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Rupnow was identified as the suspect in the shooting at the Madison, Wisconsin, school. Learn about Rupnow. Image Credit: Getty Images Another school shooting has taken place in the United States — this time, in Madison, Wisconsin. A student at Abundant Life Christian School opened fire on December 16, 2024, leaving a teacher and another student dead. Multiple people in the building were injured, according to several outlets. The suspect has been identified as 15-year-old Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow. Learn more about Rupnow and the incident at Abundant Life Christian School below. Who Is Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow? According to NBC News,…

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke.Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin referred the “active threat” against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to an elite presidential guards force “for immediate proper action.” It was not immediately clear what actions would be taken against the vice president.The Presidential Security Command immediately boosted Marcos’ security and said it considered the vice president’s threat, which was “made so brazenly in public,” a…

Here’s a look at the financial standing of the six-time Super Bowl champion as he transitions from coaching in the NFL to college football as North Carolina’s new head coach. Image Credit: Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Bill Belichick has been making headlines recently with both his professional and personal life. The legendary NFL coach, known for leading the New England Patriots to 6 Super Bowl titles, has just been announced as the new head coach at the University of North Carolina. North Carolina confirmed on Wednesday that the university and Belichick had agreed to a five-year deal, reportedly worth upwards…

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Pfizer, Broadcom, Teva Pharmaceuticals and more Source: www.cnbc.com

Shirin van Anrooij will not compete in the cyclocross or early road racing seasons while she recovers from successful surgery to treat iliac artery endofibrosis undergone on October 31. Her team Lidl-Trek confirmed in a medical update that the Dutch multi-discipline rider would return to competition in May.“After some hard months on and off the bike, we finally got to the bottom of what was causing me problems in my left leg. I have had successful surgery to repair a narrowing of my external iliac artery. It was definitely a scary discovery at first, but everything went well and I…

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‘Small caps are going to become more in favor in 2025:’ VettaFi’s research head says Source: www.cnbc.com

Barcelona, Spain — The recurrent storms in eastern Spain that led to massive flooding last week and killed at least 217 people, almost all of them in the eastern Valencia region, dumped rain further north Monday on Barcelona, prompting authorities to suspend commuter rail services and reroute flights as some highways were inundated. Spanish Transport Minister Óscar Puente said he was suspending all commuter trains in northeast Catalonia, a region with 8 million people, at the request of civil protection officials. Cell phones in Barcelona screeched with an alert for “extreme and continued rainfall” on the southern outskirts of the city.…

On December 21, Russian troops fired 42 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, with a total of 93 explosions recorded. The Sumy Regional Military Administration reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. “The Khotyn, Yunakivka, Bilopilia, Krasnopilia, Velyka Pysarivka, Hlukhiv, Esman, Shalyhyne, Znob-Novgorod communities were shelled,” the report says. The Russians dropped 3 mines on the territory of the Esman community, an explosive device from a UAV (1 explosion), and also conducted artillery shelling (25 explosions) and an FPV drone strike (1 explosion). The enemy attacked Krasnopilia community with mortars (14 explosions), MLRS (3 explosions) and dropped…

From the people who brought you the V-16 engine made from chainsaws, we have a new contraption that will inevitably find its way into a Lada. The Garage 54 team is back just in time for the holidays, and if Santa brought you yet another cordless drill, here’s some inspiration for using it. Get a few more and make your own electric vehicle. That’s the plan for this bonkers build, which utilizes no less than 50 drills. We have no idea the output of each, but with all of them linked up via serpentine belts, a bit of parasitic power…