Actor Matthew McConaughey visited his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, on May 27 following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. The Oscar-winning actor posed for a photo with members of the community in Uvalde just three days after Salvador Ramos, 18, opened fire inside the school, killing 19 children and two adults. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), whose district covers…
Matthew McConaughey Visits Hometown of Uvalde After Elementary School Shooting
‘Hard Not to See How Someone Doesn’t Get Fired,’: Rep. Crenshaw Says Police Accountable in Uvalde School Shooting
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said “protocols were not followed” in the police response to last week’s mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, calling for accountability. “It’s hard not to see how someone doesn’t get fired for these very, very bad calls,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union” on May 29, referencing the Uvalde police…
‘Hard Not to See How Someone Doesn’t Get Fired’: Rep. Crenshaw Calls for Police Accountability in Uvalde School Shooting
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said “protocols were not followed” in the police response to last week’s mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, calling for accountability. “It’s hard not to see how someone doesn’t get fired for these very, very bad calls,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union” on May 29, referencing the Uvalde police…
SoCal Schools Work With Law Enforcement After Texas Shooting
Southern California schools worked May 25 with local law enforcement to increase campus security a day after an 18-year-old killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas. Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes said shortly after the shooting—the second deadliest school shooting in the nation’s history—he would immediately increase deputies at schools…
‘FBI’ Season Finale Pulled After Texas Deadly Shooting
LOS ANGELES—CBS pulled the season finale of “FBI” after a deadly elementary school shooting in Texas. The network said Tuesday that it will not air the show’s season four finale titled “Prodigal Son.” The decision was made by CBS after a gunman killed at least 19 students at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Authorities…
Capitol Report (April 25): Twitter Board Agrees to Musk’s Offer
The Twitter board met on Sunday to seriously consider Elon Musk’s bid to buy the company. On Monday, they reached an agreement. Musk’s offer has been accepted, and the company is selling to the Tesla CEO for $44 billion in cash. Individual acts of spirituality that may be interpreted as being religious have long been…
Parkland, Florida, School Shooter’s Jury Selection Begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Jury selection in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial began Monday with preliminary screening for the panel that will determine whether Nikolas Cruz will be put to death for murdering 17 students and staff members at a Parkland, Florida, high school. Eighteen members of the first panel of 60 prospective…
Parkland School Shooter’s Jury Selection Begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The first day of jury selection in the Parkland mass shooting trial was slow, methodical, and painstaking—a process that is expected to drag on for two months. More than 120 of the first 160 prospective jurors who filed through Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer’s courtroom on Monday were dismissed. Most said it would be…
Even With ‘Defund the Police’ Discredited, Some Schools May Still Shun the Police
Des Moines this week suffered its first fatal school shooting—reigniting a controversy in the city after the district removed police officers from its schools last year. Police say a group of teenagers in vehicles outside Des Moines’ East High School fired multiple rounds onto school property on Monday, killing a 15-year-old boy and critically wounding…
‘Threatening’ Video by Former UCLA Lecturer Forces Classes to Be Held Remotely
LOS ANGELES—Classes at University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) were taught remotely Feb. 1 in response to a video by a former lecturer referencing a mass shooting and threatening philosophy department members, the university announced. Matthew Harris, a former postdoctoral fellow, posted the video and an 800-page manifesto making “specific threats” to people in the university’s…
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