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Texas governor issues disaster declaration in Uvalde to expedite aide to community

FORT WORTH, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a state of disaster in the southwest Texas city of Uvalde after a gunman entered an elementary school there and killed 19 children and two teachers, according to a news release from the governor’s office.

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Texas school shooting victims' funerals begin as Joe Biden and Jacinda Ardern talk gun control

As the family of Amerie Jo Garza lays the 10-year-old Robb Elementary School student to rest, the focus turns to gun control, with US President Joe Biden meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to discuss her 2019 ban on military-style weapons.

ABC News

What happens to the school building in Uvalde, Texas?

Public officials and residents of Uvalde, Texas, will have to grapple with a difficult question as the community continues recovering from last week’s shooting at Robb Elementary School: What should be done with the building where 19 children and two teachers were massacred?

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Biden pledges gun meeting with Congress, eyeing executive actions

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to meet with lawmakers about gun control legislation, while aides said the administration is currently researching additional executive actions he might take in the aftermath of last week’s deadly massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Tribune News Service

Teacher closed school door before Uvalde shooting, Texas official says

Texas authorities have relayed then later retracted multiple key details about the shooting.

Axios

Texas governor declares disaster in Uvalde to help deploy resources ‘needed to heal’

Greg Abbott’s order expedites critical state and local aid to grieving town

The Independent UK

Firearm stocks spike after mass shootings as investors dismiss the chance of tightening gun laws

The day after an armed 18-year-old entered the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and shot dead 19 children and two teachers, the share prices of gun and weapons manufacturers jumped.

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Uvalde teacher did not leave door propped open that gunman used to get in, says lawyer

Lawyer says that door was shut as gunman closed in on Robb Elementary but may not have locked

The Independent UK

‘I got shot’: Video captures moment Uvalde student tells Border Patrol agent they had been hit

The condition of the child on the radio is unclear

The Independent UK

Grieving Texas town starts to lay to rest mass shooting victims

The grieving Texas town of Uvalde has begun to lay to rest the 21 children and teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school a week ago.

Evening Standard

911 dispatcher alerted Uvalde cops

"Child is advising he is in the room, full of victims. Full of victims at this moment," 911 dispatcher told police

Salon

Where do religious groups in the US stand on gun control?

After yet another tragic mass school shooting in the US, gun control is once again the subject of debate. Studies show that white evangelical Protestants have higher rates of gun ownership and stronger opposition to gun control, but not all faith-based groups agree.

ABC News

Texas shooting – latest: Governor Abbott issues disaster declaration for Uvalde as funeral services begin

Services are planned for 11 children and their teacher Irma Garcia this week

The Independent UK

Florida Sheriff Arrests 10-Year-Old, Releases Mug Shot and Perp Walk, Then Uses Media Tour To Brag About It

“Scared straight” juvenile policing programs have a history of not working. They’re not the solution to school shootings.

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Salon

Dems fall for McConnell's Uvalde trap

Sorry, Biden, but there are no "rational Republicans" willing to work with Democrats on gun safety

The Independent UK

‘Full of victims’: Children were calling for help as police waited outside Uvalde school, 911 dispatch reveals

Footage raises more questions about police inaction as children called for help while officers surrounded building or waited inside nearby hallway

Los Angeles Times

Funerals begin for Uvalde shooting's 21 victims. 'This is above and beyond'

UVALDE, Texas — A week after the school shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers, this small town is preparing for the first of many funerals — a marathon of grief.

Axios

Authorities ignore Spanish speakers at Uvalde press conferences

Many residents in Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at a school last week, speak Spanish at home.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Uvalde grieves, says goodbyes at visitations, funerals for victims of school shooting

Over the next two-and-a-half traumatic weeks, people in the southwestern Texas town will say goodbye to the children and their teachers, one heart-wrenching visitation, funeral and burial after another.

The Independent UK

Texas school shooting: Who is police chief Pete Arredondo?

Investigation underway into law enforcement response to Uvalde massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead at the hands of teen gunman

WEKU

A Uvalde coroner is haunted by identifying the bodies of children and an old friend

Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.

Al Jazeera

Texas town begins burying its children after school shooting

First two funerals for two schoolchildren killed in attack at primary school in Uvalde are taking place on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Pete Arredondo: Uvalde police chief blamed for botched response will not be sworn in as council member amid funerals for shooting victims

Special session delayed as officials say Pedro Arredondo ‘duly elected’

Salon

"Back the Blue" and the Uvalde response

The conservative town has long supported law enforcement. The cops' response last week could change that

Salon

GOPers freak out over Canada gun ban

Republicans are freaking out after Canada responded to a mass shooting with actual gun restrictions

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