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Police strolled in hallway during Uvalde massacre, video shows
 

Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with a AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armor milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were killed.

 
Trump attempted to contact Jan. 6 witness, Cheney says

The vice chair of the House Jan. 6 committee said Donald Trump has attempted to contact a witness who was talking to the panel investigating the attack on the Capitol.

 
‘Like an inferno’: West burning at furious pace so far

Even small fires that once would have been easily contained are extreme threats to life and property because of climate change, said Brian Fennessy, chief of the Orange County Fire Authority.

 
Police scouring New York City for subway shooter, U-Haul truck

A gunman in a gas mask and a construction vest set off a smoke canister on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn and shot at least 10 people Tuesday, authorities said.

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Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out, compete with China

The president hopes the denunciation will be part of a joint communique to be released Sunday when the summit ends.

 
House GOP removes Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post

Republicans dumped GOP Rep. Liz Cheney from her House leadership post Wednesday for her persistent repudiation of Donald Trump’s election falsehoods, underscoring the hold the defeated and twice-impeached former president retains on his party.

 
Officer in Minnesota shooting intended to use Taser, not gun

Police in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop say the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun.

 
COVID-19 surges in US; Fauci urges double down on precautions

With new cases soaring to all-time highs of well over 120,000 per day, Dr. Anthony Fauci says he doesn’t believe the U.S. will need to go into lockdown to fight the coronavirus if people double down on wearing masks and social distancing.

 
Lava gushes from Philippine volcano while ash spreads to Manila

Red-hot lava gushed out of a Philippine volcano Monday after a sudden eruption of ash and steam that forced villagers to flee and shut down Manila’s international airport, offices and schools.

 
‘Dreamers’ get their day in court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case that could end a program that allows people brought to the United States illegally as children to obtain temporary protected status. A decision is expected by June.