Intruder able to enter Uvalde school during safety audit, superintendent says
The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at an Uvalde elementary school in May gained access to the building through an unlocked side door.
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The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at an Uvalde elementary school in May gained access to the building through an unlocked side door.
Family and friends of victims of the Uvalde mass shooting testified at a congressional hearing on tougher gun laws. The House passed a bill making it possible for Puerto Rico to become a state but it has little chance of getting Senate approval. And Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" hit the top of Billboard's charts for the fourth year in a row.
The city of Uvalde, Texas has filed a lawsuit demanding the district attorney turn over investigative materials from the Robb Elementary School shooting. Former President Barack Obama visited Georgia to campaign for Senator Raphael Warnock in his runoff election battle with Herschel Walker. And a Frenchwoman has made history in Qatar as the first female to referee a men's World Cup match.
The suit alleges the gun used by the shooter was unfairly marketed by Daniel Defense and claims a local shop negligently transferred the gun to the shooter.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District announced Friday that it has suspended its entire police department, more than four months after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary took the lives of 19 children and two teachers. Zach Despart, a politics reporter for The Texas Tribune, discussed the situation with Catherine Herridge.
President Biden spoke Tuesday night from the White House after a gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 18 children and one adult. The president said of America's gun violence, "I'm sick and tired of it. It's just sick." Watch his full remarks in this CBS News Special Report.
Investigators in Uvalde, Texas provided an update on how the shooting at Robb Elementary School unfolded as questions are being raised about the police response. Watch the full briefing in this CBS News Special Report anchored by Tony Dokoupil.
The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety acknowledged a delay in officers breaching the classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde where a gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers, calling it the "wrong decision." Inside, children were calling 911 to plead for help. Watch his briefing in this CBS News Special Report anchored by Margaret Brennan.
The review of autopsies and other records is part of a criminal investigation by Texas Rangers into the hesitant police response at Robb Elementary School.
In 911 calls, frantic students and teachers describe the calls for help inside Robb Elementary School during the shooting massacre in May. Omar Villafranca shows us the new chilling and heartbreaking details we are learning from the chilling audio, obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica.
In 911 calls, obtained by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica and released with the permission of victims' families, frantic students and teachers describe the horror of the Uvalde school shooting as it happened. Warning: The clips are disturbing. Omar Villafranca reports.
After the gunman fired off dozens of rounds, and more than one hour after the massacre started, a 10-year-old called 911 begging for help from officers standing on the other side of the wall.
Despite outrage on behalf of parents of Uvalde shooting victims, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw is ignoring calls to resign. Janet Shamlian reports.
Families of Uvalde victims confronted Texas' police chief, who previously said he'd step down if any of his officers had any culpability in the botched response to the school shooting. But in his first public comments in months, he was defiant. Janet Shamlian reports.
He previously said he would step down if any of his officers had any culpability in the botched response to the massacre.
Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the third officer to be fired over the botched law enforcement response to the shooting.
The school board in Uvalde, Texas,is beginning its search for a new superintendent after Hal Harrell announced his retirement. That comes a little more than four months after the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary. Brett Cross, the uncle of a shooting victim, joins CBS News to reflect on Harrell's retirement and how the investigation is being handled.
The Uvalde, Texas school superintendent, Hal Harrell, says he’s retiring at the end of the school year. He and other officials have faced heavy criticism in the wake of the school shooting there last May. The case of missing 20-month-old Georgia toddler Quinton Simon is now also a criminal investigation. And pioneering radio DJ Art Laboe, who’s credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died at 97.
At a meeting Monday night, the Uvalde school board agreed unanimously to begin searching for Harrell's replacement.
The entire Uvalde school district police force was suspended more than four months after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. Several investigations into the police department and its response to the massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead are ongoing.
The school district's police department has faced heavy criticism since the mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.
A former Texas state trooper who was on the scene of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, and then hired by the school district after the massacre, has been fired. Lilia Luciano has the latest.
At least seven officers are being investigated over their response to the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas. Two have been suspended without pay and five are still on duty.
Two of the five officers have already been suspended without pay while the investigation plays out.
The district has put in new fencing and security cameras and has added additional police officers and therapists.
In an interview with CBS News, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran's security chief, who wrote that Mr. Trump must "pay the price" for the strikes on Iran.
President Trump warned Iran that it would be "hit very hard," after calling for the country's "unconditional surrender."
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All six service members died during an unmanned aircraft system attack in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.
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A federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake did not have legal authority to take the actions she's done to largely dismantle the Voice of America.
In a phone interview with CBS News, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran's top national-security official, who posted on social media that Mr. Trump must "pay the price" for the strikes on Iran.
President Trump on Saturday told reporters, without citing evidence, that he believes a deadly strike on a girls' primary school in southern Iran last weekend was "done by Iran."
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In a phone interview with CBS News, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran's top national-security official, who posted on social media that Mr. Trump must "pay the price" for the strikes on Iran.
Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion near the U.S. Embassy in the capital Oslo, but said there were no casualties.
President Trump on Saturday told reporters, without citing evidence, that he believes a deadly strike on a girls' primary school in southern Iran last weekend was "done by Iran."
All six service members died during an unmanned aircraft system attack in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.
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