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Teen girl planned to commit ‘Parkland part two’ in Valentine’s Day school shooting, police say

Trinity Shockley allegedly wanted to prove she was the ‘number one fan’ Nikolas Cruz, the convicted Parkland school shooter, with a Valentine’s Day copycat attack

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Up First briefing: 3 charged in Montgomery brawl; David Hogg's young leaders PAC

Three men are charged with assault after a riverfront brawl in Montgomery, Ala. And, Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg starts a PAC to support young Democratic leaders.

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Parkland survivor calls out Florida senator after he reveals friend was killed in Louisville shooting

Victim Tommy Elliott was banker ‘for many years’ for Republican politician Rick Scott

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From Parkland families, parting words of grace and sorrow

It has been five years since the massacre at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School claimed 17 lives, an observance that is different from previous ones.

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This Parkland dad has a history of interrupting Biden. But he found the GOP’s behaviour at SOTU ‘offensive’

Manuel Oliver lost his son, 17-year-old Joaquin ‘Guac’ Oliver, in the February 2018 school shooting in Florida. He tells Sheila Flynn what it was like attending his second State of the Union address

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Former classmates of Parkland shooter face him on final day of sentencing: ‘Without your stupid gun, you are nothing”

Survivor Sam Fuentes and victim Joaquin Oliver’s girlfriend Victoria Gonzales directly addressed the confessed shooter

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Gran of Parkland school shooting victim, 14, tells 'monster' he will 'burn in hell'

The families of 17 people shot dead and 17 left wounded in Parkland, Florida, are standing up in court and addressing former Stoneman Douglas High School student Nikolas Cruz

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Parkland families share anguish at Nikolas Cruz sentencing hearing: ‘Because of you, I will never feel safe’

Parents, grandparents and spouses of those killed and injured in the attack shared their anguish after Cruz was spared from the death sentence by a non-unanimous jury

The Independent UK

‘He’s constantly going to live in fear.’ Spared execution, Cruz faces hellish life in prison

MIAMI — Had Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz been sent to Florida’s Death Row, his daily life while awaiting execution would not have been easy. But he would have enjoyed certain comforts: his own cell, meals delivered three times a day, clean clothes and towels brought to him, and no…

Miami Herald

Nikolas Cruz defence refuses to share his reaction to life sentence verdict

‘This day is not a day of celebration, but a day of solemn acknowledgement and a solemn opportunity to reflect on the healing that is necessary for this community,’ public defender says

The Independent UK

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz avoids death penalty and is sentenced to life

Survivors and relatives of the 17 Parkland victims shook their heads as the verdict was read out

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Prosecution witness challenges conclusions about Parkland gunman’s mental struggles

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The confessed Parkland gunman scored low on cognitive tests designed to measure his ability to develop and carry out long-term plans, solve problems and deal with abstract issues.

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‘I’m a bad kid. I want to kill!’ Parkland gunman’s teacher says she kept his records in case they’d be needed in future

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland gunman’s eighth grade teacher was so troubled by his disturbing schoolwork that she saved a copy for her records in case it was ever needed.

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‘Daddy’s dead’: Mother’s friend describes moment Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz watched father die

‘As clear as sunshine he said, ‘No, Daddy is dead,’’ testifies Finai Browd, a friend of Nikolas Cruz’s late adoptive mother

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Parkland gunman’s childhood on display in courtroom, in testimony and photos

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland school shooter was a child once, a baby-faced kid who posed for pictures with his family and smiled dutifully, a little boy enrolled in day care like so many other children his age.

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As his defense launches, Parkland shooter still fixated on blood, murder, revenge

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz still fantasizes about murdering people he hates. He smeared the devil’s “666″ on his cell wall recently, in his own blood, and drew disturbing sketches using a red Atomic FireBall candy. He’s glad he can wear a mask in court, he…

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Stoneman Douglas shooting site won’t come down until next year at the earliest

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland building where a teenage gunman shot and killed 17 people will continue to stand at least until next year, even though the jury deciding the gunman’s fate has already finished its tour of the crime scene.

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Graphic Parkland videos withheld from courtroom view, but jurors must endure every detail

Editor’s note: Prosecutors seeking the death penalty against confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz are tasked with convincing a jury to vote for execution over a life sentence. They are presenting graphic testimony to the jury, some of which comes in the form of video that is being withheld from…

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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…

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House Republican slams Parkland survivor

Rep. Andy Biggs went to Tucker Carlson to complain about being confronted by gun safety activist David Hogg

The Independent UK

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s defence attorneys request to withdraw from death penalty trial

Trial to decide if killer of 17 is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole

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American exceptionalism: the poison that cannot protect its children from violent death

I had always been afraid of America. Once, in Alaska, we had dinner with a man my father was working with, and he had actually uttered the line – that iconic American saying, so ridiculous as to be almost unbelievable. Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. I thought he…

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AOC skewers Manchin for repeating quotes in response to Parkland and Uvalde

Democrat is currently involved in cross parts talks

Tribune News Service

Texas school massacre casts its shadow on Parkland mass shooting trial

The Parkland mass shooting trial will not be delayed by the massacre at a Texas elementary school.

Salon

21 dead in Texas: "They failed our kids"

Texas community suffers worst school shooting since Sandy Hook: GOP offers prayers; activists demand gun reform

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