Texas shaken by mass shootings
Thirteen folks have been killed in mass shootings in Texas prior to now two weeks. The mass murders have fueled a brand new openness to gun regulation amongst some Texans, however Republican lawmakers have proven no real interest in taking motion to handle the violence.
In reality, Texas has elevated entry to weapons throughout the previous two years even because the state endured greater than a dozen mass killings, together with a capturing at a college in Uvalde, the place a gunman killed 19 youngsters and two adults. The state did away with its allow necessities to hold handguns. It additionally lowered the age to hold handguns to 18 from 21.
While much less supportive of stricter gun regulation than Americans as a complete, Texans help some restricted gun management measures, polls present. Over the previous few years views on weapons amongst Republican voters in Texas have appeared to average considerably.
But Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, mentioned that there could be no new effort by his administration to restrict entry to firearms, as a result of it might not work.
Recent shootings: On Sunday, a gunman killed eight folks in a mall outdoors Dallas, earlier than the police killed him. The gunman might have espoused white supremacist ideology; authorities are analyzing a social media profile, rife with hate-filled rants in opposition to ladies and Black folks, that they imagine belonged to him. Every week earlier, 5 folks had been killed after they requested their neighbor to cease capturing in his entrance yard.
The nationwide image: A nonprofit group has counted greater than 200 mass shootings within the U.S. this 12 months.
Russia prepares for a counteroffensive
With heavy preventing anticipated very quickly, Russian officers in some occupied areas of Ukraine have ordered evacuations. But some Ukrainians there are staying, and residents described an environment of confusion, defiance and shortage.
About 70,000 folks had been anticipated to maneuver from the Zaporizhzhia area after officers issued evacuation orders for 18 cities and villages. The area is among the areas alongside the lengthy entrance line the place Ukraine might attempt to break by means of the Russian defenses.
But whereas the evacuation was described as obligatory, there seemed to be little effort to pressure folks to depart. In Zaporizhzhia, in actual fact, few folks seemed to be heeding the orders. More than a dozen folks there, and within the Kherson area, informed our colleagues that fuel stations had been working dry, grocery retailer cabinets had been emptying and A.T.M.s had been out of money.
Fighting: In Zaporizhzhia, there was no indication of a Russian withdrawal, Ukrainian army officers and Western army analysts mentioned. Instead, Russia’s troops are increasing defensive fortifications — an indication that they’re digging in for coming battles.
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China hospital hearth exposes elder care shortfall
A hearth at a hospital in southern Beijing final month left at the very least 29 useless, lots of them older folks with disabilities who had been on the facility for months, and in some circumstances years. The hospital was not licensed to offer long-term elder care.
The tragedy uncovered a major problem: the nation’s provide of nursing house beds has not stored tempo with its quickly ageing inhabitants. The authorities have acknowledged the urgency of addressing the scarcity, however many obstacles stay.
The stigma in opposition to retirement services abounds in a tradition that emphasizes youngsters’s duties towards their dad and mom. Public services have lengthy ready lists, and personal ones will be prohibitively costly. In addition, getting a facility licensed to supply elder care within the first place is a sophisticated bureaucratic course of, main some non-public corporations to function underground.
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For canine consultants, an invite to be a choose on the Westminster Dog Show is an honor and a critical accountability. In all, greater than 2,500 canine are competing, with the Best in Show prize to be awarded in the present day in New York City.
“It’s harder to become a dog judge than a brain surgeon, to tell you the truth,” a veteran choose mentioned.
Preserving the “heartbeat” of Hawaii
In the imaginations of many outdoors Hawaii, hula might conjure photos of coconut bras and cellophane skirts, a misunderstanding perpetuated by pop cultural representations in movie and tv.
But hula is an historic and sometimes sacred dance, one of many methods Native Hawaiians documented their historical past, mythology, faith and data. And the Merrie Monarch Festival is hula’s Olympics.
For the final 60 years, the pageant, held within the sleepy city of Hilo, has helped reclaim Hawaii’s native tradition, language and id. The festivities honor King David Kalakaua, who assumed the throne of Hawaii in 1871, and is credited with reviving many historic practices, most notably, hula, which he known as “the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people.”
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