News Roundup 11/14/19
Saugus High School Shooting in Santa Clarita
A student opened fire on five classmates, killing two of them before he shot himself on Thursday, authorities said. The suspect was a sophomore at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita. The shooting took place at 7:38 a.m. The first units arrived within two minutes and encountered six patients with gunshot wounds in the school’s Quad, said L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. The suspect’s mother and girlfriend are being interviewed as detectives try and determine a motive, according to Villanueva. The FBI is assisting with the investigation.
Source: KTLA
Employers chip in on student loans
Trilogy Health Services, a Louisville, Kentucky-based operator of senior living facilities, has paid $100 a month toward each eligible worker’s student loans over the past four years. Its total outlay: roughly $3 million. That money has made a big difference for Trilogy’s nurses, therapists and staff, says Todd Schmiedeler, the company’s senior vice president of the foundation and workforce development.
Source: ABC NEWS
'Craziest thing I have ever seen on a football field': NFL reacts to Myles Garrett incident
Browns defensive end Myles Garrett ripped the helmet off Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and hit him over the head with it. Garrett was then taken down by Steelers linemen David DeCastro and Maurkice Pouncey, who kicked Garrett when he was on the ground. Benches were cleared before order was restored. Garrett, Larry Ogunjobi and Pouncey were ejected, and suspensions are expected.
Source: ESPN
Pelosi Points to Possible Bribery Charge Against Trump
Speaker Nancy Pelosi sharpened the focus of Democrats’ impeachment case against President Trump on Thursday, accusing the president of committing bribery when he withheld vital military assistance from Ukraine at the same time he was seeking its commitment to publicly investigate his political rivals. The speaker’s explicit allegation of bribery, a misdeed identified in the Constitution as an impeachable offense, was significant. Even as Ms. Pelosi said that no final decision had been made on whether to impeach Mr. Trump, it suggested that Democrats were moving toward a more specific set of charges that could be codified in articles of impeachment in the coming weeks. It also indicated that Democrats were working to put a simple name to the president’s alleged wrongdoing that would resonate with the public.
Source: New York Times
Adult Cigarette Smoking Hits All-Time Low
The adult smoking rate reached an all-time low of 13.7% in 2018, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. More than 40% of American adults smoked in 1965, when the federal government began tracking tobacco use after the U.S. surgeon general released a landmark report on the health effects of smoking. Since then, smoking rates have been falling, yet smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., according to the new report.
Source: US NEWS