Soon after governor signs gun bill, NRA sues to block it
Weeks after their children were gunned down in the worst high school shooting since Columbine, parents of the victims stood in the Florida Capitol and watched Gov. Rick Scott sign a far-reaching bill that places new restrictions on guns.
Florida governor won’t say whether he will sign gun bill
Three weeks after the Parkland high school shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has a gun-control bill on his desk that challenges the National Rifle Association but falls short of what the Republican and survivors of the massacre demanded.
1 student dead, another hurt by gun in Alabama high school
Birmingham closed one of its largest schools for a thorough safety sweep Thursday after metal detectors and other security measures failed to keep students from handling a gun in a classroom where one 17-year-old was fatally shot and another wounded in an apparent accident.
After Parkland, even idle school threats get tough response
Fifteen students in one Florida school district are facing felony charges and prison time for making alleged threats since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre.
Companies face mounting pressure to pick sides in gun debate
As the gun debate heats up following the massacre at a Florida high school, companies are under growing pressure to pick a side: whether to stand by the National Rifle Association or walk away.
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.”
NRA accuses gun-control advocates of exploiting Florida shooting
Leaders of the National Rifle Association on Thursday accused gun control advocates of exploiting the deadly Florida school shooting, striking a defiant tone amid a renewed debate over guns and school safety.
Florida school shooting: ‘abject breakdown at all levels’
The Florida high school where a former student shot and killed 17 people with an assault-type rifle is reopening for teachers Friday as the community grappled with word that the armed officer on campus did nothing to stop the shooter.
School shooting videos could scar kids — or galvanize them
When two teenagers slaughtered 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Colorado 19 years ago, young people across the country learned the news the old-fashioned way: largely on television and in newspapers. It took days, if not weeks, to process the information and discover the full, horrific story.
Students head to Florida capital to press for gun law change
A hundred Stoneman Douglas High School students are busing 400 miles to Florida’s capital Tuesday to urge lawmakers to act to prevent a repeat of the massacre that killed 17 students and faculty last week.
Trump offers support for background checks on gun buys
From the confines of his golf club, President Donald Trump offered support for a limited strengthening of federal background checks on gun purchases Monday while staying largely mum in the last few days about the victims of the Florida school massacre and the escalating debate about controls on weapons.
Kentucky teen charged as adult in school shootings
A 15-year-old boy accused of opening fire inside his Kentucky high school will be tried as an adult on murder charges.
FBI says it failed to investigate tip on Florida suspect
The FBI received a tip last month that the suspect in the Florida school shooting had a “desire to kill” and access to guns and could be plotting an attack, but agents failed to investigate, the agency said Friday.
Trump to tackle mental health, school safety — but not guns
Declaring the nation united and grieving with “one heavy heart,” President Donald Trump is promising to tackle school safety and “the difficult issue of mental health” in response to the deadly shooting in Florida. He made no mention of the scourge of gun violence.
Did FBI miss a warning before Florida school shooting?
The massacre at a Florida high school is again raising concerns about whether the FBI missed signs that might have stopped a mass shooting.
Hundreds hold vigil for victims of Florida school shooting
At least 1,000 people attended a candlelight vigil Thursday night for the 17 people killed in a Florida school shooting, some of the mourners sobbing openly as the victims’ names were read aloud.
Florida high school shooting plunges city into mourning
Just before the shooting broke out, some students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School thought they were having another fire drill.
School shooter, mother formerly of Golden Triangle
The alleged shooter of a high school in Kentucky and his mother have ties to the Golden Triangle.
Home Base: How can we prevent unspeakable tragedies?
This newspaper employs more than one reasonably close friend of the Gabe Parker family.
2 dead, 17 injured in Kentucky school shooting; suspect held
A 15-year-old student killed two classmates and hit a dozen others with gunfire Tuesday, methodically firing a handgun inside a crowded atrium at his rural Kentucky high school.