STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Foundation will divest its $770 million endowment from investments in coal companies, marking a victory for climate change activists looking to bring financial pressures to bear on carbon emitters.
The UMass Foundation Board, which manages the five-campus system's charitable contributions and endowment, also announced Thursday that it will continue to look for ways to manage endowment funds in a way that promotes "environmental sustainability and socially responsible investing."
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — One moment, Syed Rizwan Farook was sitting at a table with colleagues at a holiday gathering for county health employees. Then suddenly he disappeared, leaving his coat on his chair.
The next time his co-workers saw him, he was dressed in battle gear and wielding an assault rifle.
