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Three decades ago, as a University of North Carolina student, he covered a deadly shooting for the school newspaper. Last month, as a journalism professor at the same school, Ryan Thornburg kept his students safe during a lockdown — after another shooting. Thornburg, the former student journalist, didn’t even think to call his parents in California about the 1995 shooting until he saw a television news van near the scene. A few days later, it was their turn to experience a campus shooting. Students who grew up in the age of school shootings are arriving on campus extra jumpy, he said.

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☆ Caesars Entertainment paid heavy ransom after cyberattack - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Sept 13 (Reuters) - Caesars Entertainment (CZR.O) paid millions of dollars to hackers who broke into the company's systems and threatened to leak data, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The hackers, allegedly known as Scattered Spider or UNC 3944, started targeting Caesars as early as Aug. 27, according to the people. Caesars did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Earlier this week, MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) said it had shut down some of its computer systems due to cybersecurity issues. Reporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh KuberOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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“We sat down on Monday night as a team,” the paper’s student print managing editor, Caitlyn Yaede, told CNN in a phone interview. The Wednesday, August 30, 2023 front page of the Daily Tar Heel, shared to the student newspaper's Instagram account. The student newspaper published a string of the community's texts amid an lockdown during which a graduate student allegedly killed a professor. Rebecca Wright/CNNThe idea to compile text messages came from the paper’s Editor-in-Chief Emmy Martin, Yaede said. But I think we told a story of a community that was startled, of a community that was scarred, and a community that is angry, and a community that is grieving,” Yaede said.

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RALEIGH, N.C. – The 2024 election promises to feature several major battlegrounds, but for sheer breadth of competitive contests, North Carolina next year will be hard to beat. Recent presidential contests in North Carolina have been close: In 2020, Donald Trump won North Carolina by about 74,000 votes out of more than 5.5 million cast. In other words, in 2024, North Carolina will be one of the centers of the political universe – important in part because it’s a uniquely competitive state. “North Carolina has proved to be a purple state, but not necessarily a swing state,” says Cooper, the political scientist. For the better part of two decades, Georgia, like North Carolina, had voted consistently Republican in key federal races – until 2020.

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☆ Fact Check-Fox News chyron on University of North Carolina shooting is altered
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The chyron in a Fox News broadcast covering the shooting at the University of North Carolina (UNC) has been altered to read “shooter described as ‘mostly white Asian male.’”The claim surfaced online after a faculty member was shot dead in a shooting on the UNC campus on Aug. 28. A suspect was arrested and the threat was cleared by late afternoon, Reuters reported, citing officials (here). The screenshot, featuring an image of the suspect, was shared on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here) and Facebook (here) and (here). The chyron in the original Fox News broadcast, featuring the same image of the suspect, read, “UNC police release picture of person of interest” (0:06) (here). Screenshot of a Fox News broadcast with a chyron reading, “shooter described as ‘mostly white Asian male’” is edited.

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☆ Graduate Student Charged in Shooting Death of UNC-Chapel Hill Professor
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Faculty Member Fatally Shot at UNC-Chapel Hill
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Suryatapa Bhattacharya | Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ UNC-Chapel Hill shooting: Police working to determine motive and find the gun used in killing of University of North Carolina faculty member
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Steve Almasy Sara Smart | Steve Almasy | Sara Smart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A suspect is in custody but police still are looking for the weapon and the motive behind the fatal shooting of a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday afternoon. We will work to rebuild that sense of trust and safety within our community,” UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said. A witness on campus told CNN they were locked down in their building and saw armed officers searching campus. Emergency responders gather on South Street near the Bell Tower on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus on Monday. The university has a student body of about 32,000, along with more than 4,000 faculty and 9,000 staff members.

