UCLA goes from fear to sadness in professor’s shooting death

UCLA goes from fear to sadness in professor’s shooting death

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A murder-suicide brought a massive police response and widespread fear of an active shooter among tens of thousands of people at UCLA. Now fear has shifted to sadness as many lament the death of a professor who worked on computer models of the human heart who was also a doting father who coached his young son's baseball team.

William S. Klug, a professor of mechanical engineering, was gunned down in an engineering building office Wednesday, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation but not authorized to publicly discuss it.

Germany plans first increase in troop numbers since Cold War
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Germany plans first increase in troop numbers since Cold War

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Berlin (CNSNews.com) – Germany's next budget will see the nation's first increase in troop numbers since the Cold War, with the cabinet set to debate whether or not the country will take on a bigger military role in international affairs to "maintain global security."

The new budget as well as a draft defense plan – outlined in a government policy white paperreported by Deutsche Welle and other outlets last week – are seen as a response to current security concerns, including the Islamist terrorist attacks in Europe, the refugee crisis, and Russia's actions in Ukraine.

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