NEW YORK (AP) — The special Tony Award that honors educators this year will go to a drama teacher who picks her high school’s shows, builds the sets, hems the costumes — and nurtured many of the young people demanding change following the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Melody Herzfeld, the one-woman drama department at…
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WASHINGTON, (FNN NEWS) — Exceeding expectations, a huge throng of peaceful but passionate demonstrators filled the streets around the U.S. Capitol for today’s March For Our Lives in Washington, D.C. Addressed by teenage speakers from around the country who have been affected by gun violence, attendees rallied to demand legislative action. While Washington, D.C. authorities have yet to give an official estimate,…
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MIAMI — A judge set an unusually high $500,000 bond on Tuesday and imposed a host of other restrictions for the brother of the Florida school shooting suspect who was charged with trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. A prosecutor said that Zachary Cruz, 18, expressed admiration for his brother Nikolas Cruz’s fame since…
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott, Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran announced appointments to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Governor Scott also named Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri as Chairman. The Commission was established by SB 7026, the Marjory Stoneman…
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PARKLAND, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – Makeshift memorials continue to grow outside of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida where 17 people lost their lives in a mass shooting on February 14. For nearly a month, students, faculty, families and community members have brought flowers, balloons, candles, teddy bears, crosses and other mementos to pay…
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PARKLAND, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – An emotional day for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and teachers as they attend a back-to-school orientation a little more than a week after the February 14 school shooting that claimed the lives of 17 people. Before entering the building, thousands of people gathered near the flower-filled memorials just…
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Alyssa Alhadeff, Scott Beigel, Martin Duque Anguiano, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron Feis, Jamie Guttenberg, Chris Hixon, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina Montalto, Joaquin Oliver, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Helena Ramsay, Alexander Schachter, Carmen Schentrup, Peter Wang. Unfortunately, none of the plans I’m announcing today will bring any of them back, but it’s important…
Read morePARKLAND, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – Florida Governor Rick Scott, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert W. Runcie and other officials held a press conference Thursday morning to gave the media an update on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Mass Shooting that left 17 dead and several injured.…
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