Austin Bombing Suspect Dies | Cambridge Analytica Ousts CEO

+Plus: Trump Speaks With Putin After Election Win [| The Presidential Daily Brief | ](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/40b18d9e/f9c61a3084e3f7c5d89c7d50d1d51c9d/-7/) 5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/40b18d9e/f9c61a3084e3f7c5d89c7d50d1d51c9d/-7/ [Chase Auto Finance](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c6b6ac1c/4381962b5142707b37249f82d9ddb86e/-7/) 5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1bec785a/85ce6b53aa1fbc4a4ce863d53eb8b184/-7/ 5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1bec785a/85ce6b53aa1fbc4a4ce863d53eb8b184/-7/ IMPORTANT March 21, 2018 5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4e4d477e/6fb8cc0e6e6e0e3459a62a23a2767b4b/-7/ [Texas troopers took part in the police operation to protect the public from a series of mail bombs in Austin. Source: Getty](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/31e317ad/ca0bee18c6ccbcb1fa2b9e91d57a4882/-7/) [Suspect in Austin Parcel Bombings Dead After Police Operation](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/89482146/4127a92b3aaeac43a96f07590deaabc8/-7/) Authorities confirm that the white 24-year-old man thought to be responsible for a string of mail bombs in the Texas capital has died after detonating a device in his car as police chased him. The series of parcel [bombs](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a4372d78/f2c098e846f463f60451c70f0e53686b/-7/) killed two people and sparked an FBI and ATF manhunt for the still-unidentified bomber. The two most recent devices, both mailed from Austin, were found at FedEx facilities yesterday. Police say they haven’t identified a motive yet but believe the suspect was responsible for all the bombings. Sources: [WSJ (sub)](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c1452f4d/11c736451c96b9211934b71d659a253f/-7/), [Reuters](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/349e2f88/bde26661a3dc3ac2ebffe0b8535dc7e9/-7/), [CBS](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/c803a842/c1a9e969f27dc23f76fc78d4785c3519/-7/), [Austin American-Statesman](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ee526cf2/7efce0c40d81cedea8e163119d919a8a/-7/) [Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/557f374b/6499487bfeb383b0098cf728999b0290/-7/) [Twitter](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/24b5437f/846d526e9016bbc302509edf775076b4/-7/) [Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO; FTC Questions Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b719ee35/af03aa09b234b8c461086e280e42b141/-7/) Federal and state investigations have opened into Facebook’s reported mishandling of user data, as American and European regulators question its practices and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stays notably silent. Federal Trade Commission fines for the violation could potentially reach $2 trillion. Cambridge Analytica, the company accused of improperly obtaining 50 million users’ personal information, ousted its CEO yesterday after secret recordings exposed him and other executives boasting about [swaying](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/30d22800/a6bd1f989f53ace7f201f45cefc1e903/-7/) the 2016 election for President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the co-founder of WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014, tweeted, “It is time. #deletefacebook.” Sources: [The Guardian](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/58af37b3/b5508a917e9d818ea764daff4e80b0ee/-7/), [TechCrunch](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f9ab9c00/54f26ee9e1aee37b8c93d0156e842278/-7/), [NYT](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b61db738/d4a956d75a4c372df19204206eaf5c33/-7/), [FT (sub)](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/da19abc6/59c8a5477467c3dddd6ef44482d536b0/-7/) [Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/dc28469c/431891bd1ac0f7322ddd54b6cf66969b/-7/) [Twitter](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/3046ed54/117557730e261388bfb44d6dd517e42a/-7/) [Trump Speaks With Putin After Election Win](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2f71956b/d5d4519ce5ddaccaf6125d00ea775c4d/-7/) Despite a note in his briefing material stating “DO NOT CONGRATULATE,” President Trump did just that Tuesday in a call to his Russian [counterpart](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/8ae03e20/676d2d72d2705883eca70f2c9a1038bc/-7/). Later Trump said he and President Vladimir Putin will likely have a meeting “in the not-too-distant future.” Meanwhile, Trump struggled on other fronts: A judge ruled that presidential immunity doesn’t apply in a suit from a former Apprentice contestant who says he groped her, and two women are suing to escape agreements that they say were meant to silence them about affairs with Trump. Sources: [Washington Post](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/07cd148d/618bb478b03e6f318bb07ad7c1dcc703/-7/), [Politico](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/f0ea432d/d9f9e9526554ce05ff82545ec8c2a2e0/-7/), [FT (sub)](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/63b42881/e54a6123cd347589938aedc2afab7289/-7/) [Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1619439e/f89144355eda1c6c811f70ef47b70ff7/-7/) [Twitter](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/cdfb0842/89815d860af06410446223950d944d6a/-7/) [Many Kidnapped Schoolgirls Return Home in Nigeria](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/5f6a16f9/82e7a0b08560b6ad803f8520acad5882/-7/) A vehicle convoy today reportedly returned 76 of the 110 young women who were kidnapped last month by Boko Haram militants. Reports indicate that five of the girls, who were taken from their school in the town of Dapchi, may have died. Meanwhile, an Amnesty International report alleges that police and military officials were negligent in the lead-up to the kidnapping, having received several warning calls before the Feb. 19 attack. [Nigeria](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/edb7deaf/fd31bfb1b80ac3ee0acf98a0a0c44277/-7/) has promised to bolster school security with 2,000 armed officers at hundreds of schools in the country’s northeast. Sources: [NYT](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/dc890cd5/5d52259aff5bd607e2762e55fc98e8db/-7/), [BBC](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6a28f0f9/11a7e8d145f4c591005d132d47c37a23/-7/) [Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/837f3337/3304d28b39e6e8561a308aa99377de1d/-7/) [Twitter](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/ede83cf5/ea7286563b44fb0c884142d5e2355498/-7/) Briefly