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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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After school shooting, Florida Senate prepares sweeping package of gun control legislation

By Associated Press

The legislation includes new age restrictions for gun purchases, a ban on bump stocks and gun violence restraining orders.

Parkland shooting survivors push for gun reform

By PBS News Hour

In the aftermath of the Parkland high school mass shooting, students are leading the way in calling for gun reform. On Sunday, the survivors announced they are planning a march this spring in Washington, D.C., a day after they criticized…

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Life or death main decision for school shooting suspect

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press

The evidence against the Florida school shooting suspect is so overwhelming, the only question left for the courts if he is convicted is whether he will be sentenced to death.

PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 17, 2018

By PBS News Hour

On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 17, new details emerge about the Florida school shooting suspect as survivors demand change. And, the fallout after the indictment of 13 Russians accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections. Also, a nonprofit…

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At Fort Lauderdale rally against gun violence, impassioned calls for change and anger at politicians

By Corinne Segal, Kamala Kelkar

A loud, angry and clear call for change came from Fort Lauderdale on Saturday as survivors of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, along with local leaders and community members, spoke to a rally of several hundred people.

What a bullet does to a human body

By Jenny Marder, Laura Santhanam

When bullets enter a human body, they don’t just pierce tissue, they shatter bones and dislocate limbs.

Anger bubbles over at funerals for Florida shooting victims

By Terry Spencer, Tamara Lush, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

At funerals and in the streets of Parkland, a suburb on the edge of the Everglades, anger bubbled over at the widespread availability of guns and senselessness of the shooting.