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Voters like to see a sense of authenticity in candidates, especially in Texas. But cursing and vulgar language in front of children and the elderly more often than not crosses the line.

The announcement​ comes in response to the tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, when a gunman entered the school and killed 19 students and two teachers.

Election 2022 Texas Governor O'Rourke FILE - Beto O'Rourke, Democratic candidate for Texas governor, speaks during a town hall meeting at the McAllen Creative Incubator Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in McAllen,Texas. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP, File) (Delcia Lopez)AUSTIN, Texas — (AP) — Democrat Beto O'Rourke responded to a heckler at a campaign stop with an expletive after the Texas gubernatorial candidate heard a cackled laugh while criticizing the ease with which the Uvalde elementary school gunman legally purchased an AR-15-style rifle. Greg Abbott, O'Rourke's opponent in November, though it does not show who O'Rourke was specifically addressing. Chris Evans, a campaign spokesman, said the town hall continued without any further encounters. He has sought to give a more moderated message on firearms during his run for governor in gun-friendly Texas.

Beto O'Rourke wasn't having it, confronting a heckler laughing over Uvalde. "It may be funny to you, (expletive). But it’s not funny to me."

At a town hall meeting in Mineral Wells, Texas, Beto O'Rourke, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, lashed out at an audience member who was reportedly laughing at O'Rourke's comments about the Uvalde school shooting. "It may be funny to you, motherf***er, but it's not funny to me," said O'Rourke, receiving applause from the audience.

Beto O'Rourke stopped his speech about gun control and the Uvalde, Tex., mass shooting to confront the heckler: "It may be funny to you ... but it’s not funny to me.”

With nearly 70,000 children heading back to school in Volusia County on Monday, district officials and Volusia County law enforcement assured parents that officers won't hesitate to enter school buildings in the event of an active shooter.

The firing of Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school police chief, was postponed for a second time due to a scheduling conflict.

The GOP governor initially said he stopped at the fundraiser “on the way” to Austin to “let people know” he couldn’t stay.

Texas school shooting: What we know about the victims Here's what we know about the victims. (NCD)UVALDE, Texas — The principal of a Texas elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed two months ago in a mass shooting has been reinstated after a three-day administrative leave of absence, district officials said. >> Read more trending newsMandy Gutierrez, the principal of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, received a letter from Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell on Thursday, KSAT-TV reported. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 25 What we know about the Uvalde, Texas shooting victim. Her and her brother both attended Robb Elementary School.

The principal of the Texas school where the nation’s deadliest classroom shooting in a decade happened was reinstated Thursday, three days after she was suspended with pay in the wake of security criticisms leveled by a legislative committee. Mandy Gutierrez, who Uvalde school district officials suspended with pay Monday as Robb Elementary School principal, was reinstated Thursday in a brief letter from Superintendent Hal Harrell. The reinstatement came after Gutierrez, in a letter to the committee members, disputed the key findings that a “culture of complacency” had developed at the school that allowed a gunman to enter the school and kill 19 children and two teachers.

A House panel says some sales tactics make guns look like a sign of manhood. Meanwhile, gun makers blame shooters rather than their weapons.

Gun manufacturers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling the weapons over the past decade, at times marketing them as a way for young men to prove their masculinity.

Republican lawmakers defended gun rights, while Democrats blasted the manufacturers' marketing campaigns and profits amid a surge in gun violence.

Principal Mandy Gutierrez was placed on administrative leave with pay this week.

Congress Guns FILE - AR-15-style rifles are on display at Burbank Ammo & Guns in Burbank, Calif., June 23, 2022. Two of the companies approximately tripled their revenue from the weapons over the past three years, the committee found. Daniel Defense, based near Savannah, Georgia, raised that revenue from $40 million in 2019 to more than $120 million last year. About 8.5 million people bought guns for the first time in 2020, said Republican Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia. Guns were used in all of them, and in at least seven instances they were AR-15-style weapons.

