Your Tuesday Briefing: Texas Reels From Mass Shootings
Texas shaken by mass shootings
13 individuals have been killed in mass shootings in Texas up 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.
The truth is, 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 taking pictures at a college in Uvalde, the place a gunman killed 19 kids 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.
Whereas much less supportive of stricter gun regulation than Individuals 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 reasonable considerably.
However Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, stated that there could be no new effort by his administration to restrict entry to firearms, as a result of it could not work.
Current shootings: On Saturday, a gunman killed eight individuals in a mall outdoors Dallas, earlier than the police killed him. The gunman might have espoused white supremacist ideology; authorities are inspecting a social media profile, rife with hate-filled rants in opposition to ladies and Black individuals, that they imagine belonged to him. Every week earlier, 5 individuals have been killed after they requested their neighbor to cease taking pictures in his entrance yard.
The nationwide image: A nonprofit group has counted greater than 200 mass shootings within the U.S. this yr.
Russia prepares for a counteroffensive
With heavy preventing anticipated very quickly, Russian officers in some occupied areas of Ukraine have ordered evacuations. However some Ukrainians there are staying, and residents described an environment of confusion, defiance and shortage.
About 70,000 individuals have been anticipated to maneuver from the Zaporizhzhia area after officers issued evacuation orders for 18 cities and villages. The area is likely one of the areas alongside the lengthy entrance line the place Ukraine might attempt to break by way of the Russian defenses.
However whereas the evacuation was described as necessary, there seemed to be little effort to drive individuals to depart. In Zaporizhzhia, in truth, few individuals seemed to be heeding the orders. Greater than a dozen individuals there, and within the Kherson area, advised our colleagues that gasoline stations have been working dry, grocery retailer cabinets have been emptying and A.T.M.s have been out of money.
Combating: In Zaporizhzhia, there was no indication of a Russian withdrawal, Ukrainian army officers and Western army analysts stated. As an alternative, Russia’s troops are increasing defensive fortifications — an indication that they’re digging in for coming battles.
Different updates from the struggle:
China hospital fireplace exposes elder care shortfall
A fireplace at a hospital in southern Beijing final month left at the least 29 useless, lots of them older individuals 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 significant issue: the nation’s provide of nursing dwelling beds has not saved tempo with its quickly growing old 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 kids’s duties towards their dad and mom. Public services have lengthy ready lists, and personal ones will be prohibitively costly. As well as, getting a facility licensed to supply elder care within the first place is a sophisticated bureaucratic course of, main some personal firms to function underground.
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For canine consultants, an invite to be a decide on the Westminster Canine Present is an honor and a critical accountability. In all, greater than 2,500 canine are competing, with the Finest in Present prize to be awarded at the moment in New York Metropolis.
“It’s more durable to turn out to be a canine decide than a mind surgeon, to inform you the reality,” a veteran decide stated.
ARTS AND IDEAS
However hula is an historical and sometimes sacred dance, one of many methods Native Hawaiians documented their historical past, mythology, faith and data. And the Merrie Monarch Pageant is hula’s Olympics.
For the final 60 years, the competition, held within the sleepy city of Hilo, has helped reclaim Hawaii’s native tradition, language and identification. The festivities honor King David Kalakaua, who assumed the throne of Hawaii in 1871, and is credited with reviving many historical practices, most notably, hula, which he referred to as “the heartbeat of the Hawaiian individuals.”
PLAY, WATCH, EAT
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Lime and habaneros make this saltfish buljol, a Caribbean cod dish, style spiky and brilliant.
What to Watch
In “Slava Ukraini,” Bernard-Henri Lévy paperwork the struggle within the second half of 2022.
What to Learn
“King: A Life” is the primary main biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., in many years.
Parenting
Suggestions to assist a teen with insomnia.
