Why gas prices are continuing to hit record highs
Grace Cary/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As car travelers embark on trips over Memorial Day weekend, gas prices may shock them — even if they went to the pump just a few weeks ago.
The average price of a gallon of gas on Friday reached nearly $4.60, up so…
Texas school shooting highlights concerns from Latino anti-gun violence advocates
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — The list of mass shootings in Texas in recent years goes on and on. Uvalde. El Paso. Santa Fe. Sutherland Springs.
Latino anti-gun violence advocates in Texas say they are exhausted following the most…
Parents of child killed in shooting refused to meet with Texas governor
Kimberly Mata-Rubio/Facebook(UVALDE, Texas) –The parents of one of the victims killed in the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, earlier this week told ABC News they turned down an invitation to meet with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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NRA convention attendees, protesters on gun control in wake of Texas school shooting
Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images(HOUSTON) — Days after the shooting massacre at a Texas elementary school, the National Rifle Association is gathering this weekend in Houston as the debate over gun control heats up.
The annual convention has als…
At Delta Air Lines, Memorial Day weekend kicks off the busy summer travel season
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The kickoff for the summer travel season is in full swing, as millions of travelers take to the roads and the skies for Memorial Day weekend.
Over the holiday, 2.1 million passengers per day are expec…
Harris addresses ‘epidemic of hate’ as final victim of Buffalo mass shooting laid to rest
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The final victim of the supermarket shooting massacre in Buffalo, New York, was laid to rest Saturday, as the country reels from another mass shooting.
Vice President Kamala Harris …
Amid boycotts, US scrambling to make Summit of the Americas a success
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) — The week-long Summit of the Americas, slated to start June 8 in Los Angeles, is a big deal for the Western Hemisphere — bringing together leaders from North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean.
B…
Why gun control efforts in Congress have mostly failed for 30 years: TIMELINE
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — After the latest massacre in America — this time in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two adults were killed — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., …