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School Shooting Sweatshirts From Bstroy Spark Outrage at Fashion Week
Streetwear brand Bstroy is facing backlash after debuting their latest clothing collection. The New York-based brand unveiled its Spring 2020 collection at a fashion show earlier this week, and many Instagram users are calling some of the designs “disgusting” and “tasteless” in response. The garments at the center of the controversy? A series of sweatshirts embroidered with the names of...
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Public Defender Wants to Drop Parkland Shooting Suspect
The public defenders representing the suspect in the Parkland school massacre asked to withdraw from the case Wednesday, saying the defendant will soon receive nearly a half-million dollars in life insurance money and no longer qualify for free legal representation.
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Some Polls Show Parents' Growing Fears of Dangers at School
The deadly attack at Columbine High School in 1999 seemed to usher in a new era of school shootings. Two decades later, polls consistently capture growing fears among American parents that their children face imminent danger whenever they go to school. Those fears have only intensified since attacks at an elementary school in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, and last year...
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Columbine Survivors Raise Children in World Shaped by Attack
Twenty years after teenage gunmen attacked Columbine High School, many alumni of the Littleton, Colorado, school have become parents. The emotional toll of the shooting that killed 12 classmates and a teacher has been amplified by fears about their own kids’ safety, spiking each time yet another shooter enters yet another school. As the survivors of Columbine entered adulthood, they...
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Reflection: Remembering the 17 Parkland Victims
One year after – as families continue to grieve and activists organize to prevent similar tragedies from ever occurring – we remember the students, teachers and staff members who lost their lives, yet whose presence remains.
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Parents of 2 Parkland Shooting Victims Want Pulitzer for Local Paper
Two parents who lost daughters in last year’s Parkland, Florida, school shooting are calling for their local newspaper to win the Pulitzer Prize, saying the South Florida Sun Sentinel has stayed on the story to demand accountability long after the national media left. The parents, Ryan Petty and Andrew Pollack, wrote an open letter to judges who decide the Pulitzer...
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Billboard in Back Bay Advocates Stricter Gun Control
Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin Oliver was shot dead inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas on Valentine’s Day, unveiled the new billboard in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood near Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox. Oliver designed the 90-foot long billboard featuring an image of the 17-year-old to advocate for stricter gun control.
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Students From Across Country Advocate for School Safety in DC
During a summit held in D.C., students from around the country addressed gun violence and ways to make schools safer. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Arrest Means the Beginning of New Journey for Widow of Parkland Father
A 19-year-old suspect has been arrested over the fatal shooting of the father of Parkland school shooting survivors, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Top Moments From the 2018 Tony Awards
“The Band’s Visit” came away with the top prize for best new musical at Sunday’s 72nd annual Tony Awards honoring accomplishments in Broadway productions, followed by “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
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Parents of Marjory Stoneman Douglas Shooting Victims to Run For Broward School Board
Both parents are supported by a group called Concerned Citizens of Broward County, which was formed to express school security concerns before focusing on voting out school board members they say weren’t “responsive” to their issue.
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Father of Parkland Victim Says He Filed Lawsuit Against ‘Coward' School Resource Officer
The father of a teen who was fatally shot in the Parkland school tragedy said he has filed a lawsuit against the former school resource officer criticized for not confronting the gunman.
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NRA Bans Guns From Texas Convention When Trump, Pence Speak
Attendees at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas can carry their firearms — except during the forum where President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence speak Friday. Some students at the Parkland, Florida, high school where 17 people were killed in February criticized the NRA on social media for what they see as hypocrisy.
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1,200 Host Families Offer Up Space for Protesting Students
About 500,000 protesters are headed for D.C. on Saturday for the March for Our Lives, and many are looking for a place to stay for the weekend. News4’s Nicole Jacobs reports.
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March for Our Lives Planned Between Capitol, Trump Hotel
Teenage survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are seeking permission to march between the Capitol and the Trump International Hotel.
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Hero Stoneman Coach Laid to Rest
Marjory Stoneman Douglas assistant football coach Aaron Feis was laid to rest Thursday as friends and family members remembered his as a hero during the school shooting.
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‘Marching for Our Lives': Survivors of Florida Shooting Announce March on Washington
Teen survivors of the deadly high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, plan to bring their call for stricter gun laws to Washington, D.C.
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6 Friends Shattered by Florida Shooting Forge New Bond
It was the final period of the day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High and Jonathan Blank was in history class, learning about the Holocaust. Across campus, five of his friends, pals since grade school, sat in different classrooms watching the clock. In 19 minutes, school would be out and the buddies had plans this Valentine’s Day: a little basketball and...
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Parkland Holds Vigil for Victims in High School Shooting
A community came together after tragedy struck and 17 people were killed by a gunman. A candlelight vigil was held. NBC 6’s Michael Spears reports.
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Broward Sheriff Gives Details on School Shooting Suspect
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel gives details on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting suspect Nikolaus Cruz.