According to an investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, major gun manufacturers have made over $1 billion in the last decade selling military-style assault weapons. Smith & Wesson CEO Mark Smith was also invited to testify, but did not attend. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., chair of the oversight committee, asked Daniel if he felt any personal responsibility for manufacturing and marketing the gun used by the gunman in Uvalde. The oversight committee also invited Mark P. Smith, president and CEO of Smith & Wesson, to testify before the panel Wednesday. Wednesday’s hearing also examined the efforts of gun manufacturers to market assault weapons to young men, like those who carried out the mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and Highland Park.

A U.S. House investigation has found that gun manufacturers have taken in more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade.

Uvalde school shooting: What you need to know The gunman, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was killed by law enforcement officers. (NCD)UVALDE, Texas — The Uvalde School District placed the Robb Elementary School principal on paid administrative leave on Monday, according to the Associated Press. >> Read more trending newsRobb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez’s attorney Ricardo Cedillo told the AP that she was placed on a paid administrative leave by the Uvalde school superintendent Hal Harrell on Monday. Gutierrez was principal at Robb Elementary School the day a gunman went into the school and killed 21 people — Two teachers and 19 students. >> Texas school shooting: Report on Uvalde shooting details ‘systemic failures’The AP said that Gutierrez’s attorney didn’t provide any additional information or comment.

Texas House Committee Holds Hearing On Uvalde School Shooting UVALDE, TEXAS - JUNE 17: The Robb Elementary School sign is seen covered in flowers and gifts on June 17, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. Committees have begun inviting testimony from law enforcement authorities, family members and witnesses regarding the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School which killed 19 children and two adults. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Two months after the May 24 shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead, parents are still frustrated and looking for answers as the elementary school’s principal was placed on leave. At Monday night's school board meeting , it was announced that new security measures — including bulletproof glass and additional officers — would be put in place when the delayed school year begins in September. In addition, the school board formally urged Gov.

At the Uvalde school board meeting, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was urged to hold a special legislative session to raise the buying age for assault weapons to 21.

The principal of the Texas elementary school where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers says the principal was placed on administrative leave Monday, her attorney said. Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez was placed on paid administrative leave by Uvalde school Superintendent Hal Harrell, said attorney Ricardo Cedillo of San Antonio in a terse statement to The Associated Press.

"I care about Pete. I care that he's mentally OK," a friend of Arredondo's told The Associated Press, but also called for "consequences."

Texas School Shooting The Town Escorted by the Texas Brown Berets, family and friends of those killed and injured in the school shootings at Robb Elementary take part in a protest march and rally, Sunday, July 10, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. This week, the Uvalde school board abruptly scheduled a meeting to discuss firing Arredondo, only to cancel it days later. After state lawmakers issued a damning report that found "systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making" by both police and school officials, the Uvalde school board held a special session to hear from parents. Superintendent Hal Harrell apologized for previously being "too formal" and not letting the victims' families say their piece. ___For more AP coverage of the Uvalde school shooting: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shootingCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

In the aftermath of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, families of victims and many residents are navigating mixed emotions as they channel their grief and fury into demands for change.

After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse Rizo was worried about his old friend, police chief Pete Arredondo. Blame for the botched police response was being directed heavily at Arredondo when Rizo texted him just days after the shooting: “Been thinking of and praying for you.”

The meeting was scheduled for this morning in the wake of community outrage about the schools police chief's handling of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in May.

Texas School Shooting In this May 26, 2022, photo, Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Facing massive public pressure, Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who was central to the botched law enforcement response to the shooting at an elementary school that killed two teachers and 19 students. The city’s school board will consider firing Arrendondo at a special meeting Saturday, July 23, to consider the superintendent's recommendation. Arredondo's job was set to be discussed in an abruptly called school board meeting that was scheduled for Saturday. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.

Uvalde school officials are pushing back a decision on the future of embattled district Police Chief Pete Arredondo.

Uvalde school officials on Friday canceled a meeting to decide the future of embattled district Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who was facing the possibility of becoming the first officer to be fired over the slow law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School massacre. Arredondo's job was set to be discussed in an abruptly called school board meeting that was scheduled for Saturday. The reversal comes just two days after Uvalde's superintendent moved to fire Arredondo amid mounting public pressure and growing impatience in South Texas for accountability after police body camera footage and a damning new report revealed how officers waited in the school hallway for more than 70 minutes instead of confronting the gunman inside a fourth-grade classroom.

