Shooting touch internship

As a man with a shotgun stalked his newspaper's office, a new sports intern hid under a desk with another staffer and quietly called 911, thinking that if he spoke to police, he would be shot next. Anthony Messenger had only just started working at The Capital Gazette when a gunman broke in to "unleash hell on the office," as the college senior put it during an interview with NBC's "Today" show Friday. Messenger said he was "still trying to decompress" after five people were killed and two others injured in the shooting in Annapolis, Maryland. The gunman passed by Messenger and his colleague, Gazette staff writer Selene San Felice, giving him a chance to call police back. The line was busy, so he texted a friend asking for help in calling 911. And then he gave San Felice his phone, so she could let loved ones know the agony they were going through. "In that moment I thought I was going to die," Messenger said. "So, the only thing I could think– the only solace in that moment … [Read more...] about ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die,’ Capital Gazette Intern Says After Surviving Shooting

You don't have to stay awake at work as a Mattress Firm intern. The national mattress company said last week it's hiring what it's calling a "snoozetern" to help the its social media team tease product launches and assist customers in selecting the ideal bed. The intern, who will be based at Mattress Firm's headquarters in Houston, will be responsible for testing beds, creating written and video reviews for the store's website, offering sleeping tips on Facebook Live streams and generating videos that highlight Houston residents' sleeping habits. "We are excited to hire our first ever Snoozetern," said Chief Marketing Officer Scott Thaler in a news release. "It's not every day that an intern is hired to sleep on the job, but that's just one of many perks." Body cam footage released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows an intense pursuit seen from the front seat of a patrol car. Officer William Umana was trying to stop a pair of suspected killers who had fired at … [Read more...] about Want to Sleep on the Job? This Texas Mattress Company Has an Internship for You

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By Erin Baldassari | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: July 22, 2018 at 5:50 pm | UPDATED: July 22, 2018 at 5:51 pm OAKLAND — Every day when he’s in class, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Alfonso Calderon sits 20 feet from rooms where his schoolmates were shot and killed. The rising senior, 16, knew right away following the Valentine’s Day massacre in Parkland, Florida, that he couldn’t sit idly by without turning the anger and fear he felt that day into action. He was one of several students from the school who stopped by Oakland on Sunday as part of a national bus tour, called “March for Our Lives: Road to Change,” to speak out against gun violence and advocate for stricter gun-control laws nationally. The tour, which began on June 15 in Chicago, offers a chance to meet with other organizers and register people to vote. Along the way, Calderon has spoken with members of Standing Rock Sioux tribe in … [Read more...] about Parkland shooting survivors bring March for Our Lives tour to Oakland

Abdul Aziz Sheikh, center, father of Sabika Sheikh, a victim of a shooting at a Texas high school, shows a picture of his daughter in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, May 19, 2018. Associated Press/Fareed Khan The family of 18-year-old Sabika Sheikh, an exchange student from Pakistan who was killed in the Santa Fe high-school shooting on Friday, said they believed she would be safe in the US. Sheikh left Pakistan last August and was set to return home in just a few weeks for Eid al-Fitr. Sheikh and nine other people were killed in the shooting, and another 10 people were injured. KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Abdul Aziz Sheikh sits on the ground floor of his Karachi home surrounded by mourning friends, relatives and local politicians that have come to give their condolences. Composed, he fights back tears. On the floor above, his wife is still in shock. The friends around her wail in grief. Their daughter, Sabika Sheikh, an 18-year-old exchange student from Pakistan, was … [Read more...] about The family of Santa Fe shooting victim Sabika Sheikh, a Pakistani exchange student, said they thought she’d be safe in the US