The Latest Breaking News from America

Will the latest shooting of US children finally lead to gun reform? Sadly, that's unlikely

Mass shootings in the United States are all too common and, sadly, unsurprising to much of the world.

The Conversation · May 26, 2022

Grief Turns to Anger after Gunman Murders 21 at Texas School

Grief at the massacre of 19 small children at an elementary school in Texas spilled into confrontation Wednesday, as angry questions mounted over gun control -- and whether this latest tragedy could have been prevented. The tight-knit Latino community of Uvalde on Tuesday became the site of America's worst school…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 26, 2022

America needs a national conversation on race

The rise in racial hate crimes, white nationalism and voter suppression will pave our way out of democracy if we can’t achieve some consensus on race and racism

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2022

The search for the Native American schoolchildren buried in a small US town’s lost cemetery

For decades, a small United States town knew of a lost cemetery where Native American schoolchildren were buried. Then shocking news from abroad reignited the effort to find it.

ABC News · May 25, 2022

Ex-Wales footballer David Cotterill sparks outrage with conspiracy theory 24 hours after Texas school shooting

The former Wales international's social media comments have been widely condemned

Wales Online · May 25, 2022

‘The Ipcress File’ review: The 1965 British spy thriller is adapted into a TV series — but still set in the early '60s

Based on the 1965 Michael Caine espionage thriller of the same name, “The Ipcress File” on AMC+ (by way of ITV in the U.K.) keeps the Cold War action set in the early 1960s. Harry Palmer is a young Brit with clever instincts but not much spy experience, and he…

Chicago Tribune · May 25, 2022

‘America is killing itself’: world reacts with horror and incomprehension to Texas shooting

The international press responds scathingly to the tolerance for gun violence in the US: ‘nothing fundamentally changes’

The Guardian - US · May 25, 2022

Why can’t America do anything to stop mass shootings?

Despite hundreds of mass shootings unfolding in the US every year, Congress has repeatedly failed to pass major gun-control legislation

The Guardian - US · May 25, 2022

Trump refuses to pull out of NRA speaking spot in Texas

"I will keep my longtime commitment to speak in Texas at the NRA convention and deliver an important address to America."

Axios · May 25, 2022

Inside America's obsession with guns as younger people demand stricter laws

The devastating shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed 21 lives - including pupils and teachers - is another indelible stain on the fabric of US society, seeping in its children’s blood

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022