National News

(UVALDE, Texas) -- A fourth-grade teacher, several sets of cousins and a 10-year-old boy whose family called him "the life of the party" were among those killed in a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, ABC News has learned. At least 19 children and two teachers were…

(UVALDE, Texas) -- Steven McCraw, director of Texas DPS, admitted it was the "wrong decision" for officers not to go into the classroom where the suspect was for 35 minutes after a tactical unit arrived. The head of law enforcement in Texas revealed a cascading series of police missteps in…

(NEW YORK) -- The East Coast is bracing for flooding and tornadoes as Memorial Day weekend begins. A tornado watch was issued Friday from North Carolina to Virginia to Maryland. The tornado watch includes the cities of Raleigh, Richmond, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Significant storm damage has been reported in…

(UVALDE, Texas) -- A small town in rural Texas is reeling after a gunman opened fire at an elementary school on Tuesday, killing 19 children. Two teachers were also among those killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, according to authorities. Prior to opening fire at the school, the suspect…

(UVALDE, Texas) -- Two months before Tuesday's mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead, the Uvalde school district hosted an all-day training session for local police and other school-based law enforcement officers focused on "active shooter response." "First responders to the active shooter scene…

(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- They were grandparents, parents, friends and family, and even as the nation grapples with another mass shooting, the victims of the Buffalo, New York, shooting continue to be laid to rest this weekend. As families continue to grieve the May 14 tragedy, four victims will be laid…

(POTTSTOWN, Pa.) -- Five people were killed and two others were hurt in a house explosion in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Thursday night, officials said. Four of the five victims killed were children, ABC Philadelphia station WPVI reported. One of the injured is in critical but stable condition, while the second surviving…

(UVALDE, Texas) -- The four children of Irma and Joe Garcia turned to their faith and community as they attended mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday night. Cristian, Jose, Lyliana and Alysandra Garcia were embraced by Rev. Eduardo Morales and parishioners. Irma was one of two…

(NEW YORK) -- When Carlos Soto saw a state police officer walking toward him with his head down, on that fateful day of Dec. 14, 2012, after a school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, he “already knew that she was gone.” Soto's daughter, Victoria Soto, a…

(UVALDE, Texas) -- There was blood in the hallway and children were covered in it, one of the students who survived the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, told ABC News. "[The shooter] came in and said, 'You're all gonna die,' and just started shooting," Samuel Salinas,…