MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL

Essay on gun violence and Paul Auster's book Bloodbath Nation

A judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., sentenced Nikolas Cruz to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

Prosecutor Carolyn McCann said during a brief hearing that they are not trying to invalidate Thursday's jury vote.

Eleven people working for one of the nation's leading turkey producers have been charged with animal cruelty in Pennsylvania after state police said they were caught on video kicking, stomping and beating turkeys at several farms.

Democrats in Florida are trying to make inroads with Latino voters by focusing on gun safety.

Four school board members appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in one of Florida’s most Democratic counties were sworn into office on Tuesday. The state's Department of Education on Monday voiced “significant concerns" about the school system's actions before, during and after the shootings of 17 people by Nikolas Cruz, a troubled former student who attacked the high school's campus on Valentine's Day in 2018. In a letter sent to Superintendent Vickie Cartwright, the state cited the grand jury's finding of mismanagement of the $800 million voter-approved bond to renovate schools, the underreporting of criminal activity to the state, the district's “almost fanatical desire to control student data” and use it to manipulate public perception, and the practice of allowing students with serious felonies back on school campuses.

The defense for the gunman who killed 17 students and injured 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School argued he's a "damaged human being."

Twelve jurors and 10 alternates who will decide whether Cruz gets the death penalty or life in prison made a rare visit to the massacre scene.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has been sealed and preserved since the 2018 massacre that left 14 students and three staffers dead.

Jurors aren't allowed to converse with each other - when they retrace the path Cruz followed on Feb. 14, 2018.

Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz have toured the still-bloodstained building where he murdered 17 people four years ago.

A woman who admitted her role in a scam that raised $400,000 using a fake story about a homeless man received a one-year prison sentence in federal court Thursday.

During the committee meeting, Rep. Biggs claimed Americans need assault weapons to protect themselves against an "invasion of the southern border."

The state's case against the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gunman will result in the jury deciding whether there was an aggravating factor.

Opening arguments began Monday in the penalty phase of the shooter's trial, in which a jury will decide if the gunman will be sentenced to death.

The 12 jurors chosen to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is executed will be exposed to horrific images and emotional testimony, but must deal with any mental anguish alone.

Four years after a gunman shot up her high school, a young journalist finds herself writing about mass shootings again. In fact, she says, she never stopped.

The Uvalde community is getting love and support in light of the Robb Elementary from the Parkland, Florida community.

The March For Our Lives movement was founded in 2018 after the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The gun-violence-prevention organization is gathering supporters again in response to another deadly school shooting.

In similar tragedies over the years, police encountered similar problems during the shootings at Columbine High School in 1999 and at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

The mass shooting at a Texas elementary school have invaded jury selection at the penalty trial of Florida’s campus killer.

"My innocent son Joaquin was shot four times with an AR-15. And today, we saw an 18-year-old in Texas was able to carry a weapon and kill kids inside their school."

"My innocent son Joaquin was shot four times with an AR-15. And today, we saw an 18-year-old in Texas was able to carry a weapon and kill kids inside their school."

Deputies protecting Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz had to pull him aside and surround him after members of a jury pool became potentially threatening.

The shooter has plead guilty to all 34 counts of murder and attempted murder after opening fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

The Department of Justice said the settlement "does not amount to an admission of fault by the United States" in its statement.

Over 40 civil cases were filed against the Department of Justice following the 2018 shooting.

Federal officials have confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the families of most of those killed and wounded in a 2018 Florida high school massacre over the FBI’s failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack.

Oliver, whose 17-year-old son Joaquin was killed four years ago in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, dropped a banner with a message for President Joe Biden.

The Broward County, Florida, school district will pay more than $26 million to the families of 17 people killed and some of those injured in the 2018 Valentine's Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

A South Florida school district will pay more than $26 million to the families of 17 people killed in the 2018 shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The settlement is over the FBI's failure to act on a tip about the intended attack weeks before the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The settlement is over the FBI's failure to act on a tip about the intended attack weeks before the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Families of more than a dozen victims of the 2018 school shooting have reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve their lawsuit over the FBI's failure to act on tips about the gunman.

The plea comes more than three and a half years after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, which left 14 students and three faculty members dead.

After being accused of hiding during the school shooting that killed 17, a school resource officer will face criminal charges for his actions.

Parkland shooting survivor says their dad believes it was a hoax after QAnon 'consumed his life'

The embattled Broward County Public Schools superintendent at a top district lawyer who were both indicted on felony charges last week have agreed to step down and the board plans to vote on their replacements as early as Thursday.

