The Daily Populous

Saturday June 1st, 2019 morning edition

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Emergency vehicles fill the parking lot at the Princess Anne Middle School in Virginia Beach, Va, on Friday, May 31, 2019.

A longtime city employee opened fire at a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 11 people before police shot and killed him, authorities said.

Six other people were wounded in the shooting, including a police officer whose bulletproof vest saved his life, said Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover before police shot and killed him following a “long gun-battle,” authorities said.

Four other people were wounded in the shooting, including a police officer whose bulletproof vest saved his life, said Virginia Beach Police Chief James Cervera.

The city’s visibly shaken mayor, Bobby Dyer, called it “the most devastating day in the history of Virginia Beach.”.

The shooting sent shock waves through Virginia Beach, the state’s largest city and a popular vacation spot in southeastern Virginia. »

The decline of trust in science “terrifies” former MIT president Susan Hockfield

Authored by vox.com

But that’s basically what the politicization of science has done to the public discussion about climate change, says former MIT president Susan Hockfield.

Today in the red chair is doctor Susan Hockfield, the former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT.

So MIT has a different founding history from Yale: MIT was founded in 1861 to deliver technologies for America’s industrialization. »

Italy is evicting Steve Bannon from the medieval monastery he planned to turn into a far-right training academy

Authored by qz.com

The Italian government has delivered a potentially fatal blow to Steve Bannon’s plans to transform a medieval monastery near Rome into a training academy for the far-right.

The Italian state allowed the conservative Catholic organization Dignitatis Humanae Institute (DHI) to use the building early last year.

But earlier this month, Italian newspaper Repubblica reported that a letter used to guarantee the lease was forged. »

Emilia Clarke thanks Game of Thrones fans for fundraiser

Authored by bbc.com

Emilia Clarke has paid tribute to a community of Game of Thrones fans after its users raised more than £75,000 for the brain injury charity she set up.

Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen in the recently-concluded HBO series, began the charity after surgery following her second brain aneurysm.

Her thank-you video to the fans has been viewed more than 7 million times on Instagram since Thursday. »