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WASHINGTON (AP) — Engineers, safety advocates and even automakers are recommending a go slow policy to federal regulators considering guidelines for self-driving cars. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration held a public meeting yesterday and was told that while fully self-driving cars may be the future, they aren't yet up to the demands of real-world driving. The agency currently has a rapid timetable for producing guidance for deploying the vehicles.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's coast guard says five migrants drowned, including a child, while five others survived when their small plastic boat capsized in the eastern Aegean Sea. The bodies were found around dawn today, local time. The survivors told authorities a total of 11 people were aboard the boat.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An escaped psychiatric patient was recaptured after being found hiding under debris in the woods in Spokane, Washington. Anthony Garver had been held at the state's largest psychiatric facility because he was found too mentally ill to face murder charges in the torture death of a woman. Another escape was captured earlier. The escapes intensified federal scrutiny on the Western State which had been under investigation for attacks on patients and staff.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Vanderbilt football player on trial for allegedly raping an unconscious student in a dorm didn't have to wait long for a verdict. It took less than three hours for the jury of nine men and three women to find Cory Batey guilty of aggravated rape, two counts of attempted aggravated rape, facilitation of aggravated rape and three counts of aggravated sexual battery. He's one of four former football players charged but was the only one on trial.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. Magistrate Judge says a climate change lawsuit by some young plaintiffs against the federal government and big energy companies should continue. The lawsuit by 21 plaintiffs ages 8 to 19 contends the U.S. is failing to protect them from the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions, violating their constitutional rights. A U.S. District Court judge has final say.
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