One Gunman in Attack in Canada, UNC Cheating Scandal, Partial Solar Eclipse
Here's what I'm reading up on:
- Authorities confirm one gunman, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (formerly known as Michael Joseph Hall), carried out Wednesday's attack in Ottawa, Canada.
- Under new guidelines, the U.S. will be closely monitoring travelers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone for Ebola symptoms.
- U.S.-led air strikes against IS in Syria have claimed 553 lives, including at least 32 civilians.
- Two AP reporters take the opportunity to visit places in North Korea that "no foreign journalists and few foreigners had been allowed to see before."
- An unarmed White House fence jumper, Dominic Adesanya, is apprehended.
- Wow. For nearly two decades, 3,100 UNC students--many of them student athletes--took shadow classes that required little work and were graded by a secretary:
- Once it's made available to the public, Google's Inbox could help you save time on managing your e-mail.
- China, a place where Kenny G is apparently really popular, is mad that Kenny G visited and tweeted a photo with Hong Kong's pro-democracy demonstrators. He has since deleted his tweet.
- Reynolds American, which produces Camel and Pall Mall cigarettes, will create designated indoor smoking areas in its offices next year.
- Don't forget about today's partial solar eclipse! There's a handy calculator that helps you figure out when to watch, and I'm re-linking the handy guide to how to watch it.