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News Articles: uvalde shooting

The U.S. Department of Education is telling impacted districts that the Biden administration, in awarding the grants, violated "the letter or purpose of Federal civil rights law."

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  • Education

Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health

Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Law enforcement and other first responders gather outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Uvalde gunman's uncle begged to talk him out of shooting, 911 call shows

The uncle of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down, according to a 911 call included in a trove of recordings and transcripts released by officials.

August 10, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A memorial is seen surrounding the Robb Elementary School sign following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Justice Department report finds 'cascading failures' in response to Uvalde attack

The Justice Department's critical incident review comes more than a year and a half after the gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

January 18, 2024
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Kimberly Mata-Rubio meets Uvalde residents during her block walk on Oct. 21.

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  • Politics

A mother's run for mayor raises a difficult question: How does Uvalde move forward?

Kimberly Mata-Rubio's daughter Lexi was killed in the Robb Elementary shooting. Now, as she runs for mayor, some residents see her as a painful reminder of a tragedy they're trying to move on from.

November 06, 2023
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By:
  • Karen Zamora
The sun sets behind the memorial for the victims of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in August 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Uvalde shooter's cousin arrested in San Antonio for threatening to shoot a school

Nathan James Cruz, 17, was arrested on charges of making a terroristic threat and making a terroristic threat against his family. His mother reported his statements to police.

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Kimberly Mata-Rubio, 34, is running for mayor of Uvalde, Texas, in honor of her daughter, Lexi, who was killed in a school shooting at Robb Elementary School in May 2022.

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  • National

A woman is running for mayor of Uvalde in honor of daughter killed in school shooting

Kimberly Mata-Rubio says she hopes to reunite the community if elected. The town has been torn on how to move on after 19 children and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary.

July 28, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Sandra Torres, holds a photo of her daughter Eliahna, who was one of 19 students and two teachers killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, at her attorney's office, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, in San Antonio, where she filed a federal lawsuit against the school district, police, city and the maker of the gun used in the slaying.

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  • News

Uvalde mom sues police, gunmaker in school massacre

The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against police, the school district and the Georgia-based maker of the gun used in the massacre.

November 29, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Investigators search for evidence outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. Four months after the Robb Elementary School shooting, the Uvalde school district on Friday, Oct. 7 pulled its entire embattled campus police force off the job.

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  • National

One student repeatedly called 911 during the Uvalde shooting, reports say

A series of miscommunications from nearly 400 members of law enforcement led to long wait times for those stuck inside Robb Elementary School, where 19 students and two teachers died.

November 02, 2022
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By:
  • Katia Riddle and
  • Ayana Archie
Vehicles on Aug. 25, 2022 pass crosses placed to honor the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Texas state police fire first officer over Uvalde school massacre response

The officer becomes the first member of the state police force to lose their job in the fallout over the hesitant response to the May school attack that killed 19 children and two teachers.

October 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A memorial honoring the school shooting victims at Robb Elementary is seen on July 12 in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Uvalde school district suspends its police department as shooting probe report nears

The Texas school district said it's suspending its police department, citing "recent developments." An investigation is looking into the police response to the Robb Elementary shooting in May.

October 07, 2022
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By:
  • Halisia Hubbard
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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By:
  • Ayana Archie and
  • Emma Bowman
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin speaks during a special emergency city council meeting on Thursday. McLaughlin on Friday disputed a new report alleging missed chances to end the massacre at Robb Elementary School.

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  • National

Uvalde mayor says police didn't get an early chance to end the school massacre

Mayor Don McLaughlin disputed a new report that alleges missed chances to quickly end the deadly May 24 attack at a Texas elementary school.

July 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 2, 2022, to pay their respects to the victims killed in a school shooting.

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  • National

Uvalde shooting victims are not getting funds fast enough, local officials say

Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin say they've received complaints about the Uvalde Together Resiliency Center.

July 06, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Investigators search for evidences outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 25, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers.

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  • National

Far more could have been done to save Uvalde massacre victims, a new report says

Some of the 21 victims at Robb Elementary School possibly could have been saved had they received medical attention sooner while police waited before breaching the classroom, the report says.

July 06, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Reggie Daniels pays his respects at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 9, 2022, honoring the two teachers and 19 students killed in the shooting at the school on May 24.

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  • National

The school at the center of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting will be rebuilt

The school will be demolished so "students and staff will not have to return to the building at the site of the tragedy," the district said.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
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