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    • 'Came in and said, 'You're all gonna die,' started shooting

      There was blood in the hallway, and children were covered in it, one of the students who survived the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, told ABC News.

      Samuel Salinas is a student in 4th grade »
      • Police admit they failed in response to Uvalde tragedy

      • 'I never expected my son to do something like that'

      • Two 18-year-old gunmen collectively killed 31 people

      • Police stopped feds from going after gunman: NYT

      • Records show holes in governor's arrest video story

    • News
      Yahoo News Canada

      $2M for Texas shooting family: Irma and Joe Garcia’s death in a single week sparks action

      "Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers," Debra Austin, Irma's cousin, posted on the GoFundMe page. "I truly believe Joe died of a broken heart and losing the love of his life of more than 25 years was too much to bear." The online fundraiser far exceeded the US$10,000, with several contributors posting message of support for the Garcia family.

      • Husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting dies, family says
        Yahoo News
      • Family: Slain Texas teacher’s husband died of ‘broken heart.’ Science says that’s possible
        Kansas City Star
    • 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.

    • 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.

      • Daniel Defense: Company that made Uvalde AR-15 used toddlers in gun advert
        The Independent
      • Manufacturer of rifle used by Uvalde shooter posted photo of child holding gun days before attack
        The Hill
    • U.S.
      Associated Press

      Housekeepers struggle as US hotels ditch daily room cleaning

      Like many other hotels across the United States, the Hilton Hawaiian Village has done away with daily housekeeping service, making what was already one of the toughest jobs in the hospitality industry even more grueling. Industry insiders say the move away from daily cleaning, which gained traction during the pandemic, is driven by customer preferences. But others say it has more to do with profit and has allowed hotels to cut the number of housekeepers at a time when many of the mostly immigrant women who take those jobs are still reeling from lost work during coronavirus shutdowns.

    • U.S.
      The Daily Beast

      Lee Greenwood, After Canceling NRA Appearance, Drops Bomb on Fox News: ‘That Weapon Killed Kids!’

      Lee Greenwood, the staple of Trump rallies and the most prominent musician to pull out the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Texas, told Fox News on Friday that his conscience would not allow him to perform at the event in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting. Greenwood directly cited the massacre that left 19 children and two adults dead as the cause of his last-minute pang of conscience. During an appearance on Fox & Friends on Friday, Greenwood added: “For me to go and play at the NRA just days after the shooting would be an endorsement, and people would then deem that as [me saying] 'I like this weapon.

      • Lee Greenwood says playing NRA convention would have been seen as ‘an endorsement’ of weapon used in Texas shooting
        Yahoo News Video
      • Trump speaks at NRA convention
        Yahoo News Video
    • U.S.
      The Hollywood Reporter

      Johnny Depp Gets Unfavorable Decisions on Jury Instructions

      Jurors in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard will not consider whether Adam Waldman, Depp's former attorney who was kicked off of the case, had free speech protections when he made allegedly defamatory statements against Heard. In a key ruling on jury instructions, the judge overseeing the case sided with Heard's lawyers Thursday that Waldman does not qualify for privilege, a defense from defamation, because his statements were not in response to anything Heard said or wrote. A ruling the other way could have led to jurors outright denying Heard's $100 million counterclaim against Depp.

      • Johnny Depp's lawyer slams Amber Heard and her 'performance' in court: 'Sobbing without tears'
        Yahoo Celebrity
      • Amber Heard gets emotional as she testifies about online harassment: 'I don't deserve this'
        Yahoo Celebrity
    • World
      Associated Press

      UAE dismantles plane of gunrunner Russia wants for Americans

      The emirate of Umm al-Quwain plans a $675 million development on a island just across a lagoon from the deactivated airport where Bout's plane sits. His legacy, however, lives on even as workers disassemble the aircraft's wings — Bout is in the news again as Russia has suggested America trade him for U.S. citizens held by Moscow amid its war on Ukraine. I had not realized that the plane was there to this day," said Stephen Braun, the co-author of a book on the gunrunner called “Merchant of Death."

