In a jolting violent incident at a shopping mall in South Carolina, a shooting erupted, creating a havoc situation. This is what we know so far about the horrific incident.

What we know so far about the gunfire at the South Caroline mall

<p>A major university in the United States has shifted to online classes after a former professor threatened mass shooting on the campus.</p>

<p>The administration of UCLA in Los Angeles has told its 44,500 students that the studies would henceforth be conducted remotely.</p>

<p>The latest directive came following the arrest of former philosophy lecturer Matthew Harris on Tuesday who posted over 300 threatening videos on YouTube, and then sent an 800-page manifesto to staff threatening&nbsp;mass shooting.</p>

<p>The 31-year-old man had worked at UCLA till last year. He was put on leave after complaints from students that he had sent pornography videos to them.</p>

<p>“"Upon reviewing parts of the manifesto, we identified thousands of references to violence, stating things such as killing, death, murder, shootings, bombs, schoolyard massacre in Boulder,” Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold told reporters.</p>

<p>"The level of violence that we saw in the manifesto was obviously so alarming. We have not made connections yet across states, and that's why we have federal partners looking at this as well. But I can tell you it's very violent, very disturbing."</p>

<p>Mass shootings, particularly in schools, shopping malls and places of worship, are a recurring problem in the United States that successive governments have failed to curb.</p>

<p>Despite a majority of the US public being in favour of stricter gun control rules, attempts to limit access to firearms are regularly stymied by a powerful gun lobby, which cites a constitutional right to bear arms.</p>

<p>Gun violence claimed more than 44,000 lives in 2021, including suicides, according to the Gun Violence Archive, reported AFP.</p>

<p>(With inputs from agencies)</p>


A major university in the United States has shifted to online classes after a former professor threatened mass shooting on the campus. The administration of UCLA in Los Angeles has told its 44,500 students that the studies would henceforth be conducted remotely.

A major university in the United States has shifted to online classes after a former professor threatened mass shooting on the campus. The administration of UCLA in Los Angeles has told its 44,500 students that the studies would henceforth be conducted remotely. The latest directive came following the arrest of former philosophy lecturer Matthew Harris on Tuesday who posted over 300 threatening videos on YouTube, and then sent an 800-page manifesto to staff threatening mass shooting. The 31-year-old man had worked at UCLA till last year. He was put on leave after complaints from students that he had sent pornography videos to them. “"Upon reviewing parts of the manifesto, we identified thousands of references to violence, stating things such as killing, death, murder, shootings, bombs, schoolyard massacre in Boulder,” Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold told reporters. "The level of violence that we saw in the manifesto was obviously so alarming. We have not made connections yet across states, and that's why we have federal partners looking at this as well. But I can tell you it's very violent, very disturbing." Mass shootings, particularly in schools, shopping malls and places of worship, are a recurring problem in the United States that successive governments have failed to curb. Despite a majority of the US public being in favour of stricter gun control rules, attempts to limit access to firearms are regularly stymied by a powerful gun lobby, which cites a constitutional right to bear arms. Gun violence claimed more than 44,000 lives in 2021, including suicides, according to the Gun Violence Archive, reported AFP. (With inputs from agencies)

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<p>The outgoing&nbsp;<strong>US President&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;</strong>has declared a state of emergency in Washington a few days after his supporters marched into the Capitol building to destroy government property and protest against the US election results.</p>

<p>The news broke out in the late hours of Monday through a&nbsp;White House press office. The release claims the decision has been taken to make sure no such incident takes place in future as the inauguration ceremony for Joe Biden is scheduled to take place next week.</p>

<p><strong>Also read|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/fbi-warns-armed-trump-supporters-could-hold-protests-in-all-50-states-ahead-of-bidens-inauguration-356130" hreflang="en">FBI warns armed Trump supporters could hold protests in all 50 states</a></strong></p>

<p>"Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement the District’s response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021," the release states.</p>

<p>Through this action, the President has given authority to the&nbsp;Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to "coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the District of Columbia."</p>

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<p>Further, FEMA can identify, mobilise and use discretion to provide resources and equipment to prevent any impacts of violence or situations of emergency. "Emergency protective measures, limited to direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 100 percent Federal funding."</p>

<p>This decision has come hours after&nbsp;he acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, resigned from his post due to the violence at the Capitol a week. ago. Following his rsignation, the White House press release states&nbsp;Pete Gaynor, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Thomas J. Fargione as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/videos/gravitas-will-donald-trump-be-impeached-356125"><strong>WATCH|</strong></a></p>

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<div class="videoWrapper trancodeVideo">The decision has also come a few hours after the FBI&nbsp;warned that armed&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/democrats-introduce-trump-impeachment-article-in-us-house-356120">Trump</a>&nbsp;supporters could hold protests in all 50 states between the coming weekend and January 20 when the president-elect Joe Biden takes the oath.</div>

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<div class="videoWrapper trancodeVideo">Following this warning, the Pentagon has also authorised&nbsp;15,000 National Guard troops to be deployed in the capital city to make sure no more riots take place, especially in the next one week.&nbsp;Chief of the defence department's National Guard Bureau Daniel Hokanson said that at least 6,200 have already been deployed in capital Washington with another 10,000 planned deployment over the weekend.</div>


The outgoing US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Washington a few days after his supporters marched into the Capitol building to destroy government property and protest against the US election results.

The outgoing US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Washington a few days after his supporters marched into the Capitol building to destroy government property and protest against the US election results. The news broke out in the late hours of Monday through a White House press office. The release claims the decision has been taken to make sure no such incident takes place in future as the inauguration ceremony for Joe Biden is scheduled to take place next week. Also read| FBI warns armed Trump supporters could hold protests in all 50 states "Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement the District’s response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021," the release states. Through this action, the President has given authority to the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to "coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the District of Columbia." Also read| Days after Capitol riots, Donald trump and Mike Pence meet in Oval Office Further, FEMA can identify, mobilise and use discretion to provide resources and equipment to prevent any impacts of violence or situations of emergency. "Emergency protective measures, limited to direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 100 percent Federal funding." This decision has come hours after he acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, resigned from his post due to the violence at the Capitol a week. ago. Following his rsignation, the White House press release states Pete Gaynor, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Thomas J. Fargione as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area. WATCH| The decision has also come a few hours after the FBI warned that armed Trump supporters could hold protests in all 50 states between the coming weekend and January 20 when the president-elect Joe Biden takes the oath. Following this warning, the Pentagon has also authorised 15,000 National Guard troops to be deployed in the capital city to make sure no more riots take place, especially in the next one week. Chief of the defence department's National Guard Bureau Daniel Hokanson said that at least 6,200 have already been deployed in capital Washington with another 10,000 planned deployment over the weekend.

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What we know so far about the gunfire at the South Caroline mall

US university shifts to online classes after ex-professor threatens mass shooting

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Ahead of Biden's inauguration, Trump approves emergency declaration for Washington

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