
are O
n't O
searching O
too O
long O
. O

" O
The O
irony O
is O
, O
we O
want O
people O
off O
our O
products O
because O
when O
they O
're O
off O
our O
products O
, O
they O
're O
successful O
, O
" O
Ginsberg B-PER
said O
. O
" O
And O
tracking O
those O
relationships O
over O
time O
is O
something O
we O
've O
done O
and O
we O
have O
seen O
success O
rates O
. O
" O

Ginsberg B-PER
noted O
that O
if O
a O
user O
is O
reported O
as O
asking O
for O
money O
, O
they O
will O
be O
banned O
in O
order O
to O
stop O
scams O
. O
And O
Ginsberg B-PER
stressed O
Match B-ORG
Group I-ORG
does O
not O
sell O
user O
data O
, O
since O
95 O
percent O
of O
company O
revenue O
comes O
from O
subscriptions O
. O

IBM B-ORG
to O
buy O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
in O
$ O
34 O
billion O
deal O
, O
adding O
Linux O
distributor O

IBM B-ORG
is O
acquiring O
North O
Carolina-based B-MISC
open-source O
software O
company O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
in O
a O
$ O
34 O
billion O
stock O
deal O
that O
the O
technology O
and O
consulting O
giant O
's O
chief O
executive O
says O
will O
advance O
the O
company O
to O
the O
next O
step O
in O
cloud O
computing O
. O

IBM B-ORG
and O
Raleigh-based B-MISC
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
said O
in O
a O
joint O
statement O
that O
IBM B-ORG
would O
buy O
all O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
common O
shares O
at O
$ O
190 O
apiece O
 O
63 O
percent O
above O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
's O
closing O
price O
Friday O
. O

The O
two O
companies O
said O
the O
deal O
, O
approved O
by O
their O
respective O
boards O
, O
is O
subject O
to O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
shareholder O
and O
regulatory O
approval O
and O
should O
be O
completed O
in O
the O
latter O
half O
of O
2019 O
. O

Ginni B-PER
Rometty I-PER
, O
IBM B-ORG
's O
chairman O
, O
president O
and O
CEO O
, O
says O
the O
acquisition O
would O
make O
IBM B-ORG
the O
world O
's O
No. O
1 O
hybrid O
cloud O
provider O
 O
that O
's O
when O
companies O
use O
a O
mix O
of O
on-site O
, O
private O
and O
third-party O
public O
cloud O
services O
. O

Adding O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
will O
strengthen O
IBM B-ORG
's O
push O
into O
cloud O
computing O
and O
give O
it O
" O
open O
source O
credibility O
, O
" O
according O
to O
Oppenheimer B-PER
analysts O
. O

" O
The O
combination O
of O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
and O
its O
Linux O
cloud O
platform O
with O
IBM B-ORG
could O
represent O
a O
formidable O
cloud O
behemoth O
for O
the O
coming O
years O
, O
" O
wrote O
Wedbush B-ORG
analysts O
Daniel B-PER
Ives I-PER
and O
Strecker B-PER
Backe I-PER
in O
a O
Monday O
research O
note O
. O
" O
We O
believe O
the O
significance O
and O
timing O
of O
this O
cloud O
deal O
is O
noteworthy O
as O
IBM B-ORG
has O
finally O
decided O
now O
is O
the O
time O
to O
make O
its O
poker O
move O
. O
" O

IBM B-ORG
's O
Rometty B-PER
said O
the O
deal O
is O
" O
a O
game-changer O
" O
for O
the O
business O
. O

The O
two O
companies O
said O
IBM B-ORG
intends O
to O
keep O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
's I-ORG
headquarters O
in O
Raleigh B-LOC
, O
where O
it O
has O
more O
than O
2,000 O
employees O
in O
a O
downtown O
office O
building O
, O
as O
well O
as O
maintain O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
's O
" O
facilities O
, O
brands O
and O
practices O
. O
" O

Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
started O
in O
1993 O
, O
with O
its O
headquarters O
previously O
on O
the O
North O
Carolina B-ORG
State I-ORG
University I-ORG
campus O
. O

The O
company O
focuses O
on O
a O
type O
of O
open-source O
software O
called O
Linux O
, O
an O
operating O
system O
that O
was O
created O
by O
Finnish O
programmer O
Linus B-PER
Torvalds I-PER
. O

Its O
open-source O
software O
is O
billed O
as O
an O
alternative O
to O
Microsoft B-ORG
's O
Windows O
operating O
system O
. O
The O
company O
first O
sold O
shares O
to O
the O
public O
in O
1999 O
, O
with O
its O
share O
price O
tripling O
on O
the O
first O
day O
of O
trading O
. O

Today O
it O
has O
12,600 O
workers O
worldwide O
in O
more O
than O
35 O
countries O
. O

The O
two O
companies O
called O
the O
acquisition O
a O
logical O
step O
after O
they O
've O
worked O
together O
for O
20 O
years O
, O
saying O
IBM B-ORG
served O
as O
an O
early O
supporter O
of O
Linux O
. O

" O
Today O
's O
announcement O
is O
the O
evolution O
of O
our O
long-standing O
partnership O
, O
" O
Rometty B-PER
said O
. O

In O
an O
email O
to O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
employees O
, O
Red B-ORG
Hat I-ORG
president O
and O
CEO O
Jim B-PER
Whitehurst I-PER
said O
the O
company O
will O
be O
a O
" O
distinct O
unit O
within O
IBM B-ORG
" O
and O
that O
he O
'll O
report O
directly O
to O
Rometty B-PER
. O

" O
Virtual O
biopsies O
" O
may O
help O
reveal O
brain O
tumors O
' O
secrets O

BOSTON B-LOC
 O
Artificial O
intelligence O
is O
being O
used O
increasingly O
in O
medicine O
to O
make O
services O
more O
efficient O
and O
improve O
patient O
care O
. O

Now O
, O
researchers O
in O
Boston B-LOC
plan O
to O
use O
the O
technology O
to O
perform O
" O
virtual O
biopsies O
" O
of O
brain O
tumors O
. O

The O
goal O
is O
to O
help O
patients O
like O
Steven B-PER
Hibbert I-PER
, O
who O
considered O
himself O
a O
healthy O
guy O
until O
one O
day O
life O
changed O
on O
a O
dime O
. O
" O
I O
was O
just O
kind O
of O
sitting O
there O
, O
reading O
the O
paper O
, O
and O
went O
into O
a O
seizure O
, O
" O
Hibbert B-PER
told O
CBS B-ORG
Boston B-LOC
's O
Dr. O
Mallika B-PER
Marshall I-PER
. O

The O
55-year-old O
Cape O
Cod O
resident O
was O
rushed O
to O
the O
hospital O
and O
got O
the O
news O
no O
one O
wants O
to O
hear O
. O

He O
had O
a O
brain O
tumor O
. O

" O
Life O
changing O
, O
as O
my O
wife O
always O
says O
, O
" O
explained O
Hibbert B-PER
. O
" O
It O
feels O
like O
everything O
got O
flipped O
over O
in O
our O
life O
. O
" O

While O
Hibbert B-PER
's O
tumor O
was O
clearly O
visible O
on O
scans O
, O
doctors O
could O
not O
tell O
what O
type O
it O
was O
without O
removing O
it O
, O
so O
this O
past O
January O
, O
he O
underwent O
surgery O
. O

He O
then O
had O
to O
wait O
two O
long O
weeks O
for O
genetic O
analysis O
to O
finally O
learn O
he O
had O
a O
grade O
3 O
anaplastic O
astrocytoma O
. O

Dr. O
Omar B-PER
Arnaout I-PER
of O
Brigham B-LOC
and O
Women O
's O
Hospital O
is O
Steven B-PER
's O
neurosurgeon O
. O

" O
How O
good O
would O
it O
be O
if O
I O
knew O
ahead O
of O
time O
before O
, O
we O
did O
surgery O
, O
what O
it O
is O
 O
and O
even O
better O
if O
I O
knew O
what O
kind O
of O
mutations O
it O
had O
 O
so O
I O
can O
tell O
him O
and O
his O
family O
upfront O
, O
'Here O
is O
your O
diagnosis O
, O
here O
is O
your O
prognosis O
and O
then O
here O
is O
what O
we O
need O
to O
do O
about O
it O
. O
' O
And O
some O
cases O
, O
not O
his O
but O
in O
some O
cases O
, O
that O
can O
lead O
to O
avoiding O
surgery O
completely O
if O
you O
have O
an O
inoperable O
brain O
tumor O
, O
" O
Arnaout O
said O
. O

The O
key O
is O
artificial O
intelligence O
. O
" O
In O
broad O
terms O
, O
artificial O
intelligence O
is O
our O
ability O
to O
have O
computers O
do O
stuff O
for O
us O
without O
having O
to O
explicitly O
tell O
the O
computer O
how O
to O
do O
it O
, O
" O
explained O
Arnaout B-PER
. O

He O
and O
a O
team O
of O
researchers O
are O
taking O
thousands O
of O
patient O
MRIs O
, O
matching O
them O
up O
with O
biopsy O
results O
and O
allowing O
a O
computer O
program O
to O
learn O
how O
to O
identify O
a O
tumor O
, O
creating O
a O
virtual O
biopsy O
. O

That O
will O
allow O
doctors O
to O
select O
the O
best O
plan O
of O
action O
and O
give O
patients O
more O
valuable O
information O
about O
their O
prognosis O
. O

Asked O
about O
Hibbert B-PER
's O
case O
, O
Arnaout B-PER
says O
, O
" O
You O
would O
expect O
, O
hopefully O
, O
with O
a O
good O
response O
to O
the O
treatment O
that O
he O
had O
, O
that O
he O
would O
have O
several O
years O
. O
" O

But O
Hibbert B-PER
, O
who O
just O
took O
up O
beekeeping O
, O
is O
planning O
for O
a O
lot O
longer O
than O
that O
. O

" O
I O
'm O
the O
kind O
of O
guy O
that O
thinks O
20 O
to O
25 O
years O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
At O
least O
, O
that O
I O
'm O
going O
to O
stick O
it O
out O
and O
stay O
with O
it O
. O
I O
have O
too O
much O
to O
do O
on O
this O
earth O
to O
not O
be O
here O
. O
" O

Arnaout B-PER
hopes O
to O
be O
able O
to O
use O
this O
artificial O
intelligence O
technology O
to O
better O
understand O
patients O
' O
brain O
tumors O
within O
the O
next O
year O
. O

" O
Resilience O
may O
not O
be O
enough O
" O
: O
Why O
a O
rare O
sea O
turtle O
is O
losing O
its O
males O

BOCA B-LOC
RATON I-LOC
, O
Fla. B-LOC
 O
The O
struggle O
to O
save O
the O
already O
endangered O
green O
sea O
turtle O
faces O
a O
new O
challenge O
. O

The O
turtles O
nearly O
vanished O
40 O
years O
ago O
in O
Florida B-LOC
, O
but O
a O
coordinated O
effort O
by O
conservationists O
, O
government O
agencies O
and O
volunteers O
brought O
the O
animals O
back O
from O
the O
brink O
. O
Now O
, O
the O
males O
of O
the O
species O
seem O
to O
be O
disappearing O
, O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
Mark B-PER
Strassmann I-PER
reports O
. O

In O
a O
beachfront O
ritual O
that O
dates O
back O
more O
than O
100 O
million O
years O
, O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
came O
upon O
a O
300-pound O
green O
sea O
turtle O
covering O
her O
beach O
nest O
, O
burying O
maybe O
100 O
eggs O
or O
more O
. O

Biologist O
Jeanette B-PER
Wyneken I-PER
directs O
Florida B-LOC
Atlantic B-ORG
University I-ORG
's O
marine O
lab O
, O
and O
has O
studied O
Florida B-LOC
's O
sea O
turtle O
population O
since O
2002 O
. O

She O
's O
alarmed O
by O
what O
she O
does O
n't O
see O
in O
her O
tanks O
of O
hatchlings O
. O

" O
We O
're O
seeing O
fewer O
and O
fewer O
and O
fewer O
years O
where O
we O
find O
males O
, O
so O
seven O
out O
of O
the O
last O
ten O
years O
, O
we O
have O
not O
found O
any O
males O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O
" O
Not O
a O
single O
one O
. O
" O

It O
's O
not O
genetics O
that O
determine O
a O
sea O
turtle O
's O
sex O
, O
it O
's O
the O
temperature O
of O
the O
sand O
. O

The O
tipping O
point O
is O
roughly O
85 O
degrees O
for O
a O
species O
that O
's O
predominantly O
female O
. O

" O
If O
it O
's O
too O
warm O
you O
do O
n't O
get O
boys O
. O
If O
it O
's O
too O
cool O
, O
you O
do O
n't O
get O
girls O
. O

So O
it O
's O
the O
hot O
chicks O
and O
the O
cool O
dudes O
, O
" O
Wyneken B-PER
said O
. O

She O
says O
the O
nests O
are O
getting O
warmer O
because O
of O
the O
weather O
and O
climate O
change O
. O

As O
Florida B-LOC
's O
beaches O
get O
hotter O
, O
species O
are O
showing O
signs O
of O
shutting O
down O
-- O
sea O
turtles O
, O
and O
possibly O
alligators O
, O
another O
reptile O
whose O
eggs O
skew O
female O
and O
whose O
sex O
is O
determined O
by O
nest O
temperatures O
. O

On O
a O
rooftop O
at O
the O
University O
of O
North O
Florida B-LOC
, O
biologist O
Adam B-PER
Rosenblatt I-PER
has O
built O
20 O
nests O
, O
of O
20 O
alligator O
eggs O
each O
. O

Plastic O
will O
artificially O
warm O
the O
nests O
by O
five-point-five O
degrees O
, O
which O
is O
how O
much O
hotter O
north O
Florida B-LOC
's O
expected O
to O
be O
by O
the O
end O
of O
the O
century O
. O

" O
If O
it O
's O
happening O
in O
sea O
turtles O
, O
my O
thought O
was O
it O
could O
be O
happening O
in O
alligators O
as O
well O
and O
it O
could O
throw O
off O
that O
balance O
between O
males O
and O
females O
, O
" O
Rosenblatt B-PER
said O
. O

Back O
in O
Wyneken B-PER
's O
lab O
, O
she O
uses O
a O
mini-camera O
to O
determine O
their O
sex O
after O
they O
reach O
six O
weeks O
old O
. O

" O
So O
I O
have O
to O
wait O
until O
they O
're O
big O
enough O
for O
me O
to O
sort O
of O
 O
look O
under O
their O
skirts O
, O
" O
Wyneken B-PER
said O
. O

Monday O
night O
, O
her O
team O
released O
hundreds O
of O
hatchlings O
into O
the O
sea O
, O
to O
the O
admiration O
of O
dozens O
of O
turtle O
fans O
. O

She O
knows O
the O
odds O
are O
already O
long O
for O
this O
prehistoric O
species O
, O
more O
so O
now O
that O
climate O
change O
is O
in O
play O
. O

" O
There O
's O
some O
resilience O
in O
there O
that O
we O
scientists O
may O
not O
have O
discovered O
and O
then O
there O
's O
a O
part O
of O
us O
that O
says O
, O
'Things O
are O
changing O
so O
fast O
compared O
to O
what O
's O
happened O
in O
the O
past O
, O
that O
resilience O
may O
not O
be O
enough O
, O
' O
" O
Wyneken B-PER
said O
. O

Sea O
turtles O
do O
n't O
reach O
sexual O
maturity O
until O
they O
're O
at O
least O
25 O
years O
old O
, O
so O
the O
impact O
of O
disappearing O
male O
hatchlings O
may O
not O
be O
known O
for O
another O
generation O
. O

U.N. B-LOC
gathers O
experts O
to O
debate O
future O
with O
" O
killer O
robots O
" O

Experts O
from O
across O
the O
globe O
are O
meeting O
to O
discuss O
ways O
to O
define O
and O
deal O
with O
" O
killer O
robots O
" O
 O
futuristic O
weapons O
systems O
that O
could O
conduct O
war O
without O
human O
intervention O
. O

The O
weeklong O
gathering O
is O
the O
second O
this O
year O
at O
U.N. B-LOC
offices O
in O
Geneva B-LOC
to O
focus O
on O
such O
lethal O
autonomous O
weapons O
systems O
and O
explore O
ways O
of O
possibly O
regulating O
them O
, O
among O
other O
issues O
. O

Some O
top O
advocacy O
groups O
say O
governments O
and O
militaries O
should O
be O
prevented O
from O
developing O
such O
systems O
, O
which O
have O
sparked O
fears O
and O
led O
some O
critics O
to O
envisage O
harrowing O
scenarios O
about O
their O
use O
. O

As O
the O
meeting O
opened O
Monday O
, O
Amnesty B-ORG
International I-ORG
urged O
countries O
to O
work O
toward O
a O
ban O
. O

Amnesty O
researcher O
on O
Artificial O
Intelligence O
Rasha B-PER
Abdul I-PER
Rahim I-PER
said O
killer O
robots O
are O
" O
no O
longer O
the O
stuff O
of O
science O
fiction O
, O
" O
warning O
that O
technological O
advances O
are O
outpacing O
international O
law O
. O

" O
It O
's O
not O
too O
late O
to O
change O
course O
, O
" O
Rahim B-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O
" O
A O
ban O
on O
fully O
autonomous O
weapons O
systems O
could O
prevent O
some O
truly O
dystopian O
scenarios O
, O
like O
a O
new O
high-tech O
arms O
race O
between O
world O
superpowers O
which O
would O
cause O
autonomous O
weapons O
to O
proliferate O
widely O
. O
" O

" O
He O
changed O
the O
world O
" O
: O
Tech O
, O
sports O
world O
celebrate O
Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
's O
life O

PaulI-PER B-PER
G. O
Allen I-PER
, O
who O
co-founded O
software O
giant O
Microsoft B-ORG
with O
childhood O
friend O
Bill B-PER
Gates I-PER
prior O
to O
becoming O
a O
billionaire O
philanthropist O
, O
died O
Monday O
in O
Seattle O
at O
the O
age O
of O
65 O
, O
according O
to O
a O
statement O
by O
his O
company O
, O
Vulcan B-ORG
Inc. I-ORG
, O
on O
behalf O
of O
the O
family O
. O

Allen B-PER
had O
been O
battling O
non-Hodgkin B-MISC
's I-MISC
lymphoma I-MISC
. O

As O
soon O
as O
the O
news O
spread O
, O
a O
flurry O
of O
tributes O
and O
statements O
were O
released O
. O

Gates O
remembers O
Allen B-PER
as O
one O
of O
his O
" O
oldest O
and O
dearest O
friends O
" O
and O
" O
personal O
computing O
would O
not O
have O
existed O
without O
him O
. O
" O

Microsoft B-ORG
CEO O
Satya B-PER
Nadella I-PER
said O
Allen B-PER
" O
changed O
the O
world O
. O
" O

Allen B-PER
had O
invested O
his O
wealth O
in O
conservation O
, O
space O
travel O
, O
arts O
and O
culture O
and O
professional O
sports O
. O
He O
owned O
the O
Portland B-MISC
Trail I-MISC
Blazers I-MISC
and O
Seattle B-MISC
Seahawks I-MISC
, O
which O
many O
on O
those O
teams O
spoke O
out O
fondly O
in O
Allen O
's O
memory O
. O

In O
1986 O
, O
Allen B-PER
and O
his O
sister O
founded O
Vulcan B-ORG
, O
the O
investment O
firm O
that O
oversaw O
his O
businesses O
and O
philanthropic O
efforts O
. O

