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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Sen. Ted Cruz is doubling down on blaming mental health as the cause for the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 22 people dead, including 19 children and two teachers. The Republican senator stormed out of an interview Wednesday after being asked if gun laws will change following the nation's worst school shooting since Sandy Hook in 2012. The Republican senator joined Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican politicians as well as hundreds of relatives and friends of the victims mourning at a vigil in Uvalde Wednesday. At the vigil, Cruz was approached by British journalist Mark Stone of Sky News . The Republican senator told Stone: "There are 19 sets of parents who are never going to get to kiss their child tonight." Stone then questioned the Republican senator if now was the moment to reform gun laws. In response, Cruz rolled his eyes, and accused Stone of … [Read more...] about ‘Stop being a propagandist’: Sen. Ted Cruz dodges questions from reporters about gun reform

Click here to read the full article. A day after Don McLean pulled out of the NRA ’s Memorial Day concert in Houston this weekend, Larry Gatlin and Larry Stewart of Restless Heart have pulled out as well. The concert is part of a larger rally organized by the National Rifle Association, featuring speeches from former President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Senator Ted Cruz; “over 14 acres of guns and gear and 800 exhibitors”; and with a concert featuring Lee Greenwood and others. The event is going forward even though it is taking place just three days after — and less than 300 miles from — Uvalde, Texas, where a school shooting Monday killed at least 19 children and two adults. It was the deadliest and at least the tenth mass shooting and the 27th school shooting in the U.S. this year alone — including one in Houston just two weeks ago, in which two men were killed and three critically wounded. More from Variety After Texas School Shooting, … [Read more...] about Larry Gatlin Pulls Out of NRA Memorial Day Concert

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Joe Garcia, husband of fourth-grade teacher Irma Garcia, one of two teachers killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting Tuesday, died Thursday morning of a heart attack caused by grief, according to family members. "EXTREMELY heartbreaking and come with deep sorrow to say that my Tia Irma’s husband Joe Garcia has passed away due to grief," Garcia's 21-year-old nephew John Martinez wrote in a post on Thursday. "I truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, God have mercy on us, this isn’t easy." EXTREMELY heartbreaking and come with deep sorrow to say that my Tia Irma’s husband Joe Garcia has passed away due to grief, i truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, God have mercy on us, this isn’t easy pic.twitter.com/GlUSOutRVV — john martinez ❤️‍?”? (@fuhknjo) May 26, 2022 Lord god … [Read more...] about Husband of slain Uvalde school teacher dies of heart attack ‘due to grief’ two days after shooting

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 4 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday’s mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. The White House said the Bidens would “grieve with the community that lost 21 lives in the horrific” shooting at Robb Elementary School. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president would meet with the community and religious leaders and victims' families. Jean-Pierre, the parent of an elementary school student, delivered an impassioned plea at the White House for lawmakers to come together to address gun violence. “These were elementary school kids, they should be losing their first teeth not losing their lives,” she said. Asked about the propriety of the National Rifle Association going ahead with its planned conference in Houston this … [Read more...] about Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action

Click here to read the full article. The multiverse is hot right now. From “Everything Everywhere All At Once” to “Star Trek” to the DC Extended Universe, each multiversal story carries with it its own style, rules and implications on reality. Now, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe aims its post-“Endgame” storyline through the multiverse the stakes are ever-increasing. Creating the multiversal, mind-bending looks for the new blockbuster hit “ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ” is a tall task for VFX artists working on the Sam Raimi project, but the innate flexibility of these stories allows for creative expression to thrive. More from Variety 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Trailer Reveals Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher Box Office: 'Downton Abbey 2' Starts Strong With $16 Million as 'Doctor Strange' Reigns Supreme Again George Miller Weighs in on Superhero Movies, Tilda Swinton Demands 'More Than One Story' on Screen “The hardest part on … [Read more...] about Dr. Strange 2 VFX Artists on Creating 20 Multiverses in 40 Seconds

