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AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is returning to Uvalde on Friday, and will skip the National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

Late-night hosts delivered emotional monologues in the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting

The weapon used to carry out the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is one all too familiar to Americans and lawmakers who have witnessed mass shootings occur over the past decade.

Gunman remained barricaded inside a classroom for up to an hour before his rampage was brought to an end

Upset that police were not moving in, one parent who rushed to the scene raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders. “Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” he said.

Texas department of public safety briefing creates more questions about hour gunman was in school but not confronted by officers

Officials in Texas release more information, while Americans across the nation continue to express shock and grief at the massacre.

‘Go in there! Go in there!’ women shouted at officers soon after the attack began, witness says

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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…