Category: crime
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Students leading the way forward on gun sanity
The shots fired Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, reverberated across the country. They echoed in classrooms from Miami to Milwaukee as students and educators dealt with fear and anger over at least the 170th school shooting since the killing of 13 at Columbine High School in 1999. In Parkland,…
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House Democrats stage sit-in, demand vote on gun control
Democrats staged a 1960s-style sit-in on the U.S. House floor June 22–23, chanting, “No bill. No Break.” The protest was intended to call attention to Republicans’ inaction against gun violence in the wake of the largest mass shooting in modern history at a gay dance club in Orlando. House Speaker Paul Ryan responded by shutting…
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Terror in the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’
An act of terror. An act of hate. The world responded with love and compassion, fury and fight. Early on the morning of June 12, a gunman armed with an assault rifle and a handgun went on a rampage at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida. He killed 49 people and wounded more than…