Say her name: Brooklyn Lindsey
 THE BIG STORY
The first pair of school shooters since Columbine. The first known trans suspect. The exceptionally rare use of drugs before the rampage. The STEM shooting — in which one person, 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo, was killed — was different from all the others.
 Parents pick up their kids from the Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge after a shooting at the STEM School on May 7 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson / Getty Images STAYING ON TOP OF THIS
Trump became the first sitting president to enter North Korea while meeting with Kim Jong Un
Trump was joined on his trip to the DMZ — which took place after a visit from the commander-in-chief to the US troops stationed in South Korea — by South Korean president Jae-In Moon.
The meeting — the third in-person encounter between Trump and Kim following two summits — had not been part of the president's original itinerary when he left for Asia earlier in the week, but was hurriedly organized in just over a day following a surprise Trump tweet on Saturday as he was wrapping up his time at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan. SNAPSHOTS
The Dalai Lama wants a woman to succeed him only if she's hot. The Tibetan religious leader told the BBC that "if female Dalai Lama comes, then she should be more attractive," otherwise, "people, I think prefer, not see her, that face." OK.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law making it harder for felons to vote, and immediately got sued. The law kneecapped a constitutional amendment to restore voting rights to felons that was overwhelmingly passed by Florida voters. It requires felons to pay all restitution, fines, fees, or outstanding costs associated with their convictions. The suit says this amounts to an unconstitutional poll tax.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Stephanie Beatriz wants to see more bisexual representation on TV. "Being bi, especially, is many little coming-out moments over and over and over again and over again," she told BuzzFeed News' AM to DM. "And I think those of us who identify as bi would have to do that less if there were more of us represented in the media."
A new racist campaign against Kamala Harris is taking shape. Not long after Sen. Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden's record on race during part two of the first Democratic debate last night, a barrage of tweets questioned her race and US citizenship. We traced them to Obama birthers and neo-Nazis. "IT'S GOT TO STOP"
Brooklyn Lindsey is the 11th black transgender woman killed in the US this year Lindsey was a girly girl. She loved doing her hair and makeup, and dancing and rapping in front of the mirror. One day, she wanted to be a life coach. She talked about adopting a child once she had her own apartment. She was beloved.
A vigil and candlelight ceremony was held for Lindsey on Saturday where her body was found. "Not just because she passed away, but because of all the other women who are trans have passed away," Her friend Raven Johnson said. "It's got to stop." LOVE HAS MANY FORMS
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