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The campus of the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville in 2018.

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Three dead, gunman still at large in University of Virginia shooting

The University of Virginia is in lockdown as law enforcement officers search the campus for a suspected gunman.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie and
  • Emily Olson
In response to a false call about an active shooter, police and emergency workers descended on Robert Anderson Middle School in Anderson, South Carolina, on Oct. 5. Parents rushed to pick up their children, causing a traffic jam in front of the school.

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  • National Security

False calls about active school shooters are rising. Behind them is a strange pattern

In September, schools across the country started getting hoax calls that active shooters were on their campuses. But nearly one month in, there are more questions than ever.

October 07, 2022
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  • Odette Yousef
Six adults suffered gunshot wounds in the hail of bullets that rained down on the King Estate complex, which houses four different schools Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday.

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  • National

An Oakland school shooting that injured 6 was gang-related, police say

Officials said at least two gunmen were targeting a specific person and that they are still working to determine what touched off the shooting. It comes amid a surge in violence across the city.

September 30, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Family of shooting victims listen to the Texas House investigative committee release its full report on the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

These are the 4 key takeaways from the Uvalde shooting investigation report

The investigative committee found law enforcement's response to the massacre involved little coordination and no leadership. School faculty, meanwhile, failed to uphold existing safeguards.

July 18, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie and
  • Emma Bowman
This combination of 2022 and 2021 photos shows Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams. As Republicans nationwide gear up to attack Democrats with tough-on-crime platforms in the fall of 2022, Democrat Abrams is making guns a central focus of her race for governor, seeking to turn crime into a liability for incumbent Republican Kemp's reelection bid.

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  • Politics

Kemp pushes on school safety; Abrams seeks officer pay hikes

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams continued their bidding war on public safety Thursday, with Abrams proposing a big pay increase for state police and prison guards, while the Republican incumbent said Georgia will spend at least $8 million more on school safety.

June 24, 2022
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  • Associated Press
After a rough couple of years, teachers are feeling the pressure.

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  • Education

We asked teachers how their year went. They warned of an exodus to come

After a rough couple of years, we asked teachers to tell us how they are doing. Their answers were revealing.

June 18, 2022
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Ailsa Chang
After a rough couple of years, teachers are feeling the pressure.

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  • Education

We asked teachers how their year went. They warned of an exodus to come

After a rough couple of years, we asked teachers to tell us how they are doing. Their answers were revealing.

June 18, 2022
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Ailsa Chang
March for Our Lives Atlanta

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  • News

Echoing 2018, Georgia youth rally for gun law changes

Changes to gun laws in Georgia have tended to go in the opposite direction of what Saturday’s marchers would like to see. Residents across much of Georgia value firearms and view government attempts to limit access as invitations to tyranny.

June 13, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Camila Alves McConaughey holds green Converse sneakers. Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim Maite Rodriguez, who died at age 10, was wearing green Converse shoes when she died.

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  • National

The story of a Uvalde victim's green shoes captures the White House's attention

Maite Rodriguez, a lover of animals and the environment, dreamed of being a marine biologist. She was killed during the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

June 07, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Camila Alves McConaughey holds green Converse sneakers. Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim Maite Rodriguez, who died at age 10, was wearing green Converse shoes when she died.

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  • National

The story of a Uvalde victim's green shoes captures the White House's attention

Maite Rodriguez, a lover of animals and the environment, dreamed of being a marine biologist. She was killed during the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

June 07, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Justice of the Peace Eulalio Diaz, Jr., was called to identify the bodies of the 21 victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary, last week.

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  • National

A Uvalde coroner is haunted by identifying the bodies of children and an old friend

Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.

May 31, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
A memorial for Irma Garcia, a fourth-grade teacher killed in last week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Her husband, Joe, died of a heart attack two days later.

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  • National

More than $2.7 million has been raised for the children of a Uvalde teacher

Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed at Robb Elementary last week. Then, two days later, her husband of 24 years died of a heart attack, leaving their four children without parents.

May 30, 2022
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  • Becky Sullivan
Celeste Ibarra and her daughter, Aubriella Melchor, who survived the mass shooting on Tuesday, prayed with members of the Journey Riders, Sons of God Motorcycle Club, including Adam Torres (far left) at Murphy USA gas station in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Uvalde shooting survivors seek comfort anywhere, including in the arms of bikers

Nine-year-old Aubriella Melchor said she narrowly escaped the slaughter because she'd been in the bathroom. At a gas station, Christian bikers joined the girl and her mother to pray.

May 30, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Messages are written on a cross Thursday honoring Irma Garcia, a teacher who was killed in this week's elementary school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

A brokenhearted husband dies after his wife is killed in the Texas school shooting

Joe Garcia had dropped off flowers at his wife's memorial on Thursday, The New York Times reported. He "pretty much just fell over" after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew said.

May 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A memorial to the students and faculty who died stands in front of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. It's not clear who put the memorial up and authorities have not released the names of the deceased.

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  • National

21 crosses stand in front of Uvalde's Robb Elementary to honor those who were killed

"The children!" cries Linda Martinez, a retired pastor who came to the scene with a bouquet of flowers. "So young. I just can't believe it's real. We just have to help each other."

May 26, 2022
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  • Merrit Kennedy
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