" O
Millions O
of O
people O
were O
touched O
by O
his O
generosity O
, O
his O
persistence O
in O
pursuit O
of O
a O
better O
world O
, O
and O
his O
drive O
to O
accomplish O
as O
much O
as O
he O
could O
with O
the O
time O
and O
resources O
at O
his O
disposal O
, O
" O
Vulcan B-ORG
CEO O
Bill B-PER
Hilf I-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

Here O
is O
a O
round-up O
of O
reaction O
to O
Allen B-PER
's O
death O
across O
the O
tech O
, O
sports O
and O
entertainment O
world O
. O

All O
of O
us O
who O
had O
the O
honor O
of O
working O
with O
Allen B-PER
feel O
inexpressible O
loss O
today O
. O
He O
possessed O
a O
remarkable O
intellect O
and O
a O
passion O
to O
solve O
some O
of O
the O
world O
's O
most O
difficult O
problems O
, O
with O
the O
conviction O
that O
creative O
thinking O
and O
new O
approaches O
could O
make O
profound O
and O
lasting O
impact O
. O

Millions O
of O
people O
were O
touched O
by O
his O
generosity O
, O
his O
persistence O
in O
pursuit O
of O
a O
better O
world O
, O
and O
his O
drive O
to O
accomplish O
as O
much O
as O
he O
could O
with O
the O
time O
and O
resources O
at O
his O
disposal O
. O

Paul B-PER
's O
life O
was O
diverse O
and O
lived O
with O
gusto O
. O

It O
reflected O
his O
myriad O
interests O
in O
technology O
, O
music O
and O
the O
arts O
, O
biosciences O
and O
artificial O
intelligence O
, O
conservation O
and O
in O
the O
power O
of O
shared O
experience O
 O
in O
a O
stadium O
or O
a O
neighborhood O
 O
to O
transform O
individual O
lives O
and O
whole O
communities O
. O

Paul B-PER
loved O
Seattle B-LOC
and O
the O
Pacific B-LOC
Northwest I-LOC
. O

The O
impact O
of O
Paul B-PER
's O
efforts O
can O
be O
seen O
here O
at O
every O
turn O
. O
But O
the O
true O
impact O
of O
his O
vision O
and O
generosity O
is O
evident O
around O
the O
globe O
. O

Paul B-PER
thoughtfully O
addressed O
how O
the O
many O
institutions O
he O
founded O
and O
supported O
would O
continue O
after O
he O
was O
no O
longer O
able O
to O
lead O
them O
. O

This O
is O
n't O
the O
time O
to O
deal O
in O
those O
specifics O
as O
we O
focus O
on O
Paul B-PER
's O
family O
. O

We O
will O
continue O
to O
work O
on O
furthering O
Paul B-PER
's O
mission O
and O
the O
projects O
he O
entrusted O
to O
us O
. O

There O
are O
no O
changes O
imminent O
for O
Vulcan B-ORG
, O
the O
teams O
, O
the O
research O
institutes O
or O
museums O
. O

Today O
we O
mourn O
our O
boss O
, O
mentor O
and O
friend O
whose O
65 O
years O
were O
too O
short O
 O
and O
acknowledge O
the O
honor O
it O
has O
been O
to O
work O
alongside O
someone O
whose O
life O
transformed O
the O
world O
. O

Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
's O
contributions O
to O
our O
company O
, O
our O
industry O
and O
to O
our O
community O
are O
indispensable O
. O

As O
co-founder O
of O
Microsoft B-ORG
, O
in O
his O
own O
quiet O
and O
persistent O
way O
, O
he O
created O
magical O
products O
, O
experiences O
and O
institutions O
, O
and O
in O
doing O
so O
, O
he O
changed O
the O
world O
. O

I O
have O
learned O
so O
much O
from O
him O
 O
his O
inquisitiveness O
, O
curiosity O
and O
push O
for O
high O
standards O
is O
something O
that O
will O
continue O
to O
inspire O
me O
and O
all O
of O
us O
at O
Microsoft B-ORG
. O

Our O
hearts O
are O
with O
Paul B-PER
's O
family O
and O
loved O
ones O
. O
Rest O
in O
peace O
. O

I O
am O
heartbroken O
by O
the O
passing O
of O
one O
of O
my O
oldest O
and O
dearest O
friends O
, O
Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
. O

From O
our O
early O
days O
together O
at O
Lakeside B-ORG
School I-ORG
, O
through O
our O
partnership O
in O
the O
creation O
of O
Microsoft B-ORG
, O
to O
some O
of O
our O
joint O
philanthropic O
projects O
over O
the O
years O
, O
Paul B-PER
was O
a O
true O
partner O
and O
dear O
friend O
. O

Personal O
computing O
would O
not O
have O
existed O
without O
him O
. O
But O
Paul O
was O
n't O
content O
with O
starting O
one O
company O
. O

He O
channeled O
his O
intellect O
and O
compassion O
into O
a O
second O
act O
focused O
on O
improving O
people O
's O
lives O
and O
strengthening O
communities O
in O
Seattle B-LOC
and O
around O
the O
world O
. O

He O
was O
fond O
of O
saying O
, O
" O
If O
it O
has O
the O
potential O
to O
do O
good O
, O
then O
we O
should O
do O
it O
. O
" O
That O
's O
the O
kind O
of O
person O
he O
was O
. O

Paul B-PER
loved O
life O
and O
those O
around O
him O
, O
and O
we O
all O
cherished O
him O
in O
return O
. O

He O
deserved O
much O
more O
time O
, O
but O
his O
contributions O
to O
the O
world O
of O
technology O
and O
philanthropy O
will O
live O
on O
for O
generations O
to O
come O
. O
I O
will O
miss O
him O
tremendously O
. O

" O
Paul B-PER
was O
a O
truly O
wonderful O
, O
bright O
and O
inspiring O
person O
. O

His O
insights O
were O
critical O
to O
the O
creation O
and O
success O
of O
Microsoft B-ORG
-- O
and O
therefore O
to O
the O
success O
of O
personal O
computing O
worldwide O
. O

That O
's O
an O
amazing O
legacy O
. O
But O
his O
personal O
legacy O
to O
me O
was O
as O
a O
great O
friend O
, O
a O
teacher O
, O
a O
mentor O
, O
and O
ultimately O
as O
a O
someone O
who O
loved O
life O
and O
encouraged O
others O
to O
do O
the O
same O
. O

I O
followed O
his O
advice O
on O
a O
basketball O
team O
-- O
and O
he O
's O
right O
, O
it O
fires O
you O
up O
. O
Thank O
you O
Paul B-PER
for O
all O
your O
gifts O
to O
us O
. O
" O

While O
most O
knew O
Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
as O
a O
technologist O
and O
philanthropist O
, O
for O
us O
he O
was O
a O
much-loved O
brother O
and O
uncle O
, O
and O
an O
exceptional O
friend O
. O

Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
stands O
as O
a O
giant O
in O
Washington B-LOC
history O
for O
the O
genius O
vision O
that O
was O
so O
important O
to O
creating O
Microsoft B-ORG
with O
Bill B-PER
Gates I-PER
. O

That O
he O
went O
on O
to O
do O
so O
much O
more O
for O
our O
state O
, O
nation O
and O
the O
world O
puts O
him O
in O
rarefied O
company O
. O

Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
was O
the O
driving O
force O
behind O
keeping O
the O
NFL B-MISC
in O
the O
Pacific B-LOC
Northwest I-LOC
. O

His O
vision O
led O
to O
the O
construction O
of O
CenturyLink B-LOC
Field I-LOC
and O
the O
building O
of O
a O
team O
that O
played O
in O
three O
Super B-MISC
Bowls I-MISC
, O
winning O
the O
championship O
in O
Super B-MISC
Bowl I-MISC
XLVIII O
. O

The O
raising O
of O
the O
" O
12th O
Man O
" O
flag O
at O
the O
start O
of O
every O
Seahawks B-MISC
home O
game O
was O
Paul B-PER
E-PER I-PER
tribute O
to O
the O
extraordinary O
fan O
base O
in O
the O
Seattle O
community O
. O

His O
passion O
for O
the O
game O
, O
combined O
with O
his O
quiet O
determination O
, O
led O
to O
a O
model O
organization O
on O
and O
off O
the O
field O
. O

He O
worked O
tirelessly O
alongside O
our O
medical O
advisers O
to O
identify O
new O
ways O
to O
make O
the O
game O
safer O
and O
protect O
our O
players O
from O
unnecessary O
risk O
. O

I O
personally O
valued O
Paul B-PER
's O
advice O
on O
subjects O
ranging O
from O
collective O
bargaining O
to O
bringing O
technology O
to O
our O
game O
. O

Our O
league O
is O
better O
for O
Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
having O
been O
a O
part O
of O
it O
and O
the O
entire O
NFL B-MISC
sends O
its O
deepest O
condolences O
to O
Paul B-PER
's O
family O
and O
to O
the O
Seahawks B-MISC
organization O
. O

RIP O
to O
my O
dear O
friend O
( O
& O
killer O
guitar O
player O
) O
Paul B-PER
Allen I-PER
. O

Your O
genius O
& O
generosity O
has O
& O
will O
forever O
be O
felt O
by O
mankind O
. O

Paul B-PER
was O
a O
remarkable O
pioneer O
, O
a O
generous O
philanthropist O
and O
a O
special O
partner O
for O
us O
. O

SKG O
would O
n't O
have O
been O
possible O
for O
us O
without O
him O
. O

Our O
hearts O
and O
prayers O
are O
with O
him O
and O
his O
family O
. O

Paul B-PER
was O
a O
true O
son O
of O
Seattle B-LOC
who O
made O
his O
beloved O
city O
- O
and O
our O
world O
- O
a O
better O
, O
more O
vibrant O
place O
. O
For O
generations O
to O
come O
, O
Seattleites O
and O
people O
across O
our O
planet O
will O
benefit O
from O
his O
vision O
, O
innovation O
, O
and O
generosity O
. O

He O
quite O
literally O
helped O
invent O
the O
future O
. O

Hack O
briefly O
renames O
NYC B-LOC
to O
" O
Jewtropolis O
" O
on O
maps O

Technology O
users O
got O
a O
surprise O
Thursday O
when O
their O
social O
and O
lifestyle O
apps O
appeared O
to O
labeled O
the O
United B-MISC
States I-MISC
largest O
city O
with O
an O
anti-Semitic B-MISC
header O
. O

Mapbox B-ORG
, O
a O
provider O
of O
digital O
map O
technology O
, O
said O
it O
suffered O
a O
" O
malicious O
edit O
" O
Thursday O
morning O
by O
a O
person O
who O
tried O
to O
make O
multiple O
changes O
to O
its O
maps O
data O
. O
Only O
one O
edit O
was O
published O
due O
to O
human O
error O
and O
was O
live O
for O
less O
than O
an O
hour O
before O
being O
deleted O
. O

A O
number O
of O
people O
posted O
screenshots O
on O
Twitter O
showing O
" O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City I-LOC
" O
had O
been O
changed O
to O
" O
Jewtropolis O
" O
on O
the O
Mapbox B-ORG
map O
used O
by O
companies O
such O
as O
Snapchat B-ORG
parent O
Snap B-ORG
, O
Citi B-ORG
Bike I-ORG
and O
Foursquare B-ORG
. O

On O
Snapchat B-ORG
s I-ORG
Snap B-ORG
Map I-ORG
, O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City I-LOC
appears O
as O
Jewtropolis O
. O

Mapbox B-ORG
said O
it O
" O
has O
a O
zero O
tolerance O
policy O
against O
hate O
speech O
. O
" O

The O
Anti-Defamation B-ORG
League I-ORG
says O
anti-Semitic B-MISC
attacks O
are O
on O
the O
rise O
in O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
state I-LOC
. O

N.C. B-LOC
law O
could O
increase O
damage O
from O
hurricanes O
like O
Florence B-LOC

North O
Carolina B-LOC
could O
find O
itself O
more O
vulnerable O
to O
damage O
from O
storms O
like O
Hurricane O
Florence B-LOC
due O
to O
a O
state O
law O
passed O
six O
years O
ago O
that O
banned O
using O
recent O
climate O
science O
to O
plan O
for O
the O
consequences O
of O
rising O
sea O
levels O
. O

Climate O
scientists O
had O
warned O
for O
years O
that O
North O
Carolina B-LOC
's O
low-lying O
coast O
left O
it O
open O
to O
intensifying O
floods O
and O
hurricanes O
that O
could O
cost O
the O
state O
billions O
of O
dollars O
in O
damage O
, O
declining O
property O
values O
and O
lost O
recreation O
and O
tourism O
near O
the O
end O
of O
the O
21st O
century O
. O

Climate O
scientists O
have O
also O
projected O
that O
rises O
in O
sea O
levels O
will O
make O
coastal O
storms O
more O
damaging O
, O
since O
more O
water O
will O
flood O
land O
. O

But O
in O
2012 O
, O
state O
lawmakers O
responded O
by O
saying O
these O
studies O
could O
not O
be O
used O
for O
forecasts O
, O
arguing O
that O
the O
science O
was O
n't O
solid O
enough O
to O
justify O
laws O
that O
could O
change O
property O
values O
. O

A O
Republican-led O
legislature O
pushed O
a O
bill O
that O
said O
projections O
for O
rising O
sea O
levels O
could O
only O
be O
based O
on O
historical O
data O
, O
rather O
than O
newer O
studies O
predicting O
problems O
for O
the O
future O
. O

Republican O
State O
Rep. O
Pat B-PER
McElraft I-PER
, O
who O
sponsored O
the O
bill O
, O
said O
at O
the O
time O
that O
studies O
of O
rising O
sea O
levels O
" O
used O
one O
model O
, O
the O
most O
extreme O
in O
the O
world O
. O
" O

" O
They O
need O
to O
use O
some O
science O
that O
we O
can O
all O
trust O
when O
we O
start O
making O
laws O
in O
North O
Carolina B-LOC
that O
affect O
property O
values O
on O
the O
coast O
, O
" O
she O
said O
during O
a O
floor O
debate O
about O
the O
bill O
. O

Climate O
scientists O
and O
environmental O
groups O
immediately O
pushed O
back O
on O
the O
bill O
, O
warning O
that O
it O
would O
hold O
back O
any O
attempts O
to O
be O
proactive O
about O
climate O
change O
on O
North O
Carolina B-LOC
's O
coast O
. O

The O
North O
Carolina B-LOC
Coastal O
Federation O
, O
a O
nonprofit O
that O
helps O
protects O
the O
coast O
, O
said O
the O
bill O
" O
undercuts O
" O
years O
of O
work O
from O
the O
state O
's O
emergency O
managers O
" O
to O
help O
prepare O
the O
state O
for O
hurricanes O
. O
" O

The O
bill O
even O
became O
the O
butt O
of O
a O
joke O
by O
comedian O
Stephen B-PER
Colbert I-PER
, O
a O
South O
Carolina B-LOC
native O
, O
who O
said O
in O
a O
2012 O
episode O
of O
" O
The O
Colbert O
Report O
" O
that O
it O
was O
like O
trying O
to O
" O
predict O
the O
weather O
based O
on O
the O
last O
two O
weeks O
of O
fair O
weather O
. O
" O

" O
If O
your O
science O
gives O
you O
a O
result O
you O
do O
n't O
like O
, O
pass O
a O
law O
saying O
the O
result O
is O
illegal O
. O
Problem O
solved O
, O
" O
Colbert B-PER
said O
. O

Then-Gov O
. O
Bev B-PER
Perdue I-PER
, O
a O
Democrat O
, O
neither O
signed O
nor O
vetoed O
the O
bill O
, O
which O
allowed O
it O
to O
become O
law O
. O

Six O
years O
later O
, O
North O
Carolina B-LOC
is O
one O
of O
several O
Southern O
states O
bracing O
for O
Florence B-LOC
, O
which O
is O
expected O
to O
hit O
especially O
hard O
on O
the O
coast O
starting O
Thursday O
. O

The O
National B-ORG
Weather I-ORG
Service I-ORG
in O
Newport B-LOC
and O
Morehead B-LOC
City O
, O
along O
North O
Carolina B-LOC
's O
coast O
, O
said O
Florence B-LOC
could O
bring O
unprecedented O
levels O
of O
rainfall O
and O
flooding O
. O

A O
retired O
Duke B-ORG
University I-ORG
coastal O
geologist O
wrote O
an O
op-ed O
for O
Raleigh O
's O
daily O
newspaper O
last O
week O
warning O
that O
the O
state O
had O
only O
set O
itself O
up O
for O
disaster O
. O

" O
We O
must O
take O
the O
long O
view O
and O
respond O
now O
to O
the O
rising O
sea O
in O
a O
planned O
fashion O
, O
" O
Orrin B-PER
H. I-PER
Pilkey I-PER
wrote O
in O
the O
News O
& O
Observer O
. O
" O
Currently O
the O
unspoken O
plan O
is O
to O
wait O
until O
the O
situation O
is O
catastrophic O
and O
then O
respond O
. O
We O
must O
begin O
the O
retreat O
now O
. O
" O

" O
In O
dire O
need O
of O
action O
" O
: O
High-tide O
flooding O
doubles O
over O
last O
30 O
years O

ATLANTIC B-LOC
CITY I-LOC
, O
N.J. B-LOC
-- O
High-tide O
flooding O
is O
happening O
across O
the O
United B-MISC
States I-MISC
at O
twice O
the O
rate O
it O
was O
just O
30 O
years O
ago O
, O
according O
to O
a O
new O
report O
, O
which O
predicts O
records O
for O
such O
flooding O
will O
continue O
to O
be O
broken O
for O
decades O
as O
sea O
levels O
rise O
. O

The O
National B-ORG
Oceanic I-ORG
and I-ORG
Atmospheric I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
said O
Wednesday O
that O
high-tide O
flooding O
, O
sometimes O
called O
sunny-day O
or O
" O
nuisance O
flooding O
, O
" O
tied O
or O
set O
records O
last O
year O
in O
more O
than O
a O
quarter O
of O
the O
98 O
places O
the O
agency O
monitors O
around O
the O
country O
. O

The O
report O
found O
Sabine B-LOC
Pass I-LOC
, O
Texas B-LOC
, O
had O
23 O
days O
of O
high-tide O
flooding O
last O
year O
. O

The O
area O
is O
part O
of O
Port B-LOC
Arthur I-LOC
, O
where O
most O
houses O
now O
stand O
on O
stilts O
after O
the O
community O
was O
hit O
repeatedly O
by O
destructive O
hurricanes O
. O

Atlantic B-LOC
City I-LOC
, O
New B-LOC
Jersey I-LOC
, O
and O
Boston B-LOC
had O
22 O
each O
. O

Cities O
in O
other O
parts O
of O
the O
country O
experienced O
fewer O
tidal O
floods O
, O
but O
many O
of O
those O
cities O
still O
saw O
records O
set O
. O

" O
Though O
year-to-year O
and O
regional O
variability O
exist O
, O
the O
underlying O
trend O
is O
quite O
clear O
: O
Due O
to O
sea O
level O
rise O
, O
the O
national O
average O
frequency O
of O
high O
tide O
flooding O
is O
double O
what O
it O
was O
30 O
years O
ago O
, O
" O
the O
report O
said O
. O

Ben B-PER
Horton I-PER
, O
a O
Rutgers B-ORG
University I-ORG
researcher O
who O
was O
not O
involved O
in O
the O
study O
, O
called O
it O
" O
a O
warning O
, O
a O
shot O
across O
the O
bow O
. O
" O

