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Uvalde shooting victims' families announce $2 million settlement with city
Family members of Uvalde school shooting victims also said they're filing lawsuits against dozens of Texas Department of Public Safety officers and Uvalde's school district.
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Family members of Uvalde school shooting victims also said they're filing lawsuits against dozens of Texas Department of Public Safety officers and Uvalde's school district.
Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
Assistant Chief of Police Homer Delgado will be named interim chief of police, Smith said.
In the report, much of the blame was placed on former police chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Pete Arredondo, who was terminated in the wake of the shooting.
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President Biden remembered the victims of the Uvalde shooting and called for Congress to impose more gun restrictions.
Those who've experienced mass violence say the state isn't doing enough to prevent future incidents, while law enforcement officials tell CBS News state law makes it easy for criminals to get guns.
Pete Arredondo was accused of making several critical mistakes during the May shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
The report from Texas state lawmakers was sharply critical of law enforcement at all levels. Parents didn't hold back in addressing board members.
Texas lawmakers released a report that found "systematic failures and egregious poor decision making" contributed to the failures in the Uvalde shooting response.
Chief Pete Arredondo said he held back from the door for 40 minutes to avoid provoking gunfire and tried dozens of keys brought to him, but that, one-by-one, they failed.
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But it's also hard for some parents to cope through this tragedy. CBS4's Jacqueline Quynh shares how this tragedy may be worsening parents’ anxiety and how to deal with it.
But it's also hard for some parents to cope through this tragedy. CBS4's Jacqueline Quynh shares how this tragedy may be worsening parents’ anxiety and how to deal with it.
But it's also hard for some parents to cope through this tragedy. CBS4's Jacqueline Quynh shares how this tragedy may be worsening parents’ anxiety and how to deal with it.
CBS4's Joel Waldman spoke with Ed McGovern, a retired police major.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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President Biden made the shocking announcement Sunday that he would end his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris soon afterward.
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"I support the chairman's call for an investigation," Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Florida, told CBS News Miami.
A warning of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak affecting 12 states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, was issued by the CDC Friday afternoon linking infections to sliced meat at deli counters.
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Nationwide, the CDC says the COVID virus level in wastewater is now "high" for the first time since last winter.
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