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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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On Parkland Anniversary, Gun Control Advocates Press Biden for Action
President Joe Biden says his administration stands with the advocates working to end gun violence and is urging the nation to uphold what he calls the “solemn obligation” to “keep each other safe.”
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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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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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Confessed Parkland Shooter to Plead Guilty in Mass Shooting, Pleads Guilty in Attack on Guard
The gunman who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school will plead guilty to their murders next week, his attorneys said Friday, bringing some closure to a South Florida community more than three years after an attack that sparked a nationwide movement for gun control. After speaking with his lawyers, Nikolas Cruz entered a guilty…
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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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#MSDStrong: Third Anniversary of Parkland School Shooting Remembered
Three years after arguably the worst tragedy in the history of South Florida, the lives of 17 people killed during a shooting inside a Broward County school were honored Sunday. Events were held across the county to pay tribute to the lives taken – 14 students and three staff members – during the Feb. 14th, 2018, mass shooting inside Parkland’s…
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For Parkland Seniors, High School Years Bookended by Tragedy
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Class of 2021 has endured a high school experience bookended by tragedies
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Judge: School District Had No Duty to Predict Danger Posed by Parkland Shooting Suspect
Days before the three-year mark of the Parkland school massacre that left 17 dead and almost two dozen injured came more difficult news for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas families fighting to hold the Broward County school district partly accountable for the shooting.
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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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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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Parkland School Shooting Trial Delayed Until at Least Summer
The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will face a death penalty case stemming from the February 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead.
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Secret Service Study: School Shooters Showed Warning Signs
Most students who committed deadly school attacks over the past decade were badly bullied, had a history of disciplinary trouble and their behavior concerned others but was never reported, according to a U.S. Secret Service study released Thursday. In at least four cases, attackers wanted to emulate other school shootings, including those at Columbine High School in Colorado, Virginia Tech...
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Researchers Concerned by Florida's Amassing of Student Data to Predict School Shootings
Researchers from the Aspen Institute are raising concerns about a Florida initiative meant to collect and collate huge amounts of data on schoolchildren in the state, according to a report released Thursday. Florida schools are now required to collect, store and crunch data on students in the name of predicting school shootings. The Florida Schools Safety Portal, or FSSP, executive...
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Man Convicted of Harassing Parkland Victims' Families
Court records show that 22-year-old Brandon Fleury was found guilty in Fort Lauderdale federal court Tuesday of cyberstalking and transmitting a kidnap threat. The Santa Ana, California, man faces up to 20 years in prison at his Dec. 2 sentencing.