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Last Updated Feb 14, 2018 6:49 PM EST PARKLAND, Fla. — A former student opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, sending students running out into the streets and SWAT team members swarming in before authorities took him into custody about a mile away. Sheriff Scott Israel identified the suspect as Nikolaus Cruz, 19. A…
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PARKLAND, Fla. — What started out as an ordinary day at a south Florida high school has ended in gunfire and death. It happened about 20 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School which is attended by about 3,000 students. CBS News has learned that at least 17 were killed. A 19-year-old suspected gunman has been identified…
WASHINGTON — White House officials tell CBS News that the Rob Porter situation is a “mess” that keeps getting worse. It’s creating new divisions among staff members. It took a full week after the Porter story became public for President Trump to weigh in on domestic violence. “I’m totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind,” Mr. Trump said. “Everyone…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) — One of the rising