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Police Response to Uvalde Shooting Was ‘Abject Failure,’ Says Steven McCraw  The New York Times Texas official: Uvalde shooter driven by social media fame, ‘abhorrent behavior’ went unchecked for months  Fox News Uvalde school shooting: Officer whose wife was shot was disarmed

More than 1,000 people killed after magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan  CNN Afghan earthquake: 1,000 people killed and 1,500 wounded, official says  BBC At least 1000 people dead, 1500 injured from earthquake in Afghanistan  KENS 5: Your San Antonio News Source Afghanistan

Kate Bush, in a rare interview, has described her return to the top of the music charts as “quite shocking” after Netflix drama “Stranger Things” wowed a new generation of fans. The much-loved British singer-songwriter also dwelt on her lockdown

Women will be allowed to take part in the main Viking-inspired torchlight procession on the remote Scottish island of Shetland for the first time next year, organizers said on Wednesday. The committee in charge of the “Up Helly Aa” festival,

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler will on Wednesday take another step towards breaking his international isolation by paying his first visit to Turkey since the murder in 2018 of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. The talks in

House Jan. 6 committee focuses on “fake electors” and threats to public servants amid Trump pressure campaign  CBS News 7 takeaways from the fourth day of the January 6 hearings  CNN ‘This isn’t an isolated event’: How election lies hurt poll worker

The secret of why evangelicals love Herschel Walker (and Donald Trump)  CNN

Tor Selnes owes his life to a lamp. He miraculously survived a fatal avalanche that shed light on the vulnerability of Svalbard, a region warming faster than anywhere else, to human-caused climate change. On the morning of December 19, 2015,

The remote region where the killings took place Monday is a battleground for drug gangs that fight over opium, marijuana and illegal logging.

Monkeypox may soon have a new name after scientists called for a change to dispel stereotypes of Africa being seen as a crucible of disease. The World Health Organization announced last week that it is “working with partners and experts