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U.S. NEWSSaturday 12 December 2015

Cause of death sought for body thought to be Cutler’s in-law

BRADY McCOMBS the body Thursday, nearly The remains were near the said. been, with possible hypo-
two weeks after a rancher bottom of a steep hillside Medical examiner officials thermia,” White said.
Associated Press found Michael Cavallari’s filled with boulders, about were not immediately Kristin Cavallari said she
car abandoned near the 3 miles northwest of where available for comment Fri- was heartbroken in an Ins-
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A area. Cavallari, 30, is reality Michael Cavallari’s car day. tagram post Thursday. She
TV personality Kristin Caval- was discovered the morn- Frigid weather in the area posted a picture herself
medical examiner will per- lari’s brother. ing of Nov. 27. might have been a factor, and her brother as children
The Utah medical examin- There were no bullet holes, White said. Nighttime tem- and wrote that “Mikey”
form toxicology and other er is working to confirm the stab wounds or other signs peratures were at or below had a good heart and al-
identity and determine the of foul play. It’s now up to freezing around the time ways made her laugh.
tests to determine what cause of death, a process the medical examiner to the car was found against “I’m at a loss for words,
that could take as long as determine how he died, a small embankment. but I know u are in a bet-
killed the person believed two months, Grand County with toxicology reports cer- “I don’t know what his ter place and finally at
Sheriff Steven White said. tain to play a factor, White mental state might have peace,” she wrote.q
to be NFL quarterback

Jay Cutler’s brother-in-law,

who was found dead in a

steep and rocky area in an

isolated part of southern

Utah.

Authorities discovered

US launches trial of facial, eye scans on Mexican border

Contractor Sabira Dewji, right, helps a pedestrian crossing from Mexico into the United States point. The trial run, which be scanned when foreign-
lasts through June, will help ers leave the country, but
at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry have his facial features and eyes scanned at a biometric kiosk determine if authorities ex- an official said most won’t
pand screening to foreign- have to stop walking.
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy) ers at all land crossings on Scanners will read chip-
the 1,954-mile border with enabled travel documents
ELLIOT SPAGAT to track people who stay In a push to change that, Mexico. Authorities will at a distance and match
Associated Press in the country illegally after Customs and Border Pro- look at the accuracy of the information to entry re-
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The fed- their visas expire. tection began scanning the cameras. Congress has cords.
eral government this week Up to half of the people foreigners entering on long demanded biometric “It’s basically to verify
began collecting facial in the U.S. illegally are be- foot at San Diego’s Otay screening such as finger- that the same person that
and eye scans of foreign- lieved to have overstayed Mesa port of entry. In Feb- prints, facial images or eye came to the United States
ers entering the U.S. at a their visas, but the absence ruary, it will start collect- scans from people leaving is the same person that’s
busy border crossing with of a checkout system has ing the same information the country, but the task exiting the United States,”
Mexico, a first step in one left authorities with no way on foreigners walking into poses enormous financial said Joe Misenhelter, assis-
of its most ambitious efforts to identify them. Mexico through the check- and logistical challenges, tant director at Otay Mesa,
especially at land cross- the nation’s fourth-busiest
ings. On Thursday, foreign- port of entry last year.
ers put their travel docu- Starting in February, U.S.
ments on a plate at one citizens heading to Mexico
of the San Diego crossing’s on foot will use a separate
six kiosks and looked into lane at the California cross-
a camera positioned at ing with scanners that col-
arms’ length. The process lect biographic informa-
took less than a minute. tion, including name and
Then, they walked a few birth date, but not biomet-
steps to a border inspector rics, Misenhelter said. They
for questioning. won’t have to stop if their
“It’s very fast, not incon- travel documents are chip-
venient in the least,” said enabled. Marc Rosenblum,
Rosendo Hernandez of Ti- deputy director for U.S. im-
juana, who was on a trip to migration policy at the Mi-
buy tools. gration Policy Institute, said
The government has not the effort aims to fix “the
announced details on biggest deficiency in the
how faces and eyes will whole system.”q

Report cites 241 near collisions between pilots, drones

JOAN LOWY manned aircraft that meet cidents studied, the drone- records detailing 921 inci- ously released data on re-
Associated Press the Federal Aviation Ad- to-aircraft clearance was dents involving drones and ports of drone sightings, but
WASHINGTON (AP) — ministration’s definition of 50 feet (15 meters) or less, manned aircraft between the Bard report is the first
There has yet to be a a near-collision, including the report said. Most of the Dec. 17, 2013, and Sept. comprehensive analysis of
confirmed U.S. collision 28 incidents in which pilots sightings occurred within 12, 2015. Researchers cau- the sightings by research-
between a drone and had to veer out of the way. 5 miles (8 kilometers) of tioned that it’s hard for pi- ers outside the aviation
a manned aircraft, but The analysis by Bard Col- an airport and at altitudes lots to judge their distance community. Its findings are
there’s a growing number lege’s Center for the Study higher than 400 feet (120 from another object when likely to fuel more debate
of close calls as drones fly of the Drone found that 90 meters). Those are spaces flying at high speeds. over how much of a threat
where they least belong — of the close drone encoun- in which the FAA prohibits The majority of the inci- drones are to manned air-
near airports. ters involved commercial drones from flying, raising dents, 64 percent, were craft as the government
A report released Friday jets. The FAA defines a questions about the effec- sightings of drones in the vi- struggles with how to reap
counted at least 241 re- near-collision as two air- tiveness of the rules. cinity of other aircraft with the benefits of unmanned
ports of close encoun- craft flying within 500 feet of The report is based on an no immediate threat of aircraft without undermin-
ters between drones and each other. In 51 of the in- analysis of government collision. The FAA has previ- ing safety.q