Sarah Gray
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Deputy Editor, West Coast news team at Business Insider. Twin mom. rts ≠ endorsements.
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Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in L.A. $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.
When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in L.A. $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.
i feel like they should have let Chuck Yeager be an astronaut.
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
i feel like they should have let Chuck Yeager be an astronaut.
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A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers. trib.al/z7ZUF62
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A 17-year-old worker died at a pork producer in Nebraska run by the governor’s family. Two investigations later, the boy’s mother is still searching for answers. trib.al/z7ZUF62
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“Now I can save tomorrow for something that I really want to do.”
“What is that?” asked Frog.
“Tomorrow,” said Toad, “I can just take life easy.”
“What is that?” asked Frog.
“Tomorrow,” said Toad, “I can just take life easy.”
December 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“Now I can save tomorrow for something that I really want to do.”
“What is that?” asked Frog.
“Tomorrow,” said Toad, “I can just take life easy.”
“What is that?” asked Frog.
“Tomorrow,” said Toad, “I can just take life easy.”
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Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne
Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne
Police say the vehicle was set alight in the driveway of a property in St Kilda East in the early hours of Christmas Day
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A car with a “Happy Chanukah” sign has been firebombed in a Melbourne suburb in the early hours of Christmas morning.
The suspected antisemitic incident comes less than two weeks after the terror attack that targeted Jews celebrating the holiday of Hanukah at Sydney’s Bondi beach and claimed 15 lives. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If the president can stretch a bipartisan law forcing TikTok’s sale,” write Jim Secreto and Brett Freedman, “allies and adversaries alike will assume that America will no longer enforce its security laws when it is easier not to.”
“If the president can stretch a bipartisan law forcing TikTok’s sale,” write Jim Secreto and Brett Freedman, “allies and adversaries alike will assume that America will no longer enforce its security laws when it is easier not to.”
Opinion | Trump’s TikTok Deal Won’t Protect National Security
Trump’s deal preserves many of the ties to China that the law was designed to sever.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If the president can stretch a bipartisan law forcing TikTok’s sale,” write Jim Secreto and Brett Freedman, “allies and adversaries alike will assume that America will no longer enforce its security laws when it is easier not to.”
“If the president can stretch a bipartisan law forcing TikTok’s sale,” write Jim Secreto and Brett Freedman, “allies and adversaries alike will assume that America will no longer enforce its security laws when it is easier not to.”
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Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Garcia: They are, on one hand, putting names of survivors in these documents that are not redacted. And in these same documents, they're taking extra time and being extra careful to redact the names of the coconspirators
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"Sasse... was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial on charges he incited an insurrection. Just three of those Republicans — Maine's Susan Collins, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Louisiana's Bill Cassidy — remain..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Former Sen. Ben Sasse says he was diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer
Sasse wrote in an X post that he learned about the diagnosis last week, calling it a "death sentence."
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Sasse... was one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial on charges he incited an insurrection. Just three of those Republicans — Maine's Susan Collins, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Louisiana's Bill Cassidy — remain..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tyson Foods is closing its beef plant in Lexington, Nebraska, laying off 3,200 workers next month in a town of just 11,000.
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Full story about what's going on at CBS News: www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/m...
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say | CNN Business
“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
www.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Full story about what's going on at CBS News: www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/m...
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
apropos of nothing at all:
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“Status: Venezuelan,” a New Documentary from ProPublica and FRONTLINE Now Streaming
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
apropos of nothing at all:
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www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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"When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Overwhelming amount of media world chatter and concern about "60 Minutes" tonight. Why would CBS News promote the story about the Trump admin's deportations to CECOT on Friday, only to shelve it today? Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi says it is "not an editorial decision, it is a political one."
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Overwhelming amount of media world chatter and concern about "60 Minutes" tonight. Why would CBS News promote the story about the Trump admin's deportations to CECOT on Friday, only to shelve it today? Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi says it is "not an editorial decision, it is a political one."
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it is almost Christmas which means it’s Muppet Christmas Carol season and that, in turn, means it is time to revisit this delightful interview with Michael Caine, who loves everything about that movie even more than you do
Michael Caine Loves 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' as Much as You Do
God bless us, every one! But especially Michael Caine.
www.gq.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
it is almost Christmas which means it’s Muppet Christmas Carol season and that, in turn, means it is time to revisit this delightful interview with Michael Caine, who loves everything about that movie even more than you do
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A passenger train in Assam, India, hit a herd of elephants, killing seven of them and injuring one more. The accident on Saturday partly derailed the train, according to railway and forest authorities, and no humans were injured.
Passenger Train in India Hits Elephant Herd, Killing Seven
No people were injured in the accident, despite a partial derailment. As elephant habitat shrinks, such deadly encounters are on the rise.
nyti.ms
December 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A passenger train in Assam, India, hit a herd of elephants, killing seven of them and injuring one more. The accident on Saturday partly derailed the train, according to railway and forest authorities, and no humans were injured.
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I’m HOLLERING. “Katherine Long tried to convince Claudius it was a Soviet vending machine from 1962, living in the basement of Moscow State University.
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I’m HOLLERING. “Katherine Long tried to convince Claudius it was a Soviet vending machine from 1962, living in the basement of Moscow State University.
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Sources: TSMC plans to move chipmaking tools into its second Arizona fab in summer 2026, in line with its push to accelerate US production by "several quarters" (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
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December 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Sources: TSMC plans to move chipmaking tools into its second Arizona fab in summer 2026, in line with its push to accelerate US production by "several quarters" (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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The suspect in the shooting at Brown University Saturday was discovered dead Thursday at a storage facility in New Hampshire. n.pr/4pecdQs
Suspect in Brown University shooting found dead in New Hampshire
The suspect in the shooting at Brown University Saturday was discovered dead Thursday at a storage facility in New Hampshire.
n.pr
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The suspect in the shooting at Brown University Saturday was discovered dead Thursday at a storage facility in New Hampshire. n.pr/4pecdQs
Some folks are leaving really deranged comments on the story about the kiss cam. this is the only response www.businessinsider.com/coldplay-kis...
I still feel bad about watching the Coldplay 'kiss cam'
The Coldplay "kiss cam" led to harassment for Kristin Cabot, the woman in the video, she says. That should make us all feel bad about the internet.
www.businessinsider.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Some folks are leaving really deranged comments on the story about the kiss cam. this is the only response www.businessinsider.com/coldplay-kis...
this is a very good piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
The Ritual Shaming of the Woman at the Coldplay Concert
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
this is a very good piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...