If you’re in the process of a big desktop upgrade and you’re looking for a little future-proofing, look no further than MSI’s latest power supply. The MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 (rolls off the tongue, don’t it?) is the first PSU model sold to consumers that offers full compliance with Intel’s new ATX 3.0 standard. ATX 3.0 power rails, or adapters to comply with them, might become a necessity as soon as the latter part of this year, when power-hungy next-gen graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD are expected to use them.
Even so, the Ai1300P is a bit of a splurge. As the name implies, it’s a massive 1300-watt unit, capable of delivering up to 600 watts to beefy, power-hungry PCIe 5.0 graphics cards using the new 12VHPWR (12+4 pin) power rail. Older, backward-compatible PCIe 4.0 cards should work fine too, so long as you get a compatible power rail. For a technical breakdown of what’s new in the ATX 3.0 standard, check out PCWorld’s exhaustive guide here, or watch our interview with Intel PSU guru Stephen Eastman below.
In addition to the 12VHPWR rail, the Ai1300P boasts no less than six older PCIe outputs, double 8-pin CPU raise, and four rails for SATA connections. MSI’s announcement page (spotted by WCCFtech) doesn’t say when the new power supply will be available, or for how much. Our guess: “soon” and “a lot,” respectively.
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President Biden tried to claim Wednesday that the US had “zero inflation” in July hours after federal Consumer Price Index data showed annual inflation dipping only slightly to 8.5%, which outraged Republicans and other critics who pointed out it’s still near a four-decade high .
The latest figures reflected a demand-driven decline in fuel prices — including gasoline, which hit a record national average of $5 per gallon in mid-June before sliding to a still-high $4 average today — that offset increases in the cost of food, rent and other goods and services.
“I just want to say a number: zero,” Biden said in the White House East Room before signing legislation granting greater medical and disability benefits to veterans suffering illnesses linked to inhaling toxic smoke.
“Today, we received news that our economy had 0% inflation in the month of July — 0%,” Biden said. “Here’s what that means: while the price of some things went up — went up last month, the price of other things went down by the same amount. The result? Zero inflation last month.
President Joe Biden insists the US is undergoing “zero inflation” in spite of federal data showing its more than eight percent.REUTERS/Kevin Lamarques
“But people are still hurting,” the president went on, before repeating: “But 0% inflation last month.”
Biden then proceeded to accidentally step on his own message by urging Congress to pass the Senate-approved Inflation Reduction Act, which he said would keep inflation “from getting better,” a view advanced by Republicans, before correcting himself to say “from getting worse.” .”
Biden’s rosy spin on the latest inflation report was quickly called out as misleading by critics, especially after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted: “We just received news that our economy had 0% inflation in July. While the price of some things went up, the price of others, like gas, clothing, and more, dropped.”
“The Biden Administration has a tortured relationship with math,” joked Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) on Twitter.
The Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index shows inflation remains at a four-decade high at 8.5 percent.New York Post Illustration
“Ridiculous BS from the White House,” tweeted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “There’s 8.5% inflation and basically everything anyone ever buys went up in price. This is just cruel gaslighting from the Biden admin.”
“Either the White House doesn’t understand what inflation is or they just don’t care,” said Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.). “That doesn’t change the pain and hardship that Americans are enduring because of their failed policies.”
“It’s a bogus math trick. This is the overall one-month index change. Overall that means that the big drop in fuel oil and gas (following previous massive monthly increases) swamped the huge increases everywhere else,” tweeted Jeffrey Tucker, president of the Brownstone Institute think tank.
“Using the same tactic, you could also observe a one-month 19.2% increase in electricity! But of course we would not do that because that’s dumb,” Tucker added. “The actual increase is 15.2% which we get from calculating year over year.”
John Cooper, director of media and public relations at the conservative Heritage Foundation, tweeted, “Joe Biden claims, multiple times, that there was ‘zero inflation’ in July. Absolutely false. Year-over-year inflation was 8.5% in July.”
The Bureau of Labor statistics laid the data out in black and white — reporting the highest annual jump in food prices since the 1970s, with a 1.3% bump in at-home food costs from June to July and a 10.9% food-cost jump in the past year.
