Texas Republican Ted Cruz confronted at restaurant over gun control after Uvalde shooting

Texas Republican Ted Cruz confronted at restaurant over gun control after Uvalde shooting

The prominent opponent of gun control laws earlier accused Democrats of seeking to use the school massacre as a pretext to “disarm Americans” at an NRA meeting.

  • byTimothy Bella andAdela Suliman

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After horror,failure of Uvalde massacre,business as usual at NRA meeting in Houston

After horror,failure of Uvalde massacre,business as usual at NRA meeting in Houston

Former president Donald Trump appeared,the star attraction of the NRA convention,called for teachers to be armed in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
From red flags to armed teachers:Five very different plans to stop school shootings

From red flags to armed teachers:Five very different plans to stop school shootings

US President Joe Biden wants to ban assault weapons. The Republicans want increased school security. The only thing people agree on is that it won’t be easy.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Domestic terrorism bill blocked in the US senate amid mass shootings

Domestic terrorism bill blocked in the US senate amid mass shootings

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in a Buffalo supermarket and an elementary school in Uvalde has failed in the US Senate.

  • byFarnoush Amiri andLisa Mascaro
One image says everything you need to know about America’s gun problem

One image says everything you need to know about America’s gun problem

This year alone there have been 7663 gun deaths,excluding suicide,in the United States.

A portrait of grief:The precious victims of Texas school shooting

A portrait of grief:The precious victims of Texas school shooting

Stories have begun to emerge about the lives of the 19 children and their two teachers who were gunned down behind a barricaded door at their Texas primary school.

  • byElliot Spagat andAcacia Coronado
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When the public’s right to know clashes with giving mass shooters what they want

When the public’s right to know clashes with giving mass shooters what they want

The ‘script’ of coverage of mass shootings is a fundamental part of why these crimes happen.

  • byGlynn Greensmith
Two sets of cousins among the victims of Uvalde school massacre

Two sets of cousins among the victims of Uvalde school massacre

The identities of the 19 children and two adults killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre that occurred in Uvalde,Texas are slowly being revealed.

  • byAmelia McGuire,Tyler Clifford andMarta Pascual Juanola
‘Just wait for it’:Texas gunman warned girl online he was going to shoot up school

‘Just wait for it’:Texas gunman warned girl online he was going to shoot up school

The Facebook posts were the only advance warning of the deadly rampage at a Texas elementary school,Governor Greg Abbott said.

  • byAcacia Coronado andJim Vertuno
‘We have to act’:Fury after Texas primary school massacre

‘We have to act’:Fury after Texas primary school massacre

A teenage gunman opened fire in a south Texas primary school,killing at least 19 children and two teachers before he was also killed,prompting an emotional US President Joe Biden to demand action on loose US gun laws.

  • byAcacia Coronado andJim Vertuno
Texas gunman was bullied over a stutter,grew increasingly violent,friends say

Texas gunman was bullied over a stutter,grew increasingly violent,friends say

Salvador Ramos was a lonely 18-year-old who was bullied over a stutter and strong lisp. He had a difficult home life and grew more violent,according to his friends.

  • byRobert Klemko,Silvia Foster-Frau andShawn Boburg