Families and friends describe the children and teachers they knew and loved and the void left in the community.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Senate Republicans block domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
Sen. Susan Collins is among the no votes as Democrats’ first attempt at responding to recent back-to-back mass shootings has failed in the Senate.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mental illness is one key factor in mass shootings. And we should address it now.
In our schools, among law enforcement and in our jails, we must invest in identifying and treating behavioral health issues – before the next tragedy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Putting more guns on the street was a choice
Congress could have restricted the gun supply after the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, but instead they let the same thing happen again.
Posted inNation & World
How to help kids get through the horror of Texas school shooting
The first thing a parent should do is make sure their children know adults are available to talk to them.
Posted inNation & World
‘Precious individuals’ taken in Texas school shooting
The names of the victims in Tuesday’s Texas school shooting are only beginning to emerge, as the grief-stricken community of 16,000 tries to process what happened.
Posted inNation & World, News
After Texas shooting, Republicans face online anger over NRA money
The NRA is planning its national convention in Houston on Friday, 4 hours from Uvalde, with former President Donald Trump, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz expected to speak.
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Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school, where gunman’s rampage killed 19 children, 2 teachers
About 30 minutes before the bloodbath, the gunman made 3 social media posts, 2 related to shooting his grandmother, and 1 that he was going to shoot up an elementary school.
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U.S. gun laws are getting looser, not stronger, despite more mass shootings
In recent weeks, a string of devastating shootings — at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, a church in Laguna Woods, California, and now an elementary school in little Uvalde, Texas — has renewed calls for tighter gun restrictions. Just hours after a teenage gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at […]
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Connecticut senator begs for gun compromise after Texas shooting
Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy came to Congress representing Sandy Hook, a school where 26 students and educators were killed in 2012.