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New documentary digs deeper into the lives, legacies of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life shooting survivors, families

Although the attack remained international news for weeks, filmmaker Trish Adlesic says there’s still more of this story to tell.

By Bill O'Driscoll/WESA

Holocaust survivor who escaped Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh dies

“I didn’t lose the faith in humanity,” Judah Samet told The Associated Press two days after the shooting. “I know not to depend on humanity.”
By The Associated Press

Texas House report blames local, state and federal officers for ‘systemic failure’ in Uvalde

The report is the clearest, most-detailed picture yet of what happened that day, during which local, state, and federal law enforcement waited for more than an hour to confront the gunman.

By NPR
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