Author: Kelli Kennedy
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Shooting renews questions about preventing school carnage
PARKLAND, Fla. — Families in a South Florida suburb grieved for their slain children Thursday after one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, while students, Florida’s governor and President Donald Trump asked: How can Americans prevent more carnage in classrooms? A day after 17 people were massacred at one of the state’s largest high schools,…
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School shooting suspect belonged to white nationalist group
PARKLAND, Fla. — An orphaned 19-year-old who participated in paramilitary drills with a white nationalist group was charged with murder Thursday in the deaths of 17 people who were shot at a huge Florida high school in the nation’s deadliest school attack in five years. Nikolas Cruz legally purchased the AR-15 rifle used in the…
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Suspected Florida gunman had extra ammo at school, fired for 3 minutes
PARKLAND, Fla. — The teenager accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at a Florida high school confessed to carrying out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings and carried extra ammunition in his backpack, according to a sheriff’s department report released Thursday. Nikolas Cruz told investigators that he shot students in…
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Florida school shooting suspect made ‘disturbing’ social media posts
PARKLAND, Fla. — The suspect in a deadly rampage at a Florida high school is a troubled teenager who posted disturbing material on social media before the shooting spree that killed at least 17 people, according to a law enforcement official and former schoolmates. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the 19-year-old suspect, Nikolas Cruz,…
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Yellow wristbands, segregation for Florida homeless in Irma
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — In the wake of Hurricane Irma, homeless people and their advocates in Florida are complaining that some were turned away from shelters, separated from other evacuees via yellow wristbands, or otherwise ill-treated during the crisis. A record 72,000 Floridians sought refuge from the storm in early September at nearly 400 shelters.…
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As travelers flee Irma, police shoot man at Miami airport
Police shot a man who wielded a knife and tried to get into a Miami airport terminal from a runway on Thursday night, prompting the closure of a busy concourse as travelers tried to leave Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma, authorities said. Miami-Dade Police Director Juan Perez said the unidentified suspect entered a restricted area…
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A winner in GOP plans to repeal Obamacare: tanning salons, including one in Colorado Springs
As Republicans try to shore up support for their health care overhaul, one group can’t wait for the replacement: owners of tanning salons. President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act imposed a 10 percent tax on tanning as a way to help fund provisions of the law that expanded coverage for some 20 million Americans. The so-called tan…
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Hospitals worry about caring for newly uninsured in GOP plan
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When Colorado expanded Medicaid coverage under former President Barack Obama’s health care law, the largest provider in the Denver region hired more than 250 employees and built a $27 million primary care clinic and two new school-based clinics. Emergency rooms visits stayed flat as Denver Health Medical Center directed many of…
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Death penalty possible in Florida airport shooting case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — While investigators try to figure out the motive of an Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travelers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida, the suspected gunman was charged and could face the death penalty if convicted. Esteban Santiago, 26, was charged with an act of…
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FBI: Gunman flew to Florida specifically to attack airport
A law enforcement officers talk to a man at Fort LauderdaleâHollywood International Airport, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area at the airport Friday, killing several people and wounding others before being taken into custody in an attack that sent panicked passengers running out of…