MOSCOW (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a university in Russia on Monday morning, leaving eight people dead and 24 hurt, officials said.The gunman was detained after the shooting at Perm State University, according to the Interior Ministry. There was no immediate information on his identity or possible motive.Students and staff at the university locked themselves in rooms, and the school urged those who could leave the campus to do so. The state Tass news agency cited an unnamed source in the law enforcement as saying that some students jumped out of windows of a building during the attack.

https://www.wdtv.com/2021/09/20/shooting-russian-university-leaves-8-dead-24-hurt/

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Monday are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next year amid a gripping drought.Water levels at the largest reservoir on the Colorado River — Lake Mead — have fallen to record lows. Along its perimeter, a white 'bathtub ring' of minerals outlines where the high water line once stood, underscoring the acute water challenges for a region facing a growing population and a drought that is being worsened by hotter, drier weather brought on by climate change.

https://www.wdtv.com/2021/08/16/explainer-western-states-face-first-federal-water-cuts/

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban on Sunday seized the last major city outside of Kabul held by the country's increasingly isolated central government, cutting off the capital to the east as helicopters began landing at the U.S. Embassy there.The collapse of Jalalabad, near a major border crossing with Pakistan, leaves Afghanistan's central government in control of just Kabul and seven other provincial capitals out of the country's 34. In a nationwide offensive that has taken just over a week, the Taliban has defeated, co-opted or sent Afghan security forces fleeing from wide swathes of the country, even with some air support by the U.

https://www.wdtv.com/2021/08/15/helicopters-land-us-embassy-kabul-amid-taliban-advance/

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A drug company executive testifying in a landmark trial against three large opioid distributors has continued to blame the Drug Enforcement Administration for West Virginia's addiction epidemic, saying his company's internal controls went beyond what regulations require.David May, the vice president of corporate security and diversion control for the AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., testified Monday that the company's abuse prevention systems have gone beyond the DEA's expectations and federal regulations, and have been improved over the years through more digital monitoring and training, according to The Herald-Dispatch.

https://www.wdtv.com/2021/05/18/pharma-executive-blames-vague-dea-rules-for-opioid-epidemic/

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