“The all items less food and energy index rose 5.9 percent over the last 12 months,” the official report said, referring to so-called “core inflation.” “The energy index increased 32.9 percent for the 12 months ending July, a smaller increase than the 41.6-percent increase for the period ending June. The food index increased 10.9 percent over the last year, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending May 1979.”
National gas prices still remain at $4 a gallon or more.AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File
Overall annual inflation was 9.1% in June, the highest rate since 1981. Critics blame Biden’s policies, including large spending bills, while the White House has blamed an array of other factors — including COVID-19, supply chain bottlenecks and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Federal Reserve has a target of about 2% annual inflation and has been increasing interest rates this year in an attempt to tamp down price increases.
The pending Inflation Reduction Act, which the House is expected to pass as early as Friday, provides nearly $400 billion for environmental programs, including tax credits of up to $7,000 to buy electric vehicles, and roughly $64 billion to extend more generous COVID-19- it was Obamacare subsidies.
Sen. Ted Cruz accused the White House of “cruel gaslighting” on Americans.Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock
The new spending is offset by new taxes on corporations, including a new 15% corporate minimum tax, increased IRS enforcement and by allowing Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices.
Republicans argue new taxes may result in higher consumer costs and point to independent analysis that says the bill won’t reduce inflation.
“The Orwellian named ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ will do no such thing, as a number of prominent experts and economic policy groups have indicated,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said after the bill passed the Senate. “The Penn Wharton Budget Model, the Tax Foundation, and the Congressional Budget Office all found the bill won’t lower inflation and may make it worse. The IRS would more than double in size, unleashing 87,000 new enforcement agents on American families… [and the] nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation says that 78% to 90% of the revenue raised from misreported income would likely come from those making under $200,000.”
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Cloud streaming, like Google’s Stadia, could be the killer feature of the company’s upcoming mixed reality headset. Google has already laid the foundation for it.
At the I/O developer conference in May, it presented an impressive new Google Maps feature: With Immersive View, Maps users can immerse themselves in a detailed 3D version of well-known cities on their smartphones and even virtually examine the interiors of restaurants and pubs.
The 3D graphics come from the cloud and use Google’s Stadia infrastructure. Google dubbed the new streaming service Immersive Stream for XR. A trailer released to accompany the announcement shows various application scenarios that resulted from Google’s cooperation with BMW and other companies.
Immersive stream for VR and AR headsets in the pipeline
Now Google is working on headset support, writes Google blog 9to5Google. The service is expected to support OpenXR-compatible VR and AR headsets and offer VR and stereo AR modes. The news comes from an immersive streaming spotlight Google held last week.
The service, in its current form, is aimed at enterprise customers. Google cites shopping, tourism, kitchen design, and training as use cases.
Immersive Stream for XR supports Android, iOS, and desktop browsers so far. Support for OpenXR headsets is in development. | Image: Google
It could become more in the future. Google is rumored to be working on a mixed reality headset that could support both VR and AR via passthrough mode (see Project Iris). The report in question says that Google is considering using cloud streaming to compute AR content to get around technical limitations like limited processing power and waste heat. Project Iris is expected to launch in 2024, according to the report.
XR gaming from the cloud
Immersive Stream for XR could become the basis for such a headset feature. With its cloud infrastructure, Google is well positioned and could one day outpace competitors like Meta and Apple. Meta is launching a mixed reality headset in a few months (see Project Cambria), and Apple is expected to launch its first XR hardware early next year.
Meta is working on its own XR cloud streaming under the codename Avalanche and is currently conducting initial 5G tests with US carrier Verizon. Nothing of the sort has leaked out from Apple yet.
Cloud streaming holds enormous potential for tech glasses in general, as it could combine mobility and computing power. Today’s VR headsets are either mobile but lack computing power, or they are tied to a local computer.
The biggest technical challenge is the latency of cloud streaming. This needs to be lower than traditional 2D streaming because too much delay between the VR action and its visual translation into virtual reality can disrupt the experience and cause discomfort.
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Beijing has announced an end to its military drills surrounding Taiwan but said further “training and war preparation” would continue.
It made the announcement shortly after reaffirming its commitment, in a major policy paper, to use force against Taiwan if it could not take control “by peaceful means”.
A spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command said on Wednesday afternoon the exercises had been successfully completed, and “effectively tested the integrated joint combat capabilities of the troops”, according to state media.
