Teachers after Texas attack: ‘None of us are built for this’

Teachers in the United States are reflecting on the responsibilities their jobs require as school shootings become more common.

Dallas Sen. Royce West says Senate committee will probe school safety, mental health issues

Sen. West says the shooters seem to have two things in common: the weapons they used and their personality profiles. “We've got to look at our mental health system again... And we've got to look at the issue concerning weapons in the state of Texas."

Uvalde schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo had no radio during shooting: senator

Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arrendondo was without a radio while he was in charge of the Robb Elementary School mass shooting response, a state senator said.

House panel advances gun legislation in wake of US mass shootings

The House Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21.

Uvalde school police chief didn’t know of 911 calls from students inside school: Texas senator

The Uvalde school police chief didn’t know of the panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside school, says Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who called it a "system failure."

Ohio GOP law hopes to arm school teachers with guns following mass shootings

The Republican-backed measure aims to undo the effect of a 2021 state Supreme Court ruling that said under current law armed school workers would need hundreds of hours of training.

Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating with DPS investigation

The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week's deadly shooting in Uvalde said Wednesday that he's talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he's stopped cooperating.

Texas school shooting: Gov. Abbott calls for special legislative committees

According to the letter, the committees should be charged with examining and developing legislative recommendations on school safety, mental health, social media, police training, firearm safety, and more.

Buffalo mass shooting: Grand jury indicts Payton Gendron on terror, hate charge

The white 18-year-old man accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was charged Wednesday by a grand jury with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 counts of first-degree murder.

Uvalde teacher closed propped-open door before attack, Texas police say

The Robb Elementary School teacher who propped open an exterior door that law enforcement said a gunman used to get inside and kill 19 students and two teachers had closed the door but it did not lock, state police said Tuesday.

Gov. Abbott says he was ‘misled' about response to Texas school shooting

Authorities say officers waited in the hallway of a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman.

Mother of Texas school shooter says she wants people to forgive her son: report

The mother of the gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school says she wants the public to forgive him for what he did.

Bipartisan group of senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws

Here’s a look at the gun control proposals under consideration — and others that are not — following the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting.