Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Texas

'Moorhen' is the word of a champion as Texas teenager claims Spelling Bee title

A 14-year-old student spells 21 words correctly during a 90-second spell-off to claim the annual competition.

WEKU

Four children and an adult found dead in home near to where prisoner escaped

Convicted murderer Gonzalo Lopez has been shot dead police believe he may be linked to the deaths of four children and an adult at a home near to where he escaped

Daily Mirror

Escaped Texas prisoner suspected of killing 2 adults, 3 children

FORT WORTH, Texas — The man who authorities said escaped law enforcement custody May 12 by stabbing a bus driver after getting out of his shackles is now suspected of murdering five people, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced.

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Fugitive suspected of taking truck from five found dead

State prison officials say a convicted murderer on the run since escaping a prison bus after stabbing its driver on May 12 may be driving the truck linked to the deaths of five people

The Independent UK

Biden pleads for limits on assault weapons after killings

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden called for a ban on sales of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, pleading with Congress to toughen gun laws following a spate of mass shootings.

Tribune News Service

American schools and public places have become ‘battlefields’ says Biden in call for action on gun violence

President calls for age for firearm purchases to be raised from 18 to 21, and for reinstatement of assault weapons ban

The Independent UK

Texas’ Louie Gohmert lashes out at gun reform debate. ‘You don’t think we have hearts?’

Texas congressman Louie Gohmert delivered an emotional rebuttal in defense of gun rights during a House gun reform hearing Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Missouri police decide this may not be a good time for an AR-15 raffle

One Missouri police officers’ association decided against holding a gun raffle a week after a mass slaughter in Texas took the lives of 19 children and two educators. Another Show Me State officers’ association has seemingly decided to move forward with a similar fund-raiser, though an advertisement promoting the event…

Tribune News Service

President Biden calls for assault weapons ban and other measures to curb gun violence

The address followed recent mass shootings in New York, Texas and Oklahoma. Biden said the measures aren't about taking away rights, but about protecting Americans.

WEKU

Texas A&M AD Says First Game vs. Texas Will Be at Kyle Field

The Longhorns will make their SEC debut no later than 2025.

Sports Illustrated

‘Sonny’s an angel’: Meet the 14-year-old battling cancer that helped inspire Texas on its way to winning the NCAA Championship

"He’s way tougher than we are but his toughness has definitely helped us out a lot."

USA Today Sports Media Group

Police seize cellphone of Texas shooting suspect in search for motive

More than a week after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos killed 19 students and two teachers inside their fourth-grade Texas classroom, investigators are still searching for a motive.

Tribune News Service

Texas school shooting: How assault-style rifles and ammunition kill and maim

The recent mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has sparked another round of the gun control debate.

The Conversation

Mac Engel: Coroner’s report on former Cowboys RB Marion Barber should include the word ‘football’

FORT WORTH, Texas — The average life expectancy for a male in the U.S. is 78 years.

Tribune News Service

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

‘How dare you?’: Louie Gohmert has emotional outburst at gun bill hearing

Mr Gohmert is in his final term in Congress after losing a primary election for the Republican nomination to be the Texas attorney general

Tribune News Service

Stevie Nicks, ‘dying inside,’ calls for tougher gun laws

Just like the white-winged dove.

The Independent UK

The rise of the AR-15: Why America is defending a ‘weapon of war’

The AR-15 has been used in numerous high-casualty mass shootings including the recent shootings in Uvalde, Buffalo and Tulsa, John Bowden reports

Ballotpedia

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 25 (June 2, 2022)

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Democratic Edition

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Roll Call

At the Races: We interrupt this program ... - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Axios

911 calls during Uvalde shooting were not relayed to incident commander

"There was error at every level, including the legislative level," said Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde.

The Independent UK

Texas senator: School police chief didn't know of 911 calls

A Texas state senator says the commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls from inside the school building

Axios

Latino Democrats say Spanish-language campaign needed on gun control

The killing last week of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, renewed calls for stricter gun control.

The Independent UK

'Day by day:' Uvalde survivors recover from wounds, trauma

The 17 people injured during a mass shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, are trying to heal in a community marked by mourning the deaths of 21 others

The Independent UK

Biden to demand ‘commonsense laws’ to combat gun violence in surprise primetime remarks after mass shootings

House Democrats are considering new gun control measures in wake of recent massacres

Tribune News Service

New debate over gun laws will test the gun lobby’s influence

WASHINGTON — Greg Landsman, the Democrat challenging Ohio Republican Rep. Steve Chabot in one of the country’s most competitive House races, called on his opponent Wednesday to embrace new gun control measures following recent shooting massacres in Texas and New York.

1 … 1032 1033 1034 1035

People

Alexandria OcasioCortez

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.