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Days after Uvalde massacre, Ohio approves armed school employees
The new law “is giving schools an option, based on their particular circumstances, to make the best decision they can make with the best information they have,” Ohio governor Mike DeWine said.
- by Mark Gillispie and Andrew Welsh-Huggins
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Trump's America
America’s monster: Capitol riot hearings reveal Trump’s malevolence
In his dystopian inaugural speech, President Donald Trump promised to end ‘American carnage’. Instead, he delivered it. Now he needs to be held accountable.
- by Maureen Dowd
‘It’s a beautiful thing’: How the global 3D-printing community is aiding Ukraine
Nearly four months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, critical shortages of medical supplies and weapons accessories persist. But help has come from an unlikely source: Those with 3D printers.
- by Pranshu Verma
Gun reform deal reached by US senators with key Republican backing
The announcement marks the furthest that talks on a gun measure have advanced in Congress since 2013, following the Sandy Hook school massacre.
- by Richard Cowan
Opinion
Guns in America
Exported carnage: American gun slaughter not limited to the US
An estimated half a million American guns are trafficked into Mexico each year, causing untold violence and death.
- by Luis Gomez Romero
Sharp rise in transgender young people revealed in new US figures
About 1.6 million people in the United States are transgender, and 43 per cent of them are young adults or teenagers.
- by Azeen Ghorayshi
‘Politicians have done nothing’: Tens of thousands rally against gun violence across US
Demonstrators have rallied across the United States to demand laws curbing gun violence following last month’s massacre at a Texas school.
- by Ted Hesson
‘Poison in every puff’: The message Canada plans to print on every cigarette
Trudeau’s addictions minister said the new messages were aimed at young people who missed graphic warnings on packages when offered cigarettes at parties.
A baby vanished after her parents’ murder in 1980. She’s been found alive
Four decades ago, a baby was left at a church by cult members. Now DNA detective work has identified her as ‘baby Holly’, missing since her parents’ murder.
- by Julian Mark
Trump rejects Capitol attack claims, calls ex-attorney-general a ‘coward’
Former US president Donald Trump used his social media platform to claim the “rush on the Capitol” was not caused by him but a “stolen election”.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Trump summoned the mob’: Jan 6 committee blames ex-president for ‘coup attempt’
“Those who invaded our capital and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what President Trump had told them: that the election was stolen.”
- by Farrah Tomazin