UVALDE, Texas (CBS/AP) — Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday, as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old shooter was killed by a Border Patrol team. “Go in there! Go in there!” nearby women shouted at the officers soon after the attack began, said Juan Carranza, 24, who saw the scene from outside his house, across the street from Robb Elementary School in the close-knit town of Uvalde. Carranza said the officers did not go in. READ MORE: Portion Of Atlantic City Board Walk That Is More Than 100 Years Old To Get Makeover Javier Cazares, whose fourth grade daughter, Jacklyn Cazares, was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school when he heard about the shooting, arriving while police were still gathered outside the building. Upset that police were not moving in, he … [Read more...] about Onlookers Urged Police To Charge Into Texas School

People react outside the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022. Photo: Marco Bello/REUTERS A gunman killed at least 19 children and two teachers and injured 17 others at a Texas elementary school in the deadliest such attack since Sandy Hook almost a decade ago. The rampage plunged the country into grief and outrage as Americans struggled to comprehend the latest in an unending series of mass shootings. Below, the latest on this developing story. . The Attack Around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos opened fire inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a working-class, majority-Latino city of about 15,000 people 85 miles west of San Antonio. Children get on a school bus as law-enforcement personnel guard the scene near Robb Elementary School on Tuesday. Photo: Marco Bello/REUTERS Ramos first shot and critically wounded his … [Read more...] about New Details Emerge About the Texas School Shooting

(CNN) — One of the 10-year-olds aspired to be a lawyer someday. Another loved video games and anything with wheels. And another was saving up for a trip to Disney World. More details are beginning to emerge about the nineteen children and two teachers who were killed after a gunman opened fire inside a classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. As of Thursday afternoon, at least 13 families said they had received devastating news. READ MORE: Garden City Police Search For 2 Vehicles Involved In Shooting That Caused Fatal Crash In the midst of their grief, family members are sharing photos and memories about the loved ones they lost in Tuesday’s massacre — from the big dreams they had to the simple things that brought them joy. LIVE UPDATES: 21 killed in Texas school massacre Here’s what friends and relatives want everyone to remember about the people they lost. Irma Garcia Irma Garcia was a teacher, a wife and mother to four children, according to a … [Read more...] about What We Know About The Victims At Robb Elementary School

(CNN) — At least three musicians who were set to sing in a concert at this weekend’s annual convention of the National Rifle Association have canceled their performances in the wake of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The annual meeting is set to begin on Friday and run through the weekend at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. READ MORE: The CDC Has Identified 9 Cases Of Monkeypox in 7 States “In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week. I’m sure all the folks planning to attend this event are shocked and sickened by these events as well. After all, we are all Americans,” said Don McLean in a statement to CNN. “I share the sorrow for this terrible, cruel loss with the rest of the nation.” McLean is best known for the 1970’s hits “American Pie” and “Vincent.” Larry Gatlin, of the Gatlin Brothers fame has also canceled his plans to … [Read more...] about Musicians Cancel Performances At Upcoming NRA Convention

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 BUENOS AIRES (AP) — A flying museum in honor of soccer great Diego Maradona is set to take to the skies. The “Tango D10S” plane was introduced Wednesday night before it flies around Argentina for fans of Maradona to visit on the ground. The plane's exterior is adorned with images of Maradona — who died in 2020 of a heart attack at the age of 60 after having brain surgery — including one where he wears the Argentina jersey and kisses the World Cup trophy he lifted in 1986. The plane will also visit Barcelona and Naples, where Maradona led Napoli to its only two Italian league titles in 1987 and 1990. Qatar, which hosts the World Cup later this year, will be the aircraft's final stop in the tour. England fans may not want to visit wherever it goes. Drawings on the wings make reference to the two goals Maradona scored in the quarterfinals against England in the … [Read more...] about Flying museum to honor Maradona ahead of World Cup