Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Nikolas Cruz speaks to public defender Diane Cuddihy, right, during a hearing in March.

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Parkland Shooter's Public Defenders Seek To Withdraw Because Cruz Will Inherit Money

10:57am April 25, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

A parent's life insurance policy will mean a more than $400,000 payout for Nikolas Cruz. The public defender's office can only represent people who can't afford representation on their own.

Suzanne Devine Clark, an art teacher at Deerfield Beach Elementary School, places painted stones at a memorial outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on the first anniversary of the school shooting Thursday.

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'We Live With It Every Day': Parkland Community Marks 1 Year Since Massacre

3:54pm February 14, 2019

by Amy Held

Following a year of outraged activism, some survivors went silent Thursday. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School invited students to participate in community service projects.

A report released on Wednesday concluded that a series of security breaches and law enforcement failures allowed an active shooter to kill 17 students and faculty.

Parkland Shooting Panel Report Calls For Arming Teachers, Chronicles Slew Of Blunders

10:08pm January 03, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The 439-page report provides an account of what led to the massacre last year and it notes instances in which officials told untruths about what happened and how they responded.

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie (center) speaks to media in February in Parkland, Fla., the day after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He is flanked by Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel (left) and Florida

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As Parkland Cases Begin, Duty Of School And Deputy Come Under Scrutiny

5:28pm December 18, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The criminal and civil cases related to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are just beginning — and they raise a number of thorny questions about who is responsible for a tragedy.

Glimmer of Hope, by March For Our Lives founders.

'Glimmer Of Hope' Provides A Blueprint For Launching Social Change

9:40am October 23, 2018

by Aubri Juhasz

With a new collection of essays, the 25 founders of March For Our Lives return the subject of the Parkland shooting and gun violence to national consciousness just in time for midterms elections.

Students arrive Wednesday for their first day back at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, six months after the fatal shootings of Feb. 14.

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1st Day Of School At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, 6 Months After Mass Shooting

11:23pm August 15, 2018

Students returned to the campus for classes for the first time since 17 people were killed in a shooting rampage at the Florida school.

Ayub Ali, 61, was fatally shot during a robbery at Aunt Molly's Food Store in North Lauderdale, Fla. on Tuesday.

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Father Of 2 Parkland Shooting Survivors Is Shot And Killed In Robbery

2:17pm July 20, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Ayub Ali was working at his Florida convenience store when a man with a gun walked in. Two of his four kids were in class during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February.

First responders transfer patients from ambulances to Broward Health Medical Center in Ft. Lauderdale on the afternoon of Feb. 14. The hospital was on lockdown after receiving victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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Hospital Lockdowns Can Leave Patients' Loved Ones Locked Out

11:39am July 13, 2018

by Jessica Bakeman

Hospitals are preparing for how to handle mass shootings in case the next one is in their backyard. One difficult call is whether to lockdown the facility, which can have emotional consequences.

Scot Peterson addresses a Broward County school board meeting in 2015. The former school resource officer, criticized for remaining outside during the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., began receiving a monthly pension of more than $8,000 in April.

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Ex-Deputy Who Stayed Outside During Parkland Shooting Getting $8,702 Monthly Pension

3:58pm May 17, 2018

by Amy Held

Parents of some of the 17 people killed in the February massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Florida are expressing outrage over the payments to Scot Peterson.

Sheriff Scott Israel, holds the hand of Anthony Borges, 15, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in a photo released Feb. 18. Anthony was the last Parkland survivor to be released from the hospital and now his lawyer is preparing a lawsuit ag

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'I Feel Good': Final Parkland Shooting Survivor Released From Hospital

9:08pm April 04, 2018

by Amy Held

Teen Anthony Borges was among the most seriously injured after being shot five times. His family is preparing to sue Broward County officials for not doing more "to prevent this tragedy."