Author: Mark Berman
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Gunman opens fire in Texas high school, killing up to 10
SANTA FE, Tex. — Ten people were killed in a shooting Friday morning at a high school here in Southeast Texas by a student wielding two of his father’s guns, authorities said. Police were also investigating explosive devices found at the school and elsewhere in the community. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said that in…
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WATCH: Sheriff’s Office releases video showing deputy standing outside Parkland school during massacre
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Broward County Sheriff’s Office released video footage Thursday that showed the armed school resource officer on campus during the Parkland, Fla., shooting rampage standing outside a school building while the massacre unfolded inside. The…
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NRA goes on the offensive after Parkland shooting, assailing media and calling for more armed school security
After a week of media silence following the school shooting in Florida, the National Rifle Association has gone on the offensive in its first public response to the massacre, pushing back against law enforcement officials, the media, gun-control advocates and calls for stricter gun laws from the teenage survivors of the attack. The gun rights…
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FBI says it failed to act on tip that Florida suspect might carry out a school shooting
The FBI said Friday that a month before the shooting rampage at a South Florida high school, the bureau received a warning that the 19-year-old charged in the shooting might carry out such an attack — but then investigators failed to act on it. The startling revelation came two days after police say Nikolas Cruz…
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Shooting reported at South Florida high school; multiple fatalities reported
PARKLAND, Fla. — A heavily armed 19-year-old who had been expelled from a South Florida high school opened fire on campus shortly before classes let out Wednesday, killing 17 people while terrified students barricaded themselves inside classrooms, police said. The violence unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, a school of more than 3,000 students in…
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Las Vegas gunman methodically sought to ‘thwart’ investigation of massacre, FBI says
The Las Vegas gunman who opened fire on concertgoers in October carefully prepared both for the attack and the investigation that would follow, according to hundreds of pages of court documents made public late Friday. In the court documents, which detail some of the early days of the investigation, 64-year-old gunman Stephen Paddock is described…
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States to try new ways of executing prisoners. Their latest idea? Opioids.
The synthetic painkiller fentanyl has been the driving force behind the nation’s opioid epidemic, killing tens of thousands of Americans last year in overdoses. Now two states want to use the drug’s powerful properties for a new purpose: to execute prisoners on death row. As Nevada and Nebraska push for the country’s first fentanyl-assisted executions,…
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‘My pain is everyday’: After Weinstein’s fall, Trump accusers wonder: Why not him?
Almost a year after New Yorker Jessica Leeds and other women stepped forward with harrowing accounts of being sexually assaulted by a powerful man, another scandal with similar elements exploded. Only this time, the punishment was swift and devastating. “It is hard to reconcile that Harvey Weinstein could be brought down with this, and [President]…
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Hurricane Maria lashes Puerto Rico with force not seen in ‘modern history’
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Maria roared ashore on Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the strongest storm to strike the island in more than 80 years while panicked residents fled to high ground and huddled in shelters hoping to withstand powerhouse winds that have already left death and devastation across the Caribbean. “On the…
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Former St. Louis police officer who shot driver after car chase found not guilty in murder trial
Crowds of demonstrators began to march in the St. Louis region on Friday following the acquittal of a white former police officer who was charged with murder last year for fatally shooting a black driver after a car chase and then accused by prosecutors of planting a gun on the victim. Prosecutors charged Jason Stockley, the St.…