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News brief: Texas school shooting, vigil for victims, preventing the next shooting

7:37am May 26, 2022

Authorities uncover more about the Texas gunman's activity leading up to the massacre. The town mourns the loss of 19 children and two teachers. Experts share tips on how to prevent the next tragedy.

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A Texas arena for concerts and rodeos is transformed into a gathering for grief

7:18am May 26, 2022

A vigil was held in Uvalde for the people killed in Tuesday's shooting at an elementary school. Officials continue to probe for a motive from a gunman who killed 21 people in one school classroom.

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Abortion-rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court last December as it heard a case that could strike down the constitutional right to abortion. Economists say decades of research show that doing so would limit women's economic prospects.

Women who are denied abortions risk falling deeper into poverty. So do their kids

6:50am May 26, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

A large body of research shows being denied an abortion limits women's education, time in the workforce and wages. It also finds long-term negative impacts for their children.

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Archaeologists have found something beautiful in a space with an ugly past

6:46am May 26, 2022

The team found a single pink rose in bloom at a former Japanese American internment camp. It's blossoming on an 80-year-old rose bush at Amache National Historic Site.

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks after signing into law a bill making it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, on April 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma governor signs the nation's strictest abortion ban

6:33am May 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Oklahoma now becomes the first state in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedure.

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Texas grocery chain donates $500,000 to those affected by the Uvalde shooting

6:03am May 26, 2022

The chain H-E-B is also giving people the option to donate via its website or through its delivery app. The company's nonprofit arm — the Spirit of Giving Fund — will then disburse those donations.

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Texas lawmakers have removed gun restrictions in recent years

5:11am May 26, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Travis Clardy, a Republican state lawmaker in Texas, about this week's school shooting in Uvalde, and the state's gun laws.

Social justice group examines how deeply the far-right has penetrated state politics

5:11am May 26, 2022

The results of a study released this month find that at least one in five Republican state legislators across the country are affiliated with far-right groups on Facebook.

Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talk during a ceremony to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Solomon Islands and China at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Sep

Western countries watch as China's foreign minister begins South Pacific tour

5:07am May 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Australia was scrambling to counter the move by sending its own Foreign Minister Penny Wong to Fiji to shore up support in the Pacific.

A law enforcement officer helps people cross the street at Uvalde Memorial Hospital after a shooting was reported earlier in the day at Robb Elementary School, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

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Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school

3:05am May 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

A father whose fourth-grade daughter was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school and raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders.