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A woman cries as she leaves the Uvalde Civic Center, Tuesday May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing multiple children and a teacher and wounding others, Gov. Greg Abbott said, and the gunman was dead. (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Texas gunman warned online he was going to shoot up school

The 18-year-old gunman who slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a single classroom and "began shooting anyone that was in his way," authorities said Wednesday in detailing the latest mass killing to rock the U.S.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, takes a question Tuesday during a news conference following a closed-door policy lunch at the Capitol in Washington.

Will Congress act on guns after Sandy Hook, Buffalo, Uvalde?

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer swiftly set in motion a pair of firearms background-check bills Wednesday in response to the school massacre in Texas. But the Democrat acknowledged Congress' unyielding rejection of previous legislation to curb the national epidemic of gun violence.
FILE - U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill, on Dec. 7, 2021, in Washington. Murphy, who came to Congress representing Sandy Hook, begged his colleagues to finally pass legislation addressing the nation's gun violence problem as the latest school shooting unfolded Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool, File)

After Texas shooting, Conn. senator begs for gun compromise

Connecticut U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy came to Congress representing Sandy Hook
President Joe Biden speaks about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, from the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, as first lady Jill Biden listens. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden says 'we have to act' after Texas school shooting

An anguished and angry President Joe Biden is calling for new restrictions on firearms after a gunman massacred at least 19 children at a Texas elementary school
Incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, checks returns with supporters during an election night party Tuesday evening, May 24, 2022, at a small restaurant in Peachtree Corners, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger beats Trump ally
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has won the Republican primary in a bid to keep his job
FILE - Demonstrators hold a banner to protest the visit of President Donald Trump to the border city after the Aug. 3 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 7, 2019. A gunman killing multiple elementary school children and adults in Texas on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, adds to the state's grim recent history of mass shootings. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)
School massacre continues Texas' grim run of mass shootings
The gunman who killed 19 elementary school children and two adults in Texas added to the state's grim recent history of mass shootings
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 13, 2022. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow airport in February after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Brittney Griner's wife tells ABC she wants WNBA star home
Brittney Griner's wife, Cherelle, wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner's release, doing whatever is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than three months
Volker Muetze (l), presiding judge at the Regional Court, stands in the courtroom for the opening in Kassel, HGermany, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A German court on Wednesday sentenced a woman who posed as a fake doctor and caused the deaths of several of people to life imprisonment for three counts of murder, among other charges. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)
Germany: Fake doctor gets life in prison for patient deaths
A German court has sentenced a woman who posed as a doctor to life in prison for causing the deaths of several people she treated
FILE - The headquarters of Anglo-Swiss commodities firm Glencore is seen in Baar, Switzerland on April 14, 2011. Glencore said late Tuesday, May 24, 2022 that it has reached deals with authorities in the United States, Britain and Brazil to resolve corruption allegations in return for penalties totaling up to $1.5 billion. (AP Photo/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, File)
Glencore pays up to $1.5B to resolve corruption claims
Commodities firm Glencore says it has reached deals with authorities in the United States, Britain and Brazil to resolve corruption allegations in return for penalties totaling up to $1.5 billion
Danish Jehovah's Witness, Dennis Christensen, hugs an unidentified woman upon his return at Copenhagen's airport, Wednesday, May 24, 2022. Christensen has returned to Denmark after spending five years in a Russian prison under Moscow's crackdown on the religious group which was officially banned in Russia in 2017. Christensen, a 49-year-old Dane, was arrested that year for leading a prayer meeting, and was handed a six-year prison sentence in 2019. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
Released from Russia, Jehovah's Witness returns to Denmark
A Danish Jehovah's Witness has returned to Denmark after spending five years in a Russian prison under Moscow's crackdown on the religious group
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A report into lockdown-breaching U.K. government parties says blame for a "culture" of rule-breaking in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office must rest with those at the top. Senior civil servant Sue Gray's long-awaited report was published Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
UK's Johnson, other leaders faulted for lockdown parties
An investigation blames British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior leaders for allowing boozy government parties that broke the U.K.'s COVID-19 lockdown rules
President Joe Biden speaks as Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, sits in the chair after Biden signed an executive order in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Washington. The order comes on the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, and is focused on policing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Biden signs policing order on anniversary of Floyd's death
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to improve accountability in policing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Grayslake North senior Liam McNicholas brought his 10-year-old service dog Hana to his graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 25 at the school. Hana came prepared with a graduation robe and cap.
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As classmates gather backstage before the Fremd High School graduation ceremony, graduate Chloe Jraisat holds a rose I’m memory of a friend who passed during sophomore year. She placed the rose on stage during the ceremony at Now Arena in Hoffman Estates on Monday, May 23, 2022.
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The St. Francis High School Class of 2022 throws their caps into the air following the commencement celebration on Sunday, May 22 in Wheaton.
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