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Uvalde student, other witnesses testify as Congress weighs changes to gun laws

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying first-hand account of the school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

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‘I don’t want it to happen again,’ Uvalde student says as gun laws debated

WASHINGTON — Miah Cerrillo gave lawmakers a horrifying firsthand account of the school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde as she described covering herself in her friend’s blood to play dead while the shooter gunned down her classmates.

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Commentary: Teenagers shouldn’t be able to buy assault weapons

A gunman entered a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, last month and fatally shot 10 people. Just 10 days later, a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 students and two teachers.

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Actor McConaughey Calls for Gun Legislation at White House

Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey made an appearance at the White House Tuesday to call on Congress to "reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.…

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Teacher of 11 Uvalde students who were killed calls police ‘cowards’ for failure to stop school shooting

A teacher who was shot twice during the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, raged against the police from his hospital bed for allowing the gunman to continue his rampage.

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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 ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a Uvalde City Council meeting, despite being newly elected to the panel

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Tuesday’s funeral in Uvalde remembers Xavier James Lopez

Another funeral for a Robb Elementary School student was held Tuesday morning in Uvalde.

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Matthew McConaughey calls for gun responsibility laws in op-ed

In the nearly two weeks since the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a semi-surprising voice has risen to call for something, anything, to be done to curb gun violence, specifically that which targets children — Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey.

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Editorial: A real hope for changing the extremists

The recent mass shootings have terrified the nation. It’s not just the ferocity of the attacks. It’s the randomness of the victims, whether elementary school children or elderly women shopping at the neighborhood supermarket. People doing normal things, the things all of us do, find themselves attacked by a heavily…

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Martin Schram: Can gun owners lead our leaders to safeguard America?

Thursday night at the White House, speaking to America with grim emotion, President Joe Biden used a single statistic to sum up two decades of national pain and revulsion we have all endured. His one statistic also seemed to sum up the horror of our last two weeks of mass-killings…

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Sunday’s funeral in Uvalde remembers Alithia Ramirez, 10

A 10-year-old girl who dreamed of being an artist before she was killed at Robb Elementary School was remembered at a funeral service Sunday.

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The 'Dead Kid Club': Parents of mass shooting victims are a growing network

Four years and six days before a fourth-grade class was gunned down at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Rhonda Hart lost her teenage daughter, Kimberly Vaughan, in a shooting at a high school about 300 miles east.

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What is the ‘dead suspect loophole,’ and how will it affect what we know about Uvalde?

DALLAS — In the days since an 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself inside an elementary school classroom in Uvalde and fatally shot 19 students and two teachers, the police’s narrative of the events leading up to and during the massacre has shifted by the day.

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Teacher's despair as police wrongly say she left door open before Texas school shooting

Emilia Marin has been subjected to sickening abuse after the incorrect claim, made by authorities following the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, saying she left a door open allowing killer Salvador Ramos to enter

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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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Texas House creates special committee to investigate Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan announced Friday the creation of a special investigative committee to examine the Robb Elementary School shooting.

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Uvalde parents and teacher seek documents from gun maker after school shooting

Parents of a slain fourth-grader and a teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, are laying the groundwork for lawsuits against the gun maker that sold a semi-automatic rifle used in the mass shooting.

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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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Father of Uvalde victim demands AR-15 manufacturer reveal ‘communications with gunman’

Amerie Jo Garza was one of the 19 slain students at Robb Elementary School

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Incarcerated father misses funeral of daughter killed in Uvalde school shooting despite plea from Kim Kardashian

Despite a last minute plea from Kim Kardashian, an incarcerated father was not granted the temporary release he needed to attend the funeral of his daughter, who was one of 21 people killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas.

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Here are the biggest shifts in the official account of the Uvalde school shooting

"There's been a lot of things that have been said — some are correct, some are incorrect," Gov. Greg Abbott said the day after the shooting. But soon afterward, he would correct his own statements.

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Kim Kardashian calls for temporary release of incarcerated father whose daughter was killed in Robb Elementary School shooting

Kim Kardashian is advocating for the temporary release of an incarcerated father after he was denied permission to attend the funeral of his daughter, who was one of 21 people killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre.

The Independent UK

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. John Cornyn was tapped to lead gun policy negotiations in the Senate

The Conversation

Warning signs can be detected sooner through universal screenings for student mental health

Whenever a massacre takes place at a U.S. school, like the one at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, discussions often follow about whether school officials may have missed any “red flags.”

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Chicago archbishop adds his voice to the calls for gun safety legislation

While some cardinals have sidestepped political discussions, Cupich spoke out against gun violence on Twitter hours after the shooting at Robb Elementary School.

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