local time Wednesday when two men were killed in a murder/suicide in an on-campus shooting that prompted a massive response from local and federal law enforcement, the Los Angeles Police Department told The Los Angeles Times. "The campus is now safe," Los Angeles PoliceChiefCharlie Beck told reporters in a short news conference. People are being asked to shelter in place in an engineering building on campus, the university said....
(CNN)A baby with Zika virus-related microcephaly was born inNew Jersey on Tuesday, hospital officials said ...The mother traveled to the United States from Hondurasin hopes of receiving better medical care because she knew her baby may have Zika-related problems, according to Al-Kahan ... However, he said, that was not a factor in her having the C-section ... The mother was close to full-term in her pregnancy....
The flooding is the worst in over a century that France has seen, though they aren't alone as neighboring Germany and Belgium have also been getting hit hard by floods overtaking small towns at the peak summer tourism season. InBavaria, four people have been found dead due to the floods inSimbach am Inn... However, not all are dismayed by the new streams filling the streets as the local dogs and children played in their puddles....
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Thai wildlife authorities found 40 tiger cub carcasses in a freezer inThailand’s infamous Tiger Temple on Wednesday as they removed live animals in response to international pressure over suspected trafficking and abuse. The Buddhist temple in...Tiger parts are used in traditional Chinese medicine....
“Curse the government that kills its children in cold blood.” ... leaders like Madeleine Albright who, when in1996, was asked if the political gain of sanctions that killed 600,000 Iraqi children due to malnutrition and disease was worth “more children than died inHiroshima.” “I think this is a very hard choice,” replied Albright, “but the price, we think the price is worth it.”1....
the TV essay, the public sphere and the visibility of AIDSin1980stelevision...Bright Eyes (StuartMarshall, 1984, video, 80mins.) A Caughtin the ActProduction for Channel FourTelevision ... Original documenthttp.//www.bbk.ac.uk/events-calendar/tv-research-event-stuart-marshall2014queer-history-and-public-activism-the-tv-essay-the-public-sphere-and-the-visibility-of-aids-in-1980s-television....
The home of a beloved Sacramento steak sandwich is back in business after being closed for a week due to a cockroach infestation. Jamie’s Broadway Grille was shut down by the County of SacramentoEnvironmental ManagementDepartment on May 24 after an inspector noted approximately 50 live German cockroaches in three parts of kitchen area ...The restaurant was re-opened in time for lunch on June 1 after passing its health inspection....
We also heard rumblings that the engineers could soon be working on another product for Cisco, but Robbins publicly said he had no plans to do more spin-ins. The spin-ins were controversial within the company and created a ......
The Chicago creators have gone to great (borderline obsessive) lengths to ensure that each seat is smack in the middle of the most authentic Bayside experience you will get this side of a television screen ...Saved By The Max, the pop up restaurant tribute to Saved By The Bell, is set to open tomorrow in Chicago ... A mural with several shoutouts to Saved by The Bell references greets customers at Saved by The Max inWicker Park....
Two men died this morning in an apparent murder-suicide in the Engineering IV building at UCLA. The shootings caused a campus-wide lockdown and resulted in canceled classes and evening activities. 'Our hearts are heavy this evening as our campus family mourns the sudden and tragic deaths of two people on our campus earlier today,' said ChancellorGene Blockin an email to the entire UCLA community ...Open for walk-ins until 7 p.m....
The state of Calgary’s downtown office vacancy rate appears to be getting more grim by the day — not seen since the economic downturn in the 1980s, according to a new report ... ....
SACRAMENTO — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump campaigned here Wednesday vowing to compete in three West Coast states the GOP has not carried since the 1980s, setting staggeringly high expectations for himself on terrain recent Republican nominees have all but ignored. Speaking at a scorching-hot early evening rally at an airplane hangar, Trump proclaimed he would contest […]> ... ....
Americans don't like the companies selling them pay-television and Internet service, but they dislike them less than they have in the past ... "They're the least satisfying," he said of the lowest-ranked company in both broadband and pay-television ... In subscription television, Mediacom, a relatively smaller player, came in last with a 54, which is actually 6% higher than last year's 51....
Germany’s Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel warned of serious economic and political costs if Britain were to leave the European Union after a June 23 referendum on membership, saying on Wednesday it would also damage confidence in the bloc ...ins and outs of UK’s EU debate Britain's exit from European Union would be a 'shock' to global economy....
One year ago, Bela Bajaria was promoted, named president of UniversalTelevision, the studio she had been running since 2011, having successfully revitalized a desiccated production operation. On Monday, she was let go with two years remaining on her contract. The departure of Bajaria, long one of TV’s rising-star executives, from Universal Television, was met... Read more » ... ....