Uvalde report finds 'systemic failures' by authorities
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Good morning, NBC News readers.
An investigative committee found "egregiously poor decision making" by authorities responding to the Uvalde shooting. Three victims are dead after a man opened fire at an Indianapolis mall. Plus, nail technicians are pushing for stronger industrywide standards as they face dangerous working conditions. Here's what we're watching this Monday morning. |
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Law enforcement officers speak together outside of Robb Elementary School following the mass shooting there on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images file) A scathing report released Sunday by a Texas House committee in the mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde faulted "systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making" by law enforcement and the school district.
The 77-page report specifies that beyond the gunman, no other individual is to blame for the May 24 massacre. Instead, it outlines the roles that law enforcement agencies and officials, school officials, the gunman's family, social media platforms, and gun laws played in failing to intervene with the gunman, prevent the shooting or minimize the devastation. Also Sunday, Uvalde's acting chief of police, Lt. Mariano Pargas, was placed on leave as a city launched an investigation of his response and that of his officers. Read the full story here. More coverage on gun violence: |
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| Four people were dead, including the suspected shooter, after a man with a long gun entered the Greenwood Park Mall south of Indianapolis, Indiana, and opened fire, police said. Two others were injured and hospitalized. |
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| The organization's rapid ascension has been driven by the appeal of its core issues among conservatives, including battling school mask mandates, banning certain library books, and curtailing lessons on racial inequity, its founders say. Its first national summit drew high-profile Florida Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Rick Scott, who said the activists' efforts would boost the party's chances in the midterms. |
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| The FBI has made about 850 arrests in the Capitol attack, but there are hundreds left to go. One person watching the news of arrests is Kevin Downey Jr., a right-wing comedian and one of the highest-profile participants to have entered the Capitol during the riot. He's appeared on "America's Got Talent" and more recently has taken a turn as a pro-Trump commentator. |
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| The overturn of Roe v. Wade has put a spotlight on access to birth control in the U.S. amid an increase in demand for nonhormonal options. Scientists and biotech companies are working on hormone-free alternatives, but available products are likely years away. |
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| The issue here is more than a simple property dispute and instead touches on one of the most sensitive flashpoints of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — the city of Jerusalem. Palestinian families' claims provide an insight to the convictions and the sense of loss that underpin many Palestinians' relations with Israel overall. |
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| In a first for the industry, nail technicians are advocating for the creation of a new council that would push for industrywide health and labor standards such as set hours, compliance with the minimum wage requirement, health insurance, ventilation and language access for immigrant workers across New York. While the council would work at the state level, advocates hope the effort will lead to improved industry standards nationwide. |
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Apple has officially launched the overhauled MacBook Air, its second laptop to use its new M2 chip. That means the new model has faster processing and graphics while using less power than its predecessor. The new Air also gets a design refresh. Here's what else you need to know. |
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Physicists in Finland are the latest scientists to create "time crystals," a newly discovered atomic form of matter that seems to challenge a basic law of nature, suggesting that perpetual motion may be possible. In the short term, the research reveals more about the quantum realm — the very smallest scale of the universe, which ultimately influences everything else. Some scientists suggest time crystals might one day make memory for quantum computers. But the more immediate goal of such work is to learn more about quantum mechanics, one physicist said. "Maybe time crystals will eventually power some quantum features in your smartphone." Read the full story here. |
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