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Texas legislative panel releases a scathing report on the Uvalde shooting

7:27am July 18, 2022

The report details the botched police response to the elementary school shooting in May. The analysis found nearly 400 officers converged on the scene but no one led a unified response.

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A mall in Indiana is the latest scene of a deadly mass shooting in the U.S.

6:52am July 18, 2022

by Lee Gaines

Police say three people were fatally shot and two were injured Sunday evening at a mall after a man with a rifle opened fire in a food court. An armed civilian shot and killed the gunman.

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The first post-Roe vote on abortion rights will be held in Kansas on Aug. 2

6:52am July 18, 2022

by Frank Morris

A proposed state constitutional amendment would end abortion rights protections that have made Kansas a destination for people seeking abortions from nearby states.

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News brief: Uvalde shooting report, Bannon trial, Ukrainian government firings

6:26am July 18, 2022

A Texas House report issues blame for failures in Uvalde. Steve Bannon goes on trial Monday for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 panel. Ukraine's president fires two top officials.

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Steve Bannon, who was chief strategist for former President Donald Trump, appears on a video screen above members of the House committee that's investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, during a hearing on July 12.

Steve Bannon goes on trial for defying Jan. 6 panel subpoena

5:00am July 18, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

The former Trump adviser faces two counts of contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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At sentencing, Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz faces the death penalty

5:00am July 18, 2022

by Greg Allen

In a Florida court Monday, lawyers for Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, will ask a jury to spare his life. He already pleaded guilty to the murders.

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A Colorado farmer makes a sacrifice to keep neighboring farms up and running

5:00am July 18, 2022

by Michael Elizabeth Sakas

The farmer is being paid to stop pumping water from a depleted underground aquifer. That project could become a model elsewhere as overuse and climate change stress groundwater supplies.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (right) has sued the CDC over its air travel mask mandate, while Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (left) has sued and sent cease and desist letters to dozens of school districts over mask mandates.

Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers

5:00am July 18, 2022

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.

Emergency personnel gather after a deadly shooting Sunday, July 17, 2022, at the Greenwood Park Mall, in Greenwood, Ind.

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3 people are fatally shot and 2 injured at an Indiana mall, police say

11:15pm July 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

A 22-year-old man who was legally carrying a firearm at the mall shot and killed the gunman, police say.c

People visit a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting at Robb Elementary School outside the Uvalde County Courthouse on June 30.

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A report detailed the missed warning signs and motives of the Uvalde gunman

10:13pm July 17, 2022

by Wynne Davis

In the year before the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the gunman purchased accessories, became aggressive toward women online and in person, and was nicknamed "school shooter" by those who knew him.