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EDM Friday Briefing: San Bernardino, Denver, Minneapolis, Cairo

Emergency and disaster management Friday Briefing for December 4, 2015: Trying to find a motive in the San Bernardino shooting, a high school lockdown in Denver, Minneapolis protests persist, and another possible terror attack in Egypt kills 16.

  1. Authorities [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-up-to-20-shot-in-san-bernardino-active-shooter-sought-20151202-story.html” title=”identified a couple who they believe are responsible“] for killing 14 at San Bernardino holiday party and are [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fbi-probe-terror-link-san-bernardino-shooting-20151203-story.html” title=”probing a possible terror link“] as they [link url=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/san-bernardino-shooting_56601e68e4b08e945fee2264″ title=”search for a possible motive“] behind the shooting.
  2. Recent reports point to the theory that the San Bernardino couple allegedly behind the shooting [link url=”http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/san-bernardino-shooting/san-bernardino-massacre-suspects-appear-have-been-radicalized-n473261″ title=”appear to have been radicalized“], with a former CIA operative saying that the two shooters [link url=”http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/12/03/cia-isis-san-bernardino-shooting/” title=”used ‘ISIS tactics’ and likely received combat training“].
  3. Police tactics in the San Bernardino shooting [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-tactics-20151204-story.html” title=”received high praise from experts“]. Law enforcement’s short response time and [link url=”http://wtvr.com/2015/12/02/richmond-police-union-chief-says-armored-vehicles-helped-officers-during-san-bernardino-shooting/” title=”proper use of armored vehicles“] helped authorities locate the suspects quickly and possibly helped prevent further carnage, experts said.
  4. The San Bernardino attack is the most recent in a [link url=”http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/03/458321777/a-tally-of-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s” title=”string of mass shootings in the U.S.“] and is re-igniting the debate of [link url=”http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/health/u-s-most-mass-shootings/index.html” title=”why the U.S. has the most mass shootings“] in the world.
  5. East High School in Denver, CO [link url=”http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29198685/denvers-east-high-school-lockdown-after-reports-armed” title=”went into lockdown“] after police responded to reports of [link url=”http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/12/03/police-investigate-possible-person-with-gun-at-east-high/” title=”a possible person with a gun“]. No shots were fired but least two students were detained in the incident.
  6. [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-police-tear-protesters-camp-minneapolis-35550982″ title=”Protests related to a police shooting“] continued in Minneapolis and have persisted for two weeks. Yesterday, Minneapolis police [link url=”http://www.wsj.com/articles/eight-arrested-as-police-clear-protest-camp-in-minneapolis-1449159032″ title=”cleared a protest camp“], which ultimately resulted in eight arrests.
  7. A homemade bomb reportedly killed 16 people in an [link url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/12/04/us-egypt-violence-idUSKBN0TN0JT20151204#GxkpQ1eMlMxLmJhK.97″ title=”attack on a nightclub in Cairo, Egypt“]. This is the latest is what is believed to be a [link url=”http://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-claims-responsibility-egypt-sinai-peninsula-attacks/” title=”wave of attacks tied to ISIS“].
  8. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said on Thursday that [link url=”http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/us/politics/combat-military-women-ash-carter.html” title=”all combat roles are now open to women“], an announcement that is [link url=”http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/pentagon-women-in-combat-republican-reaction-216412″ title=”igniting political response“].
  9. In the wake of the [link url=”http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/02/us/robert-dear-planned-parenthood-shooting.html” title=”Planned Parenthood attack“] that left three dead, there are reports that suspect Robert Dear [link url=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robert-lewis-dear-planned-parenthood_56600928e4b08e945fee21d0″ title=”reportedly targeted a clinic previously“]. Advocates say that [link url=”http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/12/01/planned-parenthood-attack-clinic-dangers/76613822/” title=”the threat of violence ever-present“] at abortion clinics.
  10. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that up to [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/420000-people-die-annually-tainted-food-35552050″ title=”420,000 people die annually due to tainted food“]. WHO also pointed out that [link url=”http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/12/who-says-kids-bear-heavy-foodborne-illness-burden” title=”the youngest children are often at greatest risk“] when it comes to foodborne illness.
  11. With news of mass shootings swirling, [link url=”http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/us/black-friday-gun-sales-soared-fbi-data-shows.html” title=”gun sales on Black Friday soared“], FBI data showed. FBI gun background checks [link url=”http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/03/news/san-bernardino-fbi-background-checks/index.html” title=”are on track for a record year“] in 2015.
  12. Police say that disaster was averted after an alleged plot to [link url=”http://newjersey.news12.com/news/police-serious-plot-to-cause-damage-at-clifton-high-school-thwarted-5-fifth-graders-suspended-1.11186790″ title=”set off an explosive inside Clifton High School“] was thwarted. But parents complained that the [link url=”http://www.northjersey.com/news/parents-say-clifton-school-didn-t-notify-them-of-alleged-plot-by-5th-graders-to-damage-high-school-1.1466968″ title=”Clifton school didn’t notify them of alleged plot“] by 5th graders to do harm to the high school.

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