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Cardinal Blase Cupich stands outside of the Archdiocese of Chicago Pastoral Center on Wednesday. Cupich has served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago since 2014.

Chicago archbishop adds his voice to the calls for gun safety legislation

10:15am June 03, 2022

While some cardinals have sidestepped political discussions, Cupich spoke out against gun violence on Twitter hours after the shooting at Robb Elementary School.

People mourn Tuesday at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The Texas town of Uvalde began on Tuesday laying to rest the 19 young children killed in an elementary school shooting that left the smal

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As senators seek common ground on guns, 'red flag' laws become a focus

10:10am June 02, 2022

Early negotiations have found bipartisan support for incentivizing states to pass laws that let authorities seize guns from individuals found to be a danger to themselves or others.

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Mourners comfort each other Wednesday during the burial service for Irma Garcia and her husband Joe Garcia at Hillcrest Cemetery in Uvalde, Texas. Irma Garcia was killed in last week's elementary school shooting. Joe Garcia died two days later.

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Mourners say goodbye to a Uvalde teacher and her husband

5:58pm June 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

Mourners gathered Wednesday at a funeral for teacher Irma Garcia — who died in the shooting at Robb Elementary School — and her husband, Joe — who died two days later from a heart attack.

Balloons and caution tape are seen at the entrance to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. Investigators had initially said a teacher left a back door propped open at the school, but that account has now shifted.

The story about how the Uvalde gunman entered the school is shifting

3:42pm June 01, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Texas officials had said a teacher propped door open at Robb Elementary just before a gunman entered and carried out a mass shooting — but they now acknowledge that the woman closed the door.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo (third from left) stands during a news conference outside Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last Thursday. Arredondo is being criticized over the police response to the mas

Investigators say the Uvalde school district police chief isn't talking to them

12:49pm June 01, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.

Dunbar hands cotton candy to Israel on Tuesday.

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In Uvalde, a woman in clown colors makes kids smile

11:00am June 01, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

A few yards from the central memorial for the shooting victims, a clown hands out snow cones and toys for free to all. She says it's her way to give back — and she wants the gun violence to stop.

A police officer arranges bouquets of flowers in rows at a side entrance to Dunblane Primary School following a school shooting that left 16 students and one teacher dead.

In Britain, it took just one school shooting to pass major gun control

5:09am June 01, 2022

After the Dunblane massacre in Scotland left 16 students dead, parents organized to make sure it could never happen again. What can the U.S learn from them as we struggle to combat gun violence?

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A campaign sign for Pete Arredondo, the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, is seen in Uvalde, Texas on Monday.

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Uvalde locals grapple with the school police chief's role

8:07pm May 31, 2022

by The Associated Press

Uvalde residents struggle to reconcile what they know of the well-liked lawman, Pete Arredondo.

Justice of the Peace Eulalio Diaz, Jr., was called to identify the bodies of the 21 victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary, last week.

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A Uvalde coroner is haunted by identifying the bodies of children and an old friend

12:31pm May 31, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.

A memorial for Irma Garcia, a fourth-grade teacher killed in last week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Her husband, Joe, died of a heart attack two days later.

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More than $2.7 million has been raised for the children of a Uvalde teacher

4:43pm May 30, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed at Robb Elementary last week. Then, two days later, her husband of 24 years died of a heart attack, leaving their four children without parents.