No Images? Click here The Texas church shooter who killed dozens of people on Sunday once escaped from a behavioral health facility and made death threats to military officials, adding to a growing list of questions about why he was able to purchase a gun.Devin Kelley, 26, killed 26 people and wounded 20 more when he stormed into First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs with a semi-automatic Ruger AR-556, emptying 15 magazines that held upward of 30 rounds each, investigators said Tuesday.Authorities have yet to determine a motive behind the massacre, but said they knew Kelley had been fighting with his current wife’s family.For the youngest survivors of attack, meanwhile, the nightmare is just beginning. When a mass shooting happens in any community ― especially one as small and tight-knit as Sutherland Springs, population 600 or so ― it has the potential to do unique damage to the local children, whether or not they were at the scene in person.![]() WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?America's position as a holdout on the Paris climate change agreement just got even lonelier. Syria took a break from its gruesome six-year civil war to announce plans to sign the accord, leaving the United States as the only country to reject the emissions-cutting deal.The Trump administration is giving notice to about 5,300 Nicaraguan immigrants who have lived in the U.S. on temporary protected status for years. They now have until January 2019 to leave the country, find legal approval to stay or become undocumented.The Justice Department has finally dropped its case against a woman who was arrested for laughing during Attorney General Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing.ICYMI
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