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Current and former employees at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration told NPR more than 100 staff have been laid off as part of a government-wide reduction in force.
The sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the agency, said the layoffs came late Friday as the nation's government shutdown dragged on.
The agency is responsible for overseeing the new 988 suicide prevention hotline,
It also gives out billions in grants for mental health and addiction services.
The mental health agency has not been a favor of the Trump administration.
Earlier this year, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
told Congress that he intended to fold its duties into a new program he calls the Administration for a Healthy America.
The shooting took place in downtown Leland, where family and friends had gathered to celebrate following a homecoming football game.
Leland is a small rural community of about 3,700.
According to Mayor John Lee, 16 people in total were shot.
Several of the survivors had to be airlifted to nearby medical centers.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says it is assisting local police.
The Gun Violence Archive says the U.S.
has seen more than 330 mass shootings with four more people shot so far this year.
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all.
OpenAI's Sora app looks a lot like TikTok, except everything here is fake.
All you need to do is type in a quick description and out pops a very realistic video of, I don't know, Richard Nixon saying whatever you want.