Parkland shooter trial: Nikolas Cruz contemplated school massacre for years
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz told a prosecution psychiatrist he began contemplating a mass murder during middle school, doing extensive research on earlier killers to learn their methods and mistakes to shape his own plans, video played at his penalty trial showed Monday.
Parkland shooter trial: Judge refuses to step down after defense calls for her to be removed from case
The judge overseeing the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz refused to step down Monday, rejecting a motion by his attorneys who accused her of being biased against their client and prejudicing the jurors who will decide if he should die for murdering 17 people four years ago.
Parkland shooter's defense files motion to disqualify judge from trial after heated exchange in courtroom
Attorneys for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz have filed a motion demanding for the judge in his murder case to be disqualified, claiming he will not get a fair trial. The move comes after Judge Elizabeth Scherer berated the defense in court for abruptly resting their case despite only calling 25 of their 80 witnesses — calling it "the most uncalled for, unprofessional way to try a case."
25 years after Kentucky school shooting, a chance at parole
A quarter-century later, Michael Carneal is 39 with a parole hearing next week that comes at a very different time in American life — after Sandy Hook, after Uvalde.
Parkland shooter trial: Defense suddenly rests case, leading to shouting match with judge in courtroom
Attorneys for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz abruptly rested their case, triggering a shouting match with the judge after she called the move "the most uncalled for, unprofessional way to try a case."
Five Texas Department of Public Safety officers face a formal investigation over Uvalde shooting response
Five Texas Department of Public Safety officers who responded to the Uvalde school shooting in May will face an investigation into their actions at Robb Elementary, the agency said.
After school shootings, are states making classrooms safer?
Here is what several states have done to implement school safety in the wake of the Uvalde elementary school massacre.
16 Uvalde fourth graders waited an hour with wounded teacher
Robb Elementary School teacher Elsa Avila describes the hour after she was shot by a gunman who killed 19 students and 2 teachers.
Uvalde shooting billboard causing controversy in San Francisco
The billboard is being criticized on social media for using the Uvalde tragedy as a political tool, encouraging Californians to stay here instead of moving to Texas.
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz's disturbing jailhouse drawings show images of mass murder, Satanic messages
On one page, Nikolas Cruz scrawled the very issue at stake in his trial, where the jury will decide whether he will get the death penalty or spend the rest of his life in prison. He wrote: "I do not want life please help me go to death row!"
Most in US want stricter gun laws, AP-NORC poll finds
The poll found that 71% of Americans say gun laws should be stricter, including about half of Republicans and a majority of those in gun-owning households.
Parkland shooter trial: Defense details Nikolas Cruz's troubled past that left him 'damaged' prior to massacre
The lead attorney for confessed Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz told the jury in her opening statements on Monday that they have witnessed “things that will haunt them for the rest of their lives,” but they now need to learn what led him to massacre 17 people on Valentine's Day four years ago before they can decide whether to sentence him to death or life without parole.
Mother goes viral on TikTok for walking son, 5, through active-shooter drill
“We all have one thing in common, and it’s that we would do anything for our kids,” the Oklahoma mother of two told FOX Television Stations.
Boston police boat rescues stranded groom, saving wedding
Imagine you need to get to an island in the middle of Boston Harbor for a wedding and the ferry has broken down. And you're the groom. Now what? Thank goodness for the Boston PD Harbor Unit.
Parkland shooter trial: Nikolas Cruz thinks he will get out of prison, defense mental health expert says
A defense mental health expert in the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz said he could pinpoint when he realized the 23-year-old mass murderer still has “irrational thoughts” — the two were making small talk when Cruz began describing plans for an eventual life outside prison.
Parkland school shooter trial: Prosecution rests after 3 weeks of graphic images, painful testimony
The prosecutor seeking to sentence Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz to death let the facts speak for themselves as he presented his case over the past three weeks, with terrifying witness accounts, heartbreaking testimonies from grieving parents, chilling surveillance videos, gruesome crime scene photos, and finally, having the jury walk through the school building where the shooting happened – dried pools of blood and Valentine's Day cards still clinging to the floors.
Jury in Parkland shooter trial gets rare look at bloodstained school building frozen in time
Jurors in the Parkland trial toured the school building where shooter Nikolas Cruz killed 17 students and staff members on Valentine's Day in 2018. Withered roses and an abandoned teddy bear lay in the hallway next to large pools of dried blood. Nothing had been changed, except for the removal of the victims' bodies, because it was considered a court exhibit.
Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was '100% real'
The parents of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook shooting testified a day earlier that Alex Jones’ false hoax claims made their lives a “living hell” of death threats and harassment.
Highland Park shooting suspect pleads not guilty to parade massacre charges
The suspected gunman behind the Highland Park Fourth of July shooting pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all 117 felony charges in the deadly attack as his parents told reporters they "deeply regret the actions their son had taken."
At Parkland shooter's trial, grieving father erupts in anger on the stand: 'This is not normal'
"She was supposed to get married, and I was going to have my father-daughter dance. She would've had a beautiful family... All those plans came to an end with Alyssa's murder," the grieving father said through tears on the stand. "Alyssa will always be 14."