Parkland and Newtown families reflect on how to support the parents who lost children in the Texas elementary-school shooting. The Washington Post spoke to them. USA Today reports on how the Texas and Buffalo shootings are overshadowing the confirmation process of Biden's ATF nominee. The New Yorker examines the digital spaces where the gunman in the Buffalo shooting developed his plans and built an audience. A conversation with a Vox journalist who survived a school shooting more than two decades ago, who spoke with others who lived through the first wave of this kind of gun violence. Apple News highlights some of the best journalism focusing on the week’s tragic events.

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