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Girl trapped in classroom told 911 ‘send the police now’ as officers waited, official says

The commander at the scene in Uvalde — the school district’s police chief — believed that the gunman was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms and that children were no longer at risk, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said Friday. “It was the wrong decision,” he said.

NRA meets in Texas after school massacre, protest roils

Former president Donald Trump is defending the rights of gun owners in remarks to the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston, three days after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school on the other side of the state.

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Following Texas school shooting, Newtown reflects on a decade of hard lessons

Families in Newtown know what those in Uvalde will be forced to learn about wounds and public trauma, and the way time reshapes grief without easing its burdens.

‘We all have the same enemy — gun violence’: David Hogg says common ground can be found to change gun policies

David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida and one of the leading anti-gun violence advocates in the country, is a rarity amid the intense reaction to the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings: He is optimistic that changes to gun policy can be made.

Instead of sharing game highlights, the Yankees and Rays used their Twitter feeds to share gun violence facts
A number of professional sports teams have used social media to get messages out and urge action.

Governor Baker vetoes bill to give driver’s licenses to undocumented residents

In his veto letter, Governor Charlie Baker said the bill requires the Registry of Motor Vehicles "to issue state credentials to people without the ability to verify their identity” and “increases the risk that noncitizens will be registered to vote.”

Mass. to end COVID-19 school testing program; updates quarantine guidance for children

The statewide COVID-19 testing program for K-12 schools will not continue in the fall, and asymptomatic children who have been exposed to COVID will no longer be required to quarantine, or do test and stay, to be in class or in child care.

3,092 confirmed cases and 12 deaths. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Retired Mass. state trooper avoids prison in overtime scandal

The last of eight Massachusetts State Police troopers to face federal charges in the department’s overtime abuse scandal, Daren DeJong, has been sentenced to two years of probation, the first six months of which must be spent in home confinement, federal prosecutors said.
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The S&P 500 rose and notched the biggest weekly gain for the benchmark index since November 2020.

Trump’s federal suit against New York AG is dismissed

The ruling marks Trump’s second defeat related to the investigation in two days. An appellate court ordered Trump and two of his children to sit for questioning under oath from the office of the state attorney general, Letitia James, Thursday.

NH authorities probe discovery of ‘school shooter’ signs in three towns

The New Hampshire Department of Safety confirmed that the signs, emblazoned with the phrase "school shooter," were discovered Friday in the towns of Barnstead, Epsom, and Pittsfield.

4-alarm blaze at a home in West Newbury displaces resident, 3 dogs
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Latest White House plan would forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower

White House officials are currently planning to cancel $10,000 in student debt per borrower, after months of internal deliberations over how to structure loan forgiveness for tens of millions of Americans, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

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Police waited 48 minutes inside school before pursuing shooter

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