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By Associated Press
Breakdowns, poor training marred Border Patrol response to Uvalde school shooting
A federal report says U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022, were insufficiently trained and failed to establish command at the scene.
The review released Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Professional Responsibility is the first to specifically scrutinize the actions of the 188 Border Patrol agents who gathered at Robb Elementary School. That’s more officers than provided by any other law enforcement entity on the day.
Nineteen students and two teachers were killed by the teenage gunman.
Money rolls in on U.S. election bets
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. | People began betting on which political party would win control of Congress in the November elections within minutes of a federal judge’s ruling allowing the bets — the only ones to be legally approved by a U.S. jurisdiction.
New York startup company Kalshi began Thursday taking what amounts to bets across the country on the outcome of the November congressional elections after the judge refused to block them from doing so.
The ruling enables the company, at least temporarily, to offer prediction contracts on the overall outcome of the races. Those are essentially yes-or-no bets on which party will win control of the Senate and the House.
Judge tosses some counts in Trump election case
ATLANTA | The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others on Thursday tossed out three counts in the indictment — including two counts brought against the former president — saying that they lie beyond the state’s jurisdiction.
The against Trump and others who are appealing an order allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case is on hold while that appeal is pending. But Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee issued orders Thursday based on motions filed by two defendants, Shawn Still and John Eastman, who are not part of that appeal, meaning the case against them is not paused.
—From AP reports
