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September 17: Los Angeles Crash and Flock Camera Surveillance
In surveillance
A joint WIRED and 404 Media analysis found that a single Flock Safety camera captured about 1.6 million images of roughly 50,200 vehicles in 21 days of recoverable logs. Leaked code also indicates the system can detect people, not just license plates and vehicles, raising further questions about how broadly these networks monitor public spaces.
At the Federal Reserve
President Trump said he spoke with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh before the Fed’s unanimous interest-rate increase, telling him he could vote as he wished but might as well join the board because the outcome was settled. Afterward, Trump said he supported Warsh while blaming the rest of the board for the increase. Warsh declined to comment.
In Los Angeles
Police arrested 36-year-old Bailee Lynn Rios on suspicion of murder after an SUV collided with a Metro bus in Chatsworth, killing two people and injuring six. About two hours later, an NBC news helicopter covering the crash went down at a self-storage facility, killing reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and pedestrian Edy Fernando Gutierrez Mejia. The NTSB is investigating the helicopter crash.
New diplomatic ties
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU should pursue much closer relations with Canada, as Prime Minister Mark Carney seeks what he calls a unique alliance with Brussels amid trade strains with the United States. Any associate-status arrangement would require creating a category that the EU does not currently have.
Israel and Morocco have agreed to open embassies, formally elevating their diplomatic relationship. They also plan to expand air links and resume direct commercial flights.
At the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Central Command says the Strait of Hormuz remains open despite an ongoing blockade affecting shipping through one of the world’s most important maritime routes. The statement underscores the stakes for global energy and trade flows, even if “open” is doing fairly heavy work in that sentence.
In U.S. manufacturing
Hitachi Energy plans to invest $528 million in a power-transformer factory in Gallman, Mississippi, its largest single U.S. investment. Construction is expected to begin late this year, with production targeted for 2029. The company says the project will add more than 700 jobs and more than double its Mississippi output.
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