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Watch live: Sister of a Uvalde shooting victim and others testify before Texas legislative committee

A joint committee of the Texas legislature is meeting to examine strategies to prevent acts of violence after the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde.

The Texas Tribune

Demolishing schools after a mass shooting reflects humans' deep-rooted desire for purification rituals

After the recent shooting in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers, some local residents want the school demolished. Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez said that President Joe Biden has offered to help the school district secure a federal grant for…

The Conversation

Uvalde police chief put on leave after response to Texas school shooting branded ‘abject failure’

The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers dead

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Texas state senator sues DPS for Uvalde shooting records

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas state senator representing Uvalde sued the Texas Department of Public Safety Wednesday for refusing to disclose records related to the May 24 Robb Elementary School shooting.

Tribune News Service

Texas school where gunman shot dead 19 children and two teachers to be demolished

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said a child or teacher "can never be asked to go back in that school ever" in an announcement made during a council meeting on Tuesday

Daily Mirror

Uvalde shooting: Texas school where 21 people killed to be demolished

A Texas elementary school where 21 people were shot and killed is to be demolished.

Evening Standard

Robb Elementary School: Site of Uvalde shooting to be demolished, says mayor

‘You can never ask a child to go back or teacher to go back in that school, ever,’ says Uvalde mayor

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Police response in Uvalde shooting was ‘abject failure’: Official

Public safety official said enough officers present to stop the shooting three minutes after gunman entered the school.

Al Jazeera

The police response at Robb Elementary was a failure, a Texas official says

It took about an hour and 14 minutes from when officers arrived at the school to when they breached the door and ended the standoff with the gunman.

WEKU

Brickbat: Beat It

Video showed Cecelia Benavides, a teaching assistant at Freedom Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia, striking one disabled student and pushing a rolling chair into another. A public health attendant at the school kept a journal detailing numerous incidents in which Benavides and teacher Cylmeera Gastav abused disabled children under their…

Reason

New pictures show armed police waiting in school as gunman shoots dead kids

Security footage does not show police trying to enter classrooms 111 or 112 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where Salvador Ramos shot dead 19 students and two teachers

Daily Mirror

Officers arrived with rifles, ballistic shield at Uvalde school 19 minutes after gunman

DALLAS — Police officers were in the hallway and armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes after a gunman arrived at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a new development that raises more questions and criticism about law enforcement’s response to the massacre, according to a…

Tribune News Service

Law officers testifying for committee on Uvalde shooting

A legislative committee investigating the deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school last month is set to hear more testimony from law enforcement officers

The Independent UK

Red flag law used in 6 recent Bay Area school gun threats

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The day after an 18-year-old fatally shot 19 young pupils and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and reignited the nation’s firearms debate, Los Gatos police said a middle school boy claiming access to guns had threatened to “shoot up the school.”

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The Independent UK

Uvalde officer with AR-15 hesitated and missed chance to shoot gunman before he entered school, say police

There were at least two missed opportunities where officers could have stopped Salvador Ramos before he entered Robb elementary school, killing 21 victims

The Independent UK

Texas committee still trying to question Uvalde police

A Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde elementary school massacre is signaling that local police have still not committed to speaking with it about the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers

Sports Illustrated

Raiders’ Mark Davis Donating $1M to Uvalde School District

The donation will go toward protecting schools in the area following last month’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

WEKU

Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts

A school in southeastern Massachusetts latches onto a novel program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.

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The Independent UK

Alaska elementary school apologises after serving floor sealant instead of milk to kids

The mix-up reportedly stemmed from the two milky substances being delivered on the same pallet, school officials said

The Independent UK

Alaska kids served sealant instead of milk at school program

A dozen students and two adults were served floor sealant instead of milk at a day care summer program at an Alaska elementary school

Chicago Sun-Times

School clerk latest to face federal charges in CPS fraud investigation

Also facing charges in a related case are former Brennemann Elementary School Principal Sarah Jackson Abedelal, former business manager William Jackson and former Assistant Principal Jennifer McBride.

The Conversation

When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music

The day after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson promptly blamed the violence on rap music and video games.

Tribune News Service

Funeral held in Uvalde honoring 10-year-old Tess Mata

DALLAS — A funeral service was held in Uvalde on Monday for 10-year-old Tess Marie Mata, nearly three weeks after she was fatally shot May 24 at Robb Elementary School.

The Independent UK

Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole

Some Texas lawmakers and advocates are concerned that law enforcement authorities will use a legal loophole to block the release of further information related to the mass shooting at an elementary school

Los Angeles Times

Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions, such as closing loopholes and increasing background checks for gun purchases by people between 18 and 21, in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre…

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