INSIDER
Many eclipse visitors to northern New England pulled an all-nighter trying to leave
Read full article: Many eclipse visitors to northern New England pulled an all-nighter trying to leaveMany eclipse visitors to northern New England had to pull an all-nighter navigating crammed roads in order to leave.
An SUV crash at a London school kills an 8-year-old girl. A woman is arrested for dangerous driving
Read full article: An SUV crash at a London school kills an 8-year-old girl. A woman is arrested for dangerous drivingLondon police say an 8-year-old girl has died and 15 people were injured when an SUV crashed into a private elementary school on a narrow road in southwest London as the children were celebrating the end of the school year.
Smart lock lets Walmart deliver in home
Read full article: Smart lock lets Walmart deliver in homeIn 2016, he teamed up with Ken Goto, a former colleague of his from Apple, and started designing a smart lock that could be opened remotely using a phone or a computer. They called their company Level Home and dubbed their first invention Level Lock. Level Lock can convert an existing deadbolt lock that's already on a door into a smart lock. Yet, there are still challenges when it comes to getting consumers to embrace smart locks, said Jonathan Collins, research director overseeing smart home coverage for ABI Research. While smart lock sales in the US are up 45% over last year, Collins notes there are still major hurdles to overcome.
Feds arrest former top officials at company that distributed opioids
Read full article: Feds arrest former top officials at company that distributed opioidsThe four individuals charged include Miami-Luken's former president and compliance officer and two West Virginia pharmacists, the release said. The wholesaler distributed 2.6 million hydrocodone tablets and 2.3 million units of oxycodone to a pharmacy in a West Virginia town of only 1,400 people between 2011 and 2015, the Justice Department said. The wholesaler also shipped more than 1.8 millions oxycodone tablets to a pharmacy that was under DEA investigation. In April, two former executives of Rochester Drug Co-Operative were charged with illegally distributing opioids and conspiring to defraud the US Drug Enforcement Agency. Miami-Luken sold drugs in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the Justice Department.
World War II veteran crosses country on foot for second time
Read full article: World War II veteran crosses country on foot for second timeOver the course of two years and 10 months, over 2,631 miles, he crossed the country on foot, running from California to Georgia. At age 95, the World War II veteran has decided to do it again. He's clocked 175 miles into his second coast-to-coast trek, which he began in March when he left from Georgia's St. Simons Island. He hopes to run 13 miles a week through grueling heat or freezing cold for as long as he can. As he runs, the Navy veteran is raising funds to sail a restored World War II tanker to Normandy for a D-Day anniversary, a feat that he says will cost millions.