Another mass shooting, Republicans again explain nothing can be done - while making it worse
If you haven’t been following the news about the mass shooting at a mall in Texas (I’d say latest shooting — but risk not keeping up with events), there’s already a wikipedia entry for it. The entry notes it may be updated as this is so recent. The...
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Live updates: Allen, Texas, shooting at outlet mall leaves at least 8 dead
Eight people were killed and at least seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire at an Allen, Texas, outlet mall Saturday afternoon. Follow for live updates.
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Source: Authorities investigating Texas mall shooter's possible extremist motivations
Authorities in Texas are investigating whether the Allen, Texas, outlet mall shooter was motivated by right-wing extremism, a senior law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells CNN.While the investigation remains ongoing and authorities have not zeroed in on a specific motive, the source said the deceased shooter was found with an insignia on his clothing that read "RWDS," which authorities believe may stand for "Right Wing Death Squad."
As the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that monitors and reports on extremism, has noted in the past, some members of extremist groups have been seen in recent years with patches bearing the same letters.
Investigators have also uncovered the gunman's extensive social media presence, the law enforcement source tells CNN. It includes neo-Nazi and White supremacist-related posts, and images that authorities believe he shared online, according to the official.......
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Seven people intentionally murdered in hate crime in Brownsville, Tx - Personal thoughts
I am sitting in a hotel a few blocked from the Universidad de San Pedro Sula (USAP) in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras. I arrived yesterday to begin a three-week education series for UNESCO. I saw the news reported in The Guardian and on CNN en...
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Eight dead in Texas after car drives into crowd outside migrant center
Police say crash may have been intentional, and driver was arrested for reckless driving and could face other charges
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Seven people have been killed and at least six others have been injured after a car plowed into a crowd outside a shelter serving migrants and homeless people in Brownsville, Texas, on Sunday, and investigators believe it may have been intentional, according to authorities.
The car careened into the crowd of people who were sitting on the curb at a bus stop near the Ozanam Center at about 8.30am, the police department in Brownsville, which is near Texas’s border with Mexico, said. That came four days before the scheduled expiration of Title 42, the Covid-19 era policy that allows border patrol agents to swiftly expel migrants at the US’s southern border.
Shelter director Victor Maldonado told the Associated Press that upon reviewing the shelter’s surveillance footage, he saw an SUV run a light and plow into the crowd of people who were at the bus stop. The majority of those who were injured or killed were Venezuelan men......
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