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Attorney Admits He Lied To Mueller’s Federal Agents

By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney linked to a former Trump campaign official admitted Tuesday he lied to federal investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller. Alex van der Zwaan, who worked at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom until he was fired last year, appeared…
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Florida Senate Panel Wants Officers In Schools

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Senate committee has endorsed a proposal to put law enforcement officers in every school in the state. Only slightly more than half of Florida's more than 4,000 public schools have the resource officers. They are sworn law-enforcement officers and allowed to carry a weapon on a school campus. The Senate…
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Fifteen-Year-Old Shot 5 Times Protecting Classmates From Gunfire

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A 15-year-old Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who was shot five times during the massacre is credited with saving the lives of at least 20 other students. A fundraising site says Anthony Borges was shot in both legs and his back while attempting to close and lock a classroom door…
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Florida School Hit By Attack Closed Two More Days

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) —  Authorities in Florida say Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of last week's deadly shooting rampage, will remain closed Tuesday and Wednesday. The statement issued by the Broward County Schools on Monday said "our hearts remain with the victims and families ... as our community copes with the aftermath and recovery…
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Couple Says Suspect Told Them He Was Sorry

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) —  The couple who took in the Florida school shooting suspect after his mother died says he told them he was sorry after the shooting. Speaking Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America," James and Kimberly Snead said they've only seen Nikolas Cruz once since the shooting that killed 17 when they briefly…
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