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At sentencing, Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz faces the death penalty

5:00am July 18, 2022

by Greg Allen

In a Florida court Monday, lawyers for Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, will ask a jury to spare his life. He already pleaded guilty to the murders.

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A Colorado farmer makes a sacrifice to keep neighboring farms up and running

5:00am July 18, 2022

by Michael Elizabeth Sakas

The farmer is being paid to stop pumping water from a depleted underground aquifer. That project could become a model elsewhere as overuse and climate change stress groundwater supplies.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (right) has sued the CDC over its air travel mask mandate, while Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (left) has sued and sent cease and desist letters to dozens of school districts over mask mandates.

Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers

5:00am July 18, 2022

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.

Emergency personnel gather after a deadly shooting Sunday, July 17, 2022, at the Greenwood Park Mall, in Greenwood, Ind.

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3 people are fatally shot and 2 injured at an Indiana mall, police say

11:15pm July 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

A 22-year-old man who was legally carrying a firearm at the mall shot and killed the gunman, police say.c

People visit a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting at Robb Elementary School outside the Uvalde County Courthouse on June 30.

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A report detailed the missed warning signs and motives of the Uvalde gunman

10:13pm July 17, 2022

by Wynne Davis

In the year before the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the gunman purchased accessories, became aggressive toward women online and in person, and was nicknamed "school shooter" by those who knew him.

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A new report blames all levels of law enforcement for a systemic failure in Uvalde

5:25pm July 17, 2022

Families and the public are learning more about what happened during the deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary in May.

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The Parkland shooter is about to stand trial

5:25pm July 17, 2022

by Greg Allen

Opening statements begin Monday in the trial of the gunman who killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Fla., in 2018. A jury will decide if he receives the death penalty.

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Use these tips to keep your time at the airport as easy as possible

5:25pm July 17, 2022

A surge in passengers combined with a pilot and flight attendant shortage has created havoc at airports. NPR's Michel Martin asks Benet Wilson at The Points Guy for tips on flying this summer.

The view from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The mountain is the tallest peak in the park and sits on the Tennessee-North Carolina border. It's sacred to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who hope to see the name of the mou

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Cherokee tribe supports renaming Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains National Park

4:50pm July 17, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The Cherokee Indians referred to the mountain as Kuwahi for hundreds of years, long before it was dubbed Clingmans Dome in 1859.

In this photo from surveillance video provided by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District via the Austin American-Statesman, authorities respond to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.

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Nearly 400 officers were in Uvalde before the gunman was killed, a new report finds

3:39pm July 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

The scathing new report by lawmakers in Texas says "systemic failures" created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman at Robb Elementary School was finally confronted.