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Deadly Ice Storm Snarls Travel Across Southern US

A winter storm brought rounds of sleet and rain, hazardous driving conditions were to blame for at least six fatalities

Zenger

Top Texas cop: Uvalde "abject failure"

Uvalde chief "decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children," says DPS Director Steven McCraw

Salon

Here are the biggest shifts in the official account of the Uvalde school shooting

"There's been a lot of things that have been said — some are correct, some are incorrect," Gov. Greg Abbott said the day after the shooting. But soon afterward, he would correct his own statements.

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Uvalde teacher wrongly accused by police of leaving school door open is ‘heartbroken’, her lawyer says

‘It’s traumatic for her when it’s insinuated that she’s involved, [that she left] the door open’

The Independent UK

More Uvalde police claims fall apart

Officials admit teacher didn't leave school door propped open and video shows 911 operator alerted cops of victims

Salon

‘Full of victims’: Children were calling for help as police waited outside Uvalde school, 911 dispatch reveals

Footage raises more questions about police inaction as children called for help while officers surrounded building or waited inside nearby hallway

The Independent UK

‘Our children were crying for somebody’: Uvalde victim’s father condemns police who left kids to ‘bleed out’

Police waited more than one hour before confronting gunman, what officials conceded was the ‘wrong decision’ as parents and desperate calls to 911 demanded help

The Independent UK

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Six major police mistakes in the Uvalde shooting have Texans ‘livid’

Police failed at key moments during shooting

The Independent UK

School police officer ‘was not on scene’ at start of Texas shooting then drove ‘right by’ suspect

Admission is latest in string of errors in police response

The Independent UK

Uvalde police stopped Border Patrol SWAT team from entering school sooner: report

Elite Border Patrol team arrived nearly 40 minutes before gunman killed

The Independent UK

Texas official: Police made ‘wrong decision’ to wait on breaching Uvalde classroom

The on-scene commander believed at the time that the gunman had barricaded himself and that the children were no longer at risk.

Politico

Uvalde student begged for police to come

Texas police finally admit they screwed up Uvalde response — but still blame teacher for leaving door open

Salon

‘It was the wrong decision’: Police admit they mistakenly ruled Texas gunman inactive as children called 911

Police wrongly thought ‘active shooter’ situation was over and waited for backup, officials admit

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