Pierce Kirk Sigler
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NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-07-2025 8PM EST
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMayhill says the Cybertruck driver, Matthew Livelsberger, used artificial intelligence to learn how much explosives he'd need and where to buy them. McMayhill says it's still unclear why he chose Las Vegas.
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NPR News: 01-07-2025 8PM EST
Authorities also released surveillance footage showing Livelsberger pouring racing fuel on the truck, which they say contained 60 pounds of explosives that ignited after he shot himself. Police say the decorated 37-year-old active-duty Green Beret had no prior record and hadn't been considered a threat. Kirk Sigler, NPR News.
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NPR News: 01-13-2025 8PM EST
Utah's case was always considered a long shot. A litany of prior court rulings has upheld the federal government's right to own and manage federal public lands in the West. But the current court's willingness to overturn precedent has had legal experts saying Utah could have a shot.
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NPR News: 01-13-2025 8PM EST
State Republican leaders who filed the suit say they're disappointed, but add they think federal land managers under the incoming Trump administration will be more favorable to the concerns of locals. Coal and oil and gas companies have accused the Biden administration of being too restrictive.
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NPR News: 01-13-2025 8PM EST
Environmental groups say the Supreme Court's refusal will ensure that federal public lands in the West aren't sold off to developers. Kirk Sigler, NPR News.
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NPR News: 01-09-2025 8PM EST
I'm standing here on Pacific Coast Highway. It's really this eerie smell, among other things. You can smell the sea over here, the waves crashing, and then it's just this sulfury, charred smell of burning rubble and vegetation. I'm even looking at a fire truck trying to save a house right in front of me here.
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NPR News: 01-09-2025 8PM EST
Doesn't look like they're gonna do it, but embers have been still flying in and catching things on fire. Up and down this highway, hotel over to my right is totally burned. I can see in the distance the Getty Villa, the famous museum. It appears to be intact, although the vegetation all the way up right around it is burned.