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Florida House again moves to allow teens to purchase guns
[ad_1] Credit: Shutterstock The Florida House is again moving to pass a controversial bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and…
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Education
Parkland Families, Students Watch As Demolition Begins At School Shooting Site
[ad_1] Demolition efforts began Friday at the site of the three-story classroom building in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were fatally shot on Valentine’s…
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Emboldened Biden, Dems push ban on so-called assault weapons
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called…
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Board fires schools chief after Parkland massacre report
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The superintendent of Florida’s second largest school district was fired following a late-night motion brought up by a board…
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Parkland killer to get life, but families getting their say
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Parents, wives, children and siblings of the 17 people murdered by Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz finally got their…
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Sentencing hearing set for Parkland school mass murderer
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s two-day sentencing hearing begins Tuesday with the families of the 17 people he murdered…
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Families get final say before Parkland shooter is sentenced
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison this week — but not before the…
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Parkland shooter’s life sentence could bring changes to law
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It wasn’t long ago that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz would have been looking at a near-certain death sentence…
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Parkland shooter prosecutors call for probe of juror threat
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Prosecutors in the case of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are calling for an investigation after a juror said…
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Jury reaches decision on sentence of Parkland school shooter
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A jury said Thursday that it has reached a decision on whether to recommend that Florida school shooter Nikolas…
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EXPLAINER: What next in the Florida school shooter trial?
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The jurors who will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to death or life without parole…
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Attorneys argue over school shooter’s fate: death or prison
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The prosecutor and defense attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz agreed Tuesday that his 2018 attack that killed…
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Florida school shooter may have been his own worst witness
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s possible Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz talked himself into a death sentence. Prosecutors played video last week at…
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Florida school shooter contemplated massacre for years
[ad_1] FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz told a prosecution psychiatrist he began contemplating a mass murder during middle school, doing…
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Woman charged with setting fire at apartment that killed 4
[ad_1] A former tenant is heading to court to face arson and murder charges in connection with a fire at a Massachusetts apartment building…
Education
Catholic School Installs Active Shooter Response System to Protect Students and Staff
[ad_1] Press Release – updated: Aug 10, 2018 NEWTON, Kan., August 10, 2018 (Newswire.com) – St. Mary Catholic School in Newton, KS has installed…
Government
Anonymous Alerts Program Fits the Bill for the Recently Passed STOP School Violence Act
[ad_1] The STOP School Violence Act Prioritizes Funding for Anonymous Reporting Programs in Schools Press Release – updated: Mar 22, 2018 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.,…