Know This: Israel’s military has formally admitted to destroying a Syrian [nuclear reactor](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/4d124792/3875f57551baa186adf5e3176541afa0/-7/) in 2007. A judge has blocked a new [Mississippi law](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/b9996f80/42b9e23eeb981cace70ed27cff2b16f2/-7/) banning most abortions after 15 weeks gestation. And teachers in [Oklahoma](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/9bc6d4a9/ff198967e73f499f173f35447c2ca899/-7/) may be on the verge of a strike. Listen to This: After a decade of exile, Thomas Mapfumo, one of Zimbabwe’s most famous [protest singers](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/5abe5be1/608022fc6a408e265da49a028e22e33c/-7/), has returned. Give Us the Scoop: What do you know and what do you want to discover? If you’ve got an idea for an awesome story, we’d love to hear it. Send your pitches to [readerideas@ozy.com](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/8e4da500/0b479ac2b3d2878c0545b65bde33f65b/-7/) and our reporters and editors will run them down. [Created With: Chase Auto](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/3db50d8b/7e9dc80f8275112e129b6ac1d1428fc2/-7/) [Car Shopping? 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As local papers go under, medical researchers say they’re losing a major source for data on infectious [diseases](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/5b6307cb/8ec53f50652399e59ab65f4de22e5352/-7/). In the past, small-town newspapers were critical for identifying and tracking outbreaks like the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, alerting researchers as diseases spread regionally. Getting access to official data can be time-consuming, and health agencies don’t always archive their records. As press-free communities become more common, epidemiologists will have to rely more on social media, which they say is less specific and less accurate. Sources: [Stat](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/482d7b08/494da6cf523d5539afb0019f0ebe40bb/-7/) [Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1b122bfe/03a53b3fec5f457ba603c0a1310ada3c/-7/) [Twitter](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/6b2f6281/883bba8d9b4950e3efb7ed3f81afff54/-7/) [United Suspends Pet Cargo Travel After Recent Fiascoes](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/76ba2c9e/a15b6fb679b610cee7711c5f70a15e34/-7/) They’re in the doghouse. The embattled airline announced it’s temporarily suspending cargo shipments of pets, a week after one dog died in an overhead bin and another was accidentally shipped to Japan instead of Wichita. United says it’s not accepting new reservations while it puts its PetSafe program under “thorough and systematic review,” which is expected to be completed by May 1. Pets can still travel in the main cabin. Transportation officials say 18 animals died on United flights last year — by far the highest of any U.S. [airline](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/294af986/266636873b00af56e666ff2bdf94040b/-7/). Sources: [Time](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/cf173203/7febbd35fdb6f9ea5caea32d6d45fa58/-7/), [The Verge](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e6d9da04/89ddf5d7dca2dc1b4aed2494634acc8e/-7/) [Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/2f42452d/d688a60b86f60ca9b5a1c770c98093e9/-7/) [Twitter](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/95dc2468/bbe966d76f02ca2a52a740c6485a0986/-7/) [New Wrinkle in Drug Debate Reshapes Mexican Politics](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/e53c5a00/88b67a4f91fdc6c01dbc7236ffe04bf8/-7/) More than 200,000 have been killed in the last decade of Mexico’s bloody drug war, and now leftist presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador is suggesting granting amnesty to cartel members in a bid for lasting peace. Opponents have mocked him and voters appear deeply divided, but a truce isn’t without precedent: In Colombia, 100,000 people associated with the drug trade reentered society after a peace pact with rebels last year. With Obrador still in the lead, amnesty has become a hot topic in debates leading up to July’s election. Sources: [OZY](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/7405a72f/2cd1d8ead2d011fd54878eced8ea80e6/-7/) [Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/fac26b02/5b3c3d4e22020ba6e43ea9d379cd0411/-7/) [Twitter](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/a3b15dcc/0e332b1e986952bfeb80083555b6bd94/-7/) [K-Pop Stars to Perform in North Korea](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/38eee515/d489ed0b3d72dab51c2082b8f2212cb5/-7/) They’re taking a pop at diplomacy. For the first time in nearly 15 years, a group of South Korean performers will travel to the Hermit Kingdom to stage two concerts next month. The thaw between the countries, which have technically been at war since 1950, began with last month’s Winter Olympics. South Korea’s 160-member delegation hopes the neighbors will be “moved” by the cultural exchange. Still, [Seoul](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/35a81691/8b716e53139d311fe97e1a6eea0a3a20/-7/) is holding joint military exercises with the United States at the same time, raising questions over how much power pop wields. Sources: [Jakarta Post](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/08e7421d/a31b48b97d03f2018c1e8c4dc9b19cfc/-7/), [BuzzFeed](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/9caa7de3/530ba34689fe5435964f9e5475841bc3/-7/) [Facebook](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/1d31ee08/8e6633008e88221e48091245cef6fdca/-7/) [Twitter](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/fcbe2266/d581a66cd9a0c98f48d933e427413857/-7/) [New Football League to Coexist With NFL](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/925ec92e/1987388d4249763963ca9bfcf95b33b9/-7/) Are you ready for even more football? Vince McMahon’s XFL isn’t the only spin-off in the works: The Alliance of American Football, announced yesterday, will debut Feb. 9, 2019. The new league will ditch extra points and kick-offs, having players start on the 25-yard line, and will show 60 percent fewer commercials. Founder Charlie Ebersol described it as more of a feeder league than an [NFL](5ab22f78bfb8299f790581cf:ot:591df7fbac0c811781aa5dbc:1/27882d79/d6985473c416aaf764eb1ce4a9a01e90/-7/) rival: Ten-week seasons will end in April and players won’t have long-term contracts. The AAF’s eight teams will be announced next month. 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