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Just hours be­fore Pres­id­ent Obama met with fam­il­ies of the vic­tims of the Umpqua Com­munity Col­lege mas­sacre in Ore­gon, a North­ern Ari­zona Uni­versity stu­dent shot class­mates fol­low­ing an al­ter­ca­tion in a park­ing lot....

SOON AFTER THE school year started in September 2000, a police officer working at McNary High in Keizer, Oregon, got a tip about a junior named Erik Ayala. The 16-year-old had told another student that "he was mad at 'preps' and was going to bring a gun in." Ayala stru...

"Not doing anything is not an option." 

"I can't go back, but you can go forward and make a difference."

Nicole Hockley

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Associated Press

First Published: January 7th, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Thirteen flight attendants filed a federal complaint Wednesday against United Airlines saying they were fired for refusing to fly from San Francisco to Hong Kong on a pla...

Associated Press

10/31/14

DUNMORE, Pa. — A survivalist accused of ambushing two state troopers, leaving one dead and seriously injuring the other, was captured on Thursday, ending a seven-week manhunt for him, authorities said.

State police confirmed Eric Frein, 31, was...

Illustration by Peter Oumanski for TIME

Totally. Here's why

First of all, understand that “meditation” is a catchall term for a lot of different mental activities, many of which have nothing to do with sitting cross-legged on the floor and saying om.

“There are thousan...

Exposure to violence in the workplace can lead to serious consequences for health sector employees say Stéphane Guay and Nathalie Lanctôt of the Institut universitaire de santé mentale and the University of Montreal, who studied this issue in a systematic review of th...

Intelligence is a work in progress. Maximize yours with these simple habits.

By Jessica Stillman

Originally published by Time October 10, 2014

Recommended by VPA Specialist Kari Halvorson 

You might be under the impression that intelligence is a fixed quantity set when...

Psychologists say news coverage of the most recent fence-jumper will inspire copycats.

By Michael Gaynor

First Published by the Washingtonian October 1, 2014

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When it comes to assassination attempts, how much information is too much? Flooded by stories a...

By Tom Junod 

First published by Esquire on September 16, 2014

Are we helpless to stop mass shootings? Is anyone even trying to stop them? The good news is that the answers are No and Yes. The bad news: The person loading up hasn't gotten the news.

THE OUTSIDE of the b...

A small dog, a Chiweenie (yes, there is such a thing) called Trixxie was attacked and carried off by a Coyote. The neighbors Rottweiler,  named Happy, came to the rescue! 

WBNS-10TV Report and Video Here.

Playboy is excited about its Terry Richardson issue: 'The results are by turns sub-dappled, sassy, langurous and, most of all, revealing in the very best way.' Photograph: Rex / Patrick McMullan Co / Sipa U

It's been less than a month since Dov Charney was ousted as Am...

Cassidy Stay, center, is comforted after a funeral service last week for her parents and three siblings, who were shot to death allegedly by Ronald Lee Haskell. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

When Ronald Lee Haskell was accused of killing six members of his ex-wife’s fami...