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Florida House again moves to allow teens to purchase guns

November 19, 2025November 20, 2025 · Orlando, Florida Local News

Credit: Shutterstock The Florida House is again moving to pass a controversial bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 21…

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Parkland Families, Students Watch As Demolition Begins At School Shooting Site

Parkland Families, Students Watch As Demolition Begins At School Shooting Site

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 · Education

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 Day 2018. The demolition at…

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Emboldened Biden, Dems push ban on so-called assault weapons

Emboldened Biden, Dems push ban on so-called assault weapons

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 · US News

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons. America has heard…

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Board fires schools chief after Parkland massacre report

Board fires schools chief after Parkland massacre report

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 · Breaking News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The superintendent of Florida’s second largest school district was fired following a late-night motion brought up by a board member appointed by Florida Gov.…

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Parkland killer to get life, but families getting their say

Parkland killer to get life, but families getting their say

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 · Breaking News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Parents, wives, children and siblings of the 17 people murdered by Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz finally got their chance after almost five years…

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Sentencing hearing set for Parkland school mass murderer

Sentencing hearing set for Parkland school mass murderer

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 · US News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s two-day sentencing hearing begins Tuesday with the families of the 17 people he murdered getting their chance after almost…

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Families get final say before Parkland shooter is sentenced

Families get final say before Parkland shooter is sentenced

October 30, 2022October 30, 2022 · US News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison this week — but not before the families of the 17 people…

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Families get final say before Parkland shooter is sentenced

Parkland shooter’s life sentence could bring changes to law

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 · US News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It wasn’t long ago that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz would have been looking at a near-certain death sentence for murdering 17 people in…

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Parkland shooter prosecutors call for probe of juror threat

Parkland shooter prosecutors call for probe of juror threat

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 · US News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Prosecutors in the case of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are calling for an investigation after a juror said she felt threatened by another…

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Sentencing hearing set for Parkland school mass murderer

Jury reaches decision on sentence of Parkland school shooter

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 · US News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A jury said Thursday that it has reached a decision on whether to recommend that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz be executed for the…

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EXPLAINER: What next in the Florida school shooter trial?

EXPLAINER: What next in the Florida school shooter trial?

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 · Breaking News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The jurors who will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to death or life without parole are expected to begin their…

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Attorneys argue over school shooter’s fate: death or prison

Attorneys argue over school shooter’s fate: death or prison

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 · Breaking News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The prosecutor and defense attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz agreed Tuesday that his 2018 attack that killed 17 people was horrible, but…

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Florida school shooter may have been his own worst witness

Florida school shooter may have been his own worst witness

October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 · US News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s possible Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz talked himself into a death sentence. Prosecutors played video last week at Cruz’s penalty trial of jailhouse…

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Florida school shooter contemplated massacre for years

Florida school shooter contemplated massacre for years

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 · Breaking News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz told a prosecution psychiatrist he began contemplating a mass murder during middle school, doing extensive research on earlier killers…

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Sentencing hearing set for Parkland school mass murderer

Woman charged with setting fire at apartment that killed 4

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 · Breaking News

A former tenant is heading to court to face arson and murder charges in connection with a fire at a Massachusetts apartment building that claimed the lives of…

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Catholic School Installs Active Shooter Response System to Protect Students and Staff

Catholic School Installs Active Shooter Response System to Protect Students and Staff

August 10, 2018February 5, 2023 · Education

Press Release – updated: Aug 10, 2018 NEWTON, Kan., August 10, 2018 (Newswire.com) – St. Mary Catholic School in Newton, KS has installed the SafeDefend Active Shooter Response…

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Anonymous Alerts Program Fits the Bill for the Recently Passed STOP School Violence Act

Anonymous Alerts Program Fits the Bill for the Recently Passed STOP School Violence Act

March 22, 2018November 18, 2022 · Government

The STOP School Violence Act Prioritizes Funding for Anonymous Reporting Programs in Schools Press Release – updated: Mar 22, 2018 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., March 22, 2018 (Newswire.com) –…

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