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DeSantis ignores challengers as he goes after ‘stumbling’ Biden, while Democrats knock governor's record

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit on two of his favorite themes — extolling the “free state of Florida” and bashing President Joe Biden as dangerous and incompetent — to rally Florida Republicans on Saturday, previewing the kind of pitch he might deliver as a presidential candidate.

Tribune News Service · Jul 24, 2022

Medical examiner, police share precise and painful details about the Stoneman Douglas victims

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jurors in the penalty trial of the confessed Parkland gunman listened to law enforcement officers describe carnage during the fifth day of testimony: injured students pleading for help, and body after body of people who were either defenseless or spent their final breaths providing cover for…

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Law officers describe pleas for help in the aftermath of Parkland mass shooting carnage

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Law enforcement officers described injured Parkland students pleading for help and finding body after body of people who were defenseless, or others who spent their final breaths providing cover for students to escape, during the fifth day of testimony in the penalty trial of the confessed…

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

‘They were both instantly gone’: Teachers, students describe horror of watching Marjory Stoneman Douglas classmates gunned down

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was a scene of confusion — was it a drill? Was it not a drill?

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022

‘They were incredibly brave,’ teacher testifies about students in Parkland trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was a scene of confusion — was it a drill? Was it not a drill?

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022

Parkland gunshot victims and their teachers testify about a Valentine's Day that ended in horror

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The killer gave one warning to one student — “Get out of here,” he said. “Things are going to get bad.”

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022

Parkland gunshot victim who lost brother in mass shooting testifies about ‘trying not to freak out’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Even after he was shot, Alex Dworet tried not to believe the Parkland tragedy was real.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022

‘Things are going to get bad’: Parkland student testifies he was warned by killer before mass shooting

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Even after he was shot, Alex Dworet tried not to believe the Parkland tragedy was real.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022

Two decades of shooter response strategy ignored in Uvalde

A total of 376 officers converged on Robb Elementary School, more than the entire police force in a mid-size American city like Fort Lauderdale, Florida or Tempe, Arizona

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022

‘Someone help me’: Victim’s pleas from video evidence shake courtroom on opening day of Marjory Stoneman Douglas mass shooting trial

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The horrifying sounds of gunshots, screams and pleas for help filled a Broward County courtroom Thursday on the first day of the trial to determine if the confessed Parkland shooter is put to death.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022