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‘I don’t want it to happen again’, Texas shooting survivor says

Gun violence victims and their loved ones testify before US congressional committee in emotional push for gun control.

Al Jazeera

AG Garland announces Justice Department team to review police response to Uvalde shooting

The review ill examine Texas law enforcement official's actions in response to the shooting.

Axios

Justice Dept. names 9 to aid in review of Uvalde shooting

The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting

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4th grade Uvalde survivor: 'I don't want it to happen again'

An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas has told members of Congress how she covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead to avoid being shot

The Independent UK

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.

Tribune News Service

After a brief increase, Dallas COVID hospitalizations have stabilized

DALLAS — Despite a rising number of COVID-19 cases, North Texas appears to have staved off an accompanying increase in hospitalizations that has plagued the rest of the country.

Tribune News Service

An Easy Fix: Don’t Let 18-Year-Olds Buy Assault Rifles

Federal law requires handgun owners to be at least 21 years old. That's not the case for AR-15s.

Texas Observer

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Texas leads nation in mass shootings, and gun statistics point to why

DALLAS — When a disturbed teenager in Uvalde sought a high-powered rifle that could fire numerous rounds, he didn’t have far to go. Texas has more licensed gun dealers and manufacturers than any other state, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of federal gun licensing data.

Tribune News Service

‘To some, guns are more important than children’: families testify at House hearing – as it happened

House oversight committee holds hearing on ‘urgent need to address gun violence epidemic’ while supreme court issues one ruling

The Guardian - US

No. 1 Oklahoma vs. Unseeded Texas: Don’t Be Fooled By This WCWS Finals

Texas is the first unseeded team to reach the WCWS finals, and it’s also the first of just three teams to beat No. 1 Oklahoma this season.

Sports Illustrated

Why Joe Biden can't just pass gun laws as Matthew McConaughey makes tearful plea

President Joe Biden will struggle to enact stricter gun laws in the US, despite a passionate speech at the White House by Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey following the brutal school shooting in Texas

Daily Mirror

Reagan’s moment of historical irony

When armed Black Panthers showed up at the California State Capitol in 1967, they probably saved thousands of lives

Salon

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.

Los Angeles Times

How states enforce anti-abortion laws

Penalties for abortion providers are expected to become more severe.

Axios

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Tribune News Service

A self-driving truck will soon deliver goods to 34 Sam’s Club locations in Dallas-Fort Worth

A California-based autonomous trucking company will begin making deliveries to 34 Sam’s Club locations in Dallas-Fort Worth, beginning in July.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: The gun industry’s six deadly lies

The mass murders in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, were the culmination of decades of lobbying and deceptive marketing perpetrated by the gun industry. Because of their lies, more Americans have died from gun violence — including suicides and accidents — since 1975 than in all of the wars…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: The mass shooting on South Street is a stark reminder of Philly's thwarted efforts to tighten gun laws

Saturday night's mass shooting in Philadelphia — added to the recent carnage in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas, Ames, Iowa, and Chattanooga, Tennessee — has renewed desperate pleas for commonsense gun safety measures.

Tribune News Service

Don’t call us ‘crazy Texans,’ says Rep. Sylvia Garcia

Rep. Sylvia Garcia wants you to know something about people in her home state — they mostly support abortion rights and they definitely aren’t “crazy Texans.”

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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.…

Evening Standard

Teacher wounded in Uvalde mass shooting condemns police as ‘cowards’

A teacher wounded in the mass school shooting in Texas has called the police “cowards” over delays in taking action during the massacre.

Los Angeles Times

Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey visits White House to plead for change

WASHINGTON — Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered an impassioned speech in the White House briefing room Tuesday, calling for stricter gun laws in the wake of the deadly school shooting last month in his hometown in Texas.

Tribune News Service

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.

WEKU

The story of a Uvalde victim's green shoes captures the White House's attention

Maite Rodriguez, a lover of animals and the environment, dreamed of being a marine biologist. She was killed during the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The Independent UK

Maite Rodriguez: Uvalde victim identified by her green Converse who is inspiring Matthew McConaughey to act

Slain youngster wanted to be a marine biologist

McClatchy Washington Bureau

North Carolina’s Sen. Thom Tillis works to change gun laws following mass shootings

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis is one of four senators leading the charge on examining the country’s gun laws following two high-profile mass shootings last month that left 31 people dead.

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