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Delta-8 Cannabis Compound Is Legal, Says Federal Appeals Court

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Reason · May 31, 2022

‘We have to do something’: calls mount for Texas gun control laws after latest deadly attack

As data indicates state leads the US in mass shooting deaths, Democrats – and some Republicans – demand legislative action

The Guardian - US · May 31, 2022

Daniel Defense, the US gunmaker notorious for ‘aggressive marketing’ targeting young adults

The perpetrator of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two adults lost their lives on May 24 – the worst US school shooting in a decade – used a semi-automatic weapon manufactured by the US firm Daniel Defense, one of the most aggressive marketers of assault…

France 24 · May 31, 2022

Biden believes in "rational" Republicans

"Start dealing with Republicans as they are and not the made-up version you wish they were," tweets one journalist

Salon · May 31, 2022

Neighboring florists step in to help provide flowers for Uvalde funerals

A local florist says she's putting aside sunflowers for one of the victims, the daughter of one of her high school classmates. "Their baby's favorite was sunflowers," Kelly Baker said.

WEKU · May 31, 2022

Austin resolution aims to ‘decriminalize’ abortion if Roe v Wade is overturned

Group of city council members seeks to protect patients from criminal prosecution if supreme court ends abortion rights

The Guardian - US · May 31, 2022

Commentary: Why our response to school shootings is all wrong

“He shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensibly,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said, describing the actions of the 18-year-old gunman allegedly responsible for killing 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times · May 31, 2022

John M. Crisp: Our gun problem is actually a governance problem

Was there a moment when it dawned on you that the Uvalde massacre of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers is not going to result in any meaningful change in our nation’s gun laws?

Tribune News Service · May 31, 2022

AP News Digest 3:17 a.m.

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The Independent UK · May 31, 2022

Andy Murray ‘angry’ and ‘incredibly upset’ over Texas mass shooting

Murray was a pupil at Dunblane Primary School in Scotland in 1996 when 16 children and a teacher were murdered by gunman Thomas Hamilton

The Independent UK · May 31, 2022