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    • Police narrative of Texas shooting is under scrutiny

      The AP reported late Wednesday that police waited outside the school for at least 40 minutes while parents and onlookers urged them to do something.

      'Law enforcement was there' »
      • Husband of teacher killed in school shooting dies

      • Texas school shooting suspect's mother speaks out

      • Uvalde newspaper publishes powerful front page

      • School gunman entered unobstructed, officials say

      • A small but significant victory for Biden on guns

    • Health
      Associated Press

      Dominant coronavirus mutant contains ghost of pandemic past

      The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States is a member of the omicron family but scientists say it spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease. Because it combines properties of both omicron and delta, the nation's dominant variant in the middle of last year. A genetic trait that harkens back to the pandemic's past, known as a “delta mutation," appears to allow the virus "to escape pre-existing immunity from vaccination and prior infection, especially if you were infected in the omicron wave," said Dr. Wesley Long, a pathologist at Houston Methodist in Texas.

    • U.S.
      HuffPost

      Former ESPN Journalist's Excuse For Uvalde Police Inaction Shocks Twitter Users

      Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is inspiring a debate on what can be done to prevent future tragedies ― as are reports from witnesses that local police were slow to respond to the incident. Law enforcement authorities are facing questions and criticism over how much time elapsed before police put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two adults. Jason Whitlock, a former ESPN journalist who now works for conservative outlet The Blaze, shared a take in response to a tweet by right-wing disinformation peddler Jack Posobiec, who wondered why “armed Texans” didn't go after the gunman.

      • Uvalde elementary school shooting: Texas officials are questioned on police response time
        WAGA
      • Police: Texas gunman walked through apparently unlocked door
        WEWS-Cleveland Videos
    • Science
      BBC

      Ancient DNA reveals secrets of Pompeii victims

      Researchers studying human remains from Pompeii have extracted genetic secrets from the bones of a man and a woman who were buried when the Roman city was engulfed in volcanic ash. This first "Pompeian human genome" is an almost complete set of "genetic instructions" from the victims, encoded in DNA extracted from their bones. Ancient DNA was preserved in bodies that were encased in time-hardened ash.

    • World
      Reuters

      Exclusive-U.S. and Ukraine discuss danger of escalation as new arms extend Kyiv's reach

      As the United States and its allies provide Ukraine with increasingly sophisticated arms, Washington has held discussions with Kyiv about the danger of escalation if it strikes deep inside Russia, U.S. and diplomatic officials tell Reuters. The behind-the-scenes discussions, which are highly sensitive and have not been previously reported, do not put explicit geographic restrictions on the use of weapons supplied to Ukrainian forces. But the conversations have sought to reach a shared understanding of the risk of escalation, three U.S. officials and diplomatic sources said.

    • U.S.
      Quartz

      Britain ended the horror of school shootings after one single massacre

      His attack came before school shootings had become something schools prepared for with drills and plans—and before they were routinely carried out by other students. In that innocent time, when the Dunblane school principal heard loud bangs from another part of the school, he thought it was building work that he hadn't been told about. After a teacher burst into his office and told him what was happening, he he ran to the gym, where he witnessed “a scene of unimaginable carnage, one's worst nightmare,” he told the inquiry later.

    • Politics
      The El Paso Times

      Beto O'Rourke confront Gov. Greg Abbott during Texas shooting update

      Beto O'Rourke confront Gov. Greg Abbott during Uvalde, Texas shooting update.

    • U.S.
      Associated Press

      Trump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil probe

      Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in the New York attorney general's civil investigation into his business practices, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, rejecting his argument that he be excused from testifying because his answers could be used in a parallel criminal probe. A four-judge panel in the appellate division of the state's trial court upheld Judge Arthur Engoron's Feb. 17 ruling, which enforced subpoenas requiring that Trump and his two eldest children — Ivanka and Donald Jr. — give deposition testimony in Attorney General Letitia James' probe. “The existence of a criminal investigation does not preclude civil discovery of related facts, at which a party may exercise the privilege against self-incrimination," the appellate panel wrote, citing the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and other legal protections for witnesses.