Seattle Mariners v Chicago White Sox CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 12: Former Chicago White Sox player Bo Jackson stands on the field prior to a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Seattle Mariners on Opening Day at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 12, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)Former Raiders and MLB star Bo Jackson revealed this week that he had donated to help cover funeral costs for the victims of the mass shooting at Rob Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, earlier this year. "I don't know if it's because I'm getting old. Jackson said he and a friend flew to Uvalde three days after the shooting. — Bo Jackson (@BoJackson) May 25, 2022"I don't want to turn this into anything [but] what it is," Jackson said, via The Associated Press .

Texas school shooting: What we know about the victims Here's what we know about the victims. “I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting old,” Jackson, 59, a father of three and a grandfather, told the AP. Three days after the shooting, Jackson and a friend -- whom he did not identify -- met briefly with Texas Gov. “We didn’t want media,” Jackson told the AP. Just the name,” Jackson told the AP.

“I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting old,” said Jackson, a father of three and a grandfather as he nears 60. Three days later, Jackson and a close friend flew to Uvalde, briefly met with Gov. I was just trying (with the donation) to put a little sunshine in someone’s cloud, a very dark cloud,” Jackson said. The Uvalde donation was his first in response to a mass shooting. ... It’s the children," Jackson said, pausing before each repetition to gather himself.

Former sports superstar Bo Jackson helped pay for the funerals of the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in the Uvalde school massacre in May.

Texas School Shooting In this May 26, 2022, photo, Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The South Texas city's school board announced Wednesday that it will consider firing Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday. Arredondo has been accused by state officials of making several critical mistakes during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. If fired, Arredondo would become the first officer ousted from his job following the deadliest Texas school shooting in history. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shootingCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Texas School Shooting n this July 12, 2022, photo, Visitors walk past a makeshift memorial honoring those killed at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas. Parents in Uvalde, Texas, are livid about the security lapses that contributed to the school shooting this spring. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, FILE) (Eric Gay)UVALDE, Texas — (AP) — When the shooting began at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Mario Jimenez’s son was in the classroom next door. “I don’t think these kids are going to feel safe going back to school no matter what they do. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shooting.

Texas School Shooting n this July 12, 2022, photo, Visitors walk past a makeshift memorial honoring those killed at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas. Parents in Uvalde, Texas, are livid about the security lapses that contributed to the school shooting this spring. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, FILE) (Eric Gay)UVALDE, Texas — (AP) — When the shooting began at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Mario Jimenez’s son was in the classroom next door. “I don’t think these kids are going to feel safe going back to school no matter what they do. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shooting.

The mass shooting that left 21 people dead inside Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has parents there and across the nation demanding safer schools.

UVALDE, Texas — Uvalde school board announced Wednesday it will hold a special meeting on Saturday to consider firing Police Chief Pete Arredondo. >> Uvalde school shooting: Gunman allegedly bullied in same fourth-grade classroom he attackedUvalde school’s superintendent has recommended firing the school district police chief, Pete Arredondo, after the “botched law enforcement response” to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in May that left two teachers and 19 students dead, according to The Associated Press. After facing a lot of public pressure, the school board announced Wednesday that they will consider firing Arrendondo at a special meeting on Saturday, according to the AP. The AP said that school officials have resisted firing Arredondo, but have changed their minds after members of the public accused the school board of not “implementing basic security” at the elementary school and not for being transparent, along with failing to hold Arredondo accountable. It was the first report that criticized both state and federal law enforcement in addition to the authorities in Uvalde, according to the AP.

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Texas Shooting Police Timeline FILE - Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on May 26, 2022. The South Texas city's school board will consider firing Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday over taking up the superintendent's recommendation. If fired, Arredondo would become the first officer ousted from his job following the deadliest Texas school shooting in history. According to the committee, Arredondo told lawmakers he didn’t consider himself the on-scene commander in charge and that his priority was to protect children in other classrooms. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shootingCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Texas Shooting Police Timeline FILE - Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on May 26, 2022. The South Texas city’s school board will consider firing Chief Pete Arredondo at a special meeting Saturday to consider the superintendent's recommendation. Arredondo has been accused by state officials of making several critical mistakes during the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. According to the committee, Arredondo told lawmakers he didn’t consider himself the on-scene commander in charge and that his priority was to protect children in other classrooms. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shootingCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Uvalde’s top school official has recommended the firing of the school district police chief who has been blamed for the botched law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting nearly two months ago that killed two teachers and 19 students.

