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.
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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., …
Washington’s first case of Monkeypox confirmed
(Photo courtesy of UW Medicine] Washington State now has its first confirmed case of Monkeypox. That case in King County involves a person Public Health Seattle-King County says did not need to go to the hospital and
Former NICU patient graduates medical school, aims to return to NICU as doctor
Marcus Mosely(NEW YORK) — A New York man who was born prematurely 27 years ago and spent 40 days in a neonatal intensive care unit says he plans to go back to the NICU, this time as a doctor specializing in infant care.
It’s a full-circle moment for …
What went wrong as police in Uvalde waited to breach classroom
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(UVALDE, Texas) — Steven McCraw, director of Texas DPS, admitted it was the “wrong decision” for officers not to go into the classroom where the suspect was for 35 minutes after a tactical unit arrived.
The head of law …
‘Moana’ star Auli’i Cravalho on how the film “lives on in so many different ways”
DisneyThere was just no telling how far Auli’i [owl-LEE-ee] Cravalho would go after her star-making role as the titular Disney heroine in 2016’s Moana, but now we all know the answer: far, indeed.
In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacifi…