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May 17, 2019

Parkland's Stoneman Douglas therapy dogs featured in yearbook

This year’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School yearbook includes the portraits of 14 therapy dogs who provided comfort and a paw to students after last year’s mass shooting.

May 8, 2019

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill letting more teachers carry guns in school

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday that would allow more state teachers to carry guns in school with district approval.

May 6, 2019

Florida school districts push back against bill to arm teachers

School districts in Florida have pushed back against a bill -- awaiting the governor's approval to become law -- that would allow some teachers to be armed.

May 3, 2019

Alleged Parkland gunman to be represented by public defenders despite large inheritance, judge rules

The public defenders representing Nikolas Cruz must continue to defend the Parkland school shooter, despite their recent request to be removed from the case after learning Cruz is due to inherit more than $430,000.

April 25, 2019

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz set for windfall, leading public defenders to request withdrawing

The public defenders for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz on Wednesday asked to be removed from the case after they learned he is about to inherit more than $430,000.

April 24, 2019

Florida sheriff Scott Israel, blamed in Parkland shooting aftermath, is dealt blow by state’s Supreme Court

Florida’s Supreme Court has dealt a blow against a sheriff who has been fighting against his removal from office earlier this year by the state’s governor over criticism that he failed to prevent the Parkland high school shooting.

April 18, 2019

Attorneys for Florida school shooting suspect want to question his mental counselors alone

Attorneys for the suspect in last year's Florida school massacre will ask a judge to let them question his former mental health counselors without prosecutors present.

April 15, 2019

Pulitzer Prizes honor coverage of Parkland, Pittsburgh and Annapolis mass shootings

The South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won Pulitzer Prizes on Monday and were recognized along with the Capital Gazette of Maryland for their coverage of the horrifying mass shootings in 2018 at a high school, a synagogue and a newsroom itself.

April 9, 2019

Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz’s cryptic love letters from jail to UK woman revealed

Accused Florida high school gunman Nikolas Cruz wrote love letters from jail to a woman in United Kingdom detailing his desire to get married and have children named after guns while contemplating death and the death penalty — all while avoiding speaking about the 17 people he killed on Feb. 14, 2018.

March 30, 2019

Dick’s Sporting Goods reports $150 million in lost sales after halting assault-weapons sales

Dick’s Sporting Goods’ bottom line took a very big hit after halting the sale of assault-style weapons in response to the Parkland school massacre