Frantic children called 911 at least half a dozen times from the Robb Elementary School where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, as some 20 officers waited in the hallway nearly an hour before entering and killing the gunman, authorities said.
A group of protesters angered over the shooting deaths of Texas elementary school students converged outside the gun-lobby National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston.
Shanghai took more gradual steps towards lifting its COVID-19 lockdown while Beijing was investigating cases where its strict curbs were affecting other medical treatments as China soldiered on with its uneven exit from restrictions.
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