Oakland police say gunman planned attack after expulsion A former nursing student suspected of fatally shooting seven people and wounding three Monday at a small Christian university in Oakland began planning his attack after school officials expelled him in January, police said.
Are mass killings on the increase? Criminologist says no Oakland is reeling after a gun rampage at a small religious college left seven people dead. Six months ago, eight people died in a shooting in Seal Beach, California. And just over a year ago, an attack targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona left six dead and 13 injured.
Scientific American Infectious Selflessness: How an Ant Colony Becomes a Social Immune System In the 2011 blockbuster thriller Contagion, a virus infects and kills 26 million people around the world. But even those who evade the virus are infected with something else: crippling fear.
The Christian Science Monitor Oakland shooter’s connections to religious university under scrutiny A gunman opened fire Monday at a Christian university in California, killing at least seven people, wounding three more and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended hours later with his capture at a shopping center, authorities said.
40% in survey support a state bailout for MBTA A state bailout of the cash-strapped MBTA won the backing of 40 percent of Massachusetts voters surveyed in a new Boston Globe poll, outstripping those who said they would categorically oppose an infusion of aid.
They’re reinventing the wheel (the one for vinyl records) Brookline roommates Bob Hertig and Peter Maltzan were in the market for a new turntable for their extensive vinyl record collection, but couldn’t find what they were looking for.
A hit of kindness It was a mob hit in a cannoli shop. But cash not crooks descended on The Cannoli Guy Café here Friday at the cityâs first âcash mob.ââ
Chicago Tribune Hoodie evolves into a symbol of protest Nineteen-year-old Jonathan Knowles has an array of hoodies hanging in his dorm room closet, scattered among his suits, dress shirts and ties. But the moment he walks out in a hoodie, he said, he is no longer just a Northwestern University engineering student. In the eyes of some, he is a threatening menace.
National Geographic While Rare-Earth Trade Dispute Heats Up, Scientists Seek Alternatives In the 21st century, natural resource battles will be fought not only over oil and water, but over elements with tongue-twisting names like dysprosium, yttrium, and neodymium.
Breastfeeding Avatar: Computerized Lactaction Consultants Encourage Moms To Breastfeed Though the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding infants exclusively for six months, nursing doesn’t come easily to every mom – Yahoo! Shine recently uncovered six rarely discussed breastfeeding challenges.
Posthumous Profiling? Puzzling Pieces Abound in the Trayvon Martin Case There seems to be no end to the proliferation of puzzling information in the wake of the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin. While the evidence suggests that George Zimmerman racially profiled Trayvon Martin before killing him, many now wonder whether the Sanford Police posthumously profiled Trayvon as well by failing to conduct a thorough and […]
Infosecurity Magazine Government needs to work with academia to head off cybersecurity gaps early Government should work more closely with academia to address cyber vulnerabilities at an early stage of technology development, rather than waiting until flaws are discovered once the products hit the market. This argument was made by Stephen Flynn, codirector of Northeastern University’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security.