Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — The officers who confronted an alleged gunman during a mass shooting in a packed Virginia Beach municipal building helped prevent even more bloodshed. Twelve people were shot to death and four others were injured in Friday’s rampage, allegedly carried out by a disgruntled employee. But officials praised the responding …
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Jun 01
Virginia Beach mass shooting victims named in emotional news conference
Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — The 12 people who were gunned down in a municipal building in Virginia Beach, allegedly by a disgruntled employee, were mothers and fathers and dedicated government workers, officials said on Saturday. “We continue to focus on these families — on the victims. These are 12 individuals who came to …
Jun 01
Police response in Virginia Beach mass shooting helped ‘save other lives’
Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — The officers who confronted an alleged gunman during a mass shooting in a packed Virginia Beach municipal building helped prevent even more bloodshed. Twelve people were shot to death and four others were injured in Friday’s rampage, allegedly carried out by a disgruntled employee. But officials praised the responding …
Jun 01
Trump tariffs on Mexico would likely mean Americans paying more for cars, avocados
iStock/Milan_Jovic(WASHINGTON) — From cars to avocados, the biggest hit from President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on imports from Mexico would likely be on American consumers’ wallets. The tariffs are expected to start at 5% beginning June 10 and could end up going as high as 25% by October, according to the White House. “These tariffs, …
Jun 01
Mega Millions jackpot rises to $475 million with no winner Friday
youngvet/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot continues to creep toward half a billion dollars. There was no winner of the $444 million jackpot on Friday night, so next week’s drawing will rise to an estimated $475 million. The numbers were 7-8-26-65-67 with a Mega Ball of 4. There were a handful of runner-up prizes …
Jun 01
Student with replica handgun sparks lockdown ahead of high school graduation
(SANTA ROSA, Calif.) — A 15-year-old student with a highly realistic replica handgun sparked a swift response from police ahead of a California high school graduation on Friday afternoon. The teen apparently drew the weapon, which was later determined to be a pellet gun, in Santa Rosa High School’s music building just before 11 a.m. …
Jun 01
Dire state of coral reefs highlighted by first-ever World Reef Day
iStock(NEW YORK) — A quarter of the world’s coral has disappeared in the last 30 years, and scientists warn that coral reefs could be entirely wiped out by the end of the century. Coral reefs support more marine species than any other undersea habitat, with over 25% of the ocean’s fish dependent on the healthy …
Jun 01
New severe weather threat set to arrive in Plains, Northeast this weekend
ABC News(NEW YORK) — River flooding remains a concern through the weekend in parts of the central U.S. after weeks of relentless severe weather. May was the wettest it has been in four years in Arkansas, with some locations in the state receiving more than 15 inches of rain. Tulsa, Oklahoma, also saw its third-wettest …
Jun 01
12 killed after gunman opens fire ‘indiscriminately’ at Virginia Beach office
iStock(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — A city worker opened fire “indiscriminately” at the Municipal Center in Virginia Beach Friday afternoon, killing at least 12 people before he was shot dead by police in a “long gun battle,” police said. Eleven of the victims died on the scene and one succumbed to their injuries on the way …
May 31
(SAN FRANCISCO) — The stranding of 70 gray whales along the United States’ west coast is considered to be an “unusual mortality event” by the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries. Thirty-seven gray whales have washed up in California, including more than a dozen in the San Francisco Bay Area, experts said during a NOAA conference call on Friday afternoon. The whal
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — The stranding of 70 gray whales along the United States’ west coast is considered to be an “unusual mortality event” by the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries. Thirty-seven gray whales have washed up in California, including more than a dozen in the San Francisco Bay Area, experts …
