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A history professor was shot and killed and the campus was on lockdown at Delta State University after an active shooter was reported at the school on Monday. Ethan Schmidt, an American history professor, was killed at Delta State University, Mississippi just before 11am local time. Students and staff were advised to stay away from windows while police attempted to …

Mount Aso, one of Japan’s most active volcano sites, erupted Monday, sending a plume of thick black smoke and ash more than a mile into the air and disrupting flights, authorities said. There have been no immediate reports of injuries or damage since Mount Aso’s eruption on Monday and authorities have raised the alert level in the area, preventing people …

Police reported an active shooter near MIT’s Cambridge campus late Sunday afternoon. A woman in her mid-20s was shot in the leg on Portland Street, off Main Street, according to Cambridge police spokesman Jeremy Warnick. She suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is being treated at a local hospital, he said.

A 20-year-old man was charged with impaired driving twice Sunday by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. In the first incident, RNC officers stopped the driver on the Main Roads in Goulds. He was charged with impaired driving and refusing to take the breathalyzer.

Construction is underway to widen the bike and pedestrian lane on the Stanley Park Causeway. The $7-million project to improve safety on the narrow road that connects downtown Vancouver to the Lions Gate Bridge came about after a 61-year-old woman was killed while cycling in 2013. She was struck by a bus after falling onto the street in order to …

Three youths were arrested in Arizona after police say they launched rocks at cars and pedestrians with a slingshot in an apparent “copycat” attack inspired by a wave of vehicle shootings on a highway in Phoenix, authorities said on Sunday. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the teenagers are likely “copycats” and not connected to a string of …

Britain’s NHS “cannot afford to ignore” a daily pill that dramatically lowers the risk of infection with HIV, the experts behind a groundbreaking trial have said. A recent study from the UK found that a medication regimen called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may reduce the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in patients who are at substantial risk of infection. …

A new billboard that popped up along a busy Rowan County road has again drawn attention to the eastern Kentucky county ahead of embattled county clerk Kim Davis’ expected return to work on Monday. “Dear Kim Davis,” the billboard reads, “the fact that you can’t sell your daughter for three goats and a cow means we’ve already redefined marriage.”

Taylor Swift has been hit with a lawsuit from a DJ who alleges he was falsely accused of groping the singer in 2013. David Mueller, whose radio pseudonym was “Jackson,” filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the accusations are not true, according to CNN.

Denise Pikka Thiem, Missing Pilgrim’s Body Found On Suspect’s Farm. Denise Pikka Thiem went missing near Astorga, in Leon province, in April as she was walking the world-famous Camino de Santiago. Spanish officers said they have arrested a man over her disappearance after “months of intense investigations”.

A 54-year-old patient suffering from a chest wall sarcoma became the first ever patient to receive a custom 3D printed titanium rib cage implant. Designed by CSIRO in Australia and printed by Lab 22, their 3D printing facility, this is a custom printed rib cage and sternum replacement. Apparently due to the complexity of the rib cage, regular implants can …