AUTHORITIES: 9 HURT IN SHOOTING AT CLUB IN S.C.

HAMPTON, S. C. » Authorities in South Carolina say they are investigating shooting at a club in Hampton County early Sunday that left at least nine people injured.

The State Law Enforcement Division said in an email there were no reported fatalities. No information was available on the severity of the injuries.

The shooting comes a day after gunfire at a mall in Columbia, S.C., led to 14 people being hurt, about 90 miles north of Sunday’s nightclub shooting. One arrest has been made in the mall shooting.

Afghan officials: Death toll from Pakistani airstrike rises to 45.

KABUL » The death toll from airstrikes by Pakistani military in eastern Afghanistan rose to at least 45 people, local officials said Sunday.

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last year, the country’s eastern border with Pakistan has been a source of increasing tension, with Pakistani officials claiming that newly emboldened militants harbored on Afghan soil are carrying out more frequent attacks in Pakistan. Taliban officials have denied sheltering militants.

The predawn airstrikes, carried out in Kunar and Khost provinces early Saturday morning, killed civilians and injured 22 more, Shabir Ahmad Osmani, the director of information and culture in Khost province, said Sunday.

Clashes erupt again near Jerusalem holy site.

Israeli police on Sunday entered the Al-aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City to secure the way for Jewish visitors to the flashpoint holy site, fueling clashes that left 17 Palestinians wounded, according to Palestinian medical workers.

The unrest happened just two days after clashes with Palestinians at the same site. Violence in Jerusalem between Israeli security forces and Palestinian demonstrators a year ago escalated into an 11day Gaza war.

The hilltop compound housing the mosque is the third-holiest site in Islam, while it is the holiest place for Jews, who refer to it as the Temple Mount. The competing claims to the site have sparked numerous rounds of violence.

Jury awards $450,000 to man fired over unwanted office birthday party.

A Kentucky man who was fired days after he had a panic attack at his workplace over an unwanted birthday party was awarded $450,000 by a jury last month for lost wages and emotional distress.

The man, Kevin Berling, had been working at a medical laboratory, Gravity Diagnostics in Covington, Ky., for about 10 months when he asked the office manager not to throw him a birthday party because he had an anxiety disorder, according to a lawsuit.

After a two-day trial, a jury reached a verdict March 31, concluding that Berling had experienced an adverse employment action because of a disability. Jurors awarded him $150,000 in lost wages and benefits and $300,000 for suffering, embarrassment and loss of self-esteem.