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In speech to NRA, Trump calls Texas school shooting 'savage and barbaric,' reads name of each victim

HOUSTON — Former President Donald Trump read the name of each of the Uvalde school shooting victims at the start of a speech Friday at the NRA annual convention in Houston and called the shooting a “savage and barbaric atrocity that shocks the conscience of every single American.”

Tribune News Service · May 28, 2022

As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school frantically called 911, begging for the police to save them, as a tactical decision by a commander kept 19 officers from storming a classroom in what a law enforcement official acknowledged on Friday was a mistake in judgment.

Los Angeles Times · May 28, 2022

Ukraine President Zelenskyy addresses Stanford students, offers condolences after Texas mass shooting

STANFORD, Calif. — In a live-streamed video address to Stanford students on Friday, embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered his condolences to Americans following the deadly Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting that left 19 students and two adults dead.

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022

What we do — and don't — know about how Robb Elementary School mass shooting unfolded in Uvalde, Texas

It took police more than 45 minutes to intervene in the school shooting that claimed 21 lives. Now the community is demanding answers.

ABC News · May 27, 2022

Officials: Texas shooter talked about guns in private chats

Texas authorities say the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school discussed his interest in purchasing a gun on private social media conversations

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

Trump speaks at defiant pro-gun NRA event after Texas shooting

Amid protests and calls to cancel event in Houston, gun advocates say more regulations not the answer to mass shootings.

Al Jazeera · May 27, 2022

Uvalde school police chief faulted in shooting response

The police official blamed for not sending officers in more quickly to stop the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting is the chief of the school system’s small police force, a unit dedicated ordinarily to building relationships with students and responding to the occasional fight

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

‘I am absolutely livid’: Abbott addresses misinformation shared after Uvalde shooting

FORT WORTH, Texas — When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shared inaccurate information on the timeline of events in the Tuesday attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, he was reciting information given to him by law enforcement, he said at a Friday news conference.

Tribune News Service · May 27, 2022

Sen. Durbin on gun violence legislation: ‘I sense a change in the conversation’

Texas Sen. John Cornyn was authorized by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to open talks with Democrats to “negotiate the possibility of gun legislation that will spare us the tragedies we’ve seen,” Sen. Dick Durbin said.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

Giants Manager Kapler Says He Won’t Come Out for National Anthem

In the wake of the Texas school shooting, Kapler said he won’t participate in the National Anthem until he feels better about the direction of the country.

Sports Illustrated · May 27, 2022