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The Latest Breaking News from Uvalde

Texas governor Greg Abbott to skip NRA convention and visit Uvalde instead amid pressure over pro-guns stance

National Rifle Association’s spokesperson says governor will pre-record message

The Independent UK

Senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws

A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK

Uvalde residents raise funds for massacre victims the old-fashioned way

UVALDE, Texas — Under a beating Texan sun, Guadalupe Salazar marveled at the family and friends all around her cooking chicken and burgers on a flaming grill, pouring cups of homemade lemonade and soaping down pickups as part of a pop-up “car wash and plate sale” near the heart of…

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Texas Gov. Abbott going to Uvalde — not NRA — on Friday

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is returning to Uvalde on Friday, and will skip the National Rifle Association convention in Houston.

Tribune News Service

Brokenhearted husband dies after his wife is killed in Texas school shooting

Joe Garcia had dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial on Thursday, The New York Times reported. He "pretty much just fell over" after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew said.

WEKU

The meetings go on for the NRA, and guns are allowed, but not during Trump’s appearance

WASHINGTON — After at least 21 people, 19 of them children, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, the National Rifle Association said its deepest sympathies were with the families and victims “involved in this horrific and evil crime.”

Tribune News Service

Why 18-year-olds in Texas can legally buy assault rifles

Permissive regulations have been in place for nearly 200 years. This week’s school shooting has prompted lawmakers to challenge them.

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Houston mayor says NRA should cancel convention this weekend

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the National Rifle Association should postpone its convention in the city this weekend out of respect for the victims of the nation’s second deadliest school shooting this week in Uvalde, Texas.

Tribune News Service

Warriors’ Steve Kerr calls for more action against gun violence after impassioned plea

Steve Kerr said he didn’t want action against gun violence to end after his impassioned plea in Dallas following the mass school shooting in Uvalde.

Tribune News Service

Grandmother of Uvalde gunman, shot before he went to the school, in stable condition

FORT WORTH, Texas — The 66-year-old grandmother of the man who killed 21 people at a Southwest Texas elementary school Tuesday is in stable condition after police said the gunman shot her in the face before going to the school.

Tribune News Service

‘If they’re crying, we can cry with them’: Support pours into Uvalde in form of money, blood, food and comfort dogs

People travelled from as far away as Colorado to offer comfort, support and other help to grieving Uvalde, Sheila Flynn reports from Uvalde

The Independent UK

Brokenhearted husband dies after wife slain in Texas rampage

Fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia was killed in her Texas classroom on Tuesday, massacred along with her co-teacher and 19 students

The Independent UK

Marco Rubio slams Miami Heat’s call for fans to demand ‘common sense’ gun reforms after Texas school shooting

In the aftermath of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the Miami Heat used a pre-game moment to urge fans to contact U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both Florida Republicans, “demanding their support for common sense gun laws” — and telling them they can “make change at…

Tribune News Service

Senate Republicans block Durbin, Schneider domestic terrorism bill; lax to act after Uvalde, Buffalo

Once again, Democrats are pushing for not the perfect, but at least some good when it comes to responding to mass shootings, the latest in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Mic

This is why we’re all disgusted with the police

In 48 hours, law enforcement’s story about what happened in Uvalde has unraveled. What’s left is a mess of incompetence and horror.

Los Angeles Times

They smeared blood on themselves, hid and watched their teachers get shot. These are the survivors’ stories

UVALDE, Texas — Two days after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School here, survivors are recounting stories of the horrifying moments they endured as they were attacked.

WEKU

The NRA says its Houston convention will 'reflect on' the Uvalde school shooting

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention Friday, and its leaders are gearing up to "reflect on" — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week in Uvalde, Texas.

The Independent UK

Uvalde local paper publishes powerful front page in response to killings

One of the stories in the paper was headlined ‘City’s Soul Crushed’

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AFP

Maker of rifle used in Texas massacre to skip NRA convention

Uvalde (United States) (AFP) - Daniel Defense, the manufacturer of the assault rifle used in the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, said Thursday it will not attend a convention this week in the state of the powerful National Rifle Association gun lobby.

Al Jazeera

Uvalde residents come together in wake of school shooting

Residents organise fundraisers, reach out to neighbours as entire community grapples with harrowing school shooting.

The Conversation

Why gun control laws don't pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 children and four staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, legislation introduced in response to mass killings has…

Los Angeles Times

Police face growing criticism over response to Texas school shooting as parents speak out

UVALDE, Texas — With criticism swelling about the police response to the Texas elementary school massacre, a law enforcement official said Thursday that the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers entered the school “unobstructed” through an unlocked door 12 minutes after police were alerted about a man nearby…

The Independent UK

Six biggest unanswered questions about the Uvalde shooting and investigation in Texas

Major questions remain about motive and effectiveness of police response

Tribune News Service

KC Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes reacts to Texas shooting: ‘As a father now, it’s scary’

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ hometown of Whitehouse, Texas, is about 400 miles northeast of Uvalde — site of this week’s school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.

The Independent UK

Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed

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