President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Senators from both parties in the White House on Feb. 11, 2021. President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to strengthen gun laws on the third anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. We will take action to end our epidemic of gun violence and make our schools and communities safer," Biden said. Fourteen students and three staff members were killed in the Parkland shooting. The House passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and the Enhanced Background Checks Act during the last Congress.

President Joe Biden used the the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons. The president used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons. "For those of us who lost loved ones that day, it's pretty much like any other day. Even before the Parkland tragedy, there was already plenty of anguish in Florida over gun violence. “Today, as we mourn with the Parkland community, we mourn for all who have lost loved ones to gun violence,” he said.

As we approach the third anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, it’s a good time to reflect on the magnitude of the situation, as well as where it has led us from there.

The horrific school shooting took place Feb. 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. (Getty Images)Two sisters hug their mother while looking on at a memorial set up for those killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (Getty Images)Melissa Shev visits a memorial set up in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. (Getty Images)Angela Tanner rests against the fence that surrounds Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, on Feb. 18, 2018, in Parkland, Florida. (Getty Images)People are brought out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after the deadly shooting at the school in Parkland, Florida.

A California man was sentenced Monday to more than five years in prison for cyberstalking families of Parkland, Florida, school shooting victims. Fleury was convicted by a jury in October of three counts of cyberstalking and one count of transmitting a kidnapping threat. On Fleury's electronic devices, authorities also found thousands of saved images of Bundy, images of the targeted victims and screenshots of the messages that he had sent the victims. Meanwhile, Cruz, 21, faces the death penalty if convicted in the Parkland shooting. His lawyers have said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life prison sentence, but prosecutors have rejected the offer.

Copyright 2019 CNN(CNN) - As of Oct. 1, some Florida teachers can carry firearms on campus. The measure is part of a controversial bill Florida Gov. The bill authorizes school districts to implement at least one school-safety officer per public school. Some districts already arm teachers; others have banned itArming teachers was already legal in some school districts before the mass shooting in Parkland. The Florida bill entered effect on the second anniversary of the mass shooting in Las Vegas that killed 58 people.

Ryan Servaites, Delaney Tarr and Trevor Wild speak with CBS News' Adriana Diaz. Lawmakers aren't listening, but this is quite literally life or death," Tarr said. Tarr, along with 16-year-old Ryan Servaites and 21-year-old Trevor Wild invited CBS News to their headquarters in Florida. "Students are sick and tired of planning vigils ... these are 15, 16, 17-year-olds ... and they're experts at vigil planning," Wild said. "Every time we see another shooting, it's this mixture of defeat, of anger, of renewed spirit," Tarr explained.

Calls from the media flooded the home of Nikolas Marciel Cruz after a gunman opened fire at the school on Feb. 14, 2018, killing 17 and injuring many more. Nikolas Marciel Cruz lives in Sunrise, which neighbors Parkland, where Stoneman Douglas is located. It was the first of many instances where her son was confused for the teen allegedly responsible for the shooting, who authorities identified as Nikolas Jacob Cruz. Oh my god! the man exclaimed after Nikolas Marciel Cruz introduced himself, Moran said. And though Nikolas Marciel Cruz, who has high-functioning autism, plans to keep his first name, he wants a chance to start anew when he begins college, where he plans to study history, his mother said.

(Reuters) - A Florida sheriff has fired two more deputies, alleging that they failed to take action to stop the 2018 massacre of 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. The deputies, Edward Eason and Josh Stambaugh, were terminated for neglecting their duty during the Feb. 14, 2018 shootings, Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said on Wednesday. In addition to the fatalities, 17 people were wounded in the assault in Parkland, Florida. Two Broward County deputies, Scot Peterson and Brian Miller, were previously accused of neglecting their duty during the shootings. No disciplinary action will be taken against the remaining three deputies, Tony said.

Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said two additional deputies have been fired as a result of an internal affairs investigation into the agency's response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that killed 17 people in February 2018. Tony said during a news conference Wednesday morning that deputies Edward Eason and Josh Stambaugh were fired Tuesday for their inaction. Two other deputies were fired earlier this month for neglect of duty. The case against former Parkland deputy accused of inaction during shootingVideo showed Peterson staying outside a school building during the massacre, drawing national outrage. Tony said no action was taken against three other deputies and said the department is moving forward with making changes to officer training.

Two additional deputies have been fired as a result of an internal affairs investigation into the response to the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that killed 17 people, the Broward County sheriff said Wednesday. At a brief news conference, Sheriff Gregory Tony said deputies Edward Eason and Josh Stambaugh were fired Tuesday for their inaction following the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting. A state investigative commission found that Stambaugh was working an off-duty shift at a nearby school when he responded to reports of shots fired at the school. Two other deputies were fired earlier this month for neglect of duty. The sheriff said no action was taken on three other deputies who were involved in the investigation.