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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas man who fatally shot three people in a Target parking lot, including a 4-year-old child and her grandfather, was unprovoked and opened fire randomly, police said Tuesday. Police say a 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker fatally shot a Target worker gathering shopping carts in the parking lot, then killed a man and his granddaughter before stealing their car. Austin police Sgt. Nathan Sexton said the victims were chosen randomly. Police Chief Lisa Davis said Nieneker had a history of mental health problems, but said she was unaware of any specific diagnosis. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThe City of Springfield is inviting qualified teams to submit Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) for architectural services for the proposed Springfield Regional Convention & Event Center in downtown Springfield.The City is seeking a multidisciplinary design team including architects, interior designers, engineers, and other subject matter experts to provide full design services for the project. The center is envisioned as a major catalyst for downtown growth, featuring exhibit halls, ballrooms, meeting rooms, parking, and on-site gathering spaces, with a design that meets at least LEED Silver certification standards.SOQs must be received in .pdf format by 4 p.m., Thursday, Aug.…

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Tulane study finds AI boosts creativity only with metacognitive strategies Research tested ChatGPT use on 250 employees in real work settings Employees who actively planned and adapted gained the most from AI Study urges training in thinking skills alongside AI adoption In 2024, U.S. companies invested more than $110 billion in Artificial Intelligence technology as recent studies show that more than 80% of U.S. companies are already using AI in at least one business function, including 99% of Fortune 500 companies (Dealroom analytic study). However, a Tulane University business professor warns that simply investing in AI technology or…

The lucky winner couldn’t wait to tell people she was getting richer. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois’ sanctuary policies came under fire Tuesday after a tragic head-on collision claimed the lives of both the mother of a former WNBA player and an undocumented migrant with prior DUIs. According to the Stephenson County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday, August 6th, Darcy Brunner, 61, the mother of former NCAA and WNBA player Sophie Brunner, was killed in a head-on collision with Rolando Ico-Choc, 30, a native of Guatemala. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. At a press conference on Tuesday, Sen. Andrew Chesney (R-45th) said Ico-Choc was known to the U.S. Department of…

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As the summer winds down and fall approaches, the Farmers’ Almanac is looking ahead to winter with a new set of weather predictions for the 2025-2026 season. In its press release, issued Monday, the Farmers’ Almanac summed up the winter season for much of the U.S. in three words: “Chill, Snow, Repeat.” What should New Mexico expect? According to the Farmers’ Almanac, the Southern Plains, which includes New Mexico, Texas, western Kansas, Oklahoma, and portions of Nebraska, may see a wetter-than-average winter with periodic cold snaps. The region might also experience freezing precipitation with limited snow. What the ‘Old Farmer’s Almanac’…

A homicide investigation is underway in South Carolina after two women’s bodies were found in a rural area in Sumter County, about 40 miles east of Columbia, police said. A landowner found the bodies in a cleared area on his land, Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said at a news conference on Tuesday. The women appeared to have been killed elsewhere before their bodies were deliberately placed in the clearing, Dennis said. The victims were identified as Kristen Grissom, 38, and Christine Marie McAbee, 35, Dennis said. An autopsy found that McAbee died from a gunshot wound, Sumter County coroner Robert M.…

Multimedia reporter Marina Watanbe has accused the US media in being “complicit” in the deaths of five Al Jazeera staff who the Israeli militaey killed in an intentional drone strike while they were in a media tent stationed outside of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. In a post on X on Monday, the former LA Times reporter said the publication had prevented her and 100 of her colleagues from covering Palestine for three months: “Shortly after the Gaza genocide began, I signed an open letter demanding that Israel stop killing journalists. @latimes [LA Times] punished me and 100 of my colleagues and banned…

Two months before a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the school district’s then-police chief was required to attend a training about how to respond to an active shooter, which instructed in no uncertain terms that an “officer’s first priority is to move in and confront the attacker.”When Pete Arredondo, the police chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District at the time of the May 2022 shooting, was confronted with precisely the situation his training should have prepared him for, he did the opposite of what the training instructed would have…

The area has experienced eight quakes so far in 2025, USGS data shows. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)