Why Female Mass Shooters—Like the One at YouTube—Are So Extraordinarily Rare
Fortune – April 3
Hours after gunfire erupted at YouTube’s headquarters in Northern California on Tuesday, police identified the suspect as disgruntled video creator Nasim Aghdam—a woman, who died of a self-inflicted wound … Research by University of Alabama criminal justice professor Adam Lankford, published in 2016, says that one woman was among 292 public mass shooters worldwide.
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The Daily 202: Special counsel Mueller may release multiple reports on Trump, obstruction and Russian interference
My San Antonio (Texas) – April 3
This week has brought several new clues that Bob Mueller views his charge as special counsel quite expansively. The Post’s Carol D. Leonnig and Robert Costa scooped Tuesday night that Mueller informed Donald Trump’s attorneys in early March that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target at this point … “If Mueller believes he has sufficient evidence to indict Trump, but cannot indict a sitting President, expect the report he writes to be sufficiently politically damaging to make impeachment the only option,” tweeted University of Alabama law professor Joyce Alene, who served as a U.S. attorney during the Obama years. “The GOP didn’t turn on Nixon until his crimes were clear.”
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Hot housing market: Low inventory, higher interest rates create ‘frenzy effect’
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – April 3
The housing market is hotter than the surface of the sun. It’s heating up nationwide and in the Greater Birmingham area. Local realtors are tell ABC 33/40 houses can be listed in the morning and sold by the afternoon … According to the University of Alabama Center for Real Estate, inventory is down 12% in the Birmingham area year-over-year with a 14% median markup in sales prices.
Crossing Points holds annual dinner theater
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 3
Crossing points held its annual dinner theater tonight, and this year they performed the Addams family! Crossing points is a transition program at the University of Alabama that provides the college experience for 18 to 21 year olds with intellectual disabilities and prepares them to be independent after college.
Remembering Martin Luther King 1929-1968
Hot Press – April 3
Fifty years ago today, on 4 April 1968, the great African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King was brutally gunned down in an assassination carried out by a white supremacist … According to a study by researchers in the University of Alabama, the US has 4.4% of the world’s population but 42% of its guns; and over 30% of the world’s mass shooters are American.
YouTube shooter’s brother said he warned police in advance
Fox 61 (Hartford, Connecticut) – April 4
The brother of Nasim Najafi Aghdam worried she might do something dangerous. The concerns started over the weekend when Aghdam stopped answering her phone, her brother told CNN affiliate KGTV. Then the San Diego resident’s car was found more than 700 miles northwest, in Mountain View, California … But in general, there are less female shooters when it comes to firearm homicides, said Adam Lankford, criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama.
City Council Moves Forward w/Fourth Interchange Project South of Business Park
97.9 FM (Effingham, Illinois) – April 3
The Effingham City Council is moving ahead with efforts to land a fourth interstate interchange for Effingham. Council members Tuesday accepted a $60,000 IDOT planning grant to help determine a location for the interchange. The City will kick in a $15,000 match to receive the grant … Miller said after the meeting that a study developed by professors from the University of Alabama and the University of Southern Mississippi shows that rail traffic is increasing in the Effingham area and should increase further.
2018 Scholarship America® Dream Award Recipients Named
WTOC 11 (Savannah, Georgia) – April 3
Twelve extraordinary students have been selected as recipients of Scholarship America’s 2018 Dream Award, given to students who have completed or expect to successfully complete at least one full year of postsecondary education by June, 2018 … The 12 recipients are: Jacoby Barry, a computer engineering major at Mercer University. Hometown: New Orleans, LA … Jaquaious Little, a computer science major at the University of Alabama. Hometown: Artesia, MS.
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UA junior wins PRWeek’s Outstanding Student Award
Crimson White – April 3
Maret Montanari was the first student from The University of Alabama to win the Outstanding Student Award at the PRWeek Awards. Others in the past have made it to the final round, but Montanari, a junior majoring in public relations, made history.
Spring pollen count high in Tuscaloosa
Crimson White – April 4
According to the Alabama Allergy and Asthma Center, the pollen count for trees is high in 2018. In Tuscaloosa, spring means warm weather, more hours of daylight and flowers blooming with spring allergies. Angela Hammond is a certified registered nurse practitioner and clinical director for the Family and Staff Clinic at the UMC. “A lot of people probably have some allergies and don’t have much problem with it,” Hammond said. “Then there are other people who are very sensitive who have a lot of headaches, nasal draining and sneezing, watery or itchy eyes.”