Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert is a senior reporter on Business Insider's Los Angeles news team. She covers a wide range of topics, from innovations in AI technology to the latest in national politics and is particularly interested in stories involving data privacy and labor issues, the judicial system, and the social impacts of big business.

She previously worked at the San Fernando Valley Business Journal covering regional business news, and received a master's degree in investigative reporting from University of Southern California.

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Some of her top stories include: 

Clarence Thomas raised him 'as a son.' Now he's facing 25-plus years on weapons and drug charges.

Tesla's reign as EV king is fizzling, so Elon Musk has his sights set on a new goal — turning X back into Twitter

Police are prosecuting​ abortion seekers using their digital data — and Facebook and Google help them do it

Amazon acquired the company that makes Roomba robotic vacuums. Anti-trust researchers and data privacy experts say it may be 'the most dangerous, threatening acquisition in the company's history'

A bored hacktivist browsing an unsecured airline server stumbled upon national security secrets including the FBI's 'no-fly' list. She says what she found reveals a 'perverse outgrowth of the surveillance state.'