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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees — but not a special session — following Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for special legislative committees to examine what legislation and action might be taken to prevent future school shootings.

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

New York Times reporter sparks debate by saying friends wish to raise children outside of US after Texas shooting

New York Times reporter sparks a debate after tweeting that ‘everyone she knows’ wishes to raise children outside of the US

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

Texas attack shows role of doors in school security plans

Doors have been at the center of the investigation into the massacre of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

Republicans begin backpedaling on gun control after Uvalde school shooting massacre

Republicans have begun to pivot to mental health on both the national and state level after the shooting in Texas

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

Border agent who stormed Robb Elementary with borrowed shotgun defends police actions

The Uvalde Police Department has been criticised for not immediately rushing into the school to stop the shooter

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

Tim Cowlishaw: Alabama’s Nick Saban is wrong guy to ask right questions about college football

DALLAS — Nick Saban’s announcement at the annual SEC meetings that “I have no problem with Jimbo” didn’t resolve much Tuesday since it was the Alabama coach who initiated the fight two weeks ago, saying Texas A&M bought its entire recruiting class and that the Crimson Tide had not bought…

Tribune News Service · Jun 1, 2022

Sons carry coffins of mum killed in Uvalde massacre and dad who died two days later

Heroic Irma, 48, died trying to save her fourth grade pupils at Robb Elementary School in the Texas town last week before her school sweetheart Joe - full name Jose Antonio - had a fatal heart attack two days later

Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2022

Cuellar, Cisneros runoff in Texas is too close to call

The Texas primary runoff between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, was too close to call Wednesday, more than a week after the election

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

Austin is largest US city to challenge 2020 census numbers

One of the most booming cities in the U.S. over the past decade thinks that it grew even bigger than the U.S. Census Bureau says it did

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2022

The Uvalde shooting details that Texas officials have retracted

Officials have relayed then later retracted multiple key details about the Uvalde shooting.

Axios · Jun 1, 2022