RICHMOND, Va. — One day after a deadly terror-related attack at Old Dominion University campus, bomb threats were called into multiple Virginia college and universities.

A bomb threat that prompted the evacuation of two University of Virginia libraries Friday morning has been cleared. No devices were found.

The threat was first reported at Shannon Library just before 11 a.m. By 11:30 a.m., police had expanded the evacuation to include both Shannon and Clemons Libraries, and the public was asked to avoid the area.

Authorities have since given the all-clear. Both libraries have returned to normal operations.

No additional details were immediately available regarding the origin of the threat.

Threats were also called into school libraries at Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, nd George Mason University in Fairfax.

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Black lung is a devastating disease that has plagued Southwest Virginia for years.

Between 2020-2025 Stone Mountain Health Services says 14% of miners seen at the clinic were diagnosed with complicated black lung.

“Black lung are small opacities or smaller spots scattered out throughout the lungs,” said Black Lung Director for Stone Mountain Health Services, Bradley Johnson. “Complicated black lung is when those spots have come together and made a big mass at least the size of a quarter of 50 cent piece.”

Sen. Mark Warner sat down with United Mine Workers of America, healthcare workers and community members to talk about the effects of black lung as well as what lawmakers can do to help.

“End of the day it was coal miners and the energy that came from coal that built America in World War II and afterwards and I think we owe an obligation to honor those commitments,” Sen. Warner said.

Six years ago, Pam Stacy lost her husband to black lung. She says after he passed away, she was denied his benefits. Stacy tried to repeal during a 2023 hearing but hasn’t been contacted by the courts since.

“It’s hard, I struggle. With just me I only get social security and his little bit of retirement and that’s it,” Stacy said.

She now uses her story to advocate for what’s called the widow’s bill. Something Warner says he will continue to push.

“You hear these stories and they deserve better,” Sen. Warner said.

During the roundtable, it was also brought up that young people diagnosed with black lung do not qualify for disability on their social security.

“At least getting the designation on somebody’s social security form and if that would put an extra $3,000 a month in somebody disabled’s pocket because social security would recognize black lung in younger miners, that’s something tangible that we can work on,” Sen. Warner said.

Warner says the concerns discussed at the event will be taken back to Washington. He also made the promise to return to Southwest Virginia soon with an update.

A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning, the Virginia school said.

ODU said a gunman opened fire in its business school building, injuring two people who were sent to the hospital. It wasn’t immediately clear how the shooter died.

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The two people injured are in critical condition, said a spokesperson for Sentera Health, the health care system that oversees the hospital.

Within about an hour of the shooting, ODU declared that there was no longer a threat on the campus.

The public university in Norfolk canceled classes and suspended all operations on its main campus for the rest of Thursday and urged people to avoid the area in and around Constant Hall while emergency officials continued to work.

In a message to the university community, ODU President Brian Hemphill said the school faced a tragedy on campus. He expressed gratefulness for the swift emergency response and thoughts and prayers to those impacted.

“The safety of our campus community is my top priority,” Hemphill wrote. “We are deeply committed to safeguarding all Monarchs and ensuring a secure learning, living, and working environment at all times.”

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on the social platform X that it had agents on scene supporting the response.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said in social media posts that she was monitoring the situation and that “state support is being mobilized” to help ODU. She didn’t provide specifics.

Located in coastal Norfolk, Old Dominion University has about 24,000 students, 17,500 of them undergraduates. The school has around 240 degree programs, and is known for its research spending and doctoral programs. Nearly 30% of its students are military-affiliated, according to the university website. The area is also home to Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval station in the world.

Associated Press journalist Allen G. Breed in Wake Forest, North Carolina, contributed to this report.