" O
Across O
the O
whole O
of O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
coastline O
, O
we O
are O
in O
dire O
need O
of O
action O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

In O
addition O
to O
the O
conclusions O
of O
the O
report O
, O
Horton B-PER
said O
it O
is O
just O
as O
significant O
that O
" O
this O
is O
a O
federally O
funded O
sea-level O
assessment O
funded O
by O
the O
Trump B-ORG
Administration I-ORG
, O
and O
it O
shows O
that O
the O
problems O
on O
our O
coasts O
are O
getting O
worse O
and O
will O
get O
worse O
. O
" O
The O
Republican O
president O
has O
derided O
climate O
change O
as O
a O
hoax O
. O

NOAA B-ORG
said O
the O
top O
five O
cities O
that O
saw O
the O
highest O
number O
of O
flood O
days O
across O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
broke O
records O
during O
the O
2017 O
meteorological O
year O
, O
which O
is O
May O
2017-April O
2018 O
, O
include O
Boston B-ORG
; O
Atlantic B-LOC
City I-LOC
, O
New B-LOC
Jersey I-LOC
; O
Sandy B-LOC
Hook I-LOC
, O
New B-LOC
Jersey I-LOC
; O
Sabine B-LOC
Pass I-LOC
, O
Texas B-LOC
; O
and O
Galveston B-LOC
, O
Texas O
. B-LOC

" O
These O
cities O
faced O
the O
brunt O
of O
an O
active O
nor'easter O
and O
hurricane O
seasons O
and O
sea O
level O
rise O
, O
which O
has O
made O
these O
and O
other O
less O
extreme O
events O
more O
impactful O
, O
" O
NOAA B-ORG
said O
. O

Record O
high-tide O
flooding O
around O
the O
country O
included O
20 O
days O
at O
Sandy B-LOC
Hook I-LOC
, O
New B-LOC
Jersey I-LOC
; O
18 O
at O
Galveston B-LOC
Pier I-LOC
in O
Texas B-LOC
; O
17 O
at O
Wachapreague B-LOC
, O
Virginia B-LOC
; O
15 O
at O
the O
battery O
neighborhood O
of O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City I-LOC
; O
14 O
at O
Bay B-LOC
St. I-LOC
Louis-Waveland I-LOC
in O
Mississippi B-LOC
; O
and O
13 O
in O
Rhode B-LOC
Island O
and O
San B-LOC
Diego I-LOC
. O

As O
sea O
levels O
rise O
, O
coastal O
communities O
around O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
are O
experiencing O
flooding O
that O
closes O
roads O
or O
inconveniences O
daily O
activities O
on O
an O
increasing O
basis O
. O

Two O
of O
the O
three O
main O
entrances O
to O
Atlantic B-LOC
City I-LOC
, O
the O
east O
coast O
gambling O
resort O
, O
are O
often O
flooded O
by O
tides O
, O
with O
one O
or O
both O
lanes O
having O
to O
be O
shut O
down O
for O
hours O
at O
a O
time O
. O

" O
What O
used O
to O
be O
uncommon O
is O
now O
becoming O
fairly O
common O
, O
" O
said O
William B-PER
Sweet I-PER
, O
a O
NOAA B-ORG
oceanographer O
and O
co-author O
of O
the O
report O
. O

He O
said O
global O
sea O
levels O
are O
rising O
at O
a O
rate O
of O
about O
3 O
millimeters O
a O
year O
, O
or O
about O
an O
inch O
every O
eight O
years O
. O
Horton B-PER
and O
other O
Rutgers O
researchers O
project O
that O
by O
2050 O
, O
seas O
off O
New B-LOC
Jersey I-LOC
will O
rise O
by O
an O
additional O
1.4 O
feet O
. O

The O
report O
found O
tidal O
flooding O
was O
at O
record O
levels O
last O
year O
along O
parts O
of O
the O
southeast O
Atlantic B-LOC
and O
eastern O
Gulf B-LOC
coasts O
. O

Anticipated O
weather O
conditions O
this O
year O
and O
next O
may O
result O
in O
even O
higher O
than O
expected O
flood O
frequencies O
along O
the O
east O
and O
west O
coasts O
. O

L.A. B-LOC
sues O
Weather O
Channel O
over O
app O
users O
data O

The O
Weather B-ORG
Channel I-ORG
used O
its O
app O
to O
track O
the O
whereabouts O
of O
its O
users O
and O
sold O
it O
to O
third-party O
websites O
for O
targeted O
ads O
, O
Los B-LOC
Angeles I-LOC
prosecutors O
said O
Friday O
as O
they O
sued O
to O
stop O
the O
practice O
. O

The O
company O
misled O
users O
of O
thepopular O
app O
to O
think O
their O
location O
data O
would O
only O
be O
used O
for O
personalized O
forecasts O
and O
alerts O
but O
instead O
covertly O
mined O
the O
information O
for O
corporate O
profit O
, O
City O
Attorney O
Michael B-PER
Feuer I-PER
said O
. O

Feuer B-PER
alleged O
the O
Weather B-ORG
Channel I-ORG
intentionally O
obscured O
its O
motives O
in O
a O
lengthy O
privacy O
policy O
that O
got O
four-fifths O
of O
users O
to O
agree O
to O
share O
geolocation O
data O
. O

" O
This O
case O
against O
the O
operators O
of O
the O
Weather B-ORG
Channel I-ORG
app O
goes O
to O
the O
core O
of O
one O
of O
todays O
most O
fundamental O
issues O
: O
How O
do O
we O
maintain O

privacy O
in O
the O
digital O
age O
? O
" O

" O
The O
Weather O
Company O
has O
always O
been O
transparent O
with O
use O
of O
location O
data O
, O
" O
a O
company O
representative O
said O
in O
response O
to O
the O
lawsuit O
" O
The O
disclosures O
are O
fully O
appropriate O
, O
and O
we O
will O
defend O
them O
vigorously O
. O
" O

But O
Feuer B-PER
said O
operators O
of O
the O
app O
, O
TWC B-ORG
Product O
and O
Technology O
LLC B-ORG
, O
sold O
data O
to O
at O
least O
a O
dozen O
websites O
for O
targeted O
ads O
and O
to O
hedge O
funds O
that O
used O
the O
information O
to O
analyze O
consumer O
behavior O
. O

The O
lawsuit O
seeks O
to O
stop O
the O
company O
from O
the O
practice O
it O
deems O
" O
unfair O
and O
fraudulent O
" O
and O
seeks O
penalties O
of O
up O
to O
$ O
2,500 O
for O
each O
violation O
. O

The O
lawsuit O
comes O
as O
companies O
, O
most O
notably O
Facebook B-ORG
and O
Google I-ORG
, O
are O
increasingly O
under O
fire O
for O
how O
they O
use O
people O
's O
personal O
data O
. O
Both O
companies O
faced O
congressional O
hearings O
last O
year O
on O
privacy O
issues O
, O
which O
are O
likely O
to O
remain O
on O
lawmakers O
and O
regulators O
' O
minds O
both O
nationally O
and O
in O
California B-LOC
. O

In O
June O
, O
California B-LOC
lawmakers O
approved O
what O
experts O
are O
calling O
the O
country O
's O
most O
far-reaching O
law O
to O
give O
people O
more O
control O
over O
their O
personal O
data O
online O
. O

That O
law O
does O
n't O
take O
effect O
until O
next O
year O
. O

IBM B-ORG
bought O
the O
app O
along O
with O
the O
digital O
assets O
of O
The O
Weather O
Company O
in O
2015 O
for O
$ O
2 O
billion O
but O
did O
not O
acquire O
The O
Weather B-ORG
Channel I-ORG
seen O
on O
TV O
, O
which O
is O
owned O
by O
another O
company O
. O

Rapid-fire O
crew O
rotation O
on O
tap O
for O
space O
station O

With O
three O
space O
station O
fliers O
heading O
home O
Sunday O
after O
a O
168-day O
mission O
, O
three O
fresh O
crew O
members O
made O
final O
preparations O
for O
launch O
three O
days O
later O
to O
boost O
the O
lab O
's O
crew O
back O
to O
six O
in O
a O
rapid-fire O
rotation O
that O
will O
prevent O
any O
major O
interruption O
of O
research O
activity O
. O

Soyuz O
MS-07/53S O
commander O
Anton B-PER
Shkaplerov I-PER
, O
NASA B-ORG
flight O
engineer O
Scott B-PER
Tingle I-PER
and O
Japanese B-MISC
physician-astronaut O
Norishige B-PER
Kanai I-PER
plan O
to O
strap O
into O
their O
ferry O
ship O
and O
undock O
from O
the O
station O
's O
Earth-facing O
Rassvet O
module O
at O
5:16 O
a.m O
. O

ET O
Sunday O
, O
leaving O
Expedition O
56 O
commander O
Drew B-PER
Feustel I-PER
, O
Ricky B-PER
Arnold I-PER
and O
Oleg B-PER
Artemyev I-PER
behind O
. O

Launched O
last O
Dec. O
17 O
, O
Shkaplerov B-PER
and O
his O
crewmates O
plan O
to O
fire O
their O
braking O
rockets O
for O
four O
minutes O
and O
40 O
seconds O
starting O
at O
7:47 O
a.m. O
, O
slowing O
the O
ship O
by O
286 O
mph O
and O
dropping O
the O
far O
side O
of O
the O
orbit O
deep O
into O
the O
atmosphere O
. O

If O
all O
goes O
well O
, O
the O
central O
crew O
module O
will O
make O
a O
parachute-and-rocket-assisted O
touchdown O
on O
the O
steppe O
of O
Kazakhstan B-LOC
near O
the O
town O
of O
Dzhezkazgan B-LOC
at O
8:40 O
a.m. O
After O
initial O
medical O
checks O
, O
Tingle B-PER
and O
Kanai B-PER
will O
be O
flown O
back O
to O
the O
Johnson B-ORG
Space I-ORG
Center I-ORG
in O
Houston B-LOC
while O
Shkaplerov B-PER
will O
head O
to O
Star B-LOC
City I-LOC
near O
Moscow B-LOC
for O
debriefing O
. O

" O
I O
ca O
n't O
believe O
that O
Expedition O
55 O
is O
already O
over O
, O
" O
Tingle B-PER
wrote O
in O
a O
recent O
blog O
entry O
. O
" O
Last O
night O
we O
had O
our O
last O
movie O
night O
. O

The O
entire O
crew O
gathered O
in O
Node O
2 O
and O
watched O
'Avengers O
Infinity O
Wars O
' O
( O
sic O
) O
on O
the O
big O
screen O
. O
We O
enjoy O
each O
other O
's O
company O
... O
and O
this O
was O
a O
welcome O
break O
from O
the O
daily O
grind O
of O
trying O
to O
complete O
the O
required O
stowage O
, O
maintenance O
and O
science O
activities O
while O
preparing O
for O
departure O
. O
" O

During O
his O
last O
full O
weekend O
in O
space O
, O
Tingle B-PER
said O
, O
" O
I O
gave O
myself O
a O
haircut O
. O
We O
usually O
clean O
our O
spaces O
each O
weekend O
to O
make O
sure O
we O
can O
maintain O
a O
decent O
level O
of O
organization O
, O
efficiency O
and O
morale O
. O

This O
weekend O
is O
no O
different O
, O
and O
it O
is O
time O
for O
me O
to O
vacuum O
out O
all O
of O
our O
filters O
and O
vents O
. O
You O
'd O
be O
amazed O
at O
what O
we O
find O
! O
" O

During O
a O
brief O
change-of-command O
ceremony O
Friday O
, O
Shkaplerov B-PER
thanked O
Feustel B-ORG
's O
crew O
for O
its O
support O
and O
turned O
over O
a O
ceremonial O
key O
to O
the O
outpost O
. O

" O
It O
's O
been O
three O
months O
since O
we O
started O
Expedition O
55 O
( O
when O
) O
I O
took O
command O
of O
the O
space O
station O
, O
" O
Shkaplerov B-PER
said O
. O
" O
We O
are O
going O
to O
return O
to O
the O
Earth O
. O

I O
want O
to O
say O
thank O
you O
very O
much O
, O
Drew B-PER
, O
Ricky B-PER
and O
Oleg B-PER
, O
for O
your O
friendship O
, O
for O
your O
help O
every O
day O
. O

My O
crewmates O
, O
my O
space O
brothers O
, O
I O
'm O
very O
proud O
to O
be O
part O
of O
our O
Soyuz O
crew O
. O
" O

Feustel B-PER
thanked O
Shkaplerov B-PER
in O
return O
" O
for O
welcoming O
us O
to O
the O
ISS B-ORG
, O
taking O
care O
of O
us O
, O
making O
sure O
we O
were O
ready O
to O
work O
when O
we O
arrived O
, O
you O
made O
the O
transition O
seamless O
. O
" O

" O
We O
appreciate O
your O
patience O
and O
your O
guidance O
and O
your O
leadership O
, O
and O
we O
look O
forward O
to O
a O
safe O
and O
soft O
landing O
for O
you O
, O
" O
he O
added O
. O

With O
touchdown O
, O
Tingle B-PER
and O
Kanai B-PER
, O
both O
completing O
their O
first O
spaceflight O
, O
will O
have O
logged O
168 O
days O
in O
space O
during O
a O
voyage O
spanning O
2,688 O
orbits O
and O
71.2 O
million O
miles O
since O
launch O
. O

Shkaplerov B-PER
, O
a O
veteran O
of O
two O
earlier O
station O
visits O
totaling O
a O
full O
year O
, O
will O
have O
logged O
532 O
days O
off O
planet O
. O

All O
three O
men O
carried O
out O
a O
single O
spacewalk O
each O
during O
their O
stay O
, O
welcomed O
four O
visiting O
vehicles O
-- O
one O
Soyuz O
and O
three O
unpiloted O
cargo O
ships O
-- O
and O
oversaw O
the O
departure O
of O
a O
like O
number O
, O
along O
with O
carrying O
out O
a O
full O
slate O
of O
scientific O
research O
. O

With O
the O
departure O
of O
Shkaplerov B-PER
and O
his O
crewmates O
, O
Feustel B-PER
, O
Arnold B-PER
and O
Artemyev B-PER
, O
launched O
to O
the O
station O
March O
21 O
aboard O
the O
Soyuz O
MS-08 O
spacecraft O
, O
will O
have O
the O
lab O
to O
themselves O
for O
just O
five O
days O
before O
a O
fresh O
crew O
arrives O
. O

Soyuz O
MS-09/55S O
commander O
Sergey B-PER
Prokopyev I-PER
, O
German O
flight O
engineer O
Alexander B-PER
Gerst I-PER
, O
representing O
the O
European B-ORG
Space I-ORG
Agency I-ORG
, O
and O
NASA B-ORG
physician-astronaut I-ORG
Serena I-ORG
Aunun-Chancellor B-PER
are O
scheduled O
for O
launch O
from O
the O
Baikonur B-LOC
Cosmodrome I-LOC
, O
250 O
miles O
southwest O
of O
Dzhezkazgan B-LOC
, O
at O
7:12 O
a.m. O
( O
5:12 O
p.m. O
local O
time O
) O
Wednesday O
. O

Panic O
as O
bat-borne O
virus O
kills O
10 O
, O
infects O
at O
least O
13 O
more O

NEW B-LOC
DELHI I-LOC
-- O
An O
outbreak O
of O
a O
deadly O
virus O
that O
attacks O
the O
brain O
has O
killed O
at O
least O
10 O
people O
in O
the O
southern B-MISC
Indian I-MISC
state O
of O
Kerala B-LOC
. O

Nipah B-MISC
virus O
, O
or O
NiV B-MISC
, O
has O
infected O
13 O
other O
people O
, O
two O
of O
whom O
were O
in O
critical O
condition O
in O
hospital O
on O
Wednesday O
. O

Dozens O
of O
others O
were O
under O
surveillance O
. O

Almost O
100 O
people O
have O
been O
quarantined O
inside O
their O
homes O
in O
the O
state O
, O
which O
is O
a O
popular O
tourist O
destination O
. O

Nipah B-MISC
is O
a O
highly O
infectious O
virus O
carried O
by O
fruit O
bats O
that O
causes O
inflammation O
of O
the O
brain O
in O
humans O
. O

The O
symptoms O
include O
fever O
and O
headaches O
, O
followed O
by O
drowsiness O
and O
confusion O
, O
leading O
to O
possible O
coma O
and O
death O
within O
a O
week O
. O

There O
is O
no O
cure O
known O
yet O
, O
and O
patients O
are O
only O
given O
supportive O
care O
. O

The O
virus O
is O
spread O
by O
infected O
bats O
, O
pigs O
or O
humans O
. O

Eight O
of O
the O
dead O
are O
from O
Kerala B-LOC
's I-LOC
Kozhikode I-LOC
district O
, O
the O
hub O
of O
the O
outbreak O
, O
where O
multiple O
members O
of O
one O
family O
were O
the O
first O
to O
be O
infected O
. O

Two O
brothers O
from O
the O
family O
died O
on O
May O
5 O
and O
their O
father O
is O
also O
infected O
and O
being O
treated O
in O
hospital O
. O

A O
female O
relative O
who O
was O
with O
them O
in O
hospital O
also O
died O
later O
. O

While O
the O
cause O
of O
the O
outbreak O
is O
still O
being O
investigated O
, O
a O
team O
of O
health O
experts O
who O
visited O
the O
family O
's O
house O
have O
linked O
it O
to O
dead O
bats O
found O
in O
the O
home O
's O
water O
well O
. O

Authorities O
have O
sealed O
the O
well O
and O
sent O
the O
bat O
blood O
samples O
for O
medical O
tests O
. O

The O
report O
is O
expected O
on O
Friday O
. O

With O
panic O
setting O
in O
, O
several O
families O
in O
Kozhikode B-LOC
district I-LOC
have O
evacuated O
their O
homes O
in O
the O
last O
four O
days O
, O
some O
Indian O
media O
reports O
said O
. O

Two O
people O
have O
died O
in O
the O
neighboring O
district O
of O
Mallapuram B-LOC
. O

" O
There O
is O
no O
need O
to O
panic O
. O

All O
cases O
are O
linked O
to O
the O
one O
family O
in O
Kozhikode B-LOC
-- O
those O
who O
came O
in O
contact O
with O
them O
, O
" O
Rajeev B-PER
Sadanandan I-PER
, O
Additional O
Chief O
Secretary O
, O
Health O
and O
Family O
Welfare O
Department O
in O
Kerala B-LOC
, O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

One O
of O
the O
10 O
victims O
was O
a O
nurse O
who O
died O
on O
Monday O
after O
treating O
a O
Nipah O
patient O
in O
hospital O
. O

Lini B-PER
Puthussery I-PER
, O
31 O
, O
whose O
" O
selfless O
service O
" O
is O
being O
hailed O
as O
" O
heroic O
" O
left O
a O
note O
for O
her O
husband O
before O
dying O
. O

" O
I O
am O
almost O
on O
my O
way O
. O

I O
do O
n't O
think O
I O
will O
be O
able O
to O
see O
you O
. O
Sorry O
. O
Take O
care O
of O
our O
children O
properly O
Lots O
of O
love O
, O
" O
she O
wrote O
. O
Her O
body O
was O
cremated O
soon O
after O
her O
death O
over O
fears O
the O
virus O
could O
spread O
; O
her O
family O
was O
n't O
able O
to O
see O
her O
. O

Government O
authorities O
have O
put O
Kerala B-LOC
state O
on O
high O
alert O
. O

