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Scottie Scheffler seizes sole possession of first place heading into final round at Colonial

FORT WORTH, Texas — Saturday is known as moving day on the PGA Tour. And Scottie Scheffler moved himself in position to win for the fifth time on the PGA Tour this season.

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Texas Democrats urge Abbott to call for special session to discuss new gun laws

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas Senate Democratic Caucus is asking Gov. Greg Abbot to call a special session of the Texas Legislature to discuss laws to prevent future mass shootings in the wake of a Tuesday attack on an elementary school in Uvalde.

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Critical mistakes made by police at heart of Texas school shooting investigation

Texas Department of Public Safety will further analyse the police’s response to the shooting.

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‘Frustrated, angry and heartbroken’: Shevrin Jones, Charlie Crist, Parkland parents voice rage at Sunrise gun control rally

SUNRISE, Fla. — As Florida State Sen. Shevrin Jones stood onstage in Sunrise, reading aloud the names of 31 victims gunned down May 14 at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, he burst into tears. He blamed the influence of gun…

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For the parents and families of the Sandy Hook victims, every mass shooting is re-traumatizing

HARTFORD, Conn. — Mark Barden said that all week he’s been keeping track of the timeline the families in Uvalde, Texas, are on.

Tribune News Service

Texas gunman had threatened school shootings on social media, reports say

Teenager displayed worrying behavior in the months before the Uvalde attack, schoolmates tell news outlets

The Guardian - US

Making sense of a mass shooting in the middle of Texas gun country

UVALDE, Texas — Randall Methvin is a thoughtful man who talks with a Texas twang, still works as a ranch hand at age 68 and has felt an affinity for firearms since childhood, when his Depression-hardened father would take him out quail and dove hunting.

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Inside Texas gun meet where excited boy picks out assault rifle for 17th birthday

Austin Whitehead, 17, attends the National Rifle Association conference to select an AK21 assault rifle that he will be given for his next birthday present - meanwhile, in a town 300 miles away, 19 children and two teachers lie dead

Daily Mirror

Texas state senator says ‘we’re all angry’ over Uvalde police response and expects full report

‘How an 18-year-old can access militarized weaponry anywhere is beyond me’

The Independent UK

TIMELINE: Events surrounding the Uvalde, Texas, school siege

In the hours and days since the fatal shooting of 19 children and their two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, authorities have given varying accounts of what happened and how they responded

The Independent UK

Texas shooting: Aunt of hero teacher says 'I will cry forever' in heartbreaking tribute

Olivia Vella, 88, made the heartbreaking statement after her niece was murdered in the school shooting in Uvalde in which 19 children and two adults were murdered by a gunman

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump slammed for dancing after ‘disingenuously’ reading list of Texas shooting dead

‘The bodies of the children shot dead in Uvalde aren’t even buried yet, and Trump is dancing at an NRA gun celebration’

The Independent UK

Mum who pulled daughter out of Texas school moments before shooting feels 'guilt'

Daughter Evalynn had planned an end-of-year sleepover with bestfriend Layla Salazar, an annual celebration the two schoolchildren did. Layla was one of the 19 children killed in the attack

Daily Mirror

Ted Cruz confronted at restaurant following NRA speech

Fresh off speaking at the National Rifle Association convention held three days after 21 people were gunned down in a Texas grade school, Sen. Ted Cruz was confronted by a frustrated citizen in a Houston-area restaurant Friday.

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Police chief blamed for slow response during Robb Elementary school shooting to join Uvalde City Council

The police chief at the center of controversy, sparked by officers’ response to the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, is slated to be sworn onto the Uvalde City Council next week.

Daily Record

Aspiring astrophysicist Scots pupil will help plan next Mars mission at NASA space school

Molly Beckett will take part in an exciting two-week programme at the International Space School in Texas this summer.

Tribune News Service

As Uvalde parents seethe, recourse against police may be limited

Texas police accused of bungling the response to a mass shooter in an Uvalde school where 19 children and two teachers were killed aren’t likely to be held liable in a civil court, benefiting from broad immunity granted government entities.

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Obsession with guns. Dysfunctional families. Many parallels exist between Parkland and Uvalde shooters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A young man with a troubled home life, who felt bullied at school and developed an obsession with guns, easily walked onto a school campus where he murdered students and staff with a legally purchased AR-15 style rifle.

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Challenge for archbishop: Finding words to heal an inconsolable Uvalde

UVALDE, Texas – In this small city of inconsolable souls, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller called children to the altar as he recited the names of each victim in an elementary school shooting.

Axios

Police failure in Uvalde mass shooting: What we know

Law enforcement officials in Texas are facing intense criticism for their response to the shooting.

Texas Observer

Hey Hey, NRA, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?

Hundreds of anti-gun violence protestors took over Discovery Green Park.

Daily Mirror

Texas gunman dubbed 'Yubo school shooter' and threatened to murder before massacre

A 17-year-old girl met Salvadore Ramos on social media app Yubo said in the chatrooms he would 'threaten rape and kidnapping and murder' before the Texas school shooting

The Independent UK

Texas officers intervene in a school threat and arrest two adults, two minors involved

Officers were able to intervene in the attack after they received intel from an anonymous tip

Evening Standard

Donald Trump says US should have safe schools before sending aid to Ukraine

Donald Trump has said the US should prioritise funding for school security over sending money to Ukraine.

Daily Record

Stranger Things and Obi Wan Kenobi given content warnings after Texas shooting

Both shows have warned that scenes in their opening episodes may be distressing for some following a school shooting that occurred just days before.

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