With a new school year now just weeks away in heavily patrolled South Texas, there are worries the lockdowns will resume and deepen the trauma for scarred students in Uvalde.

An entire generation of students in America has grown up simulating lockdowns for active shooters, or worse, experiencing the real thing. Although a slow and bungled police response remains the main failure, a damning new report by the Texas House says recurring lockdowns in Uvalde created a "diminished sense of vigilance." Uvalde is about an hour's drive from the border with Mexico, located at the crossroads of two major state highways. The committee report said there had been no incidents of “bailout-related" violence on Uvalde school campuses before the shooting. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shootingCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Nearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died.

UVALDE, Texas — A trail of warning signs preceded the gunman’s May 24 rampage at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, including evidence that he was bullied as a student in the very classrooms he targeted, according to a report released Sunday by Texas State Police. Ramos fatally shot 19 students and two teachers before being killed by responding officers. Ramos told his mother what had happened, but she didn’t believe him. Per the report, Ramos had an uncle drive him to a gun store on his 18th birthday, when he could buy the guns himself legally. According to the AP, Ramos, who had no criminal history, went on to purchase two AR-style rifles, ammunition and gear, passing all background checks.

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The report from Texas state lawmakers was sharply critical of law enforcement at all levels. Parents didn't hold back in addressing board members.

The decision was made using a parent and student survey, as well as by the district's internal and external safety task forces.

New bodycam footage is released showing Uvalde police officers responding to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary.

The report issued Sunday blamed all law enforcement agencies at the scene for failing to swiftly rescue those in the school, and said some could have survived had they moved more quickly.

Texas School Shooting Report A Texas State Trooper and other members of law enforcement listen to the Texas House investigative committee during a news conference after they released a full report on the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Amid the sounds of continuing gunfire emanating from the elementary school they waited. The response counters active-shooter training that emphasizes confronting the gunman, a standard established more than two decades ago after the mass shooting at Columbine High School showed that waiting cost lives. From the beginning, the officers’ tactics in Uvalde didn’t match with most standard operating procedure, Shaffer said. Stop the shooting, stop the bleeding.

A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — more than the entire police force in a mid-size American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida or Tempe, Arizona.

Texas School Shooting-Shooter's Clues FILE - Crime scene tape surrounds Robb Elementary School after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) (Jae C. Hong)A massive but uncoordinated and a chaotic law enforcement response. Here are major findings of the House investigation:MASSIVE BUT INEPT RESPONSEThe report noted a massive but inept response from heavily armed local, state and federal law enforcement. He also shared a developing fascination with school shootings, and eventually earned the nickname “school shooter” on one online platform. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/school-shootingsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Texas School Shooting-Shooter's Clues FILE - Crime scene tape surrounds Robb Elementary School after a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) (Jae C. Hong)A massive but uncoordinated and a chaotic law enforcement response. Here are major findings of the House investigation:MASSIVE BUT INEPT RESPONSEThe report noted a massive but inept response from heavily armed local, state and federal law enforcement. He also shared a developing fascination with school shootings, and eventually earned the nickname “school shooter” on one online platform. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/school-shootingsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

The Texas House report into the May 24 Robb Elementary School shooting charts a massive but uncoordinated and chaotic response from law enforcement.

Texas School Shooting Report Family of shooting victims listen to the Texas House investigative committee release its full report on the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. The review comes as a damning new 80-page report released over the weekend by the Texas House revealed wide failures by all levels of law enforcement. Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw has previously called the law enforcement response to the shooting an “abject failure." The overwhelming majority of those who responded were federal and state law enforcement. ___More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/school-shootingsCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

A 22-year-old who was legally carrying a firearm killed the gunman, stopping the shooter “almost as soon as he began,” Ison said. Robinson has starred in movies such as “Hot Tub Time Machine” as well as the American version of “The Office” television show. ___LAS VEGASPeople fled and upturned poker tables in a panic over the mistaken belief that gunfire had erupted at the MGM Grand casino hotel late Saturday night. Gunfire erupted, hitting the woman and a building, shattering glass doors, police according to police. Police received a call about gunfire and kids “running everywhere" at the gathering spot, a concrete circle known for its acoustic features.

