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An HIV drug appears to boost memory in mice, study shows

4:18pm May 25, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

A new study finds that an HIV drug can reverse memory loss in aging mice. This type of memory helps humans do things like associate a name with a face. It typically starts to decline in middle age.

Walter Delgado often thinks of Modesto, a man he met while traveling to the U.S. from El Salvador.

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Walter almost gave up crossing the Mexican desert. Then a fellow migrant carried him

4:18pm May 25, 2022

Walter Delgado was 11 when he and his grandpa began the dangerous journey from El Salvador to the U.S. Along the way, Delgado started to falter, but another traveler carried him across the border.

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Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors looks on Tuesday as his team plays the Dallas Mavericks in Game Four of the NBA's Western Conference Finals in Dallas. Before the game Kerr refused to take questions about basketball, instead expressing h

NBA coach Steve Kerr calls out 50 senators on a bipartisan gun background check law

4:02pm May 25, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"When are we gonna do something?!" the Golden State Warriors head coach asked Tuesday night. "I'm tired of the moments of silence. Enough."

On Wednesday, The Onion's website was plastered with variations of the satirical piece it's republished after more than 20 mass shootings.

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'The Onion' has republished a grim headline about mass shootings 21 times since 2014

3:00pm May 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The satirical news site publishes modified versions of the article after major mass shootings, always with the same headline: "No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens."

Steven Dettelbach, President Biden's pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing Wednesday, the morning after the killing of at least 19 children by

Senate committee meets with Biden's pick to lead ATF hours after Texas shooting

2:50pm May 25, 2022

by Carrie Johnson

Key Senate Democrats say that confirming a permanent leader for the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau may be one of the few legislative steps Congress can advance this year.

In this April 20, 1999, file photo, women head to a library near Columbine High School where students and faculty members were evacuated after two gunmen went on a shooting rampage in the school in the Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo.

Survivors of Parkland and Columbine shootings share their outrage over Uvalde tragedy

2:48pm May 25, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Both survivors share their criticism of how, even years after shootings at their schools, no changes have been made to address mass gun violence in America.

Demonstrators carry a scroll listing the names of people killed by police during a march in honor of George Floyd on March 7, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

On 2nd anniversary of George Floyd's killing, Black Buffalo residents feel the weight

2:47pm May 25, 2022

by Alana Wise

The shooting at a Tops grocery store, which authorities say was motivated by racist hate, brought into sharper focus the weight of being a target.

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"I am praying for the children and adults who were killed, and for their families," Pope Francis said in his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. The pope said it's time for new limits on the sale of guns.

Pope Francis and a cardinal say it's time for the U.S. to act on guns

2:46pm May 25, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"It is time to say enough to the indiscriminate trafficking of arms," Pope Francis said on Wednesday, as he sent condolences to families in Uvalde, Texas.

Law enforcement work the scene on Tuesday after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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All of the Uvalde school shooting victims were in the same 4th grade classroom

2:46pm May 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The 19 students and two teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, shooting were all in the same classroom, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN on Wednesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a statement by videolink during an event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday.

Ukrainian officials offer their condolences to Uvalde

2:45pm May 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian leaders took to social media to stand in sympathy and solidarity with a tragedy unfolding across the world.