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Uvalde school shooting
Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down
The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down.
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Uvalde schools suspend entire police force after outrage
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Uvalde schools fire ex-Texas trooper who was at shooting
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Broken trust still felt in Uvalde as school year approaches
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Meeting over Uvalde school police chief’s future canceled
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Actor McConaughey calls for gun legislation at White House
Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey has offered an emotional call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation.
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Justice Dept. names 9 to aid in review of Uvalde shooting
The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting.
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School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting
The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before law enforcement confronted and killed the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a City Council meeting in Uvalde on Tuesday, despite being newly elected to the panel.
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‘Beautiful angel’ Annabell Rodriguez remembered at funeral
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Annabell Rodriguez “was a sweet young girl whose favorite color was blue, especially on butterflies,” her obituary stated.
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Uvalde’s Xavier Lopez: His smile would ‘cheer anyone up’
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Xavier Lopez had a smile that lit up the room.
“He was funny, never serious and his smile,” Felicha Martinez told the Washington Post.
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‘Sweet’ Uvalde 9-year-old loved ‘Encanto,’ sports, dancing
Eliahna Garcia loved the Disney movie “Encanto,” and the studio’s costume makers sent her parents a custom-made gown and other keepsakes to help them remember the 9-year-old after her burial.
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Can journalists and grieving communities coexist in tragedy?
When tragedies like school shootings happen, journalists quickly follow in huge numbers, putting communities in the world’s spotlight in their worst possible moment.
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Pastor shot at by Uvalde gunman recounts terror in sermon
One of the first people shot at by the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, is now trying to comfort the community.
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Students of color push back on calls for police in schools
After the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, schools around the country pledged to boost security measures and increased the presence of law enforcement on campus — partly to reassure parents and students.
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Funeral for Uvalde girl who dreamed of going to art school
A girl whose joy at reaching the double-digit age of 10 charmed broken hearts around the world is being remembered at a funeral Sunday.
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Uvalde 10-year-olds: Smart, funny, loving animals, football
Family members are mourning the loss of two 10-year-old elementary school students in Uvalde, Texas, and remembering them for the love they showed them.
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Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting
A Texas state senator says the state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded.
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What did police know as the Uvalde school shooting unfolded?
As investigators dig deeper into the law enforcement response to the deadly school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, a host of disturbing questions remain about what officers on the scene knew as the attack was unfolding.
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10-year-old cousins and their classmate honored at funerals
The cousins were together in life and in death. Jailah Silguero and Jayce Luevanos were remembered Friday at a funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas.
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Families of Uvalde, Buffalo victims to testify in Congress
Parents of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde will appear before a House committee next week as Congress debates gun measures.
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GOP’s Cornyn tapped to lead as Senate talks gun law changes
Less than 48 hours after a gunman stormed an elementary school and killed 19 children and two teachers in his home state of Texas, Sen.
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Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers.
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Texas elementary school shooting: What do we know so far?
Many questions remain to be answered about the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. But here are the basics.
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‘Precious individuals’ taken in Texas school shooting
One student was an avid runner, so fast she swept all the races at field day. Another was learning football plays from his grandfather
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The names: 19 children, 2 teachers killed in Uvalde school
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nineteen children were looking forward to a summer filled with Girl Scouts and soccer and video games.
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Biden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage?’
President Joe Biden has delivered an impassioned plea to Congress to act on gun control. In an address to the nation Thursday night, he called on lawmakers to restore limits on the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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Texas senator: School police chief didn’t know of 911 calls
A Texas state senator says the commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls from inside the school building. Sen.
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DIARY: One mother of many, watching the news and worrying
BOSTON (AP) — “My No. 1 job is to keep you and your sister safe.” That’s what I tell my toddler almost daily when I remind him not to jump off the couch, stand on the kitchen counter or dart across the street without me.
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Smiles, unicorns, softball: Young shooting victims recalled
Families of three victims of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are remembering how they brightened the lives of people around them.
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‘Day by day:' Uvalde survivors recover from wounds, trauma
The 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, are trying to heal in a community marked by mourning the deaths of 21 others.
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Uvalde tells Biden to ‘do something'; he pledges ‘we will’
President Joe Biden grieved with the shattered community of Uvalde on Sunday. He mourned privately for three hours with anguished families left behind when a gunman killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers.
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A dad’s anguish outside Texas school while shooting unfolded
Javier Cazares raced to his daughter’s school when he heard there was a shooting and spent 35 to 45 agonizing minutes there, waiting for word of her.
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Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating
The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week’s deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas, says he’s talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he has stopped cooperating.
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Uvalde shooting highlights role of doors in security plans
Doors have been at the center of the investigation into the massacre of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.
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Shootings prompt debate on purchase age for AR-style rifles
The gunmen in two of the nation’s most recent mass shootings legally bought the semi-automatic rifles they used in their massacres after they turned 18.
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