The statement pledged to continue monitoring the Taiwan strait, regularly patrol the area and remain ready for combat.
After the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, visited Taiwan last week, Beijing’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched live-fire military exercises in seven large zones closely surrounding Taiwan’s main island.
Taiwan’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, accused China on Tuesday of using the military drills to prepare for invasion. On Wednesday, Pelosi defended her visit from her, saying it was “absolutely” worth it.
“We cannot allow the Chinese government to isolate Taiwan,” Pelosi said in an interview with NBC. “They’re not going to say who can go to Taiwan.”
The Chinese Communist party government (CCP) claims Taiwan as a breakaway province of China. In a white paper released through state media on Wednesday morning, it reiterated its resolve to annex Taiwan by force if peaceful means were unsuccessful.
“We will work with the greatest sincerity and exert our utmost efforts to achieve peaceful reunification,” the official English-language version of the document said. “But we will not renounce the use of force, and we reserve the option of taking all necessary measures.”
Titled The Taiwan Question and China’s Reunification in the New Era, the official document did not give a timeline but did say: “We should not allow this problem to be passed down from one generation to the next.”
It said the use of force would be a “last resort taken under compelling circumstances”, and did not target “fellow Chinese in Taiwan”.
“This is to guard against external interference and all separatist activities,” the document said. It also claimed unification was the only way to avoid Taiwan being invaded by another country.
It was the third paper on Taiwan released by the state council, after one in 1993 and another in 2000. According to Reuters, it removed a promise stated in the previous two papers “to not send troops or administrative personnel to be based in Taiwan” after “unification”.
Wednesday’s paper reiterated Beijing’s intention of initially ruling Taiwan under the “one country, two systems” framework, and proffered Hong Kong as an example of the policy’s “resounding success” after “appropriate improvements” were made in the crackdown after the 2019 protest movement.
The recent crackdown on Hong Kong and imposition of Beijing’s national security law has been a major driver in the Taiwan population’s overwhelming rejection of the prospect of CCP rule. Hong Kong’s treatment featured heavily in the presidential campaign of Tsai Ing-wen, who was elected in a landslide.
Wednesday’s white paper also included erroneous interpretations of foreign governments’ “One China” policies, and blamed Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive party and the US for fomenting “separatist” forces. It said unification was the only way to stop Taiwan from being invaded by another country.
“Separatism will plunge Taiwan into the abyss and bring nothing but disaster to the island,” it said.
Dr Lin Ying-yu, of Tamkang University’s Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies, said the document was likely to have been timed to coincide with the military drills. “After the saber-rattling, they verbally intimidate,” Lin said. “They hope to make Taiwanese people respond in different ways and [to divide] opinions.”
Dr Mark Harrison, a senior lecturer in Chinese studies at the University of Tasmania, said the paper demanded Taiwanese people abandon the decades-long aspirations for democracy and sovereignty they have strived for since Japanese colonization in the early 20th century, before the People’s Republic of China existed.
“The concluding references to Beijing’s willingness to use ‘all necessary measures’ and its identification of ‘separatist elements or external forces’ is a disquieting sign of the arguments it is preparing to justify military action against Taiwan,” said Harrison.
China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, appeared to be the first Chinese official to be questioned by media on the white paper, at a national press club event on Wednesday afternoon. Xiao would not be drawn on what constituted a “compelling circumstance” justifying the use of force, and he said people should “use your imagination” for the definition of “all necessary means”.
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Xiao was also asked about comments by his fellow ambassador in France, that Taiwan’s people would be “reeducated” after annexation. The comment sparked alarm, appearing to align with Beijing’s efforts to “re-educate” Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
Xiao said he was not aware of any official policy regarding reeducation in Taiwan but his personal understanding was that “once Taiwan is reunited … there might be a process for the people in Taiwan to have a correct understanding of China, about the motherland”.
SpaceX just got one step closer to the first orbital test flight of its launch system Starship with the successful static fire test of a prototype Super Heavy booster late Tuesday afternoon. That booster, “Booster 7,” was rolled to the launch pad overnight last Friday.
The successful test is a notable milestone for SpaceX, which has been working on its Starship program from its Boca Chica development facility in southeast Texas. It comes just a few weeks after a previous booster test resulted in an explosion at the launch pad — though the damage was clearly not catastrophic, as this same booster was tested today.
