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A mass shooting at a Virginia Walmart leaves at least 7 dead, and police ask for help after tips about an alleged stalker in the case of the four University of Idaho students found dead. Plus, a heartwarming Thanksgiving tradition that started with an accidental text continues for a seventh year. 

At least 7 are dead after a mass shooting at a Walmart in Virginia, police say.

At least seven people, including the gunman, are dead after a shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, late last night, police said. The shooting was reported to police shortly after 10 p.m. and is believed to have happened inside the store, police said. It's unclear how the shooter died, but the gunman is not believed to have been killed by police, a local police department officer said. The latest mass shooting comes just three days after 5 people were killed and 19 others were wounded in a shooting at an LGBTQ club in Colorado. Get the latest updates here.

Police in Idaho ask for help after getting tips that one of the 4 college students who were murdered had a stalker.

Police are investigating claims that one of the four University of Idaho students who were murdered at an off-campus house had a stalker. Authorities have not located or named a suspect in the stabbing attack on the students and said yesterday that investigators have "looked extensively into information they received about Kaylee Goncalves having a stalker." The investigators pursued hundreds of tips, but they "have not been able to verify or identify a stalker," authorities added. The Moscow police are asking the public for tips regarding the potential stalker and the case in general. They are expected to share another update on the case this afternoon. 

👶 Parents welcome twins from embryos that were frozen in 1992.

Philip Ridgeway was only 5 years old and his wife, Rachel, was only 3 when their future children together were already in the works. The Oregon couple celebrated the birth of twins Lydia and Timothy on Halloween this year from embryos that were frozen 30 years ago. Some experts believe they are the longest frozen embryos to result in a live birth. The addition of the twins now makes the Ridgeways parents of six. "It's pretty amazing just knowing that they were created then and have waited that long for us to be able to parent them," Rachel tells us. 

A study finds that taking ibuprofen for knee pain may actually be harmful to your joints. Here's what experts say.

People with arthritis in their knees who take anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen and naproxen for pain relief may be harming their joints, a new study suggests. MRI scans from more than 1,000 patients with osteoarthritis in their knees revealed that long-term use of NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) may lead to increased joint inflammation and damage to cartilage. So does that mean you should stop taking them? “While these data give me pause ... I don’t think we have enough evidence that they might actually hasten the progression of osteoarthritis," a rheumatologist tells us. Read about the full study here. 

Achieve your life goals with easy tips.

You're cooking the ground beef in the pan, breaking it up into pieces with a spoon, and maybe stirring in some other ingredients. Should you then wash the spoon in between when it touches the raw meat and when you use it to stir the cooked meat? A viral TikTok video has raised the question, and the answer is a clear one: yes. “I know that it sounds annoying to have to do it, but really, the concern is that when you’re using that spoon to touch the raw meat, you’re contaminating it with the foodborne illness-causing bacteria that’s potentially in it," a food safety specialist tells us. Here's what you need to know. 

Allow us to do the meal-planning for you.

If you haven't had time to pull together Thanksgiving and there's no shot of preparing a full turkey before tomorrow, don't panic because award-winning chef JJ Johnson has a tasty turkey meal you can make in way less time. JJ stopped by the TODAY kitchen to show us how to whip up his braised turkey legs with cognac, apples, onions and tomatoes, which you can serve over rice. You can feed three people with one turkey leg, and JJ also has a family recipe for potato salad, with his secret ingredient of green peppers, for an easy side dish. 

A little pick-me-up before you go.

One of our favorite Thanksgiving traditions continues! In 2016, grandmother Wanda Dench accidentally texted Jamal Hinton, telling the then-17-year-old that Thanksgiving dinner was at her house. When he asked who was sending him the message, she replied, "Your grandma." He asked for a photo to verify that it was his actual grandmother, and after Dench sent one, he replied that she wasn't his grandmother but jokingly asked, "Can I still get a plate tho?" Hinton ended up joining her family in Mesa, Arizona, for Thanksgiving, starting a tradition that now continues into its seventh edition. Hinton shared a photo with Dench on Instagram yesterday outside The Cheesecake Factory with a heartwarming message. "To answer all your questions, yes Thanksgiving year 7 is planned out! See you guys Thursday!" he wrote. 

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Written by Scott Stump | Edited by Shane Lou

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