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The National Memorial Day Concert is making an in-person return this weekend

5:56am May 27, 2022

For the last two years, A Night of Remembrance has been been taped because of the pandemic. There will be special tributes for Gen. Colin Powell, Gold Star families and women who served in WWII.

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Victor Escalon, a regional director with the Texas Department of Public Safety, gives a news conference in Uvalde on Thursday.

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Mass shootings are so common that mayors now have a checklist for when one happens

5:20am May 27, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Mass shootings have become so common in the U.S. that one group has created a mass shooting protocol checklist to guide mayors and city officials during the first 24 hours after a tragedy occurs.

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Javelin missiles are in short supply and restocking them won't be easy

5:09am May 27, 2022

by Frank Morris

Ukrainian fighters have destroyed Russian fighting vehicles with U.S. supplied Javelins. But replacing the thousands of missiles could take years, largely because of a crimp in the supply chain.

Manchin and other senators are opposed to plans to overhaul VA health care

5:09am May 27, 2022

by Dave Mistich

Sen. Joe Manchin spoke with veterans about a proposed overhaul to Veterans Affairs health care. Manchin and a group of bipartisan senators say it would drastically hurt the care veterans receive.

A rifle hangs on display in the window of the West Endicott & Susquehanna Arms Co., where Payton Gendron purchased firearms in Endicott, N.Y.

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2 mass shootings — 1,700 miles apart but bound by startling similarities

5:01am May 27, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

These two tragedies share similarities, including certain aspects of the suspects and how the weapons were accessed.

"My body, my choice!" resonates from protesters on the front lawn of the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña during a protest as they voiced their concerns against the Guam Heartbeat Act of 2022 on April 27, 2022.

Hurdles to abortion will mount on remote U.S. territories without Roe

3:41am May 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

Without Roe, Guam could revert to an abortion ban dating to 1990. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the law unconstitutional in 1992, but it has never been repealed.

Messages are written on a cross honoring Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed in this week's elementary school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas on Thursday.

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A brokenhearted husband dies after his wife is killed in the Texas school shooting

9:42pm May 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Joe Garcia had dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial on Thursday, The New York Times reported. He "pretty much just fell over" after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew said.

The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees used their Twitter accounts to increase awareness about gun violence instead of covering their game Thursday night.

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2 major league teams use their social media to raise awareness about gun violence

9:23pm May 26, 2022

by Matt Adams

The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees are using their Twitter accounts to bring awareness to gun violence instead of covering their game Thursday night.

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Uvalde parents question the police's response to the deadly school shooting

7:36pm May 26, 2022

by Adrian Florido

Questions have emerged about the response to the attack at a Uvalde school. Parents want to know how the gunman was in the building for so long – and question whether officers entered early enough.

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School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students.

Experts say we can prevent school shootings. Here's what the research says

5:59pm May 26, 2022

School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students.