Just a single Raptor 2 engine was fired during the test, rather than the 33 engines that will ultimately lift Starship to orbit, and the entire test lasted only a few seconds. During a static fire test, the engines spin up to ignition, but the rocket stays on the pad, so engineers can get a good sense of an engine’s performance prior to an actual launch.
NASA Spaceflight livestreamed the test and captured the exact moment of ignition:
The two-stage Starship is comprised of a Super Heavy booster and an 164-foot-tall upper-stage called Starship. The launch system, which stands at 394 feet in total, is designed to be fully reusable — the only rocket in its class that’s designed for reusability by a long margin. It’s a key part of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s goal to make humans multi-planetary and to spread, in his words, “the light of consciousness” throughout the universe.
Although Musk has postulated a number of possible timelines for the first orbital flight test of Starship, I have most recently estimated on Twitter that “a successful orbital flight is probably between 1 and 12 months from now.”
Eight Minnesota corrections officers, all people of color who said they were barred from interacting with Derek Chauvin while he was awaiting trial in the death of George Floyd, were awarded a nearly $1.5 million settlement Tuesday.
Chauvin was arrested for Floyd’s murder on May 29, 2020, and brought to the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center. The officers – who identify as African American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander American and multiracial – alleged former jail superintendent Steve Lydon prohibited all officers of color from guarding Chauvin or entering the floor where he was being held just before he arrived. The order was rescinded about an hour later, according to a resolution to a lawsuit filed by the officers.
Lydon reportedly told his superiors that he made the decision “to protect and support” minority employees by keeping them away from the former Minneapolis police officer, the Star Tribune reported.
“Out of care and concern, and without the comfort of time, I made a decision to limit exposure to employees of color to a murder suspect who could potentially aggravate those feelings,” Lydon said in a statement given during an internal investigation that the sheriff’s office provided the Star Tribune shortly after the incident.
Lydon was later demoted but still works for the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail.
The officers filed a racial complaint in June 2020 with the state’s Department of Human Rights but closed it to pursue discrimination litigation. The group filed a lawsuit in February 2021 alleging race and color discrimination and hostile environment.
COMPLAINT:Officers allege minorities weren’t allowed to guard Chauvin
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The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to settle the lawsuit. The settlement required the county to issue a written apology and acknowledge that the order was discriminatory and wrong.
Board Chairwoman Trista MatasCastillo apologized in a statement “for the trauma you experienced and the ongoing harm this racist incident caused.”
“The actions taken by Sheriff’s Office leadership that day were more than just wrong – they were racist, heinous, highly disrespectful and completely out of line with Ramsey County’s vision and values,” she said. “No one should ever have questioned your ability to perform your job based on the color of your skin.”
The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to USA TODAY’s request for comment Wednesday. Lydon was not immediately able to be reached.
One of the plaintiffs, Devin Sullivan, urged the sheriff’s office to create a safe and welcoming work environment.
“Trust and accountability are critical to our safety as correctional officers, and Superintendent Lydon’s segregation order broke this trust,” Sullivan said in a statement released by his attorneys to the media. “Each of us is on our own journey toward healing from this damaging discrimination and the aftermath, and these settlements will help us open a next chapter.”
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The years of waiting will soon come to an end: Half-Life 2 VR is in the starting blocks and should be even better after the launch.
As the mod team announced on the project’s website, Half-Life 2 VR will be released in September. The mod has already been in a private beta test for months and will soon enter public beta.
“The overwhelmingly positive feedback from our private beta testers over the past few weeks has convinced us that the game as it is now can not only be fully completed from start to finish, but it’s also very enjoyable to do so, and we wish to give you the opportunity to experience it for yourselves,” the mod team wrote.
MIXED colleague Max also participated in the private beta test and found Half-Life 2 VR to be better than the original flat HL 2 experience.
The team is waiting for Valve’s response
It is still unclear whether the project will get the green light from Valve. Without a license, the team can’t publish Half-Life 2 VR on Steam. That would make installation more cumbersome, but wouldn’t hold up the release any further.
“We are still waiting for approval by Valve, and we do not know how much longer that will take,” the mod team’s blog reads. If the approval doesn’t come, the mod will be released outside of Steam.
