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Abbott fundraises after Uvalde shooting

Abbott is also scheduled to address an NRA event on Friday

Salon · May 25, 2022

Afternoon Edition: May 25, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2022

Former teacher’s aide fired from Texas school after admitting to having sex with students

Incidents allegedly occurred between September 2021 and January 2022

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Pritzker, Lightfoot, other local Democrats rip Texas governor for injecting Chicago into school shooting debate

“I hate to say this, there are more people that are shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted, “Shame on you.” Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) tweeted that the Republican governor was an “@sshole” and should” keep…

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2022

Texas gunman: ‘I’m going to shoot an elementary school’

UVALDE, Texas — A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in one of the deadliest school massacres in U.S. history posted his intentions before barricading himself inside a fourth-grade classroom, where all the fatalities and injuries occurred, state and federal officials said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · May 25, 2022

McConaughey calls for action post-Uvalde

"We cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo," the actor wrote

Salon · May 25, 2022

Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott over Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — An emotional Gov. Greg Abbott was interrupted by an equally emotional Beto O’Rourke as the Republican governor and other state officials sought Wednesday to discuss a school shooting in Uvalde a day earlier.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

Texas gunman sent Facebook messages that he was ‘going to shoot an elementary school’ minutes before attack

Suspect killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School after shooting grandmother

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Texas school shooting hangs over pending Supreme Court gun rights ruling

The latest U.S. mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school creates a new point of political pressure on a U.S. Supreme Court that has signaled it will soon limit state and local governments’ ability to enact gun control measures.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2022

These TV shows and events have been pulled in the wake of Texas school shooting

Entertainment events — including the airing of TV shows — have been postponed or canceled out of respect for the victims of Tuesday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a teenage gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School and killed 19 children and two adults in a single classroom.

Los Angeles Times · May 25, 2022