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More than 20 people were killed in a shooting at a Texas elementary school. Donald Trump's crusade to oust Georgia's governor failed. And a man who contracted monkeypox during the last U.S. outbreak described his symptoms. Here's what we're watching this Wednesday morning. |
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A woman cries as she leaves the Uvalde Civic Center, on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) At least 19 children and 2 teachers were killed Tuesday when a gunman opened fire in a Texas elementary school, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The suspected shooter, who might have had a handgun and a rifle, was also killed when law enforcement confronted him at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about 83 miles west of San Antonio, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference. Multiple survivors — the exact number was unknown — were being treated at regional hospitals. Follow our live blog and NBC News Now for all the latest developments. - A third grader and a teacher who was "trying to protect her students" were among the victims in Tuesday's shooting.
- President Joe Biden delivered emotional remarks from the White House, calling on Congress to take up gun legislation: "As a nation we have to ask when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?"
- After the shots rang out at the school, parents began frantically searching for the children they hadn't heard from. "It's like a horror movie," one mother said. "If it's not our kid, it's someone we know. It's our neighbors."
- "Spare me the bullshit": Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took to the Senate floor after the shooting to plead with his Republican colleagues to take action against gun violence.
- The shooting also comes less than a year after Texas state legislators drastically expanded gun rights.
- The bloodshed inside Robb Elementary School stirs painful memories of the Sandy Hook massacre, one of the defining tragedies of the early 21st century.
- This is the fourth school shooting in 2022, according to data. Our tracker lists school shootings since 2013.
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Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia, center, speaks during an Election Night Party in Atlanta on May 24, 2022. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images) In his biggest electoral defeat since he lost the presidency in 2020, former President Donald Trump's crusade to oust Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp failed Tuesday, as NBC News projected his favored candidate David Perdue is on track to lose the GOP primary by a wide margin. Trump has devoted much of his post-presidency to punishing Republicans who defied his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and none more so than Kemp. But Perdue's campaign struggled to get off the ground and differentiate himself from Kemp on anything other than the 2020 election.
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| Forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 65 percent chance of an above-normal hurricane season along the Atlantic seaboard. |
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| On the second anniversary of the death of George Floyd, Biden plans to sign a long-awaited order to create a national registry of officers fired for misconduct and encourage state and local police to tighten restrictions on chokeholds and "no-knock" warrants. |
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| The move comes in the wake of a blockbuster report detailing widespread allegations of sexual misconduct among clergy and a cover-up by leadership. |
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| An Iraqi citizen allegedly plotted to kill George W. Bush, even traveling to Dallas to surveil the former president's home, according to an FBI search warrant affidavit. |
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| Dr. Kurt Zaeske, who contracted monkeypox during a U.S. outbreak in 2003 described the ordeal of becoming suddenly ill before authorities knew what was happening. |
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