With the launch of the open beta, the project is not finished, on the contrary. In a roadmap, the team describes what they plan to do next. The team plans to add episodic support, overhaul weapons, improve movement and comfort, and revamp maps, assets, and textures.
“A project as large and ambitious as Half-Life 2: VR is never truly finished. There is a lot that we still want to do, and still want to improve on, to make it the best VR experience we possibly can.”
Big plans for Half-Life 2 VR
For starters, the team wants to bring the two add-on episodes to VR. The majority of the expansions are already playable well, the team said, and after the launch of the open beta, the team plans to look into full VR support for Episode One and Two.
One area of the base game that could use some fine-tuning is the weapons. Many gadgets don’t yet support hand poses, and some animations and effects are still missing or incomplete. “We are working on it and will gradually release updates as we make progress,” it says.
The team also wants to improve controls and locomotion. The developers are thinking about support for teleportation and additional comfort options for vehicles.
The team is also working on revising 3D models and textures thanks to AI upscaling. The improvements are supposed to stay true to the original game. The maps are also to be overhauled and receive improved lighting, more details, and VR optimizations.
Half-Life 2: VR will be free, but requires a Steam installation of the original game.
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DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) — After days of following several active leads, police have made arrests in the shooting death of an off-duty Monterey Park police officer who was killed in Downey, Eyewitness News has learned.
Details surrounding the arrests weren’t immediately released, but authorities are expected to share the latest developments at a 2 pm news conference on Wednesday.
Gardiel Solorio, 26, was identified as the officer killed in the lot at 12070 Lakewood Boulevard earlier this week.
Responding officers found Solorio suffering from gunshot wounds, and paramedics declared him dead at the scene.
“He really wanted to make an impact on the community,” said Monterey Park Police Chief Kelly Gordon during a news conference on Tuesday. “His classmates of him shared that Officer Solorio had all the characteristics of a great officer. He was humble, dedicated, selfless and hardworking, but even a better person.”
Solorio grew up in Bell Gardens, according to Gordon.
He attended California State University, Los Angeles where he received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.
The 26-year-old had just graduated from the police academy in July. Solorio is survived by his parents, brothers, sisters and fiancée.
“His family and friends described him as tough as nails but a kid at heart,” said Gordon.
WATCH | Police give updates on fatal shooting of off-duty officer in Downey
This is a developing story. This article will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
The new Urbanista Phoenix true wireless earbuds offer active hybrid noise cancellation and they are … [+] powered using a solar cell.
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Urbanista may be known as a Swedish lifestyle audio brand, but it’s also a technological trailblazer and very serious about audio quality. The company has just announced the launch of the new Urbanista Phoenix, the world’s first true wireless earbuds that offer noise canceling and solar-powered charging.
The charging case of the Urbanista Phoenix has a solar panel made with Exeger’s Powerfoyle material. … [+] This panel can turn almost any light source into power for charging the earbuds.
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Last year, the company joined forces with Exeger to launch the Urbanista Los Angeles headphones. These were the world’s first to use Exeger’s Powerfoyle technology, a thin plastic film that can turn light to generate unlimited playtime by ensuring the batteries are always charged and ready to go.
The Urbanista Phoenix are the first true wireless earbuds to use Powerfoyle solar cell material on their charging case. The Phoenix has batteries that are continuously being charged in their charging case and exposed to almost any outdoor or indoor light sources.
The new earbuds feature active hybrid noise-canceling technology. In addition, they include noise-canceling microphones that can filter out unwanted background sounds, offering clearer calls without fewer distractions, especially in crowded and noisy spaces.
Tuomas Lonka is Urbanista’s Brand and Marketing Director. “It’s a privilege to continue on this path of innovation with Exeger and use the latest in solar cell technology. Urbanista’s Los Angeles self-charging headphones were well received and we knew we wanted to apply this technology to a true wireless design.”
The Urbanista Phoenix earbuds come with a choice of silicone ear tips for a comfortable and secure … [+] fit.
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Giovanni Fili is the founder and CEO of Exeger: “We are incredibly excited to launch the world’s first Powerfoyle-powered true wireless earphones together with Urbanista. The Los Angeles headphones set a new standard.”
theUrbanista Phoenix’s true wireless earbuds connect via Bluetooth and include support for multipoint connectivity, which means the Phoenix can be connected wirelessly to two devices simultaneously. The lightweight earbuds also feature intuitive touch controls and intelligent voice assistance so the user can skip tracks, increase volume and issue other commands without using hands.
