Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, ...
If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
Yes, this is important, yes, it's newsworthy. No, it's not "Hacker News". It's all over the news, and there's nothing specific about hacking, or start-ups. It's not even of "deep interest" in any real sense. It's tragedy, pure and simple, and then it becomes politics.There is something to be learned from what the HN crowd's thoughts are on this though, but I'm conflicted.