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Four new members of the Broward County School Board were sworn in, after Gov. Ron DeSantis removed their predecessors on the recommendation of a statewide grand jury. It's a stunning transformation in one of the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.
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Principals across the country hope that their school won't become the next Marjory Stoneman Douglas or Sandy Hook. But in a country plagued by gun violence, school shootings keep happening. Now principals who have lived through these tragedies have developed a guide to help their colleagues prepare.
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The statewide grand jury that investigated Broward County Public Schools in the wake of the 2018 Parkland shooting wants some school board members removed from office. But the final report is still secret — even as some Broward board members run for reelection this month.
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It was a brutal and emotional end to the prosecution’s case against the confessed Parkland shooter. Jurors visited the school building where the massacre happened — seeing with their own eyes the bloodstains and bullet holes preserved at the crime scene — and heard the final victim impact statements from loved ones of those who were murdered.
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More than four years after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, the local 911 call system remains fragmented. A state public safety panel formed after the massacre says more guidelines are needed for districts to analyze and report potential threats.
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A grieving father erupted in anger as he told jurors about his daughter who was murdered four years ago, along with 16 others, by Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz.
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Few Americans outside law enforcement and government ever see the most graphic videos or photos from the nation’s worst mass shootings. But during the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz, surveillance videos and crime scene photos are being seen by jurors and journalists.
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Since Alyssa Alhadeff was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, her family has advocated for improving school safety. Now, New York has adopted Alyssa's Law, which pushes schools to install silent panic button systems for students and teachers to alert law enforcement about an emergency.
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A Broward County School Board member who won her seat after her daughter was killed during the Parkland shooting says she's open to seeing some of her now-colleagues removed from office. A long-awaited grand jury report is expected to recommend that some board members be relieved of their duties.
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In the wake of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, student activists launched an unprecedented national movement to end gun violence. Four years and dozens of mass shootings later, survivors in Parkland marched again — furious at the inaction of lawmakers.
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People in South Florida affected by the Parkland school shooting are reacting to the tragedy that unfolded at an elementary school in Texas. Two possible monkeypox cases are being investigated in Broward. Plus, in honor of our Sundial book club, we learn about the real-life cocaine cowboys who shaped Miami.
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The judge overseeing the penalty trial of school shooter Nikolas Cruz reversed herself Wednesday and said she is not dismissing more than 200 potential jurors who survived a first round of screening earlier this month.