Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that the solution to school shootings is arming teachers. Texas is one of the only states that permits districts to arm teachers, although it's not clear how many districts have taken advantage of the provision. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner released a sta...
A gunman opened fire at an elementary school in South Texas on Tuesday, killing 19 students and two adults, before the suspect himself died, the state police said on Tuesday. U.S. President Joe Biden has implored the nation to stand up to the gun lobbies and "turn pain to action" follo...
HOUSTON, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen students and a teacher were killed on Tuesday after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde of U.S. state of Texas, according to media reports quoting Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The 18-year-old suspect, a student at Uvalde High School, is ...
An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing 14 children, one teacher and injuring others, Gov. Greg Abbott said, and the gunman was dead. It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the shocking attack at Sandy Hook Elementary in ...
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation following a shooting incident at an elementary school in Texas. Per reports, a gunman opened fire at the school in South Texas on Tuesday, killing 18 young students and three adults, before the suspect died. RELATED STORIES U.S...
“My heart is broken today,” said Hal Harrell, the school district superintendent. “We’re a small community, and we’re going to need your prayers to get through this.” Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two adults killed was a teacher. Related: Uvalde, Texas, school sho...
Students who went to high school with Ramos said he bullied others as well as being on the receiving end of abuse. Pressed on how Ramos was able to obtain the murder weapon, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has brushed aside calls for tougher gun laws in his state, where attachment to the righ...
Texans are being asked to donate blood, if they can, following themass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school. TheSouth Texas Blood and Tissue Centeris in critical need of blood donations following themass shooting. The blood bank sent over at least 15 units to victims at Uvalde Memorial Hospit...
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Joe Biden has been briefed on the "horrific news" of the elementary school shooting in Texas on Tuesday, according to the White House. Biden "will continue to be briefed regularly as information becomes available," White House press secretary Ka...
UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was deeply shocked and saddened by the heinous mass shooting in an elementary school in Texas, the United States, said his spokesman on Tuesday. It is particularly heart-wrenching that most of the victims are children, ...