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Third grader, 5 fourth graders, 2 teachers among those killed at Uvalde elementary
The victims fatally shot at a Texas elementary school Tuesday include 19 children — at least five of whom were fourth graders — and two teachers trying to protect them, relatives told news outlets.
Biden ATF nominee says he called for assault weapons ban without defining what that means
President Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Steve Dettelbach, acknowledged Wednesday he does not have a definition for the term "assault weapon," even
Beto O'Rourke disrupts GOP news conference on shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference Wednesday about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, calling the tragedy “totally predictable when you choose not to do anything
Schumer says no imminent vote on gun safety bills after Texas massacre
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., signaled Wednesday that the chamber will not quickly vote on a pair of House-passed background-check bills, giving Democrats and Republicans
Deadliest U.S. school killing in nearly a decade prompts Biden call for action
By Brad Brooks UVALDE, Texas, May 25 (Reuters) - A gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting for nearly a decade, prompting President Joe Biden to urge
Gunman was bullied as a child, grew increasingly violent, friends say
The gunman in Tuesday’s elementary school massacre was a lonely 18-year-old who was bullied over a childhood speech impediment, suffered from a fraught home life and lashed out violently against
After Texas shooting, Republicans face online anger over NRA money
In the hours after at least 19 children and two teachers were killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., in the deadliest mass shooting at an American school in nearly a decade, Republicans
Families mourn, worry in wake of elementary school shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Distraught families gathered at a local civic center and turned to social media to mourn and to make desperate pleas for help finding missing children as the death toll in a
Undaunted by 2020, Georgia election workers return to the polls
BUFORD, Ga. — When Zach Manifold tells people he moved to Georgia from Ohio last year to be the new elections supervisor in Gwinnett County, he gets funny looks.“When I tell them all that I moved
Lawmakers grill U.S. FDA on response to Abbott baby formula safety
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Manas Mishra WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Lawmakers grilled U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials on Wednesday over what they saw as a lack of urgency in the agency's

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