The Latest Breaking News from Texas

Texas school shooter entered Robb Elementary unobstructed, police say

Officials in Texas release more information, while Americans across the nation continue to express shock and grief at the massacre.

WEKU · May 26, 2022

Editorial: National suicide plays out one murderous mass shooting at a time

Perhaps this is how it all ends — self-government, self-defense, self-control, liberty, unity, family. Perhaps the fate of the nation is to watch its soul die along with the at least 19 students and two adults shot to death Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. This is us,…

Los Angeles Times · May 26, 2022

Editorial: Burden of proof is on gun law resistance

To put yourself in the proper frame of mind to weigh what we ask you to consider today, imagine that you were one of the parents waiting into the night Tuesday outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, knowing what had happened inside hours before — to put it bluntly,…

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Devastated sheriff’s deputy weeps after being told daughter, 10, victim of Texas school shooting

Daughter of officer who responded to massacre among victims

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Mark Z. Barabak: Texas school shooting was 'incomprehensible'? No, it's just another day in America

Just another day in America.

Los Angeles Times · May 26, 2022

Toriano Porter: As my kid enjoyed cupcakes, Texas parents started planning funerals

This column was intended to be sarcastic.

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Commentary: Shootings show that an armed society is nothing more than a fearful society

For decades, lies about gun violence have sustained policies that get many people killed. Tops Fresh Market in Buffalo, New York, and Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, now enter America’s list of mass shootings. It is a list of intense sorrow and shame. And it is a list we…

Chicago Tribune · May 26, 2022

Steve Lopez: Don't look away from the Texas school shooting. Don't wait in silence until the next massacre

Think about those innocent children in Texas, and don't let them out of your mind.

Los Angeles Times · May 26, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Is this the end of Bush family dynasty?

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s victory in Tuesday’s Texas Republican primary was more than another signal of former President Donald Trump’s primacy within the GOP.

Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022

Mary McNamara: 'What are we doing?' After the Texas school shooting, Sen. Chris Murphy speaks for us all

"What are we doing?"

Los Angeles Times · May 26, 2022