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Who were the victims of the Florida shooting?

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Details emerge on Florida high school shooting suspect

Last Updated Feb 15, 2018 6:59 PM EST PARKLAND, Fla. — Investigators say the 19-year-old suspect, Nikolas Jacob Cruz, legally purchased his AR-15 a year ago. In recent months, he’d been living with another family following the death of his mother. Cruz didn’t appear to have many friends. Former classmate Vanessa Burton, 18, says he was loner but, she hung out…

Stoneman Douglas students recount school shooting terror

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Brothers arrested in NYC terror investigation

NEW YORK — – A former New York City high school teacher has been accused of paying students to dismantle fireworks for gunpowder so he could eventually make a bomb.  Christian Toro was charged in a federal complaint Thursday with offenses including unlawfully making an explosive. His twin brother, Tyler, also has been arrested in the case.  It isn’t immediately clear…

What we know about the Florida shooting suspect

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New details on how the Florida school shooting unfolded

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Grandmother foils teen's plot to carry out school shooting

Joshua Alexander O’Connor  KIRO EVERETT, Wash. —  Authorities in Washington arrested an 18-year-old man on Tuesday who was said to be planning an attack on a school. The alleged plan was foiled by his grandmother.  Joshua O’Connor may have been the next school gunman. But then his grandmother, Cathi O’Connor, called 911.  “I’m finding journal entries from my grandson,” Cathi…

“I didn't have a chance to say goodbye”: Students describe horror of the Florida shooting

PARKLAND, Fla. — A group of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School told “CBS Evening News” anchor Jeff Glor that their community and country “will get through this as a family.” Four students — clad in their clothes bearing their school’s Eagles logo — spoke to Glor on Thursday, one day after 14 students and three teachers were gunned down in…

Remembering the victims of the Florida high school shooting

PARKLAND, Fla. — Seventeen people were killed and more than two dozen others were wounded when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz allegedly opened fire Wednesday on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus in Florida. Nine survivors remain hospitalized for treatment of various injuries.  Cruz was booked into the Broward County Jail early Thursday and charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. He appeared…

Officials say Florida suspect blended in with fleeing students

Last Updated Feb 15, 2018 5:40 PM EST PARKLAND, Fla. — The Florida teen accused of opening fire at his former high school with an AR-15 rifle Wednesday, killing 17 and wounding 15, was able to elude officers responding to the scene by ditching the weapon and blending in with fleeing students, according to an arrest report. Nikolas Jacob Cruz,…

Cops: Grandmother’s tip foils school attack plot

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U.S., U.K. blame Russian military for “destructive” cyberattack

LONDON — The United States and Britain blamed the Russian government on Thursday for a cyberattack that hit businesses across Europe last year. The U.K. accused Moscow of “weaponizing information” in a new kind of warfare, and the White House said “the Russian military launched the most destructive and costly cyber-attack in history.” “The attack, dubbed ‘NotPetya,’ quickly spread worldwide, causing…

Officer describes arrest of Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz

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As California drought returns, water use climbs in enclaves

TUSTIN, Calif. — Overall water use is climbing in Southern California as that part of the state plunges back into drought. State and regional water managers are considering permanently reinstating some watering bans and conservation programs. Gov. Jerry Brown lifted California’s drought emergency status a year ago, after a wet winter that snapped a historic 2013-2017 drought, and the state ended…

Senate begins voting on immigration bills

Last Updated Feb 15, 2018 3:01 PM EST The Senate is beginning votes on a series of immigration bills Thursday. As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, put it, “Whoever gets to 60 (votes) wins.” Time is running out for Congress to reach a solution on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, before it ends March 5. Senators…

Officials speak about Fla. school shooting suspect's arrest

Florida shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz appears before a judge in Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Feb. 15, 2018. CBS News Last Updated Feb 15, 2018 2:56 PM EST PARKLAND, Fla. — Officials in Florida spoke Thursday afternoon after a deadly school shooting that left 17 dead and 15 injured Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in…

New blood test can help diagnose traumatic brain injuries

CHICAGO — The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries has won U.S. government approval. The move means Banyan Biomarkers can commercialize its test, giving the company an early lead in the biotech industry’s race to find a way to diagnose concussions. The test doesn’t detect concussions and the approval won’t immediately change how patients with suspected…

Florida school shooting suspect charged with 17 counts of murder

PARKLAND, Fla. — An orphaned 19-year-old with a troubled past and an AR-15 rifle was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder Thursday morning after being questioned for hours by state and federal authorities following the deadliest school shooting in the U.S. in five years. Fifteen wounded survivors were hospitalized as bodies were recovered from inside and around Marjory Stoneman Douglas…

Hospital investigates unexplained infant injuries, suspends employee

Police are investigating unexplained infant injuries that were reported at a Wisconsin hospital. WISC-TV MADISON, Wis. — Police are investigating unexplained infant injuries that were reported at a Wisconsin hospital. According to CBS affiliate WISC-TV, police were notified last week about injuries were reported in Meriter Hospital’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit.  Hospital officials say they have suspended an employee who is…