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Vegas Was Different Than Other Recent Mass Shootings interactive from the New York Times traces the speed at which the bullets were fired during the Las Vegas shooting as compared to the speed of the bullets at the Orlando nightclub shooting that occurred in June 2016. The gunman in Las Vegas fired about 90 shots in 10 seconds, while the gunman in Orlando fired about 24 shots in nine seconds. That’s because the Vegas shooter had a rapid-fire gun–an instrument of death that is not regulated by the National Firearms Act. … [Read more...] about America’s Unprecedented Gun Problem, In 5 Images

Act II: The shaper That said, someone has to win the lottery at some point—and Gore had a winning ticket with her background, personality, and, of course, her pilot idea: a half-hour comedy she refers to as a reverse Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Based in her hometown of Richmond, Summers tells the story of Tatiana, a 15-year-old rich girl who’s forced to live in the hood with her cousins after her father is arrested and their assets are seized. Gore loosely based the pilot on her own life. When her two sisters wouldn’t stop teasing her that she was too much of a softy, their dad sent her to summer camp in the hood to help push Desia out of her bubble. … [Read more...] about This Y Combinator for Hollywood wants to discover the next Lena Waithe

This is hardly a unique case. A month after the Proud Boys attack, the FBI used the tactic to investigate a Wisconsin bank robbery. Less than a year later, Virginia police copied the approach, obtaining phone data on nearly two dozen individuals in another bank robbery investigation. And just last month, Forbes reported that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives got a gargantuan reverse search warrant to compel Google to provide information on 1,500 cellphones across 29,387 square meters. … [Read more...] about This unsettling practice turns your phone into a tracking device for the government