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The U.S. was shaken by the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade when, on May 24, an 18-year-old gunman walked into an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers with an AR-15-style rifle. The

Delay in breaching classroom during Texas school shooting was “wrong decision,” official says  CBS News She smeared blood on herself and played dead: 11-year-old reveals chilling details of the massacre  CNN Rep. Gonzales walks back comments from FOX News interview  WOAI ‘It Was

Moscow’s forces pushed to gain more ground on Friday by pounding another Ukrainian-held area where authorities say 1,500 people have died since the start of the war.

Moscow’s forces pushed to gain more ground on Friday by pounding another Ukrainian-held area where authorities say 1,500 people have died since the start of the war.

Moscow’s forces pushed to gain more ground on Friday by pounding another Ukrainian-held area where authorities say 1,500 people have died since the start of the war.

“The hottest place to fight against the regime was in Ukraine,” says a unit commander who has been a volunteer soldier for his adopted country on and off since 2015.

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. History, when given to a lazy narrator, is merely a series of facts, strung together, often in

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Mick North, founding member of Gun Control Network and the father of one of the children killed at Dunblane Primary School in Scotland.

An ancient Roman tablet discovered in Northern England near Hadrian’s Wall shows a graffiti message that feels… not so ancient.

“It’d be great if you had some help — but I can assure you those kids need help more than you need help,” says Steve Ijames, who trains police agencies on active-shooter situations. (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)