Two O
" O
control O
rooms O
" O
in O
the O
worst-hit O
Kozhikode B-LOC
district I-LOC
have O
been O
set O
up O
to O
closely O
monitor O
the O
spread O
of O
the O
virus O
. O

Experts O
from O
the O
New B-ORG
Delhi-based I-ORG
National I-ORG
Centre I-ORG
for I-ORG
Disease I-ORG
Control I-ORG
( O
NCDC B-ORG
) O
and O
a O
top O
hospital O
have O
been O
sent O
to O
the O
state O
to O
try O
and O
contain O
the O
outbreak O
. O

On O
Tuesday O
, O
Kerala B-ORG
Health I-ORG
Minister I-ORG
KK B-PER
Shylaja I-PER
said O
no O
new O
cases O
had O
been O
detected O
in O
24 O
hours O
. O

India O
's O
national O
Health O
Minister O
, O
J. O
P. O
Nadda O
, O
wrote O
on O
Twitter O
on O
Wednesday O
that O
he O
had O
instructed O
officials O
, O
" O
to O
leave O
no O
stone O
unturned O
in O
terms O
of O
proactively O
countering O
the O
Nipah O
virus O
threat O
. O
" O

A O
state O
government O
statement O
said O
" O
travelling O
to O
any O
part O
of O
Kerala B-LOC
is O
safe O
. O

However O
if O
travellers O
wish O
to O
be O
extra O
conscious O
, O
they O
may O
avoid O
Kozhikode B-LOC
, O
Malappuram B-LOC
, O
Wayanad B-LOC
, O
and O
Kannur B-LOC
districts I-LOC
. O
" O

There O
had O
been O
no O
travel O
advisories O
issued O
Wednesday O
morning O
by O
the O
Indian B-MISC
central O
government O
or O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
Embassy I-LOC
in O
New B-LOC
Delhi I-LOC
. O

Nipah B-MISC
has O
killed O
more O
than O
260 O
people O
in O
Malaysia B-MISC
, O
Bangladesh B-MISC
and O
India B-MISC
in O
outbreaks O
since O
1998 O
. O

The O
World B-ORG
Health I-ORG
Organization B-LOC
( O
WHO B-ORG
) O
describes O
Nipah B-MISC
infection O
as O
a O
" O
newly O
emerging O
zoonosis O
that O
causes O
severe O
disease O
in O
both O
animals O
and O
humans O
. O
" O

In O
Bangladesh B-MISC
in O
2004 O
, O
humans O
became O
infected O
with O
NiV B-MISC
as O
a O
result O
of O
consuming O
date O
palm O
sap O
that O
had O
been O
contaminated O
by O
infected O
fruit O
bats O
. O

Human-to-human O
transmission O
has O
also O
been O
documented O
, O
including O
in O
a O
hospital O
setting O
in O
India B-MISC
, O
the O
WHO B-ORG
says O
. O

LogOut O
Facebook B-ORG
fuels O
protests O
, O
canceled O
accounts O

Facebook B-ORG
wants O
the O
world O
to O
be O
connected O
, O
but O
some O
individuals O
and O
groups O
say O
they O
're O
feeling O
a O
giant O
disconnect O
. O

People O
who O
have O
soured O
on O
the O
social O
media O
platform O
are O
either O
deleting O
or O
deactivating O
their O
accounts O
in O
the O
wake O
of O
numerous O
data O
breaches O
and O
privacy O
issues O
, O
which O
have O
caused O
critics O
to O
question O
whether O
they O
want O
to O
expose O
their O
personal O
information O
to O
the O
tech O
giant O
. O

On O
Thursday O
, O
the O
NAACP B-ORG
organized O
a O
protest O
called O
LogOutFacebook B-ORG
, O
which O
urges O
consumers O
to O
log O
out O
of O
their O
Facebook B-ORG
and O
Instagram B-ORG
accounts O
for O
the O
day O
, O
in O
the O
wake O
of O
the O
Senate O
report O
on O
Russian B-MISC
interference O
, O
which O
found O
the O
Russian B-MISC
government O
specifically O
targeted O
African-American B-MISC
communities O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
and O
Instagram B-ORG
. O

To O
be O
sure O
, O
protests O
from O
disgruntled O
users O
are O
n't O
likely O
to O
make O
a O
dent O
in O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
massive O
size O
, O
which O
counted O
nearly O
1.5 O
billion O
daily O
active O
users O
in O
September O
. O
But O
the O
NAACP B-ORG
actions O
, O
as O
well O
as O
the O
decision O
this O
week O
from O
prominent O
tech O
journalist O
Walt B-PER
Mossberg I-PER
to O
publicly O
announce O
he O
's O
quitting O
Facebook B-ORG
and O
its O
other O
social O
media O
platforms O
 O
Instagram B-ORG
and O
WhatsApp B-ORG
 O
highlight O
a O
choice O
contemplated O
by O
more O
Americans O
following O
the O
Cambridge B-ORG
Analytica I-ORG
scandal I-ORG
and O
the O
Senate B-ORG
report O
. O

" O
I O
am O
doing O
this O
 O
after O
being O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
for O
nearly O
12 O
years O
 O
because O
my O
own O
values O
and O
the O
policies O
and O
actions O
of O
Facebook B-ORG
have O
diverged O
to O
the O
point O
where O
I O
'm O
no O
longer O
comfortable O
there O
, O
" O
Mossberg B-PER
wrote O
Wednesday O
on O
Twitter O
. O

Some O
personal O
news O
: O
I O
've O
decided O
to O
quit O
Facebook B-ORG
around O
the O
end O
of O
the O
year O
. O
I O
am O
doing O
this O
- O
after O
being O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
for O
nearly O
12 O
years O
- O
because O
my O
own O
values O
and O
the O
policies O
and O
actions O
of O
Facebook B-ORG
have O
diverged O
to O
the O
point O
where O
Im O
no O
longer O
comfortable O
there O
. O

Mossberg B-PER
's O
not O
alone O
: O
Almost O
one-quarter O
of O
Americans O
say O
they O
deleted O
the O
Facebook B-ORG
app O
from O
their O
phones O
within O
the O
last O
year O
, O
according O
to O
a O
September O
poll O
from O
the O
Pew B-ORG
Research I-ORG
Center I-ORG
. O
Another O
42 O
percent O
say O
they O
have O
taken O
a O
break O
from O
the O
service O
. O

The O
NAACP B-ORG
said O
it O
returned O
a O
donation O
from O
Facebook B-ORG
, O
and O
is O
asking O
its O
partners O
, O
social O
media O
followers O
and O
supporters O
to O
log O
out O
of O
Facebook B-ORG
and O
Instagram B-ORG
for O
one O
week O
, O
beginning O
Dec. O
18 O
. O

" O
The O
LogOutFacebook B-ORG
is O
a O
protest O
 O
a O
way O
to O
signify O
to O
Facebook B-ORG
that O
the O
data O
and O
privacy O
of O
its O
users O
of O
color O
matter O
more O
than O
its O
corporate O
interests O
, O
" O
the O
NAACP B-ORG
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O
" O
As O
the O
largest O
social O
network O
in O
the O
world O
, O
it O
is O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
corporate O
social O
responsibility O
to O
ensure O
that O
people O
of O
color O
are O
well O
represented O
in O
their O
workforce O
and O
recognize O
that O
users O
of O
color O
have O
a O
right O
to O
be O
protected O
propaganda O
and O
misinformation O
. O
" O

On O
Tuesday O
, O
Facebook B-ORG
released O
approgress O
report O
on O
its O
civil O
rights O
audit O
, O
which O
it O
launched O
in O
response O
to O
demands O
from O
civil O
rights O
organizations O
. O

" O
We O
know O
that O
we O
need O
to O
do O
more O
: O
to O
listen O
, O
look O
deeper O
and O
take O
action O
to O
respect O
fundamental O
rights O
, O
" O
Sheryl B-PER
Sandberg I-PER
, O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
COO O
, O
said O
in O
a O
blog O
post O
announcing O
the O
findings O
. O

The O
company O
said O
it O
made O
changes O
such O
as O
cracking O
down O
on O
fake O
accounts O
seeking O
to O
influence O
political O
views O
. O
But O
it O
remains O
unclear O
whether O
Facebook B-ORG
's O
efforts O
will O
persuade O
those O
who O
have O
canceled O
their O
accounts O
to O
return O
, O
or O
whether O
the O
social O
media O
service O
can O
battle O
one O
of O
its O
biggest O
challenges O
: O
convincing O
indifferent O
teens O
to O
sign O
up O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
's O
high O
stock-market O
valuation O
 O
$ O
415 O
billion O
 O
is O
predicated O
on O
its O
strong O
growth O
and O
the O
vast O
amounts O
of O
data O
it O
collects O
from O
consumers O
, O
which O
allows O
it O
to O
sell O
ads O
for O
marketers O
who O
want O
to O
reach O
certain O
groups O
, O
like O
dads O
who O
live O
in O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City I-LOC
. O

But O
growth O
is O
slowing O
for O
the O
tech O
behemoth O
, O
raising O
red O
flags O
for O
investors O
. O
Its O
daily O
active O
users O
increased O
by O
9 O
percent O
in O
September O
, O
on O
a O
year-over-year-basis O
, O
down O
from O
growth O
of O
11 O
percent O
in O
June O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
needs O
teens O
to O
join O
the O
service O
to O
continue O
its O
fast O
growth O
rate O
, O
yet O
that O
's O
becoming O
increasingly O
uncertain O
. O

Only O
half O
of O
American B-MISC
teens O
between O
13 O
to O
17 O
say O
they O
use O
Facebook B-ORG
, O
down O
from O
71 O
percent O
in O
2015 O
. O

Instead O
, O
teens O
say O
they O
prefer O
YouTube B-ORG
and O
Instagram B-ORG
for O
connecting O
with O
peers O
. O

Facebook B-ORG
investors O
have O
felt O
the O
pain O
from O
its O
struggles O
. O

The O
stock O
has O
shed O
one-third O
of O
is O
value O
from O
its O
most O
recent O
high O
, O
putting O
it O
firmly O
in O
bear O
territory O
. O

" O
Mafias O
" O
targeting O
sea O
mammal O
with O
fewer O
than O
30 O
left O
in O
world O

BAJA B-LOC
, O
Mexico B-LOC
 O
There O
's O
a O
crisis O
going O
on O
in O
the O
Pacific B-LOC
Ocean I-LOC
as O
an O
innocent O
porpoise O
falls O
prey O
to O
money O
and O
greed O
. O

CBS B-ORG
San B-LOC
Francisco I-LOC
reports O
it O
's O
a O
marine O
mammal O
known O
as O
the O
senorita O
of O
the O
sea O
or O
the O
panda O
of O
the O
ocean O
, O
because O
of O
the O
big O
rings O
around O
its O
eyes O
. O

The O
Vaquita B-MISC
, O
which O
means O
little O
cow O
in O
Spanish B-MISC
, O
is O
only O
about O
4 O
feet O
long O
, O
weighs O
less O
than O
100 O
lbs O
and O
calls O
the O
waters O
off O
the O
coast O
of O
Baja B-LOC
, O
Mexico B-LOC
home O
. O

With O
fewer O
than O
30 O
left O
, O
it O
's O
the O
most O
endangered O
marine O
mammal O
in O
the O
world O
. O

" O
They O
're O
lovely O
, O
small O
, O
delicate O
porpoises O
clearly O
enjoying O
their O
environment O
. O

They O
really O
live O
an O
ideal O
life O
if O
humans O
were O
n't O
setting O
nets O
in O
their O
area O
, O
" O
said O
Dr. O
Frances B-PER
Gulland I-PER
, O
senior O
scientist O
at O
the O
Marine B-ORG
Mammal I-ORG
Center I-ORG
in O
Sausalito B-LOC
. O

Gulland B-PER
says O
the O
Vaquita B-MISC
is O
now O
an O
innocent O
victim O
of O
an O
illegal O
wildlife O
trade O
, O
as O
dark O
as O
the O
drug O
trafficking O
trade O
, O
because O
it O
's O
so O
lucrative O
. O

The O
story O
starts O
with O
the O
Totoaba B-MISC
. O

Like O
the O
Vaquita B-MISC
, O
it O
's O
similar O
in O
size O
and O
lives O
off O
Mexico B-LOC
's O
coast O
. O

Its O
swim O
bladder O
can O
sell O
for O
up O
to O
$ O
10,000 O
. O

" O
Fish O
bladders O
are O
claiming O
to O
have O
these O
miraculous O
properties O
they O
clearly O
do O
n't O
have O
. O

It O
's O
a O
marketing O
thing O
that O
's O
happening O
" O
said O
Peter B-PER
Knights I-PER
, O
founder O
and O
CEO O
of O
WildAid B-ORG
. O

Illegal O
and O
expensive O
, O
with O
no O
proven O
scientific O
benefits O
, O
the O
elite O
in O
China B-LOC
are O
falling O
for O
it O
. O

Some O
fishermen O
in O
Mexico O
are O
using O
gill O
nets O
, O
desperate O
to O
catch O
as O
many O
as O
possible O
. O

" O
We O
never O
expected O
the O
Totoaba B-MISC
demand O
would O
just O
rocket O
to O
the O
sky O
, O
" O
said O
Lorenzo B-PER
Rojas I-PER
Bracho I-PER
, O
head O
of O
Marine O
Mammal O
Conservation O
and O
Research O
for O
the O
National O
Institute O
of O
Ecology O
and O
Climate O
Change O
in O
Mexico B-LOC
. O

The O
CBS B-ORG
San B-LOC
Francisco I-LOC
crew O
met O
with O
Rojas B-PER
Bracho I-PER
in O
Ensenada B-LOC
, O
Mexico B-LOC
. O

For O
years O
he O
has O
been O
travelling O
to O
San B-LOC
Felipe I-LOC
on O
the O
Gulf O
of O
California B-LOC
to O
monitor O
efforts O
to O
save O
the O
Vaquita B-MISC
. O

In O
2015 O
, O
a O
complete O
ban O
on O
gill O
nets O
was O
enacted O
, O
but O
that O
law O
does O
not O
stop O
the O
money-hungry O
fish-capturing O
mafias O
. O

Their O
business O
is O
creating O
mass O
killings O
of O
both O
species O
. O

The O
Totoaba B-MISC
is O
on O
the O
endangered O
species O
list O
and O
the O
Vaquita B-MISC
is O
practically O
gone O
. O

Rojas B-PER
Bracho I-PER
recalls O
that O
in O
2011 O
there O
were O
600 O
Vaquitas B-MISC
. O

By O
2015 O
, O
the O
population O
was O
down O
to O
60 O
. O
Last O
year O
, O
there O
were O
only O
30 O
. O

This O
year O
, O
Bracho B-PER
says O
there O
are O
fewer O
than O
15 O
left O
in O
the O
world O
. O

" O
You O
have O
mafias O
or O
organized O
crime O
moving O
this O
product O
from O
Mexico B-LOC
to O
China B-LOC
entering O
the O
black O
market O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O
You O
have O
authorities O
bribes O
and O
all O
the O
ingredients O
of O
this O
kind O
of O
mass O
disease O
. O
" O

The O
illegal O
fishermen O
are O
now O
hunted O
by O
the O
Sea B-ORG
Shepherd I-ORG
, O
a O
non-profit O
group O
that O
patrols O
the O
often-hostile O
Gulf O
of O
California B-LOC
coastline O
. O

Meanwhile O
, O
Dr. O
Gulland B-PER
, O
Rojas B-PER
Bracho I-PER
, O
and O
a O
team O
of O
marine O
mammal O
scientists O
attempted O
a O
program O
dubbed O
" O
Vaquita O
CPR O
. O
" O
The O
idea O
was O
to O
bring O
a O
couple O
Vaquitas B-MISC
into O
specially O
made O
sea O
pens O
and O
hope O
they O
multiply O
. O

Using O
acoustics O
, O
scientists O
captured O
their O
first O
, O
a O
6-month-old O
Vaquita B-MISC
, O
last O
year O
. O

" O
She O
ran O
really O
fast O
around O
and O
did O
n't O
ever O
seem O
to O
settle O
down O
and O
appeared O
to O
be O
really O
agitated O
so O
that O
was O
the O
first O
animal O
first O
Vaquita B-MISC
ever O
caught O
, O
ever O
to O
be O
handled O
, O
" O
Gulland B-PER
said O
. O

But O
since O
she O
was O
too O
agitated O
, O
they O
released O
her O
. O

A O
second O
Vaquita B-MISC
captured O
stopped O
breathing O
in O
the O
sea O
pens O
, O
likely O
from O
the O
stress O
of O
capture O
. O

After O
three O
hours O
of O
attempting O
resuscitation O
, O
she O
died O
in O
the O
arms O
of O
those O
trying O
to O
save O
her O
. O

" O
That O
was O
one O
of O
the O
saddest O
moments O
. O

When O
they O
die O
it O
hurts O
. O
I O
do O
n't O
think O
I O
cried O
so O
much O
in O
my O
life O
, O
" O
said O
Rojas B-PER
Bracho I-PER
. O

The O
scientists O
agreed O
to O
end O
" O
Vaquita O
CPR O
" O
because O
they O
simply O
ca O
n't O
afford O
to O
lose O
another O
. O

Plus B-PER
, O
they O
say O
, O
stopping O
the O
demand O
for O
Totoabas B-MISC
is O
key O
to O
saving O
both O
species O
. O

U.S B-MISC
Fish O
and O
Wildlife O
agents O
have O
joined O
the O
enforcement O
effort O
. O

In O
one O
undercover O
operation O
, O
they O
seized O
241 O
swim O
bladders O
worth O
more O
than O
$ O
3.6 O
million O
from O
a O
house O
in O
Calexico B-LOC
. O

And O
a O
documentary O
with O
a O
famous O
Chinese B-MISC
pianist O
is O
airing O
across O
China B-LOC
, O
explaining O
their O
demise O
due O
to O
greed O
, O
to O
convince O
consumers O
not O
to O
buy O
them O
. O

Are O
scientists O
hopeful O
the O
Senorita O
of O
the O
sea O
will O
survive O
? O

" O
In O
my O
opinion O
it O
's O
really O
too O
little O
too O
late O
and O
we O
hope O
we O
learn O
some O
lessons O
for O
the O
future O
. O

I O
really O
fear O
the O
Vaquita O
will O
be O
a O
sad O
footnote O
on O
history O
of O
our O
failure O
to O
act O
and O
collaborate O
and O
cooperate O
soon O
enough O
to O
save O
the O
species O
, O
" O
said O
Peter B-PER
Knights I-PER
. O

And O
with O
every O
species O
lost O
Gulland B-PER
wants O
to O
remind O
us O
all O
 O
that O
means O
forever O
. O

" O
To O
me O
it O
's O
like O
lights O
around O
the O
world O
that O
gradually O
are O
going O
out O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O
" O
Every O
time O
we O
lose O
a O
species O
we O
are O
decreasing O
abundance O
and O
decreasing O
the O
beauty O
of O
life O
on O
Earth O
. O

It O
happens O
species O
by O
species O
but O
I O
hate O
to O
imagine O
a O
world O
100 O
years O
from O
now O
where O
people O
ca O
n't O
see O
these O
ranges O
of O
animals O
. O
" O

" O
Gaming O
disorder O
" O
recognized O
as O
a O
mental O
health O
condition O

GENEVA B-LOC
 O
Obsessive O
video O
gamers O
know O
how O
to O
anticipate O
dangers O
in O
virtual O
worlds O
. O

The O
World B-ORG
Health I-ORG
Organization I-ORG
says O
they O
now O
should O
be O
on O
guard O
for O
a O
danger O
in O
the O
real O
world O
: O
spending O
too O
much O
time O
playing O
. O

