Miami Heat call on fans to press senators for gun laws
The Miami Heat encouraged fans to call their senators and “make change at the ballot box” for gun reform in an announcement before the NBA team's playoff game against the Boston Celtics Wednesday night. "The Heat organization, the Boston Celtics and the NBA family also mourn those who lost their lives in the senseless shooting that took place yesterday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas," the announcer
Read MoreTexas mass shooting cynically exploited to advance war on public schooling
The rolling crisis that is America’s gun violence epidemic reached into yet another set of lives on Tuesday, this time in the small town of Uvalde, Texas. There, an 18-year-old gunman used his recently-purchased AR-15 to embark on a rampage that left 19 children and two teachers dead and the shooter’s grandmother seriously wounded. Republicans from Texas
Read MoreFather says he learned of daughter's death in Texas school shooting from classmate
The father of one of the young victims in the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, shared that he learned of his daughter's death through one of her classmates. In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Angel Garza broke down while describing the moment he learned his daughter, 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, was dead after responding to the incident at Robb Elementary School as a med aide. “One little girl was just covered in
Read More88 percent in new poll support background checks on all gun sales
An overwhelming majority of Americans questioned in a poll conducted one day after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas supports background checks on all gun sales. The survey from Morning Consult and Politico showed that 73 percent of respondents “strongly support” universal background checks and 15 percent “somewhat support” the requirement. Only 4 p
Read MoreIs a durable peace between Ukraine and Russia possible?
Now that the Kremlin’s offensive has stalled and the Ukrainian armed forces appear poised to defeat Russia, various authoritative Western voices — from French President Emmanuel Macron to Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio to the
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