Uvalde residents react after release of video of school shooting, in Uvalde Privacy barriers and bike racks maintain a perimiter at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School, after a video was released showing the May shooting inside the school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., July 13, 2022. The Uvalde Police Department had 25 officers present, the Uvalde County Sheriff's Office had 16, and the Uvalde school district had five. “A complete and thorough investigation can take months or even years to confirm every detail, especially when this many law enforcement officers are involved,” read the report. His behavior earned him the nickname "School Shooter" among fellow gamers and even among people he knew in a local chat group. None of the threats were ever reported to law enforcement.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has launched an internal review over the slow response to the Uvalde school massacre.

A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school.

Two news outlets’ decision to release an excruciating 77-minute video this week showing police inaction during the Robb Elementary School mass shooting drew a harsh response from residents of Uvalde, Texas, even though they have sought this type of transparency for weeks.

At least $14 million has been raised through multiple sources for the victims and survivors of the May 24 mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says it's “shocking” that newly leaked video of the Uvalde school massacre doesn't match what he had first described to the public as a swift and brave confrontation.

Newly released video of a hallway outside classrooms at a Texas elementary school where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers is renewing questions about police accountability.

On May 24, a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers in two adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with an AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were killed.

The mayor of Uvalde is disputing a new report alleging missed chances to quickly end a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

A new report on the Uvalde elementary school massacre in Texas says a police officer had a chance to open fire on the gunman but missed it while waiting for permission to shoot.

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

The last victim of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is being laid to rest.

Almost 300 high school seniors received their diplomas in Uvalde in the shadow of the massacre of 19 elementary school students and two teachers one month earlier.

The sister of a 9-year-old girl killed in the Uvalde school shooting rampage has tearfully pleaded with Texas lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws and questioned why so many security measures failed.

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has been put on leave following allegations that he erred in his response to a mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

The first public hearings in Texas looking into the Uvalde school massacre have centered on law enforcement blunders, school building safety and mental health.

The Uvalde massacre began after the 18-year-old gunman entered the school through a door that could only be locked from the outside and then got inside a classroom that had a busted lock.

Documents examined by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school hallway with at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving at the school, where he killed 21 people, 19 of them children.

Two Uvalde city police officers told a sheriff's deputy that they passed up a fleeting chance to shoot the gunman for fear of hitting children outside an elementary school where the gunman killed 21 people.

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Senate bargainers have announced the framework of a bipartisan response to last month’s mass shootings.

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The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history says in his first extensive published comments that he didn't consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded.

As the small Texas city of Uvalde struggles to heal after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school, thoughts have also turned to making sure the school’s legacy as the place that was at the heart of a fight for the equal education of Mexican Americans over half a century ago is carried on.

Orange County Sheriff John Mina is one of the experts the U.S. Department of Justice called upon to help in its review of the law enforcement response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas last month.

The House has passed a wide-ranging gun control bill in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.

The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the deadly Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting.

An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has told members of Congress how she covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead to avoid being shot.

The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a Uvalde City Council meeting, despite being newly elected to the panel.

Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey has offered an emotional call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation.

The son of an 86-year-old woman killed in the racist Buffalo mass shooting is calling on Congress to act against domestic terrorism.

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When tragedies like school shootings happen, journalists quickly follow in huge numbers, putting communities in the world's spotlight in their worst possible moment.

One of the first targets of the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, is now trying to comfort the community.

A girl whose joy at reaching the double-digit age of 10 charmed broken hearts around the world is being remembered at a funeral Sunday.

In the wake of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and Tulsa, there's a renewed debate surrounding gun control in America.

The recent surge of mass shootings in America has led to debates in faith communities over what is “pro-life.”.

As investigators dig deeper into the law enforcement response to the deadly school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, a host of disturbing questions remain about what officers on the scene knew as the attack was unfolding.

A Texas state senator says the state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded.

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