Officials identified the 10 victims of the shooting at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket on Monday. The victims range from 20 to 65 years old and include a Boulder police officer. Details are still emerging about the victims, but here's what we know so far. insider.com/boulder-colora…
Eric Talley, 51, was among the first police officers to respond to the shooting, Boulder's police chief Maris Herold said on Monday. His father told local outlets that he had been with the department since 2010, and was a married father of seven. insider.com/victims-boulde…
The family of Rikki Olds, 25, announced her death on social media before public identification by police. Her aunt called her a "beautiful young angel." Her uncle tweeted that officials identified Olds with the family early Tuesday morning. insider.com/victims-boulde…
Erika Mahoney took to social media to announce her father, Kevin Mahoney, was one of the victims of the shooting. Erika said her and her family are "heartbroken" over the death of her father. Erika called her 61-year-old father her "hero." insider.com/victims-boulde…
Lexi Knutson told Reuters that her friend, Teri Leiker, 51, had loved going to work at King Soopers. Knutson also said that Leiker had worked at the store for about 30 years. insider.com/victims-boulde…
Denny Stong, 20, was another employee that worked at King Soopers. Stong had his Facebook profile image framed with a banner that read “I can’t stay home, I’m a Grocery Store Worker.” insider.com/victims-boulde…
Neven Stanisic, 23, was a repairman who had been called to fix a coffee machine when he was gunned down in the grocery store parking lot. Stanisic was heading out to another job before he was killed. insider.com/victims-boulde…
Olivia McKenzie told the Denver Post that her mother, Lynn Murray, was working as an Instacart shopper when the shooting occurred. Murray, 62, was a retired photo director. insider.com/victims-boulde…
Michael Bartkowiak told The New York Times that his sister, Tralona Bartkowiak was picking up a prescription at King Soopers. He said his sister, who went by “Lonna,” was the oldest of four siblings and described her as a “beam of light.” insider.com/victims-boulde…
Suzanne Fountain, 59, was a financial counselor who was described as “very genuine person,” “incredibly warm,” and “absolutely lovely” person, by her friends and colleagues. Fountain is survived by a son. insider.com/victims-boulde…
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When the White House went to lower the flag to honor the 10 people shot and killed in a Colorado supermarket on March 22, staffers realized that their work was already done: the flags were still lowered from a shooting just a week ago.
⚪️The number of mass shootings in the US this year has already reached 103 as of March 22, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
⚪️ As of March 23, 81 days have passed in 2021.
⚪️ On average, there have been 1.3 mass shootings every day this year. insider.com/number-of-mass…
❓What is defined as a “mass shooting”❓
The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as a single incident around the same general time and location where four or more people are killed. insider.com/number-of-mass…
Dozens of masked children can be seen lying down on gray mats. Despite the threat of coronavirus, some are crowded into corners while others appear to sit on the floor. Key policy changes have led to thousands of migrants to come to the US-Mexico border. bit.ly/3cfXK4c
Transgender rights are under siege in over half of the US. 28 states have proposed one or more anti-trans bills that include prohibiting doctors from giving trans youth life-saving care.
Medical best practice guidelines from @theendosociety, @childmindinst, and @APA recommend that states provide gender-affirming care for trans children.
Alabama is voting on two bills that make it a felony for doctors to treat trans youth with gender-affirming care like puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). insider.com/alabama-just-a…
Border agents encountered about 100,000 people trying to enter the US in February. The number of unaccompanied migrant children detained at the Southern border has more than tripled recently.
Biden has told people from Central America not to come to the US after reports of a massive surge in migrants at the US-Mexico border. "Yes, I can say quite clearly: Don't come over,” he told ABC News this week.
Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the @ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, told Insider the border is seeing an increased number of migrants, in part, because of a backlog of people who haven’t been allowed into the country due to the pandemic.
Anti-Asian violence skyrocketed during the pandemic. In his first address to the nation, President Biden said it was “wrong and un-American.”
But anti-Asian racism has long been a part of US history. It's just been historically invisible. insider.com/anti-asian-vio…
“Go back to China.” “Do you speak English?”
A lifetime of subtle racism, crude stereotypes and degrading comments were brushed off both within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community outside of it. insider.com/anti-asian-vio…
The model minority myth, experts say, harmfully overlooked racism while giving a perception that the AAPI community was not as disadvantaged as our minority populations.
He's been fired, censured, investigated, rebuked by a judge, and questioned by police. @piersmorgan has a reputation as "Teflon Piers" for surviving scandals.
Morgan refused to believe Meghan Markle, who said she felt suicidal over race-baiting reporting by British tabloids. Despite heavy criticism, his decision to "fall on my sword for an honestly-held opinion" found favor with many supporters. insider.com/piers-morgan-q…
Morgan, 55, has been married twice and has four children. He began his career on the Wimbledon News in 1985 and was "insanely competitive" when playing tennis, according to his former colleague Rob McGibbon.