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Florida School Shooting Survivor Anthony Borges Rejects 'Hero' Label
A survivor of the Florida school shooting nicknamed "Iron Man" for his efforts to save classmates said he did not want to be labeled a "hero," as his family announced a lawsuit against authorities.
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Students In US To Lead "March For Our Lives", The Largest Anti-Gun Protest In A Generation
Galvanized by a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday in the biggest protest for gun control in a generation.
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Insurers' New Business: "Active Shooter" Policies For US Schools
Since the Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school, where 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured, seven South Florida school district have bought $3 million worth of "active shooter" coverage that Marshall's Ohio-based employer, the McGowan Companies, began selling in 2016.
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US Family 'Called 911 Three Times' On The Parkland Shooter
A US family was so frightened by the Florida high school shooter that they called emergency services three times before he killed 17 people on Valentine's Day, his caregiver recalled Tuesday.
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Video Shows Florida Deputy Outside Parkland High School During Rampage
The Broward County Sheriff's Office released video footage Thursday that showed the armed school resource officer on campus during the Parkland, Florida, shooting rampage standing outside a school building while the massacre unfolded inside.
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#ENOUGH: US Students Stage Walkout Against Gun Violence, A Month After Florida School Shooting
From Washington to Los Angeles, students walked out of US classrooms Wednesday in the largest grassroots protest against gun violence seen in years, demanding action one month to the day after a deadly shooting rampage at a Florida high school.
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Suspected Florida School Shooter Silent In Court, Judge Enters Not-Guilty Plea
A Florida judge entered a not-guilty plea for Nikolas Cruz, who faces a possible death penalty for a massacre at a high school last month that killed 17 people and triggered a nationwide walkout of students on Wednesday.
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Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty For Florida School Shooter
The charges against Cruz -- 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder -- are to be read out in court on Wednesday.
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White House To Help Arm School Staff To Increase Campus Safety: Officials
President Donald Trump's administration will step up aid to states that want to arm school employees under a plan to increase campus safety after the killing of 17 people in Florida, officials said Sunday.
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After Florida Shooting, Trump Pulls Back From Big Changes To Gun Laws
US President Donald Trump will support a modest set of fixes to gun laws, stepping back from some of the more sweeping changes he had considered after the country's latest mass school shooting, senior officials told reporters on Sunday.
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US Gun Lobby Sues Florida For Raising Minimum Age To 21 For Buying Arms
The US' National Rifles Association (NRA) has sued Florida after Governor Rick Scott signed a gun control legislation, the first in the state, in the wake of the February 14 high school massacre, the media reported.
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Play Dead If He Shoots: Mom Tells Daughter During Florida School Shooting, Reveals 911 Call
"If he shoots, play dead," the mother of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student told her daughter during the Florida mass shooting last month that left 17 dead, according to a recording of an emergency 911 call released on Thursday.
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19-Year-Old Florida School Shooting Suspect Nikolas Cruz Indicted On 17 Murder Counts
A Broward County, Florida, grand jury on Wednesday indicted Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old charged with the school shooting rampage last month, on 34 counts of premeditated murder and attempted murder.
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Florida School Shooting Victim Files Legal Notice To Sue Local Government
A lawyer for a student wounded in February's mass shooting at a Florida high school on Monday filed a legal notice of intent to sue the county sheriff's office and the school district for failing to protect the students.
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Florida State Senate Votes Against Arming Most Classroom Teachers
Florida's Republican-controlled Senate voted on Monday to generally exclude classroom teachers from a plan to allow school staff to carry firearms as part of a package of measures in response to a school shooting that took 17 lives last month.
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Florida School Shooting Survivor Anthony Borges Rejects 'Hero' Label
A survivor of the Florida school shooting nicknamed "Iron Man" for his efforts to save classmates said he did not want to be labeled a "hero," as his family announced a lawsuit against authorities.
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Students In US To Lead "March For Our Lives", The Largest Anti-Gun Protest In A Generation
Galvanized by a massacre at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to take to the streets in cities across the United States on Saturday in the biggest protest for gun control in a generation.
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Insurers' New Business: "Active Shooter" Policies For US Schools
Since the Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school, where 17 people were killed and more than a dozen injured, seven South Florida school district have bought $3 million worth of "active shooter" coverage that Marshall's Ohio-based employer, the McGowan Companies, began selling in 2016.
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US Family 'Called 911 Three Times' On The Parkland Shooter
A US family was so frightened by the Florida high school shooter that they called emergency services three times before he killed 17 people on Valentine's Day, his caregiver recalled Tuesday.
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Video Shows Florida Deputy Outside Parkland High School During Rampage
The Broward County Sheriff's Office released video footage Thursday that showed the armed school resource officer on campus during the Parkland, Florida, shooting rampage standing outside a school building while the massacre unfolded inside.
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#ENOUGH: US Students Stage Walkout Against Gun Violence, A Month After Florida School Shooting
From Washington to Los Angeles, students walked out of US classrooms Wednesday in the largest grassroots protest against gun violence seen in years, demanding action one month to the day after a deadly shooting rampage at a Florida high school.
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Suspected Florida School Shooter Silent In Court, Judge Enters Not-Guilty Plea
A Florida judge entered a not-guilty plea for Nikolas Cruz, who faces a possible death penalty for a massacre at a high school last month that killed 17 people and triggered a nationwide walkout of students on Wednesday.
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Prosecutors To Seek Death Penalty For Florida School Shooter
The charges against Cruz -- 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder -- are to be read out in court on Wednesday.
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White House To Help Arm School Staff To Increase Campus Safety: Officials
President Donald Trump's administration will step up aid to states that want to arm school employees under a plan to increase campus safety after the killing of 17 people in Florida, officials said Sunday.
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After Florida Shooting, Trump Pulls Back From Big Changes To Gun Laws
US President Donald Trump will support a modest set of fixes to gun laws, stepping back from some of the more sweeping changes he had considered after the country's latest mass school shooting, senior officials told reporters on Sunday.
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US Gun Lobby Sues Florida For Raising Minimum Age To 21 For Buying Arms
The US' National Rifles Association (NRA) has sued Florida after Governor Rick Scott signed a gun control legislation, the first in the state, in the wake of the February 14 high school massacre, the media reported.
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Play Dead If He Shoots: Mom Tells Daughter During Florida School Shooting, Reveals 911 Call
"If he shoots, play dead," the mother of a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student told her daughter during the Florida mass shooting last month that left 17 dead, according to a recording of an emergency 911 call released on Thursday.
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19-Year-Old Florida School Shooting Suspect Nikolas Cruz Indicted On 17 Murder Counts
A Broward County, Florida, grand jury on Wednesday indicted Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old charged with the school shooting rampage last month, on 34 counts of premeditated murder and attempted murder.
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Florida School Shooting Victim Files Legal Notice To Sue Local Government
A lawyer for a student wounded in February's mass shooting at a Florida high school on Monday filed a legal notice of intent to sue the county sheriff's office and the school district for failing to protect the students.
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Florida State Senate Votes Against Arming Most Classroom Teachers
Florida's Republican-controlled Senate voted on Monday to generally exclude classroom teachers from a plan to allow school staff to carry firearms as part of a package of measures in response to a school shooting that took 17 lives last month.
