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Trump Speaks With Florida Governor After Shooting

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The White House has canceled its daily press briefing after a Florida high school shooting that sent students rushing into the streets. President Donald Trump has spoken with Florida Gov. Rick Scott about the shooting. He says in a tweet that the White House is "working closely with law enforcement on the…
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Authorities Say Shooter In Custody

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Florida high school (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Authorities say the shooter at a South Florida high school is now in custody. The Broward County Sheriff's Office gave no details in briefly tweeting that development. It did not identify the shooting suspect nor say…
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Shooting At Florida High School; Number Of Wounded Unclear

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A shooting at a Florida high school Wednesday sent students rushing out into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building, and police warned the shooter was still at large. Ambulances converged on the scene as emergency workers appeared to be treating possibly wounded people on…
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Suspect Injured, SUV Stopped After Shooting At NSA Gate

By The Associated Press FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — Police responded to a shooting Wednesday outside the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, where authorities surrounded a handcuffed man after a black SUV ran into a barrier. Fort Meade garrison spokeswoman Cheryl Phillips confirmed by phone that one person was injured in the shooting…
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Mulvaney Hawks Trump Budget On Capitol Hill

By ANDREW TAYLOR and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget director came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to sell President Donald Trump's budget, but the administration's allies in the Senate preferred to talk about last year's tax cut rather than the trillion-dollar deficits contained in the new spending plan. The president's…
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