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State representative advocates for Uvalde victim’s dad to leave Kentucky prison to attend daughter’s funeral

FORT WORTH, Texas — A state representative is advocating for the father of a Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim to be able to attend his daughter’s funeral after a report that he was denied compassionate release from a Kentucky prison.

Tribune News Service

Republicans begin backpedaling on gun control after Uvalde school shooting massacre

Republicans have begun to pivot to mental health on both the national and state level after the shooting in Texas

The Independent UK

Border agent who stormed Robb Elementary with borrowed shotgun defends police actions

The Uvalde Police Department has been criticised for not immediately rushing into the school to stop the shooter

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Tim Cowlishaw: Alabama’s Nick Saban is wrong guy to ask right questions about college football

DALLAS — Nick Saban’s announcement at the annual SEC meetings that “I have no problem with Jimbo” didn’t resolve much Tuesday since it was the Alabama coach who initiated the fight two weeks ago, saying Texas A&M bought its entire recruiting class and that the Crimson Tide had not bought…

Tribune News Service

Sons carry coffins of mum killed in Uvalde massacre and dad who died two days later

Heroic Irma, 48, died trying to save her fourth grade pupils at Robb Elementary School in the Texas town last week before her school sweetheart Joe - full name Jose Antonio - had a fatal heart attack two days later

Daily Mirror

Cuellar, Cisneros runoff in Texas is too close to call

The Texas primary runoff between Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and his progressive challenger, Jessica Cisneros, was too close to call Wednesday, more than a week after the election

The Independent UK

Austin is largest US city to challenge 2020 census numbers

One of the most booming cities in the U.S. over the past decade thinks that it grew even bigger than the U.S. Census Bureau says it did

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The Uvalde shooting details that Texas officials have retracted

Officials have relayed then later retracted multiple key details about the Uvalde shooting.

Axios

Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees following Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for special legislative committees to examine what legislation and action might be taken to prevent future school shootings.

Tribune News Service

Texas Gov. excludes gun control from special session on school shootings

Abbott's letter listed school safety, mental health and social media as some areas of focus for the session.

Axios

Three-time PGA Tour winner Bart Bryant, who won after six trips to Q-school, killed in car accident at age 59

Bart Bryant, who claimed the Texas Open among his three PGA Tour victories, died in a car accident on Tuesday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The story about how the Uvalde gunman entered the school is shifting

Texas officials had said a teacher propped door open at Robb Elementary just before a gunman entered and carried out a mass shooting — but they now acknowledge that the woman closed the door.

WEKU

SCOTUS blocks Texas social media law

Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh join liberals to block "free speech" law that limits free speech

Salon

Texas Can't Start Enforcing Social Media Law, Says SCOTUS

Plus: Who's bringing fentanyl across the border? Will Austin become a sanctuary city for abortion? And more...

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The Guardian - US

Uvalde teacher closed propped-open door before shooting, Texas officials say

Door did not automatically lock, contradicting investigators’ earlier account in which they said teacher had propped open door

The Conversation

Guns in the US: why the NRA is so successful at preventing reform

In the wake of the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, Democrats in the US – led by the president, Joe Biden – have once again called for stricter national gun laws. Yet many experts believe prospects for reform remain bleak, a reality…

The New Daily

Heartless scammers attempt to cash in on Texas school shooting

US authorities have urged caution after a number of fraudulent online fundraisers appeared to emerge from last week's horrific Texas school shooting.

Tribune News Service

New-look DeMarcus Lawrence ready to reclaim role as Cowboys’ premier pass rusher

FRISCO, Texas — The story goes that Samson’s power came from his magnificent head of hair. Once cut, his astonishing strength was sapped.

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The Independent UK

US Supreme Court blocks Texas social media law against political speech removal

Tech industry groups say law could make social media platforms ‘havens of the vilest expression’

Axios

Conservatives' campaign against social media stalls out

In Congress, state houses and the courts, conservatives have so far failed to rein in what they see as online censorship.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Our laws and access to high-powered weapons don’t allow us to stop tragedies like Uvalde

My husband and I currently have custody and are raising our grandsons, ages 6 and 8. My initial response to the atrocity in Uvalde, Texas, was as a law enforcement officer. I pored over every detail as it was released and contemplated how I could prevent or mitigate this from…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: I see distressed children come into my ER. I wonder about their paths — and my son’s

On the afternoon that the world found out about the brutal slayings of 19 elementary schoolchildren in Texas, I was trying to sleep. I work nights as a physician in a children’s emergency department, and I had a shift later that evening. When I awoke and checked my phone before…

The Independent UK

Salvador Ramos: Everything we know about Texas school mass shooter

Eighteen-year-old Uvalde high school student shot his grandmother before driving to Robb Elementary School where he killed 21 people

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

The parents of these Uvalde victims want to ban AR-15s. Will America listen?

Those touched by Uvalde shooting want reform, but Republicans in Texas and beyond won’t budge

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