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The memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. A mass shooting there on May 24, 2022, killed 19 children and two teachers. For surviving families, the year since has been an agonizing fight for answers and accountability. Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR hide caption

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A year after Uvalde's school massacre, healing remains elusive

There are still many unresolved questions about the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. As they grasp for answers, surviving families and the broader community feel suspended in grief.

Top Republican debt crisis mediators Rep. Garret Graves, R-La. (left), and Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C. (center), update reporters on the talks with the Biden administration at the Capitol on Tuesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Debt ceiling talks aren't going well. Here's where they stand

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Gary Gray's liver was failing. But doctors told him he might die waiting for a liver transplant, thanks to a policy change that disadvantaged Kansans and people from some other Southern and Midwestern states. Rose Conlon/Rose Conlon- Kansas News Service hide caption

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One man left Kansas for a lifesaving liver transplant — but the problems run deeper

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The memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. A mass shooting there on May 24, 2022, killed 19 children and two teachers. For surviving families, the year since has been an agonizing fight for answers and accountability. Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR hide caption

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Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR

A year after Uvalde's school massacre, healing remains elusive

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