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Florida offers moment of silence year after Parkland massacre, remembers the 17 victims
Hundreds of thousands across Florida observed a moment of silence Thursday morning to mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that killed 17 people. The massacre renewed the national debate on guns and school safety and ...
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 ...
Student organizers of gun control rallies that drew hundreds of thousands to U.S. streets vowed Sunday there will be no letup in their campaign for reform. The nationwide protests on Saturday were by far the largest in nearly two decades, part of a reignited gun ...
‘Never Again’: Student-led U.S. gun protests draw huge crowds
More than a million Americans flooded the streets of cities nationwide for emotional protests demanding tighter gun control on Saturday — marches spearheaded by teenagers from a Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead last month. "Politicians, either represent the people or get ...
'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 ...