    • 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
        Business Insider
      • Police: Texas gunman was inside the school for over an hour
        KERO - Bakersfield Scripps
    • Business
      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 quits Twitter’s board of directors weeks after Musk deal
        The Independent
      • Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter board amid Musk takeover bid
        The Hill
    • World
      Reuters

      Archaeologists discover ancient Mayan city on construction site

      Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city filled with palaces, pyramids and plazas on a construction site of what will become an industrial park near Merida, on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The site, called Xiol, has features of the Mayan Puuc style of architecture, archaeologists said, which is common in the southern Yucatan Peninsula but rare near Merida. "We think more than 4,000 people lived around here," said Carlos Peraza, one of the archaeologists who led the excavation of the city, estimated to have been occupied from 600-900 A.D. "There were people from different social classes...

    • 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.

      • Trump speaks at NRA convention
        Yahoo News Video
      • Lee Greenwood says playing NRA convention would have been seen as ‘an endorsement’ of weapon used in Texas shooting
        Yahoo News Video
    • Business
      MoneyWise

      ‘Cash is still trash’ — Billionaire Ray Dalio says keeping money in a savings account is not safe. Here’s what he holds instead

      Let's take a look at what Dalio's hedge fund holds instead. Sign up for our MoneyWise newsletter to receive a steady flow of actionable ideas from Wall Street's top firms. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) According to Bridgewater's latest 13F filing to the SEC, the fund held 22.72 million shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF at the end of March.

    • U.S.
      Associated Press

      'Horrifying' conspiracy theories swirl around Texas shooting

      By now it's as predictable as the calls for thoughts and prayers: A mass shooting leaves many dead, and wild conspiracy theories and misinformation about the carnage soon follow. It happened after Sandy Hook, after Parkland, after the Orlando nightclub shooting and after the deadly rampage earlier this month at a Buffalo grocery store. Within hours of Tuesday's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, another rash began as internet users spread baseless claims about the man named as the gunman and his possible motives.

      • Debunking the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory that the Texas school shooting was a false flag operation
        Business Insider
      • Texas school shooting looms over Parkland case
        WPTV- West Palm Beach Scripps
    • World
      Raleigh News and Observer

      African pythons dumped in NC forest before mushroom hunter discovers cage, group says

      Two “incredibly lucky” ball pythons dumped in a North Carolina forest are getting a second chance at life thanks to a mindful mushroom hunter, a reptile rescue group says. The snakes, dubbed Chanterelle and Morel, were rescued after someone abandoned them near the Duke Forest area in Durham this week, according to BeWild Reptile Rescue. Forager Reid Stansell was hunting for mushrooms on Thursday, May 26, when his search turned up two small snakes locked in a Kritter Keeper terrarium not far from the road, the group said on Facebook.

    • World
      Associated Press Videos

      Mother of Texas school gunman begs for forgiveness

      The mother of a teenage gunman who shot and killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school is apologizing on behalf of her son and begging victims to forgive her. Adriana Martínez Reyes was emotional during her first public comments. (May 27)

    • 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.
      Fox News

      Uvalde, Texas residents react to Beto O'Rourke disrupting Abbott press conference: 'Bull----'

      Several residents in Uvalde, Texas, still reeling from the elementary school mass shooting that killed 19 kids and two teachers have spoken out against Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke's attempt to derail Gov. Greg Abbott's press conference Wednesday. Abbott had just finished speaking about mental health resources available for survivors and first responders to Tuesday's shooting when O'Rourke, a pro-gun control gubernatorial candidate, walked up to the stage and accused Abbott of "doing nothing" to prevent these tragedies.