As long as the Urbanista are continuously exposed to light, they will always be charging. for those … [+] who live in the dark, there’s also a USB-C charging port.
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The sound of the Urbanista Phoenix can be customized using EQ controls in the companion Urbanista smartphone app. The iOS and Android apps also provide information on how to get the most out of the earbuds’ playtime, including visual indications of the solar charge levels and usage. There’s even an option to customize the touch controls and voice assistant.
Axel Grell is Urbanista’s audio engineer and a former chief designer with Sennheiser. “Phoenix advances technology to create a cutting-edge, innovative audio experience and we have worked hard to develop a soundstage to match. As a result, these earbuds deliver a crystal clear and transparent sound with a punchy bass that doesn’t overpower the mids and highs. The Phoenix also delivers sound that will have you listening comfortably for hours on end.”
Like all Urbanista products, the Phoenix take their name from a city. The earbuds have been inspired by the desert scenery of one of the sunniest cities on the planet. The earbuds come in Midnight Black (black) or Desert Rose (pink). Custom-fit silicone tips create an excellent passive acoustic seal while ensuring the earbuds fit securely and comfortably in the ear. And although water may be short in most deserts, the Phoenix have a water-resistant rating of IPX4, enabling them to be used in humid and rainy conditions.
Pricing & Availability: The Urbanista Phoenix true-wireless ANC earbuds are available later this year and will cost $149 / £129 / €149.
more info: www.urbanista.com
Key Features:
● Solar and ambient light charging with Powerfoyle.
● Hybrid active noise canceling.
● Transparency mode.
● Multipoint connection.
● Playtime 8 hours.
● Total battery reserve 32 hours.
● Microphone noise reduction.
● In-ear detection.
● Automatic power off.
● Touch controls.
● Voice assistant support.
● IPX4 water resistant.
● USB type-C charging.
●Bluetooth 5.2 version.
● Urbanista mobile app compatible.
● Available in Midnight Black (Black) and Desert Rose (Pink).
Authorities investigating the crash in Windsor Hills that left five people dead are trying to sort out the actions and mind-set of the nurse who prosecutors say plowed her Mercedes into the intersection.
Investigators are still trying to get a full account of what brought Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, to the corner of Slauson and La Brea avenues on Thursday afternoon.
Linton, who has been charged with multiple counts of murder and vehicular homicide, was speeding more than 90 mph when she approached the busy intersection, authorities said.
The Mercedes does not appear to slow before running a red light shortly after 1:30 pm The light had been red for nine seconds before the car barreled through the intersection, slamming into multiple cars, prosecutors said.
Linton, whose permanent address is in Texas, had been working as a traveling nurse at a Kaiser hospital in West Los Angeles and lived near the healthcare facility off La Cienega Boulevard. Authorities believe she drove into Windsor Hills from the hospital but are not sure why she was driving so recklessly, sources told The Times.
It’s about four miles between the hospital and the site of the deadly crash, and investigators are trying to determine whether Linton was working a shift around the time of Thursday’s collision.
LA County Dist. Atty. George Gascón said there is no evidence of any alcohol use by Linton at this point.
On Monday in court, Linton’s attorney, Halim Dhanidina, asked to continue her arraignment to October because he is reviewing her out-of-state history of “documented profound mental health issues.” Dhanidina did not elaborate on those issues but said the Windsor Hills crash could be linked to them.
Authorities are trying to determine whether Linton was supposed to be taking medications and if she was using them at the time of the crash, according to law enforcement sources who spoke anonymously because the investigation is ongoing.
At least six vehicles were involved in the crash, according to California Highway Patrol investigators. In addition to the fatalities, eight people were injured.
The impact of the fiery crash killed 23-year-old Asherey Ryan; her 11-month-old son of Ella, Alonzo Quintero; her boyfriend of hers, Reynold Lester; and their unborn child. Ryan was 8½ months pregnant when she was killed. The boy she was carrying had been named Armani Lester, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
Two additional women killed in the crash have yet to be identified.
Linton was hospitalized with moderate injuries for several days before being taken into police custody.
Law enforcement sources say Linton was involved in 13 previous wrecks before Thursday’s deadly crash.
