A firm run by Keith Schiller, the loyal bodyguard who followed Donald Trump from the boardroom to the Oval Office and then abruptly departed in September, has been added to the payroll of the Republican National Committee, federal campaign filings show. Schiller’s firm, KS Global Group LLC, has received several […]
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‘Small explosion’ near US embassy in Montenegro, investigation ‘evolving’
There was a “small explosion” near the U.S. embassy compound in Podgorica, the capital of the Balkan nation of Montenegro, at approximately midnight local time Thursday, the State Department has confirmed to ABC News. “At 00:30, in front of the @USEmbassyMNE building in #Podgorica, #Montenegro an unknown person committed suicide […]
Florida student mistaken for gunman: ‘I knew any move I made’ would end ‘my life’
As gunshots and screams echoed through his school, Lorenzo Prado said he locked himself in the sound booth at the auditorium at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and prepared to die. But moments after the gunfire subsided and he thought he was safe, he said he was confronted by six […]
Deputies will now carry AR-15 rifles on school grounds in Fla. county, sheriff says
Broward County sheriff’s deputies will now carry AR-15 rifles while on school campuses following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last week, Sheriff Scott Israel announced today. The new policy was implemented Wednesday morning. In lieu of gun lockers, the only time deputies will not […]
Unseasonably warm weather across eastern US breaks records for February
Dozens of cities across the eastern United States saw record high temperatures this week, with some shattering the all-time record highs for February. A major ridge of high pressure is sitting over the western Atlantic Ocean, and south winds on the back side of this high pressure are bringing unseasonably […]
Social media companies block abuse of Parkland shooting survivors online
Social media companies said on Wednesday they are moving to address reports of online harassment of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students in the wake of a deadly mass shooting and subsequent teen activism on gun policy reform. Twitter put out a message on its platform that it is taking […]
Survivors of school shooting seek ‘middle ground’ on gun control debate
Florida high school students who survived last week’s deadly shooting and are demanding gun control say they aren’t fighting to get rid of firearms completely, but lawmakers on both sides of the debate must find a “middle ground” to put an end to the violence. Kyle Kashuv, Kai Koerber and […]
Trump holds listening session with students on mass shootings
Students — including those who were impacted by the deadly mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla. high school — offered emotional stories of their experiences during a “listening session” with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Their stories of the aftermath of those deaths and of friends and teachers lost was […]
Survivors of mass shooting say they’re disappointed in lawmakers, but vow to fight on
They were cheered at rallies for their moving stories of survival. They were comforted by politicians who wore ribbons in honor of their dead classmates. But the students who survived the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School say the things they didn’t receive in their trip to the […]
Florida lawmakers face political pressure after Parkland shooting
A number of Florida politicians are facing public pressure to act after 17 students were killed during a deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland last week — blowback that advocates hope could bring about some type of reform in the gun-friendly state. What that reform […]