Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

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As Stoneman Douglas Resumes Class, Survivors Become Students Once More

2:31pm February 28, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Two weeks after a gunman killed 17 people at the high school, students returned to class Wednesday — this time joined by police officers, grief counselors and supporters cheering them on.

Surviving a shooting at his high school turned Gabe Glassman into a gun-control activist. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sophomore says political activism is his way of coping.

'We Were In That School': Parkland Students Prepare To Return After Shooting

5:00pm February 27, 2018

by Gabe Glassman

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students return to school Wednesday, two weeks after the deadly shooting. Sophomore Gabe Glassman captures what day-to-day life is like for these students now.

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Protesters listen during the Senate Rules Committee meeting on gun safety at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.

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Seeking To Make Schools Safer, Florida Legislators Take Up Gun Measures

7:48pm February 26, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

State lawmakers are tackling bills that, if passed, would impose age limits on gun sales, implement a waiting period and allow authorities to confiscate weapons.

Nikolas Cruz appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Logs Of 911 Calls Reveal The Troubled History Of Florida School Shooter

9:29pm February 23, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Records show that Broward County had received multiple calls since 2008 about the volatile behavior of the young man arrested in the Parkland, Fla., high school shooting.

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel speaks during a news conference at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

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Florida School Cop Took No Action During Last Week's Fatal Shooting

10:24pm February 22, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Broward Sheriff Scott Israel says he is "devastated" by video footage of his armed deputy standing outside the school doing "nothing" during the shootings of students and faculty members.

President Trump meeting with state and local officials on school violence Thursday, including Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Trump Appears To Read From The NRA's Script Hours After The Gun Lobby Chief's Speech

9:23pm February 22, 2018

The president held another meeting on the subject of school safety after last week's after 17 people were killed last week in a shooting at a Florida high school.

High school students from Parkland, Fla., where a young man gunned down 17 people, react as the state's House of Representatives voted not to hear a bill banning assault rifles.

Florida House Declines Debate On Assault Rifles, Calls Porn A 'Health Risk'

3:51pm February 21, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The lawmakers voted 71-36 against opening up debate on the bill that would ban assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, leaving it in committees that aren't scheduled to meet during this session.

Students gather on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla., protesting for stricter gun laws on Wednesday. Students at schools across Broward and Miami-Dade counties in South Florida also planned short walkouts in support.

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'We Will Not Give Up': Fla. School Shooting Survivors March For Tougher Gun Laws

2:01pm February 21, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Thousands descended on Tallahassee to demand legislative action to prevent future school shootings. "This is only the beginning of our history," one student said. "Please be on the right side of it."

A woman cries during a candlelight vigil Thursday for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla.

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Community Mourns At Candlelight Vigil After Deadly School Shooting

1:43pm February 16, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Thousands gathered at a local park, some chanting "no more guns," amid tearful remembrances of the 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

President Donald Trump spoke Friday from the White House about Thursday's shootings at a South Florida high school.

Trump Calls For Mental Health Action After Shooting; His Budget Would Cut Programs

6:51pm February 15, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The president offered his sympathies to victims and the nation. He also said mental health problems need to be addresed but he offered no plan for doing that.