An employee stormed the Molson Coors complex in Milwaukee and killed five co-workers before turning the gun on himself in one of the city’s deadliest shootings. The company did not identify the 51-year-old shooter, but said he was an “active” employee at the sprawling facility. It did not provide details on a possible motive for…… MORE
St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester thanked medical personnel for saving his life in his first public address since he was revived with a defibrillator during a game. “It happened in the absolute best place that it could happen because of all the protocols they have in place and how people responded so quickly,” he…… MORE
A celestial phenomenon is set to occur between Venus and the moon Thursday night, according to NASA’s calendar. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and you’ve got a clear sky Thursday, look to the southwest and you’ll see a very bright Venus alongside a crescent moon, together two of the brightest objects in the…… MORE
Children’s lives may not be as hard as adults’, but sometimes their moodiness and sadness are more than just a phase. Around one in six US youth ages 6 to 17 has a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder such as anxiety, depression or attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder, according to a 2019 report in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.…… MORE
I spent a good chunk of time doing the math to come up with a bottom-line figure for all of Bernie Sanders’ proposals — not just “Medicare for All” but the Green New Deal, free college, universal pre-K and child care, and so on. The total? An estimated $50 trillion. This week, he released fact…… MORE
President Donald Trump wants America to know he’s doing a great job in keeping out the novel coronavirus, in a victory lap that could look premature if his own experts are correct in their more somber forecasts. The President spoke at a news conference on Wednesday about the worldwide health emergency that has seen the…… MORE
A great horned owl injured during a California wildfire flapped back into the wild Wednesday evening, thrilling the firefighters who rescued him. Early last November, Ventura County Fire Department crews working on the Maria Fire spotted something unusual, an owl hopping on the ground. “We were watching him, it wasn’t normal” said firefighter Caleb Amico.…… MORE
Dow futures dropped 350 points late Wednesday after US health authorities said they’ve discovered a case of novel coronavirus in the country without knowing its origin. Other major US indexes also declined in after-hours trading. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures each fell 1.3%. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said earlier that a…… MORE
Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday that she is ready for a convention floor battle this summer if none of the Democratic candidates reaches a delegate majority during the primaries. The senator from Massachusetts made it clear at a CNN town hall in South Carolina that she would be willing to lobby superdelegates, who have votes on…… MORE
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she wouldn’t step aside before the Democratic convention if none of her presidential rivals reach the number of delegates required to clinch the party’s nomination before then. It was the biggest headline in a marathon night of town halls from South Carolina. Over four hours, former Vice President Joe Biden…… MORE
