California proposes to allow self-driving heavy-duty truck testing

    By David Shepardson (Reuters) -The California Department of Motor Vehicles said Friday it is proposing to allow testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks and other large vehicles on state public roads. California currently allows self-driving light-duty passenger vehicles for testing on public roads but not heavy-duty vehicles weighing more than 10,001 pounds, which manufacturers are testing…

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      Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator was accused of passing bad checks to casinos

      By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, was arrested on fraud charges in 2010 and faced lawsuits in two states for writing $2 million in bad checks to casinos, according to government records and court filings. Isaacman is a billionaire pilot and astronaut who founded Shift4 Payments company…

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