In O
its O
latest O
revision O
to O
a O
disease O
classification O
manual O
, O
the O
U.N. B-ORG
health I-ORG
agency I-ORG
said O
Monday O
that O
compulsively O
playing O
video O
games O
now O
qualifies O
as O
a O
mental O
health O
condition O
. O

The O
statement O
confirmed O
the O
fears O
of O
some O
parents O
but O
led O
critics O
to O
warn O
that O
it O
may O
risk O
stigmatizing O
too O
many O
young O
video O
players O
. O

WHO B-ORG
said O
classifying O
" O
gaming O
disorder O
" O
as O
a O
separate O
addiction O
will O
help O
governments O
, O
families O
and O
health O
care O
workers O
be O
more O
vigilant O
and O
prepared O
to O
identify O
the O
risks O
. O

The O
agency O
and O
other O
experts O
were O
quick O
to O
note O
that O
cases O
of O
the O
condition O
are O
still O
very O
rare O
, O
with O
no O
more O
than O
up O
to O
3 O
percent O
of O
all O
gamers O
believed O
to O
be O
affected O
. O

Dr. O
Shekhar B-PER
Saxena I-PER
, O
director O
of O
WHO B-ORG
's O
department O
for O
mental O
health O
and O
substance O
abuse O
, O
said O
the O
agency O
accepted O
the O
proposal O
that O
gaming O
disorder O
should O
be O
listed O
as O
a O
new O
problem O
based O
on O
scientific O
evidence O
, O
citing O
" O
the O
need O
and O
the O
demand O
for O
treatment O
in O
many O
parts O
of O
the O
world O
. O
" O

But O
Dr. O
Joan B-PER
Harvey I-PER
, O
a O
spokeswoman O
for O
the O
British B-ORG
Psychological I-ORG
Society I-ORG
, O
warned O
that O
the O
new O
designation O
might O
cause O
unnecessary O
concern O
among O
parents O
. O

" O
People O
need O
to O
understand O
this O
does O
n't O
mean O
every O
child O
who O
spends O
hours O
in O
their O
room O
playing O
games O
is O
an O
addict O
, O
otherwise O
medics O
are O
going O
to O
be O
flooded O
with O
requests O
for O
help O
, O
" O
she O
said O
. O

Others O
welcomed O
WHO B-ORG
's O
new O
classification O
, O
saying O
it O
was O
critical O
to O
identify O
people O
hooked O
on O
video O
games O
quickly O
because O
they O
are O
usually O
teenagers O
or O
young O
adults O
who O
do O
n't O
seek O
help O
themselves O
. O

" O
We O
come O
across O
parents O
who O
are O
distraught O
, O
not O
only O
because O
they O
're O
seeing O
their O
child O
drop O
out O
of O
school O
, O
but O
because O
they O
're O
seeing O
an O
entire O
family O
structure O
fall O
apart O
, O
" O
said O
Dr. O
Henrietta B-PER
Bowden-Jones I-PER
, O
a O
spokeswoman O
for O
behavioral O
addictions O
at O
Britain B-ORG
's I-ORG
Royal I-ORG
College I-ORG
of I-ORG
Psychiatrists I-ORG
. O

She O
was O
not O
connected O
to O
WHO B-ORG
's O
decision O
. O

Bowden-Jones B-PER
said O
gaming O
addictions O
were O
usually O
best O
treated O
with O
psychological O
therapies O
but O
that O
some O
medicines O
might O
also O
work O
. O

Cam B-PER
Adair I-PER
, O
founder O
of O
the O
website O
Game O
Quitters B-MISC
, O
says O
when O
he O
started O
gaming O
it O
was O
fine O
, O
but O
it O
ultimately O
led O
to O
him O
dropping O
out O
of O
high O
school O
. O

" O
I O
was O
pretending O
to O
have O
jobs O
playing O
video O
games O
up O
to O
16 O
hours O
a O
day O
and O
eventually O
I O
actually O
wrote O
a O
suicide O
note O
and O
that O
's O
when O
I O
realized O
that O
I O
need O
to O
make O
a O
change O
, O
" O
he O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O

Psychologist O
Michael B-PER
Fraser I-PER
says O
he O
's O
seen O
an O
increase O
in O
the O
number O
of O
patients O
in O
his O
practice O
seeking O
help O
for O
compulsive O
gaming O
. O

" O
There O
's O
a O
lot O
of O
arguing O
sometimes O
it O
escalates O
and O
gets O
physical O
where O
the O
parents O
have O
to O
pull O
the O
controller O
out O
of O
their O
kids O
' O
hands O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Fraser B-PER
also O
told O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
that O
excessive O
gaming O
can O
be O
a O
condition O
connected O
to O
other O
mental O
health O
issues O
. O

" O
They O
may O
be O
depressed O
. O
They O
may O
be O
anxious O
. O
They O
may O
be O
socially O
anxious O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O
" O

What O
these O
video O
games O
provide O
for O
these O
children O
is O
a O
social O
outlet O
where O
they O
do O
n't O
have O
to O
leave O
their O
house O
. O

They O
do O
n't O
have O
to O
run O
the O
risk O
of O
being O
bullied O
" O

The O
American B-ORG
Psychiatric I-ORG
Association I-ORG
has O
not O
yet O
deemed O
gaming O
disorder O
to O
be O
amental O
health O
problem O
. O

In O
a O
2013 O
statement O
, O
the O
association O
said O
it O
's O
" O
a O
condition O
warranting O
more O
clinical O
research O
and O
experience O
before O
it O
might O
be O
considered O
for O
inclusion O
" O
in O
its O
own O
diagnostic O
manual O
. O

The O
group O
noted O
that O
much O
of O
the O
scientific O
literature O
about O
compulsive O
gamers O
is O
based O
on O
evidence O
from O
young O
men O
in O
Asia B-MISC
. O

" O
The O
studies O
suggest O
that O
when O
these O
individuals O
are O
engrossed O
in O
Internet O
games O
, O
certain O
pathways O
in O
their O
brains O
are O
triggered O
in O
the O
same O
direct O
and O
intense O
way O
that O
a O
drug O
addict O
's O
brain O
is O
affected O
by O
a O
particular O
substance O
, O
" O
the O
association O
said O
in O
that O
statement O
. O
" O
The O
gaming O
prompts O
a O
neurological O
response O
that O
influences O
feelings O
of O
pleasure O
and O
reward O
, O
and O
the O
result O
, O
in O
the O
extreme O
, O
is O
manifested O
as O
addictive O
behavior O
. O
" O

Dr. O
Mark B-PER
Griffiths I-PER
, O
who O
has O
been O
researching O
the O
concept O
of O
video O
gaming O
disorder O
for O
30 O
years O
, O
said O
the O
new O
classification O
would O
help O
legitimize O
the O
problem O
and O
strengthen O
treatment O
strategies O
. O

" O
Video O
gaming O
is O
like O
a O
non-financial O
kind O
of O
gambling O
from O
a O
psychological O
point O
of O
view O
, O
" O
said O
Griffiths B-PER
, O
a O
distinguished O
professor O
of O
behavioral O
addiction O
at O
Nottingham B-ORG
Trent I-ORG
University I-ORG
. O
" O
Gamblers O
use O
money O
as O
a O
way O
of O
keeping O
score O
whereas O
gamers O
use O
points O
. O
" O

He O
guessed O
that O
the O
percentage O
of O
video O
game O
players O
with O
a O
compulsive O
problem O
was O
likely O
to O
be O
extremely O
small O
 O
much O
less O
than O
1 O
percent O
 O
and O
that O
many O
such O
people O
would O
likely O
have O
other O
underlying O
problems O
, O
like O
depression O
, O
bipolar O
disorder O
or O
autism O
. O

WHO B-ORG
's O
Saxena B-PER
, O
however O
, O
estimated O
that O
2 O
to O
3 O
percent O
of O
gamers O
might O
be O
affected O
. O

Griffiths B-PER
said O
playing O
video O
games O
, O
for O
the O
vast O
majority O
of O
people O
, O
is O
more O
about O
entertainment O
and O
novelty O
, O
citing O
the O
overwhelming O
popularity O
of O
games O
like O
" O
Pokemon B-MISC
Go I-MISC
. O
" O

" O
You O
have O
these O
short O
, O
obsessive O
bursts O
and O
yes O
, O
people O
are O
playing O
a O
lot O
, O
but O
it O
's O
not O
an O
addiction O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Saxena B-PER
said O
parents O
and O
friends O
of O
video O
game O
enthusiasts O
should O
still O
be O
mindful O
of O
a O
potentially O
harmful O
problem O
. O

" O
Be O
on O
the O
lookout O
, O
" O
he O
said O
, O
noting O
that O
concerns O
should O
be O
raised O
if O
the O
gaming O
habit O
appears O
to O
be O
taking O
over O
. O

" O
If O
( O
video O
games O
) O
are O
interfering O
with O
the O
expected O
functions O
of O
the O
person O
 O
whether O
it O
is O
studies O
, O
whether O
it O
's O
socialization O
, O
whether O
it O
's O
work O
 O
then O
you O
need O
to O
be O
cautious O
and O
perhaps O
seek O
help O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

" O
Scary O
" O
warming O
in O
the O
Arctic B-MISC
at O
unusual O
times O
and O
places O

WASHINGTON B-LOC
 O
Scientists O
are O
seeing O
surprising O
melting O
in O
Earth O
's O
polar O
regions O
at O
times O
they O
do O
n't O
expect O
, O
like O
winter O
, O
and O
in O
places O
they O
do O
n't O
expect O
, O
like O
eastern O
Antarctica B-MISC
. O

New O
studies O
and O
reports O
issued O
this O
week O
at O
a O
major O
Earth O
sciences O
conference O
paint O
one O
of O
the O
bleakest O
pictures O
yet O
of O
dramatic O
warming O
in O
the O
Arctic B-MISC
and O
Antarctica B-MISC
. O

Alaskan B-LOC
scientists O
described O
to O
The O
Associated B-ORG
Press I-ORG
Tuesday O
never-before-seen O
melting O
and O
odd O
winter O
problems O
, O
including O
permafrost O
that O
never O
refroze O
this O
past O
winter O
and O
wildlife O
die-offs O
. O

The O
National B-ORG
Oceanic I-ORG
and I-ORG
Atmospheric I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
Tuesday O
released O
its O
annual O
Arctic B-MISC
report O
card O
, O
detailing O
the O
second O
warmest O
year O
on O
record O
in O
the O
Arctic B-MISC
and O
problems O
, O
including O
record O
low O
winter O
sea O
ice O
in O
parts O
of O
the O
region O
, O
increased O
toxic O
algal O
blooms O
, O
which O
are O
normally O
a O
warm O
water O
phenomenon O
, O
and O
weather O
changes O
in O
the O
rest O
of O
the O
country O
attributable O
to O
what O
's O
happening O
in O
the O
far O
North O
. O

" O
The O
Arctic B-MISC
is O
experiencing O
the O
most O
unprecedented O
transition O
in O
human O
history O
, O
" O
report O
lead O
author O
Emily B-PER
Osborne I-PER
, O
chief O
of O
Arctic B-MISC
research O
for O
NOAA B-ORG
, O
said O
Tuesday O
. O

What O
's O
happening O
is O
a O
big O
deal O
, O
said O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Colorado I-ORG
environmental O
science O
program O
director O
Waleed B-PER
Abdalati I-PER
, O
NASA B-ORG
's O
former O
chief O
scientist O
who O
was O
not O
part O
of O
the O
NOAA B-ORG
report O
. O

" O
It O
's O
a O
new O
Arctic B-MISC
. O
We O
've O
gone O
from O
white O
to O
blue O
, O
" O
said O
Abdalati B-PER
, O
adding O
that O
he O
normally O
would O
n't O
use O
the O
word O
" O
scary O
" O
but O
it O
applies O
. O
That O
means O
other O
problems O
. O

" O
Continued O
warming O
of O
the O
Arctic O
atmosphere O
and O
ocean O
are O
driving O
broad O
change O
in O
the O
environmental O
system O
in O
predicted O
, O
and O
, O
also O
, O
unexpected O
ways O
, O
" O
the O
NOAA B-ORG
report O
said O
. O

One O
of O
the O
most O
noticeable O
problems O
was O
a O
record O
low O
sea O
ice O
in O
winter O
in O
the O
Bering B-LOC
Sea I-LOC
in O
2017 O
and O
2018 O
, O
scientists O
said O
. O

In O
February O
the O
Bering B-LOC
Sea I-LOC
" O
lost O
an O
area O
of O
ice O
the O
area O
of O
Idaho B-LOC
, O
" O
said O
Dartmouth B-ORG
College I-ORG
engineering O
professor O
Donald B-PER
Perovich I-PER
, O
a O
report O
card O
co-author O
. O

This O
is O
a O
problem O
because O
the O
oldest O
and O
thickest O
sea O
ice O
is O
down O
95 O
percent O
from O
30 O
years O
ago O
. O

In O
1985 O
, O
about O
one-sixth O
of O
Arctic B-MISC
sea O
ice O
was O
thick O
multi-year O
ice O
, O
now O
it O
is O
maybe O
one-hundredth O
, O
Perovich B-PER
said O
. O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Alaska I-ORG
Fairbanks I-ORG
marine O
mammal O
biologist O
Gay B-PER
Sheffield I-PER
not O
only O
studies O
the O
record O
low O
ice O
, O
but O
she O
lives O
it O
daily O
in O
Nome O
, O
far O
north O
on O
the O
Bering B-LOC
Sea I-LOC
. O

" O
I O
left O
Nome O
and O
we O
had O
open O
water O
in O
December O
, O
" O
Sheffield B-PER
said O
at O
the O
American B-MISC
Geophysical I-MISC
Union I-MISC
conference I-MISC
in O
Washington B-LOC
. O
" O
It O
's O
very O
much O
impacting O
us O
. O
" O

" O
Having O
this O
area O
ice O
free O
is O
having O
this O
massive O
environmental O
change O
, O
" O
Sheffield B-PER
said O
, O
adding O
there O
's O
been O
a O
" O
multi-species O
die O
off O
" O
of O
ocean O
life O
. O

She O
said O
that O
includes O
the O
first O
spring O
mass O
die O
off O
of O
seals O
along O
the O
Bering B-LOC
Strait I-LOC
. O

Ornithologist O
George B-PER
Divoky I-PER
who O
has O
been O
studying O
the O
black O
guillemots O
of O
Cooper B-LOC
Island I-LOC
for O
45 O
years O
noticed O
something O
different O
this O
year O
. O

In O
the O
past O
, O
225 O
nesting O
pairs O
of O
the O
seabirds O
would O
arrive O
at O
his O
island O
. O

This O
past O
winter O
it O
was O
down O
to O
85 O
pairs O
but O
only O
50 O
laid O
eggs O
and O
only O
25 O
had O
successful O
hatches O
. O

He O
blamed O
the O
lack O
of O
winter O
sea O
ice O
. O

" O
It O
looked O
like O
a O
ghost O
town O
, O
" O
Divoky B-PER
said O
. O

With O
overall O
melting O
, O
especially O
in O
the O
summer O
, O
herds O
of O
caribou O
and O
wild O
reindeer O
have O
dropped O
about O
55 O
percent O
 O
from O
4.7 O
million O
to O
2.1 O
million O
animals O
 O
because O
of O
the O
warming O
and O
the O
flies O
and O
parasites O
it O
brings O
, O
said O
report O
card O
co-author O
Howard B-PER
Epstein I-PER
of O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Virginia I-ORG
. O

University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Alaska I-ORG
Fairbanks I-ORG
researcher O
Vladimir B-PER
Romanovsky I-PER
said O
he O
was O
alarmed O
by O
what O
happened O
to O
the O
permafrost O
 O
ground O
that O
stays O
frozen O
years O
on O
end O
. O

This O
past O
year O
, O
Romanovsky B-PER
found O
25 O
spots O
that O
used O
to O
freeze O
in O
January O
, O
then O
February O
, O
but O
never O
froze O
this O
year O
. O

Because O
of O
warming O
, O
the O
Arctic B-MISC
is O
" O
seeing O
concentrations O
of O
algal O
toxins O
moving O
northward O
" O
infecting O
birds O
, O
mammals O
and O
shellfish O
to O
become O
a O
public O
health O
and O
economic O
problem O
, O
said O
report O
card O
co-author O
Karen B-PER
Frey I-PER
. O

The O
warmer O
Arctic B-MISC
and O
melting O
sea O
ice O
has O
been O
connected O
to O
shifts O
in O
the O
jet O
stream O
that O
have O
brought O
extreme O
winter O
storms O
in O
the O
East O
in O
the O
past O
year O
, O
Osborne B-PER
said O
. O
But O
it O
's O
not O
just O
the O
Arctic B-MISC
. O

NASA B-ORG
's O
newest O
space-based O
radar O
, O
Icesat O
2 O
, O
in O
its O
first O
couple O
of O
months O
has O
already O
found O
that O
the O
Dotson B-MISC
ice I-MISC
shelf I-MISC
in O
Antarctica B-MISC
has O
lost O
more O
than O
390 O
feet O
( O
120 O
meters O
) O
in O
thickness O
since O
2003 O
, O
said O
radar O
scientist O
Ben B-PER
Smith I-PER
of O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Washington I-ORG
. O

Another O
study O
released O
Monday O
by O
NASA B-ORG
found O
unusual O
melting O
in O
parts O
of O
East O
Antarctica B-MISC
, O
which O
scientists O
had O
generally O
thought O
was O
stable O
. O

Four O
glaciers O
at O
Vincennes B-LOC
Bay I-LOC
lost O
nine O
feet O
of O
ice O
thickness O
since O
2008 O
, O
said O
NASA B-ORG
scientists O
Catherine B-PER
Walker I-PER
and O
Alex B-PER
Gardner I-PER
. O

Loss O
of O
ice O
sheets O
in O
Antarctica B-MISC
could O
lead O
to O
massive O
rise O
in O
sea O
level O
. O

" O
We O
're O
starting O
to O
see O
change O
that O
's O
related O
to O
the O
ocean O
, O
" O
Gardner B-PER
said O
. O

" O
Believe O
it O
or O
not O
this O
is O
the O
first O
time O
we O
're O
seeing O
it O
in O
this O
place O
. O
" O

Facebook B-ORG
bans O
far-right O
Proud B-ORG
Boys I-ORG
, O
founder O
McInnes B-PER

Facebook B-ORG
said O
it O
is O
removing O
the O
controversial O
far-right O
group O
the O
Proud B-ORG
Boys I-ORG
and O
its O
founder O
, O
Gavin B-PER
McInnes I-PER
, O
from O
the O
social O
media O
service O
. O

The O
action O
comes O
after O
members O
of O
the O
Proud B-ORG
Boys I-ORG
were O
arrested O
earlier O
this O
month O
in O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City I-LOC
for O
participating O
in O
a O
brawl O
, O
appearing O
to O
yell O
slurs O
and O
expletives O
while O
kicking O
and O
punching O
several O
anti-fascist O
protesters O
who O
lay O
on O
the O
sidewalk O
, O
according O
to O
a O
video O
of O
the O
incident O
. O

The O
Proud B-ORG
Boys I-ORG
was O
founded O
in O
2016 O
by O
McInnes B-PER
, O
who O
had O
previously O
co-founded O
the O
media O
company O
Vice B-ORG
Media I-ORG
. O

