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Tesla’s new sports car might fly

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Tesla unveiled a new sports car last week that, according to the automaker, can go from zero to 60 miles an hour in 1.9 seconds, making it the quickest accelerating production car ever made. Beyond that, it has a top speed near the all-out fastest road cars in the world.Oh, and it also might fly. "Not saying the next gen Roadster special upgrade package will definitely enable it to fly short hops, but maybe..." Tesla CEO Elon Musk Tweeted Sunday. Musk had been Tweeting about a "special option package" for the Tesla Roadster that "takes it to the next level." He implied that the 1.9-second zero-to-60 times, which already beats the quickest cars now available by nearly half a second, could be improved upon with a future upgrade. "Just a question of safety," Musk said of the possible flight option. "Rocket tech applied to a car opens up revolutionary possibilities." Musk is also CEO of the rocket company SpaceX, alt...

Trump lashes out at UCLA Players

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LiAngelo Ball, along with two other players, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, were arrested last week on suspicion of stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store while their team was in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. Trump had said he personally asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to intervene in the case. President Donald Trump on Sunday shot back at Lavar Ball, the father of one of the UCLA basketball players arrested in China, for belittling the President's role in the students' release. "Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal," Trump tweeted. "I should have left them in jail!" Later Sunday evening, the President tweeted again, saying, "Shoplifting is a very big deal in China, as it should be (5-10 years in jail), but not to father LaVar. Should have gotten his son out during m...