1 Dead, 7 Injured in Florida Strip Club Shooting (CNN)
Gunfire erupted early Saturday morning inside a Tampa strip club, leaving one dead and seven injured as police hunted for answers. So who opened fire? And why? Those are all things that Tampa police and the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office are now trying to find out.
$153 million in Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking fees, documented (CNN)
Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, combined to earn more than $153 million in paid speeches from 2001 until Hillary Clinton launched her presidential campaign last spring, a CNN analysis shows.
In total, the two gave 729 speeches from February 2001 until May, receiving an average payday of $210,795 for each address. The two also reported at least $7.7 million for at least 39 speeches to big banks, including Goldman Sachs and UBS, with Hillary Clinton, the Democratic 2016 front-runner, collecting at least $1.8 million for at least eight speeches to big banks.
The analysis was made at a time when Hillary Clinton has been under scrutiny for her ties to Wall Street, which has been a major focus of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail.
California should help pay for earthquake early warnings, state lawmakers say (LA Times)
Hours after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake destroyed buildings and took lives in Taiwan, four state lawmakers said they want California to help fund an earthquake early warning system that has been stalled by a lack of money.
The total cost of building the system across the West Coast has been esimated at $38 million, plus $16 million a year to operate it. For California alone, the cost is $23 million to construct the network, and $12 million annually thereafter.
San Francisco preps for a high-tech Super Bowl (USA TODAY)
Silicon Valley takes a backseat to the National Football League this weekend. San Francisco plays host to Super Bowl 50, as the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos battle to win the NFL’s top prize. And The City By The Bay has spent a lot of time and money getting ready: The “most technologically advanced Super Bowl ever”