They O
describe O
themselves O
as O
" O
Western O
chauvinists O
, O
" O
with O
the O
Southern B-ORG
Poverty I-ORG
Law I-ORG
Center I-ORG
noting O
they O
espouse O
anti-Muslim O
and O
misogynistic O
rhetoric O
. O

The O
SPLC B-ORG
designates O
them O
as O
a O
hate O
group. O

Facebook B-ORG
is O
under O
pressure O
to O
remove O
hate O
speech O
and O
misinformation O
, O
an O
effort O
that O
Facebook B-ORG
CEO O
Mark B-PER
Zuckerberg I-PER
has O
called O
" O
an O
arm O
's O
race O
. O

" O
The O
company O
's O
efforts O
led O
it O
to O
remove O
far-right O
extremist O
Alex B-PER
Jones I-PER
from O
its O
site O
in O
August O
. O

" O
Our O
team O
continues O
to O
study O
trends O
in O
organized O
hate O
and O
hate O
speech O
and O
works O
with O
partners O
to O
better O
understand O
hate O
organizations O
as O
they O
evolve O
, O
" O
Facebook B-ORG
said O
in O
a O
statement O
to O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
. O
" O
We O
ban O
these O
organizations O
and O
individuals O
from O
our O
platforms O
and O
also O
remove O
all O
praise O
and O
support O
when O
we O
become O
aware O
of O
it O
. O
" O

It O
added O
, O
" O
We O
will O
continue O
to O
review O
content O
, O
Pages O
, O
and O
people O
that O
violate O
our O
policies O
, O
take O
action O
against O
hate O
speech O
and O
hate O
organizations O
to O
help O
keep O
our O
community O
safe O
. O
" O

The O
Proud B-ORG
Boys I-ORG
main O
U.S. B-LOC
page O
and O
McInnes B-PER
personal O
page O
had O
been O
removed O
from O
Facebook B-ORG
, O
but O
some O
smaller O
pages O
linked O
to O
the O
group O
remained O
, O
CNET B-ORG
reported O
on O
Wednesday O
morning O
, O

" O
Firenado O
" O
seen O
in O
California B-LOC
wildfire O
is O
a O
scientific O
phenomenon O

Residents O
had O
little O
warning O
as O
a O
deadly O
blaze O
exploded O
overnight O
in O
Northern O
California B-LOC
-- O
leaping O
across O
the O
Sacramento B-LOC
River O
and O
hitting O
subdivisions O
in O
the O
city O
of O
Redding B-LOC
, O
south O
of O
the O
Oregon B-LOC
border O
. O

" O
They O
say O
it O
was O
like O
a O
'fire O
tornado O
, O
' O
" O
said O
Chris B-PER
Corona I-PER
, O
who O
lives O
in O
the O
area O
where O
the O
fire O
was O
burning O
. O
" O
People O
started O
driving O
on O
the O
curbs O
, O
through O
lawns O
, O
everyone O
was O
running O
. O
" O

" O
Fire O
tornadoes O
" O
are O
a O
real O
phenomenon O
. O

Intense O
fires O
can O
whip O
up O
towering O
spirals O
. O

" O
You O
've O
got O
a O
lot O
of O
heat O
being O
generated O
right O
now O
around O
this O
Carr O
Fire O
and O
it O
's O
all O
from O
the O
fire O
itself O
, O
but O
there O
's O
a O
second O
source O
, O
" O
said O
Lonnie B-PER
Quinn I-PER
, O
chief O
weathercaster O
for O
CBS B-ORG
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
. O

The O
ambient O
air O
temperature O
in O
the O
area O
was O
close O
to O
110 O
degrees O
, O
" O
so O
that O
air O
is O
super O
fast O
rising O
into O
the O
atmosphere O
, O
" O
Quinn B-PER
said O
. O

" O
You O
need O
to O
think O
of O
this O
as O
the O
air O
being O
a O
solid O
, O
and O
if O
you O
're O
taking O
a O
chunk O
of O
that O
air O
, O
superheating O
it O
and O
rising O
into O
the O
air O
, O
it O
's O
leaving O
a O
void O
below O
it O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

As O
more O
and O
more O
air O
gets O
pulled O
in O
, O
it O
begins O
to O
rotate O
. O

The O
more O
air O
that O
gets O
pulled O
in O
, O
the O
faster O
the O
air O
swirls O
and O
the O
taller O
it O
gets O
. O

" O
Firenados O
" O
also O
pick O
up O
burning O
embers O
, O
ash O
and O
flammable O
debris O
and O
extend O
hundreds O
or O
thousands O
of O
feet O
in O
the O
air O
. O
Those O
embers O
can O
then O
spread O
out O
, O
jumping O
fire O
lines O
and O
creating O
new O
fires O
away O
from O
the O
center O
, O

A O
typical O
" O
firenado O
" O
is O
only O
a O
few O
feet O
wide O
and O
100 O
feet O
tall O
but O
can O
easily O
grow O
up O
to O
10 O
times O
that O
size O
and O
have O
winds O
up O
to O
100 O
miles O
per O
hour O
. O

A O
helping O
hand O
for O
" O
confused O
" O
self-driving O
cars O

Before O
long O
we O
wo O
n't O
need O
someone O
behind O
the O
wheel O
, O
but O
as O
we O
've O
seen O
, O
the O
computers O
that O
will O
be O
driving O
us O
around O
are O
not O
always O
going O
to O
know O
what O
do O
to O
 O
like O
in O
a O
construction O
zone O
. O
When O
that O
happens O
, O
the O
car O
is O
going O
to O
need O
a O
little O
help O
, O
and O
one O
small O
California B-LOC
startup O
says O
it O
has O
the O
answer O
when O
the O
car O
needs O
to O
" O
phone O
a O
friend O
. O
" O

As O
correspondent O
Kris B-PER
Van I-PER
Cleave I-PER
was O
taken O
for O
a O
ride O
in O
a O
self-driving O
car O
, O
Ben B-PER
Shuckman I-PER
, O
a O
remote O
driver O
a O
few O
miles O
away O
in O
a O
Silicon B-LOC
Valley I-LOC
office O
, O
announced O
his O
presence O
: O
" O
Welcome O
everybody O
, O
my O
name O
is O
Ben B-PER
and O
I O
will O
be O
your O
Phantom O
remote O
operator O
for O
this O
drive O
: O
I O
'll O
be O
monitoring O
your O
vehicle O
remotely O
. O
" O

California B-LOC
is O
one O
of O
at O
least O
five O
states O
that O
now O
allows O
self-driving O
cars O
to O
be O
on O
the O
road O
without O
a O
safety O
driver O
, O
if O
they O
have O
a O
system O
in O
place O
for O
a O
human O
to O
take O
over O
remotely O
. O

If O
you O
're O
wondering O
why O
an O
autonomous O
vehicle O
might O
need O
somebody O
like O
Ben B-PER
: O
as O
self-driving O
technology O
advances O
-- O
we O
know O
that O
General O
Motors O
, O
for O
example O
, O
is O
going O
to O
build O
one O
without O
a O
steering O
wheel O
, O
gas O
pedals O
or O
brakes O
-- O
if O
there O
was O
a O
situation O
where O
the O
autonomous O
car O
had O
to O
stop O
and O
did O
n't O
know O
what O
to O
do O
, O
a O
passenger O
could O
n't O
do O
anything O
to O
help O
. O
They O
would O
need O
somebody O
to O
intervene O
remotely O
. O

Phantom B-ORG
Auto I-ORG
does O
n't O
build O
self-driving O
cars O
, O
but O
they O
're O
hoping O
their O
technology O
can O
come O
to O
the O
rescue O
of O
a O
" O
confused O
" O
autonomous O
vehicle O
. O
It O
uses O
cell O
phone O
signals O
and O
cameras O
already O
mounted O
to O
the O
vehicle O
, O
so O
a O
remote O
driver O
can O
take O
over O
in O
a O
situation O
where O
the O
car O
does O
n't O
know O
what O
to O
do O
 O
the O
ultimate O
backup O
. O

" O
Say O
you O
come O
to O
a O
construction O
site O
and O
you O
have O
a O
construction O
worker O
giving O
hand O
signals O
, O
" O
said O
Elliot B-PER
Katz I-PER
, O
co-founder O
of O
Phantom B-ORG
Auto I-ORG
. O
" O
So O
, O
the O
vehicle O
may O
approach O
that O
construction O
site O
and O
just O
completely O
be O
paralyzed O
. O

At O
that O
point O
the O
vehicle O
itself O
would O
ping O
a O
Phantom B-ORG
Auto I-ORG
remote O
operator O
, O
the O
remote O
operator O
would O
be O
able O
to O
drive O
you O
through O
the O
construction O
site O
in O
the O
same O
way O
you O
could O
drive O
through O
a O
construction O
site O
today O
. O
" O

Phantom B-ORG
Auto I-ORG
sees O
its O
service O
working O
a O
bit O
like O
On-Star O
, O
a O
remote O
help O
desk O
reachable O
automatically O
or O
with O
the O
touch O
of O
a O
button O
by O
passengers O
, O
where O
one O
person O
could O
be O
the O
backup O
driver O
for O
multiple O
vehicles O
, O
leaving O
the O
backup O
for O
the O
self-driving O
car O
firmly O
in O
the O
hands O
of O
a O
human O
. O

Waymo B-ORG
, O
the O
self-driving O
company O
owned O
by O
Google B-ORG
's O
parent O
alphabet O
, O
is O
developing O
its O
own O
assist O
technology O
. O

Nissan O
is O
working O
on O
a O
system O
where O
the O
autonomous O
vehicle O
would O
stop O
and O
wait O
for O
a O
remote O
user O
to O
draw O
it O
a O
map O
around O
an O
obstacle O
. O

Phantom B-ORG
's O
technology O
allows O
the O
passenger O
and O
remote O
driver O
to O
see O
and O
talk O
to O
each O
other O
. O

Van B-PER
Cleave I-PER
asked O
Shuckman B-PER
what O
it O
's O
like O
to O
drive O
a O
car O
from O
very O
far O
away O
. O

The O
remote O
drive O
replied O
, O
" O
go O
through O
a O
very O
strict O
training O
procedure O
in O
order O
to O
learn O
how O
to O
operate O
something O
completely O
new O
. O
" O

When O
asked O
about O
the O
possibility O
of O
a O
self-driving O
car O
being O
hacked O
, O
Katz B-PER
said O
, O
" O
We O
have O
a O
system O
in O
place O
where O
our O
architecture O
can O
fit O
into O
the O
vehicle O
in O
a O
way O
where O
we O
can O
override O
a O
malicious O
hacker O
. O
" O

Federal O
regulations O
regarding O
self-driving O
vehicles O
are O
stalled O
in O
Congress O
, O
leaving O
oversight O
largely O
to O
the O
states O
; O
some O
are O
stricter O
than O
others O
. O

The O
self-driving O
Uber B-ORG
crash O
which O
killed O
a O
pedestrian O
in O
Arizona B-LOC
has O
prompted O
states O
to O
take O
a O
second O
look O
at O
their O
regulations O
, O
as O
the O
technology O
is O
not O
yet O
fool-proof O
. O

Katz B-PER
said O
, O
" O
We O
can O
bridge O
the O
technological O
gap O
from O
99 O
percent O
to O
100 O
percent O
by O
keeping O
a O
human O
in O
the O
loop O
. O
" O

" O
Even O
after O
the O
Uber B-ORG
crash O
, O
you O
think O
the O
technology O
is O
98 O
, O
99 O
percent O
there O
? O
" O

" O
The O
last O
one O
or O
two O
percent O
is O
a O
really O
, O
really O
difficult O
piece O
of O
the O
puzzle O
to O
solve O
. O
So O
, O
it O
could O
be O
years O
until O
the O
technology O
is O
at O
100 O
percent O
. O
" O

Al B-PER
Gore I-PER
says O
Trump B-ORG
administration I-ORG
seeks O
to O
" O
bury O
" O
climate O
report O
by O
releasing O
it O
on O
Black B-MISC
Friday I-MISC

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
-- O
Environmental O
groups O
and O
activists O
blasted O
the O
White B-LOC
House I-LOC
this O
week O
, O
saying O
it O
was O
trying O
to O
" O
bury O
" O
a O
long-awaited O
government O
report O
on O
climate O
change O
by O
releasing O
it O
on O
Black B-MISC
Friday I-MISC
, O
the O
day O
after O
Thanksgiving B-MISC
. O

Among O
those O
who O
spoke O
out O
was O
former O
Vice O
President O
Al B-PER
Gore I-PER
, O
who O
became O
the O
face O
of O
the O
climate O
debate O
with O
the O
2006 O
documentary O
" O
An O
Inconvenient O
Truth O
. O
" O

" O
Unbelievably O
deadly O
and O
tragic O
wildfires O
rage O
in O
the O
west O
, O
hurricanes O
batter O
our O
coasts O
 O
and O
the O
Trump B-ORG
administration I-ORG
chooses O
the O
Friday O
after O
Thanksgiving O
to O
try O
and O
bury O
this O
critical O
U.S. B-LOC
assessment O
of O
the O
climate O
crisis O
, O
" O
Gore B-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
Friday O
. O
" O
The O
President O
may O
try O
to O
hide O
the O
truth O
, O
but O
his O
own O
scientists O
and O
experts O
have O
made O
it O
as O
stark O
and O
clear O
as O
possible O
. O
" O

The O
National B-ORG
Climate I-ORG
Assessment I-ORG
, O
which O
is O
mandated O
by O
law O
, O
was O
written O
by O
outside O
scientists O
and O
officials O
from O
13 O
federal O
agencies O
. O

It O
says O
Earth O
's O
climate O
is O
now O
changing O
faster O
than O
ever O
, O
primarily O
as O
a O
result O
of O
human O
activities O
. O
It O
also O
warns O
that O
extreme O
weather O
and O
climate-related O
events O
, O
like O
wildfires O
and O
hurricanes O
, O
are O
worsening O
in O
the O
U.S. B-LOC

My O
statement O
on O
the O
National B-ORG
Climate I-ORG
Assessment I-ORG
released O
today O
. O

Releasing O
information O
on O
a O
Friday O
afternoon O
or O
around O
a O
holiday O
is O
widely O
seen O
as O
a O
way O
to O
minimize O
the O
amount O
of O
attention O
it O
might O
get O
. O

The O
report O
was O
long O
scheduled O
for O
release O
in O
December O
, O
but O
the O
National B-ORG
Oceanic I-ORG
and I-ORG
Atmospheric I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
announced O
on O
Wednesday O
-- O
the O
eve O
of O
the O
Thanksgiving B-MISC
holiday O
-- O
that O
it O
would O
be O
released O
on O
Black B-MISC
Friday I-MISC
, O
widely O
regarded O
as O
the O
beginning O
of O
the O
Christmas B-MISC
shopping O
season O
. O

It O
was O
unclear O
why O
the O
date O
was O
moved O
up O
. O

" O
It O
's O
an O
absolute O
disgrace O
to O
bury O
the O
truth O
about O
climate O
impacts O
in O
a O
year O
that O
saw O
hundreds O
of O
Americans O
die O
during O
devastating O
climate-fueled O
megafires O
, O
hurricanes O
, O
floods O
, O
and O
algal O
blooms O
, O
" O
Natonal B-ORG
Wildlife I-ORG
Federation I-ORG
president O
and O
CEO O
Collin B-PER
O'Mara I-PER
said O
in O
a O
statement O
. O

Study O
co-author O
Andrew B-PER
Light I-PER
, O
an O
international O
policy O
expert O
at O
the O
World B-ORG
Resources I-ORG
Institute I-ORG
, O
told O
The O
Associated O
Press O
that O
releasing O
the O
report O
on O
Black O
Friday O
" O
is O
a O
transparent O
attempt O
by O
the O
Trump B-ORG
Administration I-ORG
to O
bury O
this O
report O
and O
continue O
the O
campaign O
of O
not O
only O
denying O
but O
suppressing O
the O
best O
of O
climate O
science O
. O
" O

Deputy O
weather O
editor O
Angela B-PER
Fritz I-PER
of O
The O
Washington B-ORG
Post I-ORG
, O
David B-PER
Doniger I-PER
, O
senior O
climate O
policy O
director O
at O
the O
Natural B-ORG
Resources I-ORG
Defense I-ORG
Council I-ORG
, O
and O
environmental O
social O
scientist O
Philip B-PER
Loring I-PER
were O
also O
critical O
of O
the O
report O
's O
timing O
. O

The O
report O
is O
the O
second O
volume O
of O
the O
Fourth B-ORG
National I-ORG
Climate I-ORG
Assessment I-ORG
or O
NCA4 O
, O
which O
NOAA B-ORG
said O
is O
designed O
to O
be O
" O
an O
authoritative O
assessment O
of O
the O
impacts O
of O
climate O
change O
on O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
and O
its O
territories O
, O
and O
was O
written O
to O
help O
decision-makers O
, O
utility O
and O
resource O
managers O
, O
public O
health O
officials O
, O
emergency O
planners O
, O
and O
other O
stakeholders O
better O
understand O
the O
effects O
of O
climate O
change O
on O
the O
United O
States O
. O
" O

Volume O
I O
of O
the O
assessment O
, O
which O
concluded O
that O
it O
was O
" O
extremely O
likely O
" O
that O
climate O
change O
has O
been O
caused O
by O
humans O
, O
was O
released O
last O
November O
. O

The O
newly O
released O
report O
frequently O
contradicts O
President O
Donald B-PER
Trump B-PER
. O

The O
Trump B-ORG
administration I-ORG
and O
many O
elected O
Republicans O
have O
frequently O
said O
they O
ca O
n't O
tell O
how O
much O
of O
climate O
change O
is O
caused O
by O
humans O
and O
how O
much O
is O
natural O
. O

Mr. O
Trump B-PER
announced O
last O
year O
his O
intention O
to O
withdraw O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
from O
the O
landmark O
Paris B-LOC
climate O
agreement O
, O
which O
requires O
countries O
to O
establish O
ambitious O
targets O
to O
reduce O
the O
greenhouse O
gasses O
that O
cause O
global O
warming O
. O

Last O
month O
on O
" O
60 O
Minutes O
, O
" O
Lesley B-PER
Stahl I-PER
asked O
Mr. O
Trump B-PER
if O
he O
still O
thought O
climate O
change O
was O
a O
hoax O
, O
as O
he O
asserted O
in O
2012 O
. O

" O
I O
think O
something O
's O
happening O
. O

Something O
's O
changing O
and O
it O
'll O
change O
back O
again O
, O
" O
Mr. O
Trump B-PER
told O
Stahl B-PER
. O
" O
I O
do O
n't O
think O
it O
's O
a O
hoax O
. O

I O
think O
there O
's O
probably O
a O
difference O
. O
But O
I O
do O
n't O
know O
that O
it O
's O
manmade O
, O
" O
Mr. O
Trump B-PER
said O
. O

" O
I O
will O
say O
this O
: O
I O
do O
n't O
want O
to O
give O
trillions O
and O
trillions O
of O
dollars O
. O
I O
do O
n't O
want O
to O
lose O
millions O
and O
millions O
of O
jobs O
. O
" O

As O
millions O
of O
Americans O
braced O
for O
record-breaking O
cold O
temperatures O
on O
Thanksgiving B-MISC
, O
the O
president O
tweeted O
: O
" O
Brutal O
and O
Extended O
Cold O
Blast O
could O
shatter O
ALL O
RECORDS O
- O
Whatever O
happened O
to O
Global O
Warming O
? O
" O

Brutal O
and O
Extended O
Cold O
Blast O
could O
shatter O
ALL O
RECORDS O
- O
Whatever O
happened O
to O
Global O
Warming O
? O

