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Uvalde elementary school shooting
Mementos decorate a makeshift memorial to shooting victims outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

The Uvalde shooting shows that gun laws do matter, says official who worked on report

Jul 18, 2022
Texas State Rep. Joe Moody, who helped write the report on the shooting, says he hopes the investigation helps lawmakers improve policy going forward — particularly when it comes to gun control.
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
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.

These are the 4 key takeaways from the Uvalde shooting investigation report

Jul 18, 2022
The investigative committee found law enforcement's response to the massacre involved little coordination and no leadership. School faculty, meanwhile, failed to uphold existing safeguards.
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Education
After a rough couple of years, teachers are feeling the pressure.

We asked teachers how their year went. They warned of an exodus to come

Jun 18, 2022
After a rough couple of years, we asked teachers to tell us how they are doing. Their answers were revealing.
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
Camila Alves McConaughey holds green Converse sneakers. Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim Maite Rodriguez, who died at age 10, was wearing green Converse shoes when she died.

The story of a Uvalde victim's green shoes captures the White House's attention

Jun 07, 2022
Maite Rodriguez, a lover of animals and the environment, dreamed of being a marine biologist. She was killed during the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
Justice of the Peace Eulalio Diaz, Jr., was called to identify the bodies of the 21 victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary, last week.

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

May 31, 2022
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.
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
A memorial for Irma Garcia, a fourth-grade teacher killed in last week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Her husband, Joe, died of a heart attack two days later.

More than $2.7 million has been raised for the children of a Uvalde teacher

May 30, 2022
Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed at Robb Elementary last week. Then, two days later, her husband of 24 years died of a heart attack, leaving their four children without parents.
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
Celeste Ibarra and her daughter, Aubriella Melchor, who survived the mass shooting on Tuesday, prayed with members of the Journey Riders, Sons of God Motorcycle Club, including Adam Torres (far left) at Murphy USA gas station in Uvalde, Texas.

Uvalde shooting survivors seek comfort anywhere, including in the arms of bikers

May 29, 2022
Nine-year-old Aubriella Melchor said she narrowly escaped the slaughter because she'd been in the bathroom. At a gas station, Christian bikers joined the girl and her mother to pray.
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National
Messages are written on a cross Thursday honoring Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed in this week's elementary school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas.

A brokenhearted husband dies after his wife is killed in the Texas school shooting

May 26, 2022
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.
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
A memorial to the students and faculty who died stands in front of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. It's not clear who put the memorial up and authorities have not released the names of the deceased.

21 crosses stand in front of Uvalde's Robb Elementary to honor those who were killed

May 26, 2022
"The children!" cries Linda Martinez, a retired pastor who came to the scene with a bouquet of flowers. "So young. I just can't believe it's real. We just have to help each other."
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
People mourn Wednesday as they attend a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

The Uvalde school massacre lasted at least 40 minutes

May 26, 2022
Local and state officials in Texas release more information, while Americans across the nation continue to express shock and grief at the massacre.
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Shots - Health News
Nineteen children and two adults were killed during the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Parents are struggling to cope with the loss and with how to explain it to their children.

What to say to kids about school shootings to ease their stress

May 26, 2022
The death of children, shot at school, is hard to comprehend. It can be even harder for kids. Counselors say parents should take cues from their kids, listen to their fears and answer their questions.
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics shoots the ball against Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat during the fourth quarter in Game Five of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals at FTX Arena on May 25, 2022 in Miami.

The Miami Heat urges fans to call their senators about gun law reform

May 25, 2022
A moment of silence was held before the announcement, made Wednesday night at a playoff game.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
A man walks past a damaged building after a strike in Kramatorsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas, on Wednesday.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 25)

May 25, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Uvalde elementary school shooting
A man brings flowers to Robb Elementary School on Wednesday in Uvalde, Texas.

How world leaders are reacting to the Uvalde school shooting

May 25, 2022
Officials around the world are responding to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the deadliest such incident to take place in the U.S. in nearly a decade.
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National
Law enforcement work the scene on Tuesday after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

All of the Uvalde school shooting victims were in the same 4th grade classroom

May 25, 2022
The 19 students and two teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, shooting were all in the same classroom, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN on Wednesday.
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National
Emergency personnel gather near Robb Elementary School following a shooting Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen children and two adults were shot and killed.

In the 10 years since Sandy Hook, gun laws in the U.S. haven't changed much

May 25, 2022
Ron Avi Astor, a mass shooting expert and UCLA professor, said the approach to gun law reform should begin at the community level, with discussions between parents, schools and residents.
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National
People react outside the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

What we know so far about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

May 25, 2022
The attack Tuesday afternoon at Robb Elementary School took the lives of 21 people.
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National
Police respond to a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday.

27 school shootings have taken place so far this year

May 24, 2022
A shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, marks the 27th such school shooting in the U.S. this year.
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Law
James Crumbley and Jennifer Crumbley are the parents of Ethan Crumbley, who is accused of killing four students at Oxford High School in Michigan.

The parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect head to court again

Dec 14, 2021
The parents of Oxford High School student Ethan Crumbley will be in court on Tuesday for a probable cause hearing on four involuntary manslaughter charges.
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National
A makeshift memorial sits outside Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., last week.

Oxford shooting victim's family files $100 million suit, saying the school failed her

Dec 09, 2021
The lawsuit says "multiple concerned parents" alerted school officials to violent threats two weeks before the shooting at the Michigan high school, only to be told there was no reason to worry.
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World
Relatives of students who attend a school in the Russian city of Kazan, where a gunman opened fire on Tuesday, killing several students and at least one teacher and injuring more than 20 others.

At Least 9 Dead In School Shooting In Russia

May 11, 2021
Officials say a 19-year-old former student at a school in the Russian city of Kazan opened fire there Tuesday, killing at least seven students, a teacher and a school worker.
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National
A Broward County Sheriff's Office vehicle is parked outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla.

In Florida, Schools Under Pressure To Get Rid Of Police Officers

Sep 14, 2020
The demands by student activists face what could be an insurmountable obstacle: security fears in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting.
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National
Middle school students at Everglades K-8 Center in Miami are working on a magazine about mass shootings and hope to distribute it to every member of Congress.

Miami Middle School Students Hope Their Magazine Will Help End Gun Violence

Feb 14, 2020
Middle schoolers in Miami are writing poetry and persuasive essays about school safety policies for a student magazine they hope will convince Congress to pass laws to prevent mass shootings.
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National
Students are escorted out of Saugus High School, where authorities say a student killed two teenagers and wounded three others in a shooting in Santa Clarita, Calif., Thursday.

2 Dead, Several Hurt In Shooting At Calif. High School; Suspect 'In Grave Condition'

Nov 14, 2019
The suspect has been identified as a 16-year-old student at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita. Officials say he carried out the attack on his birthday.
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Education

Experts Worry Active Shooter Drills In Schools Could Be Traumatic For Students

Nov 10, 2019
With lockdown drills now commonplace in public schools, experts question if they're doing more harm than good. "We don't light a fire in the hallway to practice fire drills," one professor tells NPR.
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