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Lt. Mariano Pargasm, acting police chief on day of Uvalde school massacre , resigns from Uvalde Police Department, mayor says

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CNN — Lt. Mariano Pargasthe acting police chief on the day of the Robb Elementary School massacrehas resigned from the Uvalde Police Department, Mayor Don McLaughlin said Thursday afternoon. Pargas’ resignation comes ahead of a rare Saturday “special meeting” that was called by the city to decide his fate. His resignation is effective immediately, according … Read more

Oklahoma search for Tulsa race Massacre victims uncovers bullet in body

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A body with a bullet core in its skull was uncovered during the search for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre at Oaklawn Cemetery. As excavation and lab analysis work continued at the cemetery, a forensic anthropologist discovered one of the three sets of human remains exhumed last week contained a gunshot wound. | MORE … Read more

Special Report: Biden marks 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre

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Special Report: Biden marks 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, when a White mob in 1921 murdered hundreds of African Americans and destroyed the area known as Black Wall Street. Mr. … Read more

Search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims starts again

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TULSA, Okla — Efforts to find victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre started again at Oaklawn Cemetery on Wednesday. “This is a long-term commitment from the City of Tulsa,” said Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum. Archaeologists believe this is a mass grave from the massacre. During the first excavation last year, crews recovered the remains … Read more

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivor speaks out on 4-year anniversary of massacre

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CNN — Four years after a synagogue attack that forever changed her life, Andrea Wedner hopes to inspire the next generation to root out antisemitism amid continued reports of anti-Jewish bigotry. For weeks, Andrea and her husband, Ron Wedner, have been working with students at the Community Day School in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of … Read more

‘It was a massacre’: How security forces cracked down in southeastern Iran

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Some of the wounded tried to crawl away to escape the gunfire. Others bled to death on prayer mats as people tried to drag them to safety. But the snipers and officers kept pulling their triggers, firing bullet after bullet into men and young boys at a worship area where Friday Prayer had been underway. … Read more

Thailand massacre: PM orders tighter gun control, drugs crackdown after mass killing

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Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday ordered law enforcement agencies to tighten gun ownership rules and crack down on drug use following a mass killing by an ex-policeman at a daycare center that left has the nation in shock. A total of 36 people including 24 children were killed in a knife and gun … Read more

Thailand day care massacre victims prepared for funeral rites

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Many of the young victims’ bodies were outfitted as doctors, soldiers or astronauts — what they wanted to be when they grew up — before they were to be cremated. Many of the young victims’ bodies were outfitted as doctors, soldiers or astronauts — what they wanted to be when they grew up — before … Read more

Thailand massacre: Funeral rites begin for victims of mass shooting and stabbing at nursery

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CNN  —  Buddhist funeral rites have begun in the grieving town of Uthai Sawan in northeastern Thailand, where families are mourning the loss of children killed in a massacre at a day care center. Toys, flowers, milk bottles and sweets were placed alongside the small child-sized coffins, many bearing photographs of children killed in the … Read more

‘Miracle’ toddler survived Thailand nursery massacre asleep under blanket

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A three-year-old child who managed to survive last week’s massacre at a nursery in northeast Thailand slumbered through the horror under a blanket in the corner of a classroom. Paveenut Supolwong, nicknamed “Ammy”, is normally a light sleeper, but at naptime on Thursday when the killer burst into the nursery and began murdering 22 children, … Read more