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☆ Hijikata's joy at first US Open win dampened by campus shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Hijikata beat Russia's Pavel Kotov 7-5 5-7 6-3 7-5 in a bruising four-hour battle that put him through to the second round at Flushing Meadows. However, his joy was cut short by news of the shooting death of a faculty member at the university, where Hijikata's girlfriend is still taking classes. "I came off the court and saw there was a shooting at UNC that's kind of put a dampener on it (win)," said Hijikata. "I guess it is just the reality of life sometimes in this country, which is not a good thing." "I feel like it is really not an unexpected event, which makes it worse almost.

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CNN —Police at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill responded to an “armed and dangerous person on or near campus,” according to an alert from the university on Monday. A witness on campus told CNN they were locked down in their building and saw armed officers searching campus. The UNC Hospital also has received no patients from the scene, a spokesperson told CNN. Video from CNN affiliate WRAL in Chapel Hill showed a large number of police vehicles at the campus with their lights flashing. Calls to the Town of Chapel Hill were not immediately returned.

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FILE PHOTO: Students walk on the campus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAug 28 (Reuters) - A faculty member at the University of North Carolina was shot dead in a shooting on campus on Monday, officials said, adding a suspect was arrested and the threat was cleared by late afternoon"I'm devastated the UNC (University of North Carolina) community lost a faculty member in an act of violence on campus," the institution's chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz, said in a statement. Police were notified of shots being fired at the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, campus early Monday afternoon, the chancellor said. The authorities did not reveal the identities of the deceased faculty member and the suspect. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said earlier on Monday he had "pledged all state resources needed" to protect the university campus.

Persons: Jonathan Drake, I'm, Kevin Guskiewicz, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Kanishka Singh, Diane Craft Organizations: University of North, REUTERS, UNC, Police, North Carolina Governor, Caudill Laboratories, Thomson Locations: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill , North Carolina, U.S, , North Carolina, Washington

☆ A tiny homes village, where rent is under $300 per month, is being developed to help people experiencing mental illness
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A tiny-home village in North Carolina is being built for people recovering from mental illness. The village will offer those that move into these homes — all of whom struggle with severe mental illnesses — with access to affordable housing, mental health services, and counseling. Mental health and housing go hand-in-hand, according to various studies. A blueprint for future affordable housing developmentsUltimately, Money-Garman hopes the program goes to show that building affordable housing for those in the most need is possible. "Affordable housing is not going to happen unless we all step in and be ready to donate our time or talent or treasure, or all three," she said.

Persons: Penny Lane, Thava Mahadevan, Mahadevan, Garman Organizations: Service, National Alliance, Mental, University of North, XDS, Inc, UNC's Center, Excellent, Health, Spectrum, Residents, Garman Locations: North Carolina, Wall, Silicon, Penny, Pittsboro , North Carolina, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, Pittsboro

North Korean investigators have also concluded that King crossed deliberately and illegally, with the intent to stay in the North or in a third country, state news agency KCNA said. It did not address whether it had heard more details from North Korea. As an active-duty soldier he might appear to qualify as a POW, given that the United States and North Korea technically remain at war. The 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty. Factors including King's decision to cross into North Korea of his own free will, in civilian attire, appear to have disqualified him from POW status, U.S. officials have said.

Persons: Travis King, Pyongyang's, King, KCNA, Myron Gates, Soo, hyang Choi, Josh Smith, Idrees Ali, Grant McCool, Stephen Coates Organizations: U.S . Army, Joint Security Area, Korean People's Army, ABC, Pentagon, United Nations Command, UNC, U.S ., Korean, Force, U.S, South Korean, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, North Korea, U.S, South Korea, ., DPRK, United States, Washington

☆ Highest-level Chinese delegation to visit North Korea since Covid restrictions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —A high-level Chinese government delegation is headed to North Korea this week, believed to be the highest-level representatives from Beijing to visit Pyongyang since the isolated country closed its borders during the Covid-19 pandemic. Li’s visit comes after an invitation from North Korea, the statement said. On Tuesday, North Korean state media said a Russian military delegation would also be visiting this week. North Korea silent on US soldierRelations have been further complicated by the decision of a US soldier to cross the border between North and South Korea last week in the demilitarized zone separating the two nations. King has not been publicly seen or heard from since he crossed into North Korea last Tuesday, and North Korea has also not said anything about the status or condition of the missing soldier.

