Jun 07 WATCH: Actor Matthew McConaughey calls for gun control action at White House By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey took center stage at the White House briefing Tuesday to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground" and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month's shooting. Continue reading
Jun 03 Families of Uvalde, Buffalo victims invited to testify in Congress By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Parents of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde will appear before a House committee next week as Congress debates gun measures. Continue reading
Jun 03 After series of setbacks, Harini Logan crowned national spelling bee champion By Ben Nuckols, Associated Press Harini Logan has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, defeating Vikram Raju in the bee's first-ever lightning-round tiebreaker. Continue reading
Jun 02 Ohio governor to sign bill allowing armed school employees By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Associated Press The Republican-backed measure aims to undo the effect of a 2021 state Supreme Court ruling that said under current law armed school workers would need hundreds of hours of training. Continue reading
Jun 01 Biden administration erases $5.8 billion in debt for students of fraudulent college By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch 5:22 ‘We’re not getting anything conclusive,’ Texas state senator says on Uvalde police probe In Uvalde, it will take two full weeks for the community to hold funerals for the 21 lives lost in the school shooting. But even as the grieving continues the community is awaiting reports about the law enforcement response amid… Continue watching
May 31 Watch 4:47 Questions persist as the Justice Department reviews police response to the Uvalde shooting The U.S. Department of Justice announced it is launching an investigation of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde shooting. Juliette Kayyem, professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, former assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and… Continue watching
May 31 Texas police say Uvalde teacher closed door before attack but it didn’t lock By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press State police say the Robb Elementary School teacher who propped open an exterior door that a gunman used to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers had closed the door but it did not lock. Continue reading
May 30 Watch 6:00 Biden pledges push for new gun laws as funeral visitations begin in Uvalde Nearly a week has passed since the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were murdered. The Justice Department said Sunday it will investigate law enforcement’s response to the massacre as questions and frustration mount. Tony… Continue watching
May 27 Watch 9:47 Anger, torment grip Uvalde residents as details emerge on police response to the shooting By Amna Nawaz, Lorna Baldwin, Frank Carlson, Sam Lane, Alexis Cox, Lizz Bolaji Friday was supposed to be the first day of summer break for students in Uvalde, Texas. Instead the community is still reeling from the shooting that left 19 children and two school teachers dead. Days after the attack, new details… Continue watching