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Hearing in case against Florida shooting suspect canceled

By Kelli Kennedy, Brendan Farrington and Curt Anderson, Associated Press

The hearing was removed from the court docket and no explanation was immediately available.

Student wounded in school shooting says she’s recovering

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

PARKLAND, Fla. — A tearful student who was wounded in the shooting rampage at a Florida high school thanked the doctors and first responders who helped her and said Monday that she is making a full recovery.

Students resolute as they re-enter school shooting site

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

PARKLAND, Fla. — The line of students and their parents wrapped around Stoneman Douglas High School, several thousand people entering the campus for the first time since a gunman took 17 lives nearly two weeks ago.

After school shooting, Florida leaders propose new gun laws

By Brendan Farrington, Gary Fineout, Curt Anderson, Associated Press

Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Republican legislators announced school safety and gun restriction proposals Friday that would ban the sale of firearms to anyone under 21, but they differed on whether some teachers should carry guns.

Trump calls armed officer at Florida high school a ‘coward’

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump says the armed officer who didn't stop the gunman who carried out last week's Florida massacre was either a "coward" or "didn't react properly under pressure."…

WATCH LIVE: Florida Gov. Rick Scott announcing ‘major action plan’ to keep Florida students safe

By Joshua Barajas

The governor is scheduled to make his announcement at 10:30 a.m. ET today. Watch his remarks here.

Teachers return to Florida school after shooting described as ‘breakdown at all levels’

By Gary Fineout, Jennifer Kay and Josh Replogle, Associated Press

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.

At shooting town hall, Rubio on the defensive on gun control

By Associated Press

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was put on the defensive by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures at a town hall after the shooting rampage that claimed 17 lives at a Florida high school.

Staging walkouts and rallies, students and family members implore lawmakers to end gun bloodshed

By PBS News Hour

As dozens of survivors from the Florida school shooting lobbied the Republican-led Florida legislature for tougher gun control, thousands across the country heeded a call to walk out of classes, massing at Florida’s state capitol, as well as the U.S.

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