      • Trump loses appeal, must testify in New York civil investigation
        Yahoo News Video
      • Trump must testify in New York probe, appeals court rules
        Reuters
    • U.S.
      INSIDER

      Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings

      In 2016, the NRA said on its blog that the European country had one of the lowest murder rates in the world while still having millions of privately owned guns and a few hunting weapons that don't even require a permit. Video: Inside a factory that makes untraceable 'ghost guns' But the Swiss have some specific rules and regulations for gun use. Insider took a look at the country's past with guns to see why it has lower rates of gun violence than the US, where gun death rates are now at their highest in more than 20 years, and the leading cause of death for children and adolescents.

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      Business Insider

      The wild life of billionaire Twitter founder and 'Block Head' Jack Dorsey, who's officially left the social network's board, eats one meal a day, and takes ice baths

      After cofounding Twitter on March 21 2006, he was booted as the company's CEO two years later, but returned in 2015 having set up his second company, Square — which he rebranded as Block in 2021. He led Twitter through the techlash that has engulfed social media companies, testifying before Congress multiple times. Related video: Elon Musk on Twitter fame, loneliness and the future of AI And Dorsey announced on November 29, 2021, he had stepped down as the CEO of Twitter.

      • Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter's board
        TechCrunch
      • Jack Dorsey exits Twitter's board of directors
        NBC News
    • Politics
      Associated Press

      'Trump is in the past': Mounting losses show limits of power

      Donald Trump opened May by lifting a trailing Senate candidate in Ohio to the Republican nomination, seemingly cementing the former president's kingmaker status before another possible White House run. Trump faced a series of setbacks in Tuesday's primary elections as voters rejected his efforts to unseat two top targets for retribution: Georgia's Republican governor and secretary of state, both of whom rebuffed Trump's extraordinary pressure to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Nearly seven years after the onetime reality television star launched what seemed to be an improbable campaign for the White House, the “Make America Great Again” movement Trump helmed isn't going anywhere.

    • U.S.
      HuffPost

      Tucker Carlson Cooks Up Absurd New Scapegoat For Texas School Massacre

      Australia hasn't had a mass shooting since 1996, when a gunman opened fire at a tourist resort in Port Arthur, killing 35 people. The government responded by enacting strict gun control legislation, including banning all semi-automatic rifles. In New Zealand, all semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles were banned after a gunman killed 51 people in Christchurch in 2019.

      • 19 children and 2 teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday: Here are 5 countries that have taken radical steps to eliminate firearm deaths
        INSIDER
      • Texas gunman warned online he was going to shoot up school
        WFXT
    • U.S.
      Belleville News-Democrat

      Man points gun at TV reporter during live segment on gun violence, Illinois station says

      Illinois police are looking for a man that was shown on video pointing what appears to be a gun at a news anchor and her crew while she was filming a live segment on gun violence. A FOX32 reporter and her crew on May 25 were filming a segment in Chicago on gun violence, FOX2 reported. While the reporter was speaking on camera, a man walked behind her and quickly pointed a gun in her direction, footage from FOX2 showed.

    • World
      Reuters

      U.S. seizes Iranian oil cargo near Greek island - sources

      LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) -The United States has confiscated Iranian oil held on a Russian-operated ship near Greece and will send the cargo to the United States aboard another vessel, three sources familiar with the matter said. It was unclear whether the cargo was impounded because it was Iranian oil or due to the sanctions on the tanker over its Russian nexus. Iran and Russia are facing separate U.S. sanctions.