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SEOUL, July 25 (Reuters) - Tourists should expect far stricter supervision if visits to the border between North and South Korea resume, analysts said, after U.S. soldier Travis King used an organised tour to get close enough to dash across to North Korea last week. The U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC), which oversees the area, has indefinitely suspended all JSA tours after King's unauthorised crossing. Not all DMZ tours stop at the JSA, which is the only spot where visitors can step up to and even briefly over the border into the North. Visiting JSA is free of charge for South Korean nationals, but the tour King was on started at $180, according to a Tripadvisor listing. King's case would be the first successful border crossing by a JSA tourist ever, Zwetsloot said.

Persons: Travis King, King, Andrew Harrison, I've, Jacco Zwetsloot, Zwetsloot, we'll, Lim Eul, Banning, Lim, Harrison, Soo, hyang Choi, Josh Smith, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: U.S . Army, Joint Security Area, United Nations Command, UNC, JSA, NK, South, North, Kyungnam University, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, North, South Korea, Korea, Panmunjom, Washington, The U.S, Seoul

Seoul, South Korea CNN —A “conversation has commenced” with North Korea over US Army Pvt. Travis King, who crossed the border between North and South Korea last week in the demilitarized zone separating the two nations, the deputy commander of the United Nations Command (UNC) said Monday. It controls the South Korean side of the JSA, the one place where the North and South can meet for talks. King has not been publicly seen or heard from since he crossed into North Korea last Tuesday. North Korea has also not said anything about the status or condition of the missing soldier.

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☆ UN Command talking to North Korea about U.S. soldier Travis King
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The United Nations Command and North Korea have begun discussing the case of Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into the North last week, the deputy commander of the U.S.-led command that oversees the Korean War truce said on Monday. King, a U.S. Army private serving in South Korea, sprinted into North Korea on July 18 while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on the inter-Korean border, landing Washington in a fresh diplomatic quandary with the nuclear-armed North. Last week, North Korea conducted ballistic missile tests hours after a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine arrived at a South Korean port. North Korea is banned under U.N. Security Council resolutions from using ballistic missile technology, which Pyongyang defiantly rejects. Late last week, North Korea warned that deployment of U.S. aircraft carriers, bombers or missile submarines in South Korea could meet the criteria for its use of nuclear weapons.

Persons: Travis King, General Andrew Harrison, Harrison, King Organizations: Army, Reuters, The United Nations Command, U.S . Army, UNC, North, British Army, Korean People's Army, ., Joint Security Area, People, U.S Locations: North Korea, U.S, South Korea, Washington, Korean, Pyongyang, Fort Bliss , Texas

☆ UN Command talking to North Korea about US soldier Travis King
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SEOUL, July 24 (Reuters) - The United Nations Command and North Korea have begun discussing the case of Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into the North last week, the deputy commander of the U.S.-led command that oversees the Korean War truce said on Monday. King, a U.S. Army private serving in South Korea, sprinted into North Korea on July 18 while on a tour of the Demilitarized Zone on the inter-Korean border, landing Washington in a fresh diplomatic quandary with the nuclear-armed North. Last week, North Korea conducted ballistic missile tests hours after a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine arrived at a South Korean port. North Korea is banned under U.N. Security Council resolutions from using ballistic missile technology, which Pyongyang defiantly rejects. Late last week, North Korea warned that deployment of U.S. aircraft carriers, bombers or missile submarines in South Korea could meet criteria for its use of nuclear weapons.

