27 May 2022
When acclaimed broadcaster Caroline Jones died this week, three young women who were winners of the Caroline Jones Scholarship were moved to write about what she meant to them.
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26 May: An 18-year-old gunman opens fire at Robb Elementary School in Texas, fatally shooting young children in the deadliest attack on a US school since the Sandy Hook massacre.... more
25 May: Former US president Barack Obama says America is "paralysed" by Republicans, as reaction from around the world pours in over the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.... more
25 May: The killing of as many as 19 children and a teacher at a Texas primary school by a teenager is the worst school attack in the US since 2012. This is what we know about how it happened.... more
25 May: United States Senator from Connecticut Chris Murphy delivers an impassioned speech on the Senate floor just hours after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, in south-west Texas.... more
