Gunfire at schools hits all-time record in US
Children on lockdown. Armed officers rushing into a school.
May 2022
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Market slump unsettles those eyeing retirement
Americans on the cusp of retiring are facing a tough choice as they watch their nest eggs shrink: Stay the course or keep working. A stock market slump this year has taken a big bite out of investors’ portfolios, including retirement plans like 401(k)s.
S. Africa meeting focuses on plastic
JOHANNESBURG – Environmental activists have been meeting in South Africa this week to press governments and businesses to reduce the production of plastic because it is harming the continent’s environment.
Calif. may OK social media addiction suits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday.
Victims of Uvalde elementary school shooting remembered
Anguish spilled from a local civic center, where families desperately awaited news of their children after a shooter gunned down 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school. Wednesday, the names of those killed in the state’s deadliest school shooting in modern history began to emerge.
Police face questions over response to Texas school shooting
UVALDE, Texas – Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed a Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
Border agency plans vehicle pursuit policy to raise safety
DONNA, Texas – The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday that he is developing a new policy for vehicle pursuits with an eye toward increasing safety after a spate of deaths.
The poppies in Flanders Fields continue to bloom
It’s become a Memorial Day tradition here at TGIF to reflect on a poem that, for many of us who worked in the Brownwood Bulletin newsroom, was the essence of what it commemorates. Written on a World War I battlefield more than a century ago, “In Flanders Fields” is a moving tribute to fallen soldiers written by Canadian army physician John McCrae.
For history and hometown
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The call came from one of the many people Wanda Howard Battle considers a family member, whether they’re related or not. They were asking her to do something different: Lead tours of one of the nation’s most historic places, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in her hometown of Montgomery.