Persons: Travis King, General Andrew Harrison, Harrison, King, Hyunsu Yim, Jack Kim, Ed Davies, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: United Nations Command, U.S . Army, UNC, North, British Army, Korean People's Army, ., Joint Security Area, People, U.S, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, North Korea, U.S, South Korea, Washington, Korean, Pyongyang, Fort Bliss , Texas

[1/3] Foreign tourists participating in DMZ tour walk past a military fence near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea July 19, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiPAJU, South Korea, July 19 (Reuters) - Only hours after U.S. Most infamously, axe-wielding North Korean soldiers in the DMZ in 1976 murdered two U.S. soldiers who were cutting down a tree to secure a clear view. In 2017, a North Korean soldier was riddled with bullets by his comrades, but ultimately survived as he made a dash into the South. He must have done it not knowing exactly what North Korea is like," Lee told Reuters at the observation point.

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North Korea's state media has made no mention of the incident. North Korea has been testing increasingly powerful missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, including a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile last week. Forces Korea, said the military was "working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident," referring to North Korea's People's Army. NORTH KOREA FIRES MISSILESThe soldier was on a tour of the Panmunjom truce village with other visitors when he crossed a Military Demarcation Line, U.S. officials say. The launch came hours after the South Korea and the United States held the first round of talks on Tuesday on upgrading coordination in the event of a nuclear war with North Korea.

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Seoul, South Korea CNN —A US national is believed to be in North Korean custody after crossing the border during a tour, a United Nations agency said Tuesday. The individual was detained during a Joint Security Area tour after crossing the Military Demarcation Line separating North and South Korea, the United Nations Command said in a tweet. The prospect of a US national being held in North Korean military custody comes at a time of fraught diplomacy and rising military tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Under leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea has been ramping up tests of potentially nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missiles, something South Korea and its treaty ally the United States are keen to push back on. The NCG is a joint US and South Korean panel set up by the countries’ leaders at a summit in Washington in April.

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☆ U.S. national crosses into North Korea, likely held in custody
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

South Korea's Dong-a Ilbo daily, citing South Korea's army, identified the person as Travis King, a U.S. army soldier with the rank of private second class. "We believe he is currently in DPRK custody and are working with our KPA counterparts to resolve this incident," it added, referring to North Korea's People's Army. North Korea has been testing increasingly powerful missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, including a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched last week. U.S. State Department travel advisory bans U.S. nationals from entering North Korea "due to the continuing serious risk of arrest and long term detention of U.S. He died in 2017, days after he was released from North Korea and returned to the United States in a coma.

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☆ Google's top AI researchers, including all the authors behind a landmark paper, have left for competitors. Here's where they are now.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Thomas Maxwell | Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Top AI researchers have been leaving for startups where their work can have more impact. That frustration over Google's slow movement has been corroborated by other former Google researchers who spoke to Insider. Niki Parmar left Google Brain after five years to serve as a cofounder and CTO of Adept, though in November, she left to found a stealth startup. Lukasz Kaiser left Google Brain after working there for more than seven years to join OpenAI in 2021. Sharan Narang, another contributor to the T5 paper, left Google Brain in 2022 after four years there.

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☆ To boost diversity after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, UNC will offer free tuition to some in-state students
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

UNC said it would soon offer free tuition to in-state undergrads whose families earn less than $80,000. The policy change is set to begin with students who will enter the university in the fall of 2024. UNC announced the plan after the Supreme Court struck down the use of affirmative action in admissions. "We will expand the university's long-standing commitment to access and affordability for North Carolina families," he said. In the class of 2026, which entered the university last fall, 49% of the students were North Carolina natives, and 32% received need-based financial aid.

Persons: Kevin Guskiewicz, Guskiewicz Organizations: UNC, Service, University of North, North, Chapel Hill, University, Harvard Locations: Wall, Silicon, University of North Carolina, North Carolina

Last week, the Supreme Court said race-conscious policies adopted by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina to ensure that more non-white students are admitted are unconstitutional. Harvard College is the undergraduate school of Harvard University. The groups in Monday's complaint said the Supreme Court ruling had made it even more imperative to eliminate policies that disadvantage non-white applicants. Representative Barbara Lee, a Democrat from California, called legacy policies "affirmative action for white people" in a tweet. The lawyer, Seth Waxman, told the court that there was no evidence that ending legacy preferences would lead to a more diverse student body.

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