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‘Messed up on so many levels’: Videos show Uvalde school chief at center of police response

By Peter Nickeas and Ray Sanchez, CNN The first publicly released body-worn camera videos from officers at the Robb Elementary School massacre show Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, the school district’s police chief, at the center of the police response: giving orders, conveying and receiving information, and officers deferring to his position when confused over their roles

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Uvalde school district reveals new security plans during tense school board meeting as parents voice frustration and anger

By Taylor Romine and Rosa Flores, CNN Uvalde officials are working to improve school security for when classes resume, including installing bulletproof windows, a school board meeting revealed Monday — nearly two months after the horrific massacre at Robb Elementary School left 21 people dead, including 19 children. The new measures include hiring 10 additional

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California’s Oak Fire has expanded rapidly as it scorches more than 16,000 acres near Yosemite National Park

By Dakin Andone and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN A ferocious wildfire outside California’s Yosemite Park is “moving extremely fast” and limiting the amount of time authorities have to warn area residents to evacuate, a state fire official said. “The fire behavior that we’re seeing on this incident is really unprecedented,” Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jon Heggie

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A man who was being strangled by his 15-foot pet snake before police shot it in the head has died

By Jarrod Wardwell and Zoe Sottile, CNN Police officers shot a man’s pet snake on Wednesday after they arrived at a Pennsylvania home to find the reptile wrapped around its owner’s neck, rendering him unconscious. The 27-year-old man, Elliot Senseman, died Monday in a hospital due to an “anoxic brain injury,” the Lehigh County Coroner’s

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