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New Details Released on Vegas Cybertruck Blast

Police say Matthew Livelsberger used ChatGPT to plan attack

(Newser) - The Army Green Beret who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Nearly a week after 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger fatally shot himself, officials said that according to writings, he didn't...

A Debate Unfolds About the Cybertruck Explosion
A Debate Unfolds About
the Cybertruck Explosion
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A Debate Unfolds About the Cybertruck Explosion

Did the vehicle limit the damage, or was it because of the low-grade explosives?

(Newser) - Why didn't the Tesla Cybertruck explosion cause more damage? It's one of the questions investigators in Las Vegas are trying to answer given that the man blamed was a highly skilled special ops soldier. The debate unfolding has split into two camps: Either Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger chose...

Ex of Soldier Who Blew Up Tesla Suspects He Had a TBI

Alicia Arritt speaks to the media about Matthew Livelsberger

(Newser) - Reports are mounting that the active-duty Green Beret behind the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas was likely suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, had received the Bronze Star five times, once for valor under fire. The AP calls his military record "exemplary"—but notes he "...

Soldier Who Blew Up Cybertruck Left Notes

Matthew Livelsberger said blast was to be a 'wake up call' for US

(Newser) - A highly decorated Army soldier who fatally shot himself in a Tesla Cybertruck just before it blew up outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left notes saying the New Year's Day explosion was a stunt to serve as a "wake up call" for the country's ills, investigators said...

Sheriff: Cybertruck Driver Shot Himself Before Blast

Driver apparently intended to cause much more damage with explosives

(Newser) - Authorities in Las Vegas say that Wednesday's Tesla Cybertruck blast appears to have been a suicide, but one intended to inflict other casualties. Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters on Thursday that it appears the driver died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head before explosives in...

Trump Blames Border Policies for Making US Less Safe

President-elect says his warnings about 'radical Islamic terrorism' have come true

(Newser) - President-elect Trump on Thursday doubled down on his assertion that President Biden's border policies have made the US less safe, reports the Hill . His social media posts come amid the investigations into the truck attack in New Orleans and the detonation a Tesla outside a Trump hotel in Las...

FBI: We Think New Orleans Attacker Acted Alone

Agency also has found no link to the Vegas explosion hours later

(Newser) - The FBI delivered a big update in its New Orleans investigation Thursday morning:
  • It now thinks suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone. "We're confident, at this point, that there are no accomplices," said Christopher Raia of the FBI's counterterrorism division, reports the New York Times .
  • The agency
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Report: Man Killed in Tesla Detonation Was a Green Beret

Suspect was said to have been in the Army 20 years

(Newser) - The person who authorities believe died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with firework mortars and camp fuel canisters outside Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel was an active-duty US Army soldier, three US officials tell the AP . Two of the outlet's sources identified the man inside...

Authorities Investigate Possible New Orleans, Vegas Link

NBC reports authorities looking into whether suspects had a military connection

(Newser) - As twin investigations continue into Wednesday's truck attack in New Orleans and the detonation of a Tesla in Las Vegas, NBC News reports that authorities are investigating whether the suspects in both cases have a military connection. However, authorities stress it's too early to draw any conclusions about...

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