Boy O
missing O
part O
of O
his O
arm O
gets O
3-D O
printed O
" O
upgrade O
" O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
-- O
A O
third O
grader O
from O
New B-LOC
York I-LOC
City I-LOC
is O
finally O
able O
to O
shake O
hands O
thanks O
to O
his O
new O
prosthetic O
arm O
made O
entirely O
with O
a O
3-D O
printer O
. O

Just O
a O
few O
weeks O
after O
9-year-old O
Jeremy B-PER
Seacott I-PER
of O
Staten B-LOC
Island I-LOC
got O
his O
first O
prosthetic O
arm O
he O
's O
mastering O
the O
little O
things O
like O
picking O
something O
up O
off O
a O
table O
. O

" O
Just O
doing O
things O
that O
we O
take O
for O
granted O
I O
think O
was O
really O
cool O
, O
" O
Jeremy B-PER
's O
mother O
Janet O
told O
CBS B-ORG
New I-ORG
York I-ORG
. O

Jeremy B-PER
was O
born O
missing O
part O
of O
his O
right O
arm O
. O

While O
he O
has O
no O
trouble O
showing O
off O
his O
favorite O
dance O
moves O
without O
it O
, O
he O
says O
the O
new O
addition O
has O
made O
life O
a O
little O
better O
. O

" O
I O
feel O
like O
I O
just O
got O
an O
upgrade O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

The O
upgrade O
came O
courtesy O
of O
Michael B-ORG
Perina I-ORG
. O
He O
owns O
Assembly O
3-D O
Printing O
on O
Staten B-LOC
Island I-LOC
and O
partnered O
with O
e-Nable B-ORG
, O
an O
organization O
which O
connects O
volunteers O
using O
3-D O
printers O
with O
people O
who O
need O
prostheses O
and O
provides O
the O
blueprints O
for O
making O
them O
. O

" O
It O
's O
my O
favorite O
project O
that O
I O
've O
ever O
done O
, O
" O
Perina B-PER
said O
. O

Printing O
out O
all O
of O
the O
parts O
for O
Jeremy B-PER
's O
new O
arm O
took O
about O
20 O
hours O
. O

The O
third O
grader O
ended O
up O
with O
not O
one O
but O
two O
of O
them O
, O
one O
of O
which O
was O
custom O
painted O
to O
match O
his O
skin O
tone O
. O

The O
other O
is O
modeled O
after O
his O
favorite O
Transformers O
character O
-- O
Optimus O
Prime O
. O

The O
prostheses O
were O
provided O
free O
of O
charge O
, O
and O
Perina B-PER
says O
more O
will O
soon O
be O
in O
the O
works O
. O

" O
It O
's O
wonderful O
that O
he O
has O
such O
an O
amazing O
heart O
and O
is O
able O
to O
do O
this O
and O
able O
to O
help O
other O
people O
, O
" O
Janet B-PER
said O
. O

" O
Secret O
Sister O
" O
gift O
exchange O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
returns O
 O
and O
it O
's O
a O
scam O

NEW B-LOC
YORK I-LOC
 O
A O
gift O
exchange O
circulating O
again O
on O
social O
media O
asks O
users O
to O
send O
one O
gift O
valued O
at O
$ O
10 O
or O
more O
to O
their O
" O
Secret O
Sister O
, O
" O
promising O
up O
to O
36 O
presents O
in O
return O
. O

It O
seems O
like O
a O
great O
way O
to O
spread O
the O
holiday O
cheer O
, O
but O
it O
's O
not O
. O
It O
's O
a O
scam O
. O

" O
Anyone O
want O
to O
join O
in O
on O
this O
fun O
? O
" O
one O
version O
of O
the O
post O
reads O
. O
" O
You O
have O
to O
buy O
one O
gift O
valued O
of O
at O
least O
$ O
10 O
and O
send O
it O
to O
your O
secret O
sis O
. O

( O
Hello O
, O
Amazon B-ORG
! O
) O
you O
will O
then O
receive O
6-36 O
gifts O
in O
return O
. O
" O

The O
post O
, O
obtained O
by O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
, O
encouraged O
users O
to O
comment O
, O
" O
I O
'm O
In O
, O
" O
for O
more O
information O
; O
but O
doing O
so O
could O
lead O
to O
disappointment O
when O
participants O
receive O
very O
few O
or O
no O
presents O
in O
return O
for O
their O
efforts O
. O

The O
scam O
, O
which O
became O
popular O
in O
late O
2015 O
, O
is O
a O
pyramid O
scheme O
posing O
as O
holiday O
fun O
. O

The O
U.S. B-MISC
Postal I-MISC
Inspection I-MISC
Service I-MISC
( O
USPIS B-MISC
) O
explained O
the O
scam O
in O
a O
2015 O
post O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
. O

" O
The O
people O
at O
the O
top O
of O
the O
'pyramid O
' O
benefit O
most O
 O
and O
might O
actually O
receive O
the O
items O
promised O
, O
" O
the O
USPIS B-MISC
wrote O
. O
" O
However O
, O
for O
everyone O
to O
receive O
what O
they O
've O
been O
promised O
, O
each O
layer O
of O
the O
pyramid O
must O
attract O
new O
recruits O
. O
It O
's O
mathematically O
impossible O
to O
sustain O
. O
" O

More O
on O
the O
" O
Secret O
Sister O
" O
Deal O
on O
Facebook B-ORG

Several O
of O
you O
have O
reached O
out O
to O
ask O
questions O
about O
the O
legality O
of O
... O

It O
's O
also O
illegal O
, O
according O
to O
the O
Better B-ORG
Business I-ORG
Bureau I-ORG
( O
BBB B-ORG
) O
. O

" O
The O
U.S. B-MISC
Postal I-MISC
Inspection I-MISC
Services I-MISC
says O
thatgift O
exchanges O
are O
illegal O
gambling O
and O
that O
participants O
could O
be O
subject O
to O
penalties O
for O
mail O
fraud O
, O
" O
the O
BBB B-ORG
wrote O
. O
" O
Pyramid O
schemes O
are O
illegal O
, O
either O
by O
mail O
or O
on O
social O
media O
, O
if O
money O
or O
other O
items O
of O
value O
are O
requested O
with O
assurance O
of O
a O
sizeable O
return O
for O
those O
who O
participate O
. O
" O

Its O
back O
: O
the O
Secret O
Sister O
on O
Facebook B-ORG
. O

This O
article O
from O
the O
Better B-ORG
Business I-ORG
Bureau I-ORG
in O
2016 O
explains O
why O
you O
... O

Police O
are O
also O
warning O
of O
the O
scam O
, O
including O
the O
Wauwatosa B-LOC
, O
Wisconsin B-LOC
, O
Police O
Department O
telling O
its O
Facebook B-ORG
followers O
to O
" O
ignore O
" O
the O
exchange O
. O

What O
seems O
like O
a O
fun O
way O
to O
gift-give O
during O
the O
holidays O
may O
leave O
participants O
out O
at O
least O
$ O
10 O
 O
and O
provide O
scammers O
with O
your O
home O
address O
, O
leading O
to O
more O
trouble O
down O
the O
road O
. O

Apple B-ORG
: O
Tariffs O
could O
hike O
prices O
for O
Apple B-MISC
Watch I-MISC
, O
AirPods B-MISC

Apple B-ORG
has O
pushed O
back O
against O
President O
Donald B-PER
Trump I-PER
's O
proposed O
tariffs O
, O
arguing O
that O
additional O
penalties O
on O
$ O
267 O
billion O
worth O
of O
Chinese B-MISC
imports O
are O
likely O
to O
make O
a O
whole O
bevy O
of O
Apple B-ORG
products O
more O
expensive O
. O

The O
list O
, O
which O
the O
company O
recently O
released O
in O
a O
public O
letter O
to O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
Trade O
Representative O
, O
includes O
AirPods B-MISC
, O
the O
company O
's O
wireless O
earbuds O
; O
the O
Apple B-MISC
Watch I-MISC
; O
the O
Mac B-MISC
Mini I-MISC
and O
various O
chargers O
and O
cables O
. O

The O
list O
also O
includes O
components O
that O
can O
be O
found O
in O
Apple B-ORG
computers O
, O
such O
as O
electrical O
connectors O
, O
circuit O
boards O
, O
graphics O
cards O
and O
laptop O
trackpads O
. O

Shares O
of O
the O
company O
's O
Chinese B-MISC
suppliers O
, O
including O
Luxshare O
Precision O
, O
Shenzhen B-LOC
Sunway B-ORG
Communication I-ORG
and O
Suzhou B-LOC
Dongshan B-ORG
Precision I-ORG
Manufacturing O
, O
fell O
by O
10 O
percent O
, O
Reuters B-ORG
reported O
. O

Intel O
has O
also O
vocally O
opposed O
new O
tariffs O
, O
calling O
them O
a O
" O
game O
changer O
for O
the O
American B-MISC
consumer O
" O
on O
Monday O
. O

Mr. O
Trump B-PER
tweeted O
that O
Apple B-ORG
should O
simply O
make O
their O
products O
in O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
. O
" O
Start O
building O
new O
plants O
now O
. O
Exciting O
! O
" O
he O
said O
. O

But O
it O
's O
not O
quite O
that O
simple O
, O
argued O
Russell B-PER
Hancock I-PER
, O
president O
and O
CEO O
at O
Joint O
Venture O
Silicon B-LOC
Valley I-LOC
. O

" O
The O
fact O
is O
, O
if O
you O
were O
to O
manufacture O
any O
of O
these O
things O
in O
the O
United B-LOC
States I-LOC
, O
it O
would O
be O
dramatically O
more O
costly O
, O
" O
he O
said O
, O
citing O
significantly O
higher O
labor O
costs O
in O
America B-LOC
. O

CNBC B-ORG
reported O
that O
manufacturing O
in O
the O
U.S. B-LOC
would O
hike O
the O
price O
of O
Apple B-ORG
's O
products O
by O
20 O
percent O
. O

" O
You O
would O
be O
surprised O
how O
integrated O
the O
global O
econ O
is O
. O

It O
's O
hard O
to O
say O
there O
are O
any O
truly O
American B-MISC
' O
products O
, O
" O
Hancock B-PER
added O
. O

Companies O
use O
VR B-MISC
to O
train O
employees O
for O
hostage O
situations O
, O
robberies O

Virtual O
reality O
is O
often O
associated O
with O
video O
games O
. O
But O
well-known O
companies O
are O
now O
using O
it O
as O
a O
tool O
to O
train O
for O
potentially O
dangerous O
situations O
. O
Major O
companies O
like O
Walmart B-ORG
, O
Chipotle B-ORG
and O
Verizon B-ORG
are O
using O
VR O
to O
prepare O
employees O
for O
what O
they O
could O
see O
on O
the O
job O
. O

Verizon B-ORG
has O
more O
than O
1,600 O
stores O
across O
the O
country O
where O
front-line O
employees O
help O
people O
get O
connected O
and O
buy O
the O
latest O
gadgets O
to O
do O
so O
. O

But O
the O
harsh O
reality O
is O
that O
those O
hot-ticket O
items O
make O
them O
a O
target O
for O
armed O
robberies O
, O
a O
dangerous O
scenario O
that O
could O
be O
difficult O
to O
imagine O
 O
until O
now O
. O

In O
one O
digital O
scenario O
, O
two O
gunmen O
strike O
as O
the O
store O
opens O
, O
taking O
one O
employee O
hostage O
and O
going O
straight O
for O
the O
safe O
. O

It O
was O
only O
a O
simulation O
, O
but O
as O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
correspondent O
Tony B-PER
Dokoupil I-PER
learned O
firsthand O
at O
a O
Verizon B-ORG
training O
site O
outside O
Washington B-LOC
, O
D.C. B-LOC
, O
the O
fear O
was O
all O
too O
real O
. O

" O
VR B-MISC
takes O
your O
brain O
elsewhere O
, O
so O
I O
am O
standing O
here O
in O
a O
classroom O
and O
my O
brain O
thinks O
I O
'm O
on O
a O
factory O
floor O
, O
on O
an O
airplane O
tarmac O
, O
in O
a O
Verizon B-ORG
store O
. O
So O
it O
's O
basically O
like O
visualization O
on O
steroids O
, O
" O
said O
Derek B-PER
Belch I-PER
, O
the O
founder O
of O
Strivr B-ORG
, O
which O
builds O
virtual O
experiences O
as O
a O
training O
tool O
first O
for O
football O
teams O
and O
now O
for O
a O
growing O
number O
of O
major O
companies O
. O

Walmart B-ORG
's O
program O
lets O
sales O
associates O
" O
feel O
" O
the O
holiday O
rush O
. O
JetBlue B-ORG
technicians O
can O
" O
inspect O
an O
airplane O
" O
before O
takeoff O
. O
This O
year O
, O
Verizon B-PER
plans O
to O
send O
15,000 O
front-line O
workers O
through O
a O
program O
aimed O
to O
put O
everyone O
at O
the O
wrong O
end O
of O
a O
gun O
. O

Michael B-PER
Mason I-PER
, O
chief O
security O
officer O
at O
Verizon B-ORG
, O
said O
that O
while O
Verizon B-PER
sees O
fewer O
than O
50 O
armed O
robberies O
a O
year O
, O
one O
in O
Springfield O
, O
Ohio O
, O
caught O
on O
surveillance O
tape O
, O
is O
enough O
to O
make O
the O
training O
worth O
it O
. O

" O
I O
would O
not O
call O
it O
a O
minor O
problem O
. O
Any O
time O
you O
get O
a O
gun O
stuck O
in O
your O
face O
, O
or O
a O
knife O
stuck O
in O
your O
face O
that O
is O
a O
serious O
problem O
, O
" O
said O
Mason B-PER
. O

The O
training O
features O
three O
virtual O
reality O
experiences O
: O
an O
armed O
robbery O
at O
store O
opening O
, O
an O
armed O
robbery O
at O
closing O
, O
and O
a O
smash-and-grab O
job O
during O
store O
hours O
. O
Throughout O
the O
ordeal O
, O
employees O
answer O
questions O
about O
what O
to O
do O
in O
real-time O
then O
discuss O
as O
a O
group O
. O

" O
It O
was O
emotional O
. O
It O
was O
traumatic O
in O
a O
lot O
of O
ways O
. O
It O
was O
raw O
. O
It O
was O
an O
awakening O
of O
what O
more O
I O
can O
be O
doing O
in O
my O
role O
to O
take O
that O
education O
piece O
and O
what O
happens O
day-to-day O
back O
to O
my O
team O
, O
" O
said O
Urooj B-PER
Khalid I-PER
, O
who O
manages O
a O
Verizon B-ORG
store I-ORG
in O
Reston B-LOC
, O
Virginia B-LOC
. O

Verizon B-ORG
's O
security O
chief O
said O
the O
goal O
is O
n't O
to O
protect O
the O
inventory O
, O
but O
to O
protect O
the O
employees O
. O
They O
have O
a O
reason O
for O
telling O
this O
story O
publicly O
: O
it O
's O
to O
send O
a O
message O
to O
any O
would-be O
thieves O
that O
these O
employees O
are O
prepared O
. O

FBI B-ORG
to O
Americans O
: O
Reboot O
your O
routers O
, O
right O
now O

The O
same O
group O
that O
hacked O
the O
Democratic B-ORG
National I-ORG
Committee I-ORG
ahead O
of O
the O
2016 O
presidential O
election O
is O
now O
taking O
aim O
at O
the O
internet O
routers O
of O
everyday O
Americans B-MISC
, O
and O
the O
FBI B-ORG
put O
out O
an O
urgent O
message O
on O
Friday O
in O
the O
hopes O
of O
stopping O
it O
. O

The O
instructions O
are O
fairly O
simple O
: O
switch O
your O
router O
off O
, O
then O
turn O
it O
back O
on O
. O

While O
a O
reboot O
is O
simple O
enough O
, O
the O
problem O
at O
hand O
is O
not O
. O

The O
U.S. B-LOC
Department O
of O
Justice O
points O
the O
finger O
at O
the O
so-called O
Sofacy B-ORG
Group I-ORG
, O
also O
known O
as O
A.P.T B-PER
28 I-PER
and O
Fancy B-PER
Bear I-PER
-- O
hackers O
who O
operate O
under O
the O
guidance O
of O
Russia B-LOC
's O
military O
intelligence O
agency O
. O

This O
time O
around O
, O
its O
VPNFilter B-MISC
malware O
has O
already O
taken O
hold O
of O
hundreds O
of O
thousands O
of O
home O
and O
office O
routers O
globally O
. O

Now O
, O
U.S. B-LOC
intelligence O
officials O
believe O
the O
Russia-linked O
malware O
poses O
a O
threat O
to O
American B-MISC
internet O
users O
in O
a O
number O
of O
concerning O
ways O
. O

That O
means O
the O
malware O
would O
be O
able O
to O
steal O
logins O
and O
passwords O
, O
and O
monitor O
industrial O
control O
systems O
, O
CNET B-ORG
reported O
. O

Unfortunately O
, O
there O
's O
no O
easy O
way O
to O
tell O
if O
your O
router O
has O
been O
compromised O
by O
VPNFilter O
, O
according O
to O
CNET B-ORG
. O
Some O
models O
from O
Linksys B-MISC
, O
Mikrotik B-MISC
, O
Netgear B-MISC
, O
QNAP B-MISC
and O
TP-Link B-MISC
-- O
mostly O
older O
ones O
-- O
may O
be O
affected O
. O

What O
's O
more O
, O
the O
FBI B-ORG
notes O
that O
it O
's O
difficult O
to O
detect O
and O
analyze O
the O
malware O
's O
network O
activity O
, O
thanks O
to O
" O
its O
use O
of O
encryption O
and O
misattributable O
networks O
. O
" O

The O
U.S. B-LOC
government O
says O
it O
has O
seized O
a O
critical O
web O
domain O
, O
called O
toknowall.com B-ORG
, O
which O
the O
Russian B-MISC
hackers O
were O
using O
to O
disseminate O
the O
malware O
. O

So O
, O
now O
, O
when O
you O
reboot O
your O
router O
, O
it O
throws O
a O
kink O
in O
their O
system O
, O
essentially O
destroying O
the O
part O
of O
the O
malware O
that O
allows O
hackers O
to O
spy O
on O
your O
activities O
. O

The O
install O
package O
, O
on O
the O
other O
hand O
, O
will O
be O
left O
intact O
. O
After O
a O
reboot O
, O
when O
that O
package O
attempts O
to O
download O
the O
other O
nasty O
parts O
of O
the O
malware O
, O
the O
FBI B-LOC
will O
be O
able O
to O
trace O
it O
. O

Rebooting O
is O
a O
pretty O
easy O
process O
, O
usually O
requiring O
little O
more O
than O
holding O
down O
a O
reset O
button O
on O
the O
router O
, O
CNET B-ORG
explains O
. O

But O
some O
security O
experts O
advise O
that O
a O
factory-reset O
is O
the O
only O
sure-fire O
way O
to O
purge O
VPNFilter O
from O
a O
router O
. O
Once O
that O
's O
done O
, O
you O
'll O
have O
to O
reconfigure O
all O
your O
network O
settings O
. O
Check O
your O
model O
's O
instruction O
manual O
for O
help O
with O
both O
steps O
. O

Linksys B-PER
also O
recommends O
changing O
the O
default O
password O
. O

Factors O
contributing O
to O
California B-LOC
's O
explosive O
and O
deadly O
wildfire O
season O

