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Deputies Protect School Killer After Potential Juror Threat
Florida deputies protecting the Parkland school shooting gunman had to pull him aside and surround him Tuesday after a member of a jury pool mouthed possible threats toward him and caused others to become “excited,” leading them to fear a potential brawl, officials said.
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Live Updates: Jury Selection Continues in Parkland School Shooter Penalty Trial
More than four years after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the procedure to determine the gunman’s fate is has begun with jury selection.
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Parkland School Shooting Families to Get $127.5 Million for FBI's Inaction
Federal officials have confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the families of most of those killed and wounded in a 2018 Florida high school shooting over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack
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Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Climbs 150-Foot Crane Outside of White House
Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin Oliver died during the Parkland school shooting, climbed a construction crane on Monday in protest of ongoing gun violence.
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Parkland School Shooting Families Settle Lawsuit Against FBI
The families of most of those killed in the 2018 Florida high school massacre have settled their lawsuit against the federal government
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Father of Parkland Shooting Victim Calls for Background Checks on Ammo
Fred Guttenberg’s daughter Jaime was one of 17 people killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Now he’s calling for a new law – Jaime’s Law – that would require background checks on purchases of ammunition. Guttenberg talks about his new book, Find the Helpers, and how the proposed law could save lives.
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Confessed Parkland School Gunman Pleads Guilty in 2018 Mass Shooting
Over three years after the mass shooting that took the lives of 17 students and staff inside a Parkland high school, the man who confessed to pulling the trigger pleaded guilty in a Broward County courtroom Wednesday.
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Parkland School Shooting Families Settle Suit With District for $25M
The families of those killed, wounded and scarred in the 2018 Florida high school massacre have reached a $25 million settlement with the district
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Parkland Survivor Speaks Up After Gun Violence Claims Another Student Life
After a student was killed at a school bus stop in Louisville, Kentucky, Parkland survivor Aalayah Eastmond is again speaking out about ways to curb gun violence in the nation. She says local governments need to partner with “violence interrupters” and local groups if we want a future without gun violence.
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Parkland Shooting Survivor: ‘I'd Like to See a Country Free of Gun Violence'
Aalayah Eastmond survived the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by hiding beneath the lifeless body of a classmate. After her mother said sharing her story could save lives, Eastmond “just kind of put my big girl boots on” and began speaking out about gun violence.
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Biden Surprises Parkland Graduating Class With Video Message
Seniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., received a surprise video message from President Joe Biden during their graduation ceremony Tuesday. “This class lost a piece of its soul,” said Biden, referring to the mass shooting that left 17 people dead at the Florida high school in 2018.
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Biden Gives Video Address to Graduating Parkland Students
President Joe Biden has told graduating seniors who were freshmen when a mass shooting left 17 people dead at their Florida high school that they’ve turned pain into purpose and darkness into light
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Parkland Shooting Victim Encourages People to Vote in AI-Powered Animated Video
If you’re familiar with video games, you know how hyper-realistic people look, making you wonder if they’re animated or taken from actual video. Now, that artificial intelligence technology has been used to create a video of a young man who died two years ago. “Yo, it’s me, it’s Guac, I’ve been gone for two years and nothing’s changed, bro,”...
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Couple Apologizes for Sheltering Accused Parkland School Shooter
A Florida couple regrets ever taking in a disturbed teenager in the months before he was accused of the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
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Trial in Parkland School Shooting Off Indefinitely: Judge
The death penalty trial of the man charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school is off indefinitely because of restrictions related to the coronavirus
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California Man Gets More Than 5 Years in Prison for Harassing Parkland Victims
A California man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for cyberstalking the families of Parkland, Florida, school shooting victims. A federal judge imposed the sentence Monday on 22-year-old Brandon Fleury of Santa Ana, California. He was convicted by a jury in October. Evidence shows he used Instagram accounts to harass and threaten families of those who...
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First Responders Deal With Emotional Trauma Years After Parkland School Shooting
For those who were there, they know it and they feel it: the special bond among first responders who deployed to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. “The call came out over the radio, shots fired at MSD,” recalled Lt. Ed Derosa of the Coral Springs Police Department. “And I kind of did the double take…
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Trump Meets Parkland Families to Discuss School Safety
President Donald Trump met Monday with several family members of the victims of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, to discuss school safety.
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Parkland School Shooting Trauma Affects Young Witness
A lawyer says the trauma of witnessing the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is too great for a young student to give a statement and possibly testify at trial. Her lawyer said Wednesday that the 17-year-old girl is still in mental health counseling and cannot yet talk about what she saw to prosecutors or attorneys for Nikolas Cruz.
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Are Child Crusaders, Heroes Fair Game for Adults Who Snipe?
Children and teens, in this era of blurred boundaries, have at their disposal mobile megaphones — for the first time in human history — to reach the entire world. But does it give those who hear them the right to slap back?