      • Gubernatorial candidate O'Rourke disrupts Abbott
        Associated Press Videos
      • O'Rourke: Abbott wants distraction from gun issue
        Associated Press 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
      Associated Press

      Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf as tensions rise

      Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers Friday in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf, officials said. The action appeared to be retaliation for Athens' assistance in the U.S. seizure of crude oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker this week in the Mediterranean Sea over violating Washington's crushing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The raid marks the first major incident at sea in months as tensions remain high between Iran and the West over its tattered nuclear deal with world powers.

    • U.S.
      INSIDER

      NAACP president slams Biden's plan to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt: It's 'like pouring a bucket of ice water on a forest fire'

      Biden is reportedly planning to cancel $10,000 in student debt for those making under $150,000. NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the plan, saying it's not nearly enough. Black borrowers on average have a $53,000 debt load after graduation, nearly double white borrowers'.

      • White House says there is no final plan to cancel student debt
        Yahoo News Video
      • White House says no decision made on student loan forgiveness
        Reuters
    • U.S.
      HuffPost

      Ted Cruz Flayed Over Ludicrous Idea For Preventing School Shootings

      According to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the solution to school shootings is fewer doorways and more guns. After 19 children and two teachers were killed at a Texas elementary school Tuesday by a man armed with an assault rifle, the state's senator suggested that schools would be safer if there was only one way in or out. One of the things that everyone agreed is don't have all of these unlocked back doors.

      • Senator Ted Cruz reacts to Uvalde school shooting
        CBS-Dallas
      • British journalist confronts Ted Cruz over mass shootings: ‘Why does this only happen in your country?’
        The Hill
    • World
      Yahoo TV

      Andy Cohen, Bravo slammed by human rights groups ahead of 'Real Housewives of Dubai' premiere

      Ahead of the show's June 1 premiere and days after the first trailer was released, a group of 12 human rights groups called for the network to publicly oppose the violence against women as well as the homophobic laws perpetrated by the rulers of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. The human rights groups — Freedom Forward, Action Corps, Clearinghouse on Women's Issues, CODEPINK, European Centre For Democracy and Human Rights, FairSquare, Health Advocacy International, Human Rights Sentinel, Just Foreign Policy, Last Mile4D, Peace Action and ReThinking Foreign Policy — sent an open letter to Bravo, its parent company NBCUniversal and the production company Truly Original expressing deep concern over the show.

    • Business
      NextShark

      Chinese auto company releases electric car with 'Warm Man Mode' feature targeted at 'oriental women'

      A Chinese car company is gaining attention for its marketing of a new electric vehicle designed for women. The battery-powered Ora Ballet Cat is made by Great Wall Motors, a Baoding-based automobile manufacturer in Heibei Province, and is loaded with features “specially designed for oriental women,” according to the company. When you look up, the intimate LED super-sized makeup mirror is in front of you, and the light source gear specially designed for oriental women illuminates the skin, and the makeup effect is more perfect,” Great Wall Motors' Ora brand wrote.

    • 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.

      • Man Appears to Point Gun at Camera During Chicago TV News Crew’s Live Report on Gun Violence (Video)
        The Wrap
      • Man points apparent gun at Chicago news crew during live segment about school shooting
        USA TODAY
    • World
      Associated Press

      Japan, US fly fighters after China drill, N. Korean missiles

      Japanese and U.S. forces have conducted a joint fighter jet flight over the Sea of Japan, Japan's military said Thursday, in an apparent response to a Russia-China joint bomber flight while U.S. President Joe Biden was in Tokyo. The Japan-U.S. joint flight on Wednesday involved eight warplanes based in Japan, including four U.S. F-16 fighters and four Japanese F-15s, the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces said. The flight occurred hours after North Korea fired three missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, toward the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, amid concerns about another nuclear test by the North.

      • US levels new sanctions after North Korea missile launches
        Associated Press
      • U.N. vote on Thursday on U.S. push for more North Korea sanctions
        Reuters
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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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