May 28 Air travelers hit with flight cancellations over Memorial Day weekend By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press More than 1,400 flights were canceled as of 5:15 p.m EDT Saturday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. That followed more than 2,300 cancellations on Friday. Continue reading
May 28 Watch 7:31 Devastated Uvalde families demand answers on police response Days after the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, devastated families continue to demand answers, after officials admit they did not act quickly enough. Brian Higgins, a professor of disaster management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a… Continue watching
May 28 Watch 1:35 News Wrap: Vice President Harris pays her respects to the Buffalo shooting victims In our news wrap Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris and the second gentleman joined mourners in Buffalo as 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, the final victim of a racist attack two weeks ago, was laid to rest. Also, a church charity event… Continue watching
May 28 Watch 7:25 As pressure mounts after string of mass shootings, will Republicans agree to gun reforms? Thousands of people have been killed by guns in the U.S. so far this year and there have been 216 mass shootings, including in Buffalo and Uvalde. Calls for new gun safety laws often follow these tragedies, but Washington has… Continue watching
May 28 Watch 5:14 A mother whose daughter died in a 2012 mass shooting shares message with Uvalde parents By Amna Nawaz, Emily Carpeaux, Sam Lane, Frank Carlson Nearly 10 years after her daughter Jessi was killed in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, Sandy Phillips is visiting yet another mass shooting site. Since her daughter and 11 others were killed in July 2012, Phillips has traveled the country… Continue watching
May 28 Vice President Harris visits Buffalo as last funeral is held for victims of racist attack By Susan Haigh, Associated Press The funeral for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield — the oldest of the 10 Black people who were killed — included a speech by Vice President Kamala Harris, who attended the service at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Buffalo, New York. Continue reading
May 28 Former Proud Boys leader to remain jailed until Capitol riot trial By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The former top leader of the Proud Boys will remain jailed while awaiting trial on charges that he conspired with other members of the far-right extremist group to attack the U.S. Capitol and stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's presidential… Continue reading
May 28 WATCH: Jon Stewart advocates for veterans affected by burn pits at the 'Pass the PACT Act Rally' By News Desk Comedian and former Daily Show host Jon Stewart is speaking at a Washington, D.C. rally to push for action by Congress to assist sick veterans, who say they were exposed to toxic waste while serving in the military overseas. Continue reading
May 28 Uvalde shooting investigation focuses on police response By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the center of the investigation into this week's shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, The delay in… Continue reading
May 28 Largest wildfire in New Mexico history linked to planned burns By Morgan Lee, Cedar Attanacio, Associated Press The findings shift responsibility more squarely toward the U.S. Forest Service for initiating a natural disaster. Continue reading