By O
now O
fire O
season O
in O
California B-LOC
should O
be O
wrapping O
up O
. O
Instead O
there O
are O
more O
than O
a O
dozen O
fires O
burning O
across O
California B-LOC
currently O
. O

But O
why O
are O
such O
volatile O
wildfires O
persisting O
past O
typical O
fire O
season O
, O
into O
mid-November O
? O

There O
are O
many O
answers O
, O
involving O
both O
current O
weather O
and O
longer O
term O
climate O
shifts O
. O

Right O
now O
a O
combination O
of O
dry O
ground O
, O
low O
relatively O
humidity O
and O
gusty O
winds O
from O
the O
mountains O
are O
making O
conditions O
ripe O
for O
fires O
to O
spread O
out O
of O
control O
. O
Gusts O
on O
Sunday O
morning O
were O
clocked O
over O
50 O
mph O
in O
parts O
of O
north O
Central O
California B-LOC
. O

But O
there O
is O
good O
news O
for O
the O
northern O
half O
of O
the O
state O
. O
Winds O
are O
forecast O
to O
slow O
down O
making O
the O
fires O
easier O
to O
fight O
. O

Recently O
, O
it O
's O
been O
very O
dry O
in O
the O
Golden B-LOC
State I-LOC
. O
Over O
the O
past O
30 O
days O
, O
most O
of O
California B-LOC
has O
seen O
little O
if O
any O
rain O
. O

While O
normal O
values O
of O
rain O
are O
only O
a O
couple O
of O
inches O
the O
first O
half O
of O
autumn O
, O
any O
lack O
of O
rain O
at O
the O
very O
end O
of O
fire O
season O
, O
even O
an O
inch O
or O
two O
, O
exacerbates O
an O
already O
grave O
fire O
threat O
. O
The O
ground O
is O
parched O
and O
the O
brush O
is O
like O
a O
tinder O
box O
. O

In O
the O
longer O
term O
, O
a O
more O
elaborate O
story O
emerges O
: O
One O
of O
population O
increases O
and O
climate O
changes O
. O

All O
the O
evidence O
points O
to O
dangerous O
wildfires O
, O
like O
the O
ones O
currently O
burning O
in O
California B-LOC
, O
being O
a O
new O
reality O
of O
life O
in O
the O
western O
U.S. B-LOC
Smart O
land O
use O
, O
planning O
and O
development O
will O
be O
necessary O
to O
minimize O
the O
damage O
. O

Ex-Cambridge B-ORG
Analytica I-ORG
employee O
says O
she O
's O
willing O
to O
help O
investigation O

A O
former O
employee O
at O
Cambridge B-ORG
Analytica I-ORG
tells O
CBS B-ORG
News I-ORG
she O
's O
offering O
to O
help O
government O
investigators O
who O
are O
looking O
into O
the O
now O
defunct O
data O
company O
. O

Brittany B-PER
Kaiser I-PER
spoke O
to O
" O
CBS B-MISC
This I-MISC
Morning I-MISC
" O
co-host O
John B-PER
Dickerson I-PER
for O
her O
first O
U.S. B-LOC
broadcast O
network O
interview O
. O

Kaiser B-PER
said O
she O
knows O
" O
for O
a O
fact O
" O
that O
Cambridge B-ORG
Analytica I-ORG
had O
access O
to O
more O
surreptitiously-gathered O
Facebook B-ORG
user O
data O
than O
has O
been O
reported O
. O

She O
showed O
Dickerson B-ORG
an O
email O
from O
a O
Cambridge B-ORG
Analytica B-ORG
data O
scientist O
who O
helped O
develop O
a O
quiz O
she O
says O
was O
similar O
to O
the O
" O
This O
Is O
Your O
Digital O
Life O
" O
app O
that O
collected O
data O
on O
87 O
million O
Facebook B-ORG
users O
. O

The O
data O
scientist O
asked O
colleagues O
to O
share O
the O
quiz O
with O
friends O
and O
family O
, O
but O
to O
" O
Please O
DO O
NOT O
MENTION O
THAT O
IT O
IS O
AN O
SCL O
THING O
. O
" O
SCL O
Group O
was O
the O
parent O
company O
of O
Cambridge B-ORG
Analytica I-ORG
. O

Part O
of O
the O
interview O
is O
released O
below O
: O

John B-PER
Dickerson I-PER
: O
What O
does O
that O
say O
to O
you O
, O
that O
there O
was O
an O
email O
sent O
saying O
, O
" O
Spread O
this O
app O
far O
and O
wide O
, O
but O
do O
n't O
say O
where O
it O
came O
from O
? O
" O

Brittany B-PER
Kaiser I-PER
: O
Yeah O
, O
upon O
reflection O
it O
seems O
that O
there O
were O
a O
couple O
people O
at O
the O
company O
who O
were O
aware O
that O
this O
type O
of O
data O
collection O
, O
especially O
for O
political O
purposes O
, O
could O
have O
been O
controversial O
. O

Tune O
in O
to O
" O
CBS B-MISC
This I-MISC
Morning I-MISC
" O
Wednesday O
at O
7 O
a.m O
. O
ET O
for O
a O
full O
report O
. O

Emissions O
mystery O
: O
More O
of O
banned O
chemical O
going O
into O
atmosphere O

WASHINGTON B-LOC
-- O
Something O
strange O
is O
happening O
with O
a O
now-banned O
chemical O
that O
eats O
away O
at O
Earth O
's O
protective O
ozone O
layer O
: O
Scientists O
say O
there O
's O
more O
of O
it O
-- O
not O
less O
-- O
going O
into O
the O
atmosphere O
and O
they O
do O
n't O
know O
where O
it O
's O
coming O
from O
. O

When O
a O
hole O
in O
the O
ozone O
formed O
over O
Antarctica B-MISC
, O
countries O
around O
the O
world O
in O
1987 O
agreed O
to O
phase O
out O
several O
types O
of O
ozone-depleting O
chemicals O
called O
chlorofluorocarbons B-MISC
( O
CFCs B-MISC
) O
. O
Production O
was O
banned O
, O
emissions O
fell O
and O
the O
hole O
slowly O
shrank O
. O

But O
starting O
in O
2013 O
, O
emissions O
of O
the O
second O
most O
common O
kind O
started O
rising O
, O
according O
to O
a O
study O
in O
Wednesday O
's O
journal O
Nature O
. O

The O
chemical O
, O
called O
CFC11 B-MISC
, O
was O
used O
for O
making O
foam O
, O
degreasing O
stains O
and O
for O
refrigeration O
. O

" O
It O
's O
the O
most O
surprising O
and O
unexpected O
observation O
I O
've O
made O
in O
my O
27 O
years O
" O
of O
measurements O
, O
said O
study O
lead O
author O
Stephen B-PER
Montzka I-PER
, O
a O
research O
chemist O
at O
the O
National B-ORG
Oceanic I-ORG
and I-ORG
Atmospheric I-ORG
Administration I-ORG
. O

" O
Emissions O
today O
are O
about O
the O
same O
as O
it O
was O
nearly O
20 O
years O
ago O
, O
" O
he O
said O
. O

Countries O
have O
reported O
close O
to O
zero O
production O
of O
the O
chemical O
since O
2006 O
, O
but O
the O
study O
found O
about O
14,300 O
tons O
a O
year O
has O
been O
released O
since O
2013 O
. O

Some O
seeps O
out O
of O
foam O
and O
buildings O
and O
machines O
, O
but O
scientists O
say O
what O
they O
're O
seeing O
is O
much O
more O
than O
that O
. O

Measurements O
from O
a O
dozen O
monitors O
around O
the O
world O
suggest O
the O
emissions O
are O
coming O
from O
somewhere O
around O
China B-LOC
, O
Mongolia B-LOC
and O
the O
Koreas B-LOC
, O
according O
to O
the O
study O
. O

The O
chemical O
can O
be O
a O
byproduct O
in O
other O
chemical O
manufacturing O
, O
but O
it O
is O
supposed O
to O
be O
captured O
and O
recycled O
. O

Either O
someone O
's O
making O
the O
banned O
compound O
or O
it O
's O
sloppy O
byproducts O
that O
have O
n't O
been O
reported O
as O
required O
, O
Montzka B-PER
said O
. O

An O
outside O
expert O
, O
Ross B-PER
Salawitch I-PER
, O
an O
atmospheric O
scientist O
at O
the O
University B-ORG
of I-ORG
Maryland I-ORG
, O
is O
less O
diplomatic O
. O
He O
calls O
it O
" O
rogue O
production O
, O
" O
adding O
that O
if O
it O
continues O
" O
the O
recovery O
of O
the O
ozone O
layer O
would O
be O
threatened O
. O
" O

High O
in O
the O
atmosphere O
, O
ozone O
shields O
Earth O
from O
ultraviolet O
rays O
that O
cause O
skin O
cancer O
, O
crop O
damage O
and O
other O
problems O
. O

Nature O
removes O
2 O
percent O
of O
the O
CFC11 B-MISC
out O
of O
the O
air O
each O
year O
, O
so O
concentrations O
of O
the O
chemical O
in O
the O
atmosphere O
are O
still O
falling O
, O
but O
at O
a O
slower O
rate O
because O
of O
the O
new O
emissions O
, O
Montzka B-PER
said O
. O
The O
chemical O
stays O
in O
the O
air O
for O
about O
50 O
years O
. O

Computer O
creativity O
: O
When O
AI O
turns O
its O
gaze O
to O
art O

A O
classic O
photograph O
, O
a O
revered O
painting O
& O
just O
two O
examples O
of O
human O
genius O
that O
no O
machine O
could O
ever O
match O
. O
Or O
COULD O
it O
? O
Here O
's O
David B-PER
Pogue I-PER
: O

For O
years O
, O
the O
common O
wisdom O
about O
robots O
was O
that O
they O
're O
taking O
over O
repetitive O
, O
routine O
jobs O
. O
But O
at O
least O
they O
're O
not O
creative O
. O
We O
'll O
always O
have O
art O
and O
music O
to O
ourselves O
, O
right O
? O
Wrong O
. O

Douglas B-PER
Eck I-PER
works O
at O
Google B-ORG
. O
He O
created O
the O
Magenta O
project O
, O
dedicated O
to O
using O
artificial O
intelligence O
, O
or O
AI O
, O
to O
make O
art O
and O
music O
. O

Eck B-PER
is O
using O
a O
form O
of O
AI O
called O
Machine O
Learning O
. O

His O
software O
analyzed O
thousands O
of O
sketches O
done O
by O
people O
; O
and O
now O
, O
it O
knows O
how O
to O
complete O
a O
drawing O
itself O
. O

" O
Why O
do O
n't O
you O
start O
drawing O
some O
rain O
, O
and O
it O
'll O
complete O
your O
thought O
for O
you O
, O
" O
Eck B-PER
asked O
Pogue B-PER
. O

" O
And O
there O
it O
goes O
. O
And O
it O
's O
making O
it O
rain O
for O
you O
. O
" O
The O
idea O
is O
that O
this O
model O
has O
figured O
out O
that O
once O
it O
sees O
a O
cloud O
, O
we O
're O
gon O
na O
add O
rain O
. O
" O

" O
And O
if O
I O
made O
little O
, O
teeny O
drops O
? O
" O

" O
It O
's O
gon O
na O
match O
the O
size O
of O
your O
drops O
. O
" O
And O
it O
did O
. O

But O
Eck B-PER
's O
first O
love O
is O
music O
. O
And O
he O
's O
applying O
this O
same O
machine O
learning O
method O
to O
complete O
a O
musician O
's O
thoughts O
. O

This O
time O
, O
he O
fed O
his O
software O
the O
data O
from O
hundreds O
of O
live O
piano O
performances O
, O
so O
it O
could O
learn O
to O
compose O
its O
own O
songs O
, O
then O
had O
a O
programmable O
piano O
play O
a O
piece O
the O
computer O
had O
created O
. O

" O
It O
's O
like O
Beethoven O
in O
a O
blender O
! O
" O
said O
Pogue B-PER
. O
" O
You O
're O
beaming O
like O
a O
proud O
papa O
! O
" O

" O
Exactly O
right O
, O
" O
Eck B-PER
laughed O
. O

He O
insists O
that O
the O
idea O
here O
is O
n't O
to O
replace O
human O
composers O
; O
it O
's O
to O
help O
them O
 O
for O
example O
, O
when O
you O
get O
writer O
's O
block O
and O
need O
a O
little O
creative O
boost O
. O

" O
It O
's O
your O
idea O
, O
and O
then O
what O
the O
computer O
is O
doing O
via O
the O
machine O
learning O
is O
generating O
some O
new O
possible O
endings O
for O
you O
, O
" O
Eck B-PER
said O
. O

But O
the O
genie O
may O
already O
be O
out O
of O
the O
bottle O
. O

Sam B-PER
Estes I-PER
and O
Michael B-PER
Hobe I-PER
worked O
on O
film O
scores O
for O
years O
before O
they O
and O
a O
buddy O
founded O
Amper B-ORG
Music I-ORG
. O
Their O
software O
is O
aimed O
at O
filmmakers O
who O
might O
not O
have O
enough O
time O
or O
money O
to O
hire O
real O
musicians O
. O
They O
say O
they O
taught O
their O
software O
human O
concepts O
like O
music O
theory O
, O
rhythm O
and O
pitch O
. O

They O
started O
by O
making O
individual O
recordings O
, O
one O
note O
at O
a O
time O
, O
of O
every O
instrument O
, O
playing O
every O
note O
of O
the O
scale O
, O
at O
every O
volume O
level O
. O
From O
there O
, O
the O
software O
can O
piece O
together O
original O
film O
music O
in O
any O
style O
you O
request O
. O

" O
It O
will O
write O
the O
music O
, O
perform O
the O
instruments O
, O
and O
then O
produce O
the O
overall O
audio O
, O
" O
Hobe B-PER
said O
. O

Pogue B-PER
challenged O
their O
software O
to O
compose O
music O
for O
a O
short O
cinematic O
scene O
: O
" O
I O
'm O
gon O
na O
act O
out O
a O
scene O
from O
a O
movie O
that O
's O
six O
seconds O
long O
, O
" O
he O
said O
, O
" O
and O
it O
's O
me O
being O
a O
thief O
in O
your O
office O
. O
And O
I O
'm O
going O
to O
steal O
this O
piece O
of O
kryptonite O
( O
actually O
a O
table O
lamp O
) O
. O
" O

Estes B-PER
selected O
" O
dark O
dramatic O
" O
in O
the O
program O
: O
" O
And O
we O
'll O
see O
what O
it O
comes O
up O
with O
. O
" O

And O
just O
like O
that O
: O
Background O
music O
, O
composed O
just O
for O
the O
occasion O
. O
No O
human O
composer O
required O
. O

Estes B-PER
said O
, O
" O
We O
're O
not O
trying O
to O
replace O
musicians O
, O
we O
're O
not O
trying O
to O
replace O
composers O
. O
" O

" O
Well O
, O
your O
goal O
might O
not O
be O
to O
displace O
composers O
, O
but O
of O
course O
, O
you O
're O
going O
to O
, O
" O
Pogue B-PER
said O
. O

" O
Yes O
, O
unfortunately O
there O
is O
, O
with O
any O
disruption O
in O
a O
space O
, O
you O
're O
gon O
na O
displace O
some O
people O
. O
" O

AI O
may O
also O
start O
to O
cause O
disruptions O
at O
art O
galleries O
. O

Professor O
Ahmed B-PER
Elgammal I-PER
at O
Rutgers B-ORG
University I-ORG
has O
spent O
five O
years O
teaching O
his O
AI O
program O
to O
create O
original O
artwork O
 O
once O
again O
, O
through O
machine O
learning O
. O

He O
fed O
it O
80,000 O
pieces O
of O
art O
from O
the O
last O
500 O
years O
. O
Now O
, O
he O
presses O
the O
Enter O
key O
, O
and O
boom O
: O
The O
software O
creates O
new O
, O
original O
works O
of O
art O
. O

" O
The O
machine O
just O
take O
the O
images O
and O
it O
tries O
to O
learn O
by O
itself O
what O
makes O
good O
art O
, O
" O
Elgammal B-PER
said O
. O
But O
are O
they O
good O
enough O
to O
fool O
us O
humans O
? O
The O
professor O
gave O
Pogue B-PER
a O
test O
, O
of O
20 O
paintings O
, O
to O
see O
if O
he O
could O
tell O
which O
were O
done O
by O
people O
, O
and O
which O
by O
AI O
. O

He O
failed O
the O
test O
. O
Almost O
everyone O
does O
. O
Two O
thirds O
of O
the O
time O
, O
Pogue B-PER
could O
n't O
tell O
which O
paintings O
were O
done O
by O
human O
artists O
. O

Google B-ORG
's O
Doug B-PER
Eck I-PER
says O
that O
real O
art O
still O
has O
to O
come O
from O
people O
. O
" O

Facebook B-ORG
's O
Zuckerberg B-PER
to O
face O
EU B-ORG
questions O
over O
data O
scandal O

Facebook B-ORG
CEO O
Mark B-PER
Zuckerberg I-PER
faces O
senior O
European B-ORG
Union I-ORG
lawmakers O
later O
Tuesday O
to O
answer O
questions O
about O
a O
scandal O
over O
the O
alleged O
misuse O
of O
the O
data O
of O
millions O
of O
Facebook B-ORG
users O
. O

In O
testimony O
to O
be O
broadcast O
live O
, O
Zuckerberg B-PER
will O
be O
questioned O
by O
leaders O
of O
the O
European B-ORG
Parliament I-ORG
's O
main O
party O
groups O
and O
committees O
. O

Zuckerberg B-PER
testified O
last O
month O
to O
the O
U.S. B-ORG
Congress I-ORG
, O
but O
had O
been O
noncommittal O
about O
appearing O
in O
Europe B-LOC
. O
He O
sent O
a O
senior O
official O
to O
speak O
to O
the O
British B-ORG
parliament I-ORG
and O
offered O
to O
do O
the O
same O
in O
Brussels B-LOC
, O
but O
the O
EU B-ORG
assembly O
insisted O
on O
hearing O
him O
in O
person O
. O

Tuesday O
's O
hearing O
was O
originally O
supposed O
to O
be O
held O
behind O
closed O
doors O
. O
EU B-ORG
Civil O
Liberties O
, O
Justice B-ORG
and I-ORG
Home I-ORG
Affairs I-ORG
Committee I-ORG
President O
Claude B-PER
Moraes I-PER
said O
the O
fact O
that O
it O
will O
now O
be O
made O
public O
" O
is O
very O
significant O
. O
" O

In O
his O
Senate O
hearing O
last O
month O
, O
Zuckerberg B-PER
recited O
some O
talking O
points O
, O
such O
as O
acknowledging O
his O
company O
" O
made O
mistakes O
" O
in O
the O
data O
privacy O
scandal O
. O

Zuckerberg B-PER
faced O
a O
broad O
range O
of O
questions O
including O
how O
Facebook B-ORG
works O
to O
how O
its O
users O
' O
data O
was O
compromised O
by O
Cambridge B-ORG
Analytica I-ORG
. O

Under O
questioning O
by O
U.S. B-LOC
lawmakers O
, O
the O
tech O
billionaire O
said O
Facebook B-ORG
users O
are O
in O
" O
full O
control O
of O
the O
majority O
of O
their O
data O
. O
" O

Yet O
he O
acknowledged O
that O
he O
did O
n't O
expect O
a O
researcher O
to O
sell O
data O
on O
87 O
million O
Facebook B-ORG
members O
to O
political O
consulting O
firm O
Cambridge B-ORG
Analytica I-ORG
. O

