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LA Times columnist shocked Texas school shooter Salvador Ramos was Latino
New York Post - 26 May 2022 20:37
Gustavo Arellano wrote a column in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday titled "A Latino-on-Latino mass shooting. What now?"
Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Is an Exhilarating, Maddening Spectacle--But One Made With Love
Time - 26 May 2022 17:49
Baz Luhrmann’s movies—even the great ones, like his 1996 Shakespeare-via-Tiger Beat romance Romeo + Juliet, or The Great Gatsby, from 2013, a fringed shimmy of decadence and loneliness—are loathed by many for what ...
Distressing videos show parents begging cops to stop Texas school shooting
New York Post - 26 May 2022 14:29
The livestreamed footage captured the unbearable anguish as parents rushed to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde where deranged gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, was inside for up to an hour
How Texas loosened gun restrictions despite recent mass shootings
ABC News - 26 May 2022 12:44
In the wake of the Uvalde school tragedy, advocates are calling for tougher gun restrictions, but Texas Republicans have loosened gun laws despite mass shootings.
Hero border agent's cap shows how close he was to being killed by Salvador Ramos
New York Post - 26 May 2022 14:14
The agent -- a member of the CBP's elite Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC - was wearing the cap when he rushed into Robb Elementary School amid the rampage, Fox News reported.
Nepal's Statute of Limitations Denies Rape Survivors Justice
Human Rights Watch - 26 May 2022 17:20
Click to expand Image People chant slogans and display placards during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, against rape cases and domestic violence. May 21, 2022. © 2022 Abhishek Maharjan/Sipa via AP Images Hundreds of prote...
Secret Emergency Orders May Include Focus on Internet, New Files Show
The New York Times - 26 May 2022 16:42
Dating back to 1950s preparations for nuclear war and revised after the Sept. 11 attacks, the presidential directives are not shown to Congress.
Ukraine Slams Idea of Swapping Land for Peace
Wall Street Journal - 26 May 2022 12:48
Russia stepped up its attacks in Ukraine's east, mounting offensives against the cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk as Kyiv dismissed suggestions that it should cede territory to the invading forces.
Twitter to pay $150M penalty over privacy of users' data
ABC News - 26 May 2022 03:01
Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span
Salvador Ramos texted, video-called online friend from Germany before killing 21 people at Texas elementary school
NY Daily News - 26 May 2022 13:49
A teenage girl from Germany has been left to wonder whether she could have saved those killed by Salvador Ramos, who provided her several updates in the days and hours before he slaughtered 21 people inside Robb Elementa...
Trial begins for ex-Virginia Tech football player in killing
ABC News - 26 May 2022 02:56
A trial has begun for a former Virginia Tech football player accused of fatally beating a Tinder match he originally believed was a woman
Strong earthquake shakes south Mexico; no injuries reported
ABC News - 26 May 2022 02:55
A strong magnitude 5.5 earthquake has shaken southern Mexico, setting off alarms and driving anxious residents of Oaxaca into the street
Professor visited glacier once a month for 8 years. Video shows how it has changed
CNN - 26 May 2022 10:21
Iceland's glaciers are melting fast, some at a rate of over 150 meters a year. University of Iceland director Thorri Árnason is part of a team documenting the retreat by overlaying archive aerial photos with current day...
Report: Jan. 6 committee told Trump reacted approvingly to 'Hang Mike Pence!" chants
The Week - 26 May 2022 03:34
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack heard testimony that then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told colleagues former President Donald Trump reacted approvingly to rioters chanting a...
Ukraine video shows massive Russian explosions: 'What the most horrific war of the 21st century looks like'
Fox News - 26 May 2022 17:34
Ukraine's armed forces released a video Thursday showing Russian military rocket strikes ripping through the countryside, calling for 'NATO-style' weapons.
Youth Gun Deaths In Texas Doubled Under Greg Abbott. Then Came Uvalde.
The Huffington Post - 26 May 2022 02:50
While mass shootings multiplied, the Texas governor liberalized firearm access.
Biden orders federal policing reform on 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's killing
ABC News - 26 May 2022 01:50
Biden touted the order as a "measure of what we can do together to heal the very soul of this nation to address profound fear and trauma exhaustion."
Trump Didn't Get What He Wanted This Week
The New York Times - 26 May 2022 01:46
When everything seems awful, one little ray of sun ...
After Sandy Hook massacre, Republicans rebuffed federal gun control nearly a decade
NY Daily News - 26 May 2022 01:45
"I thought Sandy Hook ten years ago would be the breaking point," said Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. "Well, I was wrong."
Texas student arrested at high school after guns found in vehicle: cops
New York Post - 26 May 2022 01:33
A student was arrested at Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas after police found an AK-47 style handgun and a replica AR-15 rifle inside of his car.
Wyoming abortion clinic catches fire, arson suspected
NY Daily News - 26 May 2022 00:57
When it opens, the clinic in Casper will be only the second abortion option in Wyoming.
COVID-19 vaccine may not stop long term effects on older adults
New York Post - 26 May 2022 00:51
New research on long COVID-19 shows evidence that it can happen even after breakthrough infections in vaccinated patients and that older adults face higher risks for the long-term effects.