Self-Driving Car Not at Fault in Yesterday’s Deadly Accident, Trump Congratulates Putin on Election Win, and the Senate Set to Vote on Yemen War: P.M. Links

  • Uber fleetPolice say that the self-driving Uber vehicle is not at fault in yesterday’s deadly collision with a pedestrian. The Washington Post‘s Megan McArdle argues it’s far too soon to tell if self-driving cars are safer than their human-piloted alternatives.
  • Trump congratulates Putin on his election win, suggests the two will meet in “the not-too-distant future.”
  • School shooter in Maryland injures two before being killed by armed school resource officer.
  • The Senate is set to vote on a resolution withdrawing U.S. personnel from supporting Saudi Arabia’s intervention in Yemen.
  • Rep. Liz Cheney’s sole Republican primary challenger in the race for the state’s single Congressional seat criticizes her for praising torture, saying “we’re a really red state. We’re crusty, old conservative cowboys and miners, and we’re rough and tough and opinionated, but we are not torturers”
  • California governor Jerry Brown says high-speed rail critiques are “bullshit.”

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