    • U.S.
      The Daily Beast

      Daniel Defense, the Maker of the Uvalde Shooter’s ‘Perfect Rifle,’ Abruptly Exits the NRA Convention

      On a Memorial Day weekend when we honor those who died in service to our country, the company that manufactured a weapon of war used to kill 19 children and two adults in a Texas elementary school had planned to hawk its wares at the gun industry's annual collective disgrace. But in the aftermath of Tuesday's slaughter in Uvalde, Daniel Defense, is no longer slated to join all the other profiteers of violent death at this weekend's NRA convention in Houston. Up until Wednesday afternoon,the company was to have occupied Booth 4839, conveniently close to the cafe at the George R. Brown Convention Center, amid what the NRA terms “14 acres of guns and gear.

      • NRA to host Texas convention days after Uvalde school shooting
        Yahoo News
      • NRA stages marketing event as Texas mourns school shooting
        Associated Press
    • U.S.
      TheStreet.com

      Elon Musk Chooses Sides on Gun Control Debate

      Elon Musk is the most influential CEO in the world. The mogul with 95 million followers on Twitter is determined to use his platform to weigh in on public debates, whatever they may be. In recent months, the CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has thus imposed his voice on subjects such as the Russian war in Ukraine, free speech with the eventful acquisition-in-progress of the social network Twitter for $44 billion, cancel culture and its corollary wokeism.

      • Elon Musk weighs in on gun control debate, supports ‘tight’ background checks
        Yahoo Finance Video
      • Elon Musk committing another $6.25B to Twitter bid: SEC filing
        Yahoo Finance Video
    • World
      Reuters

      Tanks, but no ammo – Germany's Ukraine pledges show military muddle

      Four weeks ago, Germany agreed to send dozens of anti-aircraft tanks to help defend Ukraine from Russia's invasion, part of what it called a turning-point after decades of military restraint. Berlin says it can deliver the first Gepard tanks in July. That's too slow, a Ukrainian parliamentarian said on Tuesday, as Russian forces launched an assault on the country's east.

    • U.S.
      Miami Herald

      Did Florida Rep. Randy Fine just threaten the president’s life? Secret Service better find out | Editorial

      Here's what Fine said on Twitter: “I have news for the embarrassment that claims to be our president — try to take our guns and you'll learn why the Second Amendment was written in the first place. He made this wretched comment after President Biden responded to the horrific massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, in which 19 children and two adults died. The president said, in part: “When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down.

      • 'Try to take our guns': Florida Rep. Randy Fine stirs controversy with 'Second Amendment' tweet aimed at Biden
        WOFL
      • Randy Fine 'warns' Biden in posts that critics say threaten President after school shooting
        Florida Today
    • U.S.
      The Daily Beast

      School Drop-Out Gave Warning on Facebook Minutes Before Uvalde Massacre

      But Ramos legally bought two AR-style rifles just after his 18th birthday this month and appeared to grow angry and isolated after he failed to graduate high school, friends and family members said. Although Ramos was described as “quiet” by numerous people who knew him, a young woman who worked with him at Wendy's until March detected an aggressive streak. Several former friends said he had stopped showing up at school and was not going to graduate with the senior class this year.

      • Texas gunman warned online he was going to shoot up school
        WFXT
      • What we know about the guns used by Salvador Ramos in the Uvalde, TX, school shooting
        Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    • World
      Associated Press

      China wants 10 Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement

      China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a “game-changing” bid by Beijing to wrest control of the region. A draft of the agreement obtained by The Associated Press shows that China wants to train Pacific police officers, team up on “traditional and non-traditional security" and expand law enforcement cooperation. China also wants to jointly develop a marine plan for fisheries — which would include the Pacific's lucrative tuna catch — increase cooperation on running the region's internet networks, and set up cultural Confucius Institutes and classrooms.

    • U.S.
      INSIDER

      Elon Musk says he 'strongly' believes in the Second Amendment the day after Robb Elementary shooting but said there should be 'tight background checks'

      Elon Musk says that the Second Amendment is necessary in case of government tyranny. The day after the deadliest elementary school shooting since Sandy Hook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has stated that he believes in the Second Amendment right to bear arms, but argues that individuals should undergo "tight background checks" before purchasing a gun, CNBC reported. On top of "tight background checks," Musk told the outlet that gun sales of assault rifles should be limited to gun range owners and those that reside in a "high-risk location, like gang warfare."

      • Elon Musk weighs in on gun control debate, supports ‘tight’ background checks
        Yahoo Finance Video
      • What happened in the Robb Elementary School shooting
        The Week
    • U.S.
      The Root

      Clipper’s Norman Powell Records White Woman Harassing Him at Gym

      Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell shared a video of a white woman bothering him at the boxing gym, reported TMZ. The situation escalated resulted in Las Vegas police getting involved and charging her with a misdemeanor. Tuesday, Powell began an Instagram live video to explain how he was interrupted while working out at the local gym.

    • Business
      Reuters

      'Pay more attention' Ethereum co-founder says of crypto crash

      DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Ethereum's co-founder Gavin Wood said cryptocurrency investors need to be more aware of what is backing their holdings after a market rout which wiped more than $800 billion off their value. "I would hope that people pay more attention to what is belying the currency name when they get involved in a community, ecosystem, economy," Wood told Reuters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos. Crypto and blockchain firms have been highly visible at this year's gathering of business and political leaders, despite the market plummeting in value in the weeks leading up to the event, with the eighth-largest coin Luna becoming virtually worthless.

      • Bank of America CEO talks wages, interest rates, the U.S. economy, inflation, crypto, and more
        Yahoo Finance Video
      • Cryptocurrency crash devalues Ukraine's government crypto fundraise
        Reuters
    • U.S.
      Quartz

      We ordered the same gun used in Uvalde. Here’s how easy it was.

      After Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas left 19 children and two adults dead, we wondered how difficult it was to order a DDM4V7, one of the two rifles the gunman bought a few days after turning 18 years old, according to reports. The AR-15-style weapon, made by Georgia-based Daniel Defense, sells online for $1,870, plus tax. Shipping to a local gun shop is free.

      • Nineteen children dead in day of terror
        Associated Press Videos
      • Texas school shooting: 19 children, 2 teachers killed
        WITI
    • U.S.
      HuffPost

      Herschel Walker Gives Incoherent Solution To Gun Violence On Fox News

      Ex-football hero Herschel Walker offered an incomprehensible solution to gun violence on Fox News Thursday just days after the Donald Trump-endorsed neophyte won the Republican Senate primary in Georgia. Walker, responding to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting that left 19 children dead, noted that “Cain killed Abel” and followed with a head-scratching suggestion. “What about getting a department that can look at young men that's looking at women that looking at social media,” he said.

      • Herschel Walker’s Response to the Uvalde Shooting Was Incoherent. So Is His Senate Bid
        Rolling Stone
      • GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker proposes 'a department that can look at young men that's looking at women that's looking at social media' in response to Texas shooting
        INSIDER
    • U.S.
      Associated Press

      Attorney paying ex-casino mogul Steve Wynn defamation claim

      Former Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn has accepted an undisclosed financial settlement to end his federal defamation lawsuit against a well-known attorney who represented a dancer who she said accused Wynn of sexual harassment and retaliation. Los Angeles attorney Lisa Bloom retracted and withdrew claims she made in a news release in March 2018 announcing she represented a woman making claims of inappropriate behavior against Wynn, according to a statement included in a settlement document provided Tuesday to The Associated Press by Wynn's lawyers.

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    The debate over student debt forgiveness
    • “It could give millions a chance to finally buy a house or start their business or help their kids get an education, too.”

    • “You signed a contract…If you don’t want to deal with the financial pressure of debt, don’t take out the loan.”

    • “Without action from Biden, Black student debt will hinder his agenda with respect to eliminating racial inequities.”

    • “Blanket relief could end up routing too much relief to those who do not need it and too little to those who do.”

    • “Unlike a number of other policy issues, student debt relief doesn’t need to be pushed through a narrowly controlled Congress.”

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