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Parkland Survivor Hosts Fundraiser for Jacksonville Shooting Victims, NFL Star to Appear
A Parkland school shooting survivor is helping to raise money for victims killed at a Jacksonville video game tournament.
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Long Island Street Honors Teacher Killed in Florida School Massacre
A Long Island street has been named for a teacher killed after helping shield students from the gunman in last winter’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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Parkland Siblings Detail #NeverAgain Inception In New Book
The teen talks about how he felt like an “outsider” when he first moved to the upscale Florida community halfway through the school year in 2014, but found a sense of place through journalism and photography.
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NRA Bans Guns From Texas Convention When Trump, Pence Speak
Attendees at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas can carry their firearms — except during the forum where President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence speak Friday. Some students at the Parkland, Florida, high school where 17 people were killed in February criticized the NRA on social media for what they see as hypocrisy.
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Up Next for Parkland Students: Town Halls, Midterms Vote
New Jersey, Colorado, Los Angeles, Raleigh-Durham — the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students reel off their upcoming travel schedule at a dizzying pace. This is their new life, traveling the country advocating for gun control, all while trying to keep up with their studies about two months after 17 people were killed in a shooting at their school. “I’ve...
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Stoneman Douglas Students Featured on Time Magazine Cover
Some of the survivors of last month’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who have turned to activism are being featured on the upcoming TIME magazine cover.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Alumni, Survivors Advocate for Safer Gun Laws
Massachusetts alumni of the Florida high school where a mass shooting took place last month will advocate for safer gun laws Tuesday at the statehouse.
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Happening Today: Russia Probe, Gun Control Debate, Fergie
Here’s what to know for Monday, Feb.19.
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March for Our Lives Planned Between Capitol, Trump Hotel
Teenage survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, are seeking permission to march between the Capitol and the Trump International Hotel.
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Forecast for Monday, Feb. 19
Storm Team 4’s Chris Cimino’s weather forecast for Monday, Feb. 19.
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Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Think Trump Is Racist: Poll
More than half of Americans, including large majorities of blacks and Hispanics, think President Donald Trump is a racist. More than half think his policies have made things worse for Hispanics and Muslims, and nearly half say they’ve made things worse for African Americans. According to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 57 percent...
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Parkland School Tragedy Survivors Reach Tallahassee, Vocal in Push for Gun Laws
A hundred Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students reached Florida’s capital Tuesday to urge lawmakers to act to prevent a repeat of the shooting that killed 17 students and faculty last week.
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Fla. Shooting Survivors Endure New Assault – From Online Trolls
One student was teased about being a “brown, bald lesbian.” Another was the target of conspiracy theorists who claimed he was really an actor. When a group of teens posed for a photo, they were accused of lapping up attention from the news cameras and “partying like rock stars.”
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Americans Say Congress Listens to the Wrong People: Study
Looking for common ground with your neighbor these days? Try switching subjects from the weather to Congress. Chances are, you both agree it’s terrible. In red, blue or purple states, in middle America or on the coasts, most Americans loathe the nation’s legislature. One big reason: Most think lawmakers are listening to all the wrong people, suggests a new study...
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‘Get on the Right Side': Shooting Survivors Decry Government ‘Inaction'
The young students who survived Wednesday’s deadly massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have found themselves at the center of the country’s tempestuous gun control debate — and they’re not shying away. Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Alex Wind and Jaclyn Corin appeared on a slew of Sunday morning shows, including NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Chuck Todd,...
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Ellen Donates $50,000 to Florida Shooting Survivors
Ellen DeGeneres joined the March for Our Lives movement Friday when she brought three survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, on her show to share their stories. DeGeneres partnered with Shutterfly, an organization that helps school students, to donate $50,000 towards the gun violence protest. The deadly mass shooting, which took the lives of...