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Gun control takes center stage in 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential race
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Monday released a sweeping plan to curb gun violence by creating a national licensing program and repealing a law that gives gun manufacturers legal immunity, becoming the latest Democrat in the 2020 presidential race to make gun control measures ...
Florida governor suspends sheriff who 'failed' in Parkland school shooting
Florida's governor on Friday suspended the sheriff who oversaw the response to last year's Parkland school shooting over failings in his handling of the massacre. Gov. Ron DeSantis said Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel had "repeatedly failed" and "demonstrated a pattern of poor leadership" following ...
More big-name firms embroiled in recent U.S. political debates, inviting Trump's wrath
Nike's "Just Do It" campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick is a rare example of a brand jumping into a divisive issue uninvited. Still, like it or not, American companies are increasingly being pulled into the country's political and cultural wars. Here's a look at other companies ...
Florida school opens for class with new security after February massacre of 17 but worries remain
The Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February opened on Wednesday for a new school year with three armed guards and other new security measures that some parents and students worried would not be enough. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in ...
The FBI says it has identified a series of behavioral signs that may flag a person as a potential mass shooter, and allow police to ward off killing sprees. Mass shooters are mostly white men suffering from various stress factors, a belief that they are ...
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'Do something': Parkland students express anger after Texas shooting
Survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, took to social media to express outrage and heartbreak after a student opened fire at a high school in Texas on Friday, killing 10 people. The shooting at Santa Fe High School marks the deadliest school shooting ...
Fox host Laura Ingraham takes vacation as more advertisers flee amid outcry
Fox News show host Laura Ingraham announced on her show late Friday that she is taking the week off, after many advertisers dropped her show after the conservative pundit mocked a teenage survivor of the Florida school massacre on Twitter. At least 12 companies have ...
They have walked out, marched and demanded action across America to stop gun violence. But it's far from certain that the young people behind the "March for Our Lives" movement will be a political force at the ballot box this fall. Republicans are skeptical. Democrats ...
'Vote them out!': Thousands register to vote at U.S. gun-control marches
Voter registration activists fanned out among young Americans who marched for tighter gun laws Saturday, signing up thousands of first-time voters who vowed to eject lawmakers who oppose gun controls. With midterm congressional elections eight months away, the activists flocked to some 800 marches across ...
Northwestern University report of gunman on campus was 'swatting' hoax: police
A report of a gunman at a Northwestern University residence hall and shots fired was a hoax, a suburban Chicago police official said Wednesday. Evanston Police Cmdr. Ryan Glew said a call to police reporting shots fired at Engelhart Hall, a graduate student residence, was ...
Florida prosecutor seeking death penalty for youth in Parkland school massacre
Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the former student accused of murdering 17 people in a shooting spree last month at a Parkland high school, according to a notice filed in court on Tuesday. Michael Satz, the state attorney for Broward ...
