Police tweeted that no children were hurt or in danger after reports of shots at a high school in Dalton, 90 miles from AtlantaPolice in Georgia have taken a high school teacher into custody after being called to an incident where they say he fired a gun in a classroom and then barricaded himself in. The Dalton police department tweeted that no children were hurt or in danger during the incident, which lasted for about an hour on Wednesday and caused the school to be evacuated. They provided no information about the teacher’s identity or what caused the situation. Continue reading…

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/28/georgia-police-take-teacher-into-custody-after-shots-fired-at-school

Microsoft founder slams digital currencies as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak reveals he was victim of bitcoin scamBill Gates, the philanthropist and former chief executive of Microsoft, is concerned by the crytocurrency craze, saying that the anonymity offered by the new technology has “caused deaths in a fairly direct way”.Speaking during a Reddit AMA, Gates argued that “the government’s ability to find money laundering and tax evasion and terrorist funding is a good thing. Continue reading…

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/feb/28/bill-gates-cryptocurrencies-deaths-bitcoin-steve-wozniak-scam

Fresh controversy over Kushner laid bare the ramifications of Trump’s decision to place his son-in-law in high-ranking positionJared Kushner’s role as a senior adviser in Donald Trump’s White House has reached a pivotal moment after it was reported that the presidential son-in-law lost access to America’s top secrets and may be a target of foreign countries. Continue reading…

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/28/jared-kushner-security-clearance-trump-latest

Figures show more players self-reported concussions last yearNFL discusses measures to combat brain trauma among athletesOne of the NFL’s most pressing problems isn’t close to being solved as the league’s chief medical officer discussed a rise in the number of player concussions last season.Dr Allen Sills said there had been 291 reported cases of concussion last season compared with 250 in 2016, a 16% rise. In mitigation, the 2017 figures could have been affected by more players self-reporting concussions than in the past. However, Sills said that was not an excuse. “It’s not OK to simply stand behind that and say, ‘Well, the numbers are going up because we’re doing a better job,’” he said. “I think to me this is really a call to action to see what we can do to drive it down.” Continue reading…

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/28/nfl-concussion-numbers-2017-season