The bodies of 46 people were found in the back of a sweltering abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas.

San Antonio: 46 bodies found in abandoned truck in Texas

Colonel Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the police response 'an abject failure.'

Texas school shooting gunman could have been stopped 'in three minutes'

Matthew McConaughey said he has spoken to the parents of the children killed in a mass shooting in his hometown in Texas.

Matthew McConaughey makes emotional plea for gun control at White House

Raquel Martinez, comforts her two daughters while her husband, Daniel Martinez, comforts their sons outside Robb Elementary School, on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Martinez and her four children stayed home for days, holding each other. They're scared, she said. Her two daughters, 15 and 11 years old, stood crying at a memorial. They'd both been taught by the two teachers who died, Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

This week should have marked the start of summer break for Robb Elementary School, instead families are holding funerals for their children.

Uvalde: A Texas city in mourning for children that should never have been killed

Javier Cazares said he and other parents were 'ready' to go in but were held back as the gunman opened fire for almost an hour in the school.

Dad whose daughter died in Texas shooting begged police to 'go in, do your jobs'

It comes after police admitted it was 'the wrong decision' for officers to wait outside a classroom for 48 minutes before they entered and killed the gunman. 

US to review police response to Texas school shooting

Harry Styles performing  on the main stage during the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend at the War Memorial Park in Coventry

The 28-year-old star's pledge follows the horrendous Uvalde school shooting in Texas last week, where 19 children and two adults were shot dead.

Harry to donate $1m to gun safety organisation in wake of Texas school shooting

Nearly 20 officers were in a hallway outside the classroom for more than 45 minutes before US agents opened the door and killed gunman Salvador Ramos.

Texas school shooting: 'Wrong decision' made by not storming classroom sooner

Trump  read the names of the 19 murdered children and the two dead teachers to the USA's biggest gun lobby. His critics saw it as tasteless and inappropriate.

Donald Trump’s performance at the NRA deepens America’s gun divide 

"No law can cure the effects of a broken home. There is no substitute for a strong mum and a great dad," the former president said.

Trump appears to blame mass shootings on 'broken homes' and 'bad behaviour'

A member of the National Rifle Association plugs his ears with his fingers as he walks past protesters

The gun lobby has been criticised for pressing ahead with the event in the same state 21 people, including 19 children, were shot dead in a primary school. 

NRA ploughs on with Texas convention despite protests after school shooting

Teachers and students are sharing their experiences of active shooter drills, hoping for a change to US gun control, in the wake of the Uvalde school massacre.

'Lock kids out even if they beg': The USA's 'traumatic' school shooter drills

Miah Cerillo, 11, managed to call 911 while the shooter was still in the building.

Girl survived Texas shooting by 'smearing blood on herself and playing dead'

Joe Garcia, 50, died hours after leaving flowers at a memorial for his wife outside the school where she was killed along with 19 children and another teacher.

Husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting 'dies of broken heart' 

Adriana Reyes asked the victims' families to forgive her, and asked them "not to judge" her son.

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