Catch up: All the news you missed today
Google's new driverless cars won't have brakes or steering wheels
Guys, it's happening. Google is building a fleet of self-driving cars that it'll start testing by the end of the year. The cars won't have a steering wheel, brakes or a gas pedal but they will have sensors to prevent accidents. Don't worry, you can push a button to stop in case of emergency. Does this mean we can finally text while driving?
Maya Angelou dies at 86 and her last tweet is beautiful
Maya Angelou's last tweet to the world: "Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God." The celebrated poet was found dead Wednesday at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. Angelou emerged from a difficult childhood to become a celebrated author, actress, director, playwright, composer, singer and dancer. She was raped at age 8 by her mother's boyfriend and became an unwed mother at 17. She went on to write 36 books and become a professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University.
Apple is buying Dr. Dre's headphones and music streaming company
Apple just made its largest acquisition ever. The tech giant is buying Beats Electronics for $3 billion. The acquisition signals Apple is shifting away from its iTunes pay-per-song model toward streaming audio. Oh, and this deal could totally make Dr. Dre a billionaire.
4 Nigerian girls escape Boko Haram
Some good news -- maybe. Nigeria is saying that four of the more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in April have escaped their captors. Education commissioner Musa Inuwa told Reuters they were reunited with their parents, but he wouldn't say how they escaped. The U.S., which has joined the search for the girls, said they couldn't confirm the Nigerian claim.
VA investigators say that delayed care is everywhere
The Department of Veterans Affairs health system is a wreck. A new report out Wednesday found that delayed medical care to veterans and manipulating records to hide those delays is "systemic throughout" the system. More than 1,000 veterans have been waiting longer than six months just to get a appointment to see their primary doctors.
Prosecutor: Hernandez killed two after they bumped him and spilled his drink
Talk about a fall from grace. A prosecutor is saying former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez killed two men because one of them bumped into him and spilled his drink while dancing at a Boston nightclub. Two years ago Hernandez signed a $40 million contract extension which had put him near the top of his profession. Wednesday he pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. The proceedings were an addendum to the first-degree murder charges he faces for the shooting death of semipro football player Odin Lloyd last summer.
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