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About half of the Republican campaigns for Michigan governor are in question

7:26am May 25, 2022

by Colin Jackson

The Michigan elections bureau says five Republican candidates for Michigan governor can't appear on the ballot because of invalid signatures on their nominating petitions.

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A gunman opened fire in a Texas school and killed 19 children, 2 adults

7:15am May 25, 2022

Children at a Robb Elementary in Uvalde were in their final week of school. Tuesday's shooting was the deadliest in a grade school since Sandy Hook a decade ago in Connecticut.

News brief: Texas school shooting, Biden's response, Georgia primary elections

6:34am May 25, 2022

The U.S. reels from a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. President Biden makes a new push for gun control. And, Gov. Brian Kemp wins Georgia's GOP primary over Trump-backed David Perdue.

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Mackenzie Scott contributes record donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

6:26am May 25, 2022

The organization fosters relationships between children pushing through adversity and adults looking to help them. It recently received a $122 million donation from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott.

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Wondering how to help after the latest school shooting? Give blood

6:07am May 25, 2022

The South Texas Blood and Tissue center in San Antonio sent 25 units to Uvalde, Texas. The organization planned a blood drive, and says there's a historic need to build-up blood supplies.

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Another senseless act of gun violence hits an elementary school in Texas

5:03am May 25, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with David Hogg, a survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, about ending gun violence in the U.S.

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A parent who lost her child to a mass shooting becomes a gun control advocate

5:03am May 25, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sandy Phillips, whose daughter died in the 2012 movie theater mass shooting in Colorado. She's been in Buffalo supporting shooting survivors, now she heads to Texas.

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Texas community turns to prayer for some type of peace after school shooting

5:03am May 25, 2022

by Brian Kirkpatrick

In Uvalde, Texas, people gathered Tuesday night to mourn those who were killed at Robb Elementary School.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey delivers her state of the state address at the State Capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 11, 2022. Ivey faced eight challengers in the Republican primary for governor

Incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey wins GOP primary in Alabama

12:03am May 25, 2022

by Cody Short

Up against eight Republican challengers, Gov. Kay Ivey will move forward to the general election for governor in Alabama where a Democrat hasn't been elected to the office for a quarter-century.

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a campaign rally on the eve of the primary for governor, on Monday in Kennesaw, Ga.

Trump's pick for governor — who ran on election lies — loses to Kemp in Georgia

11:44pm May 24, 2022

by Sam Gringlas

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp won the GOP primary for governor over former U.S. Sen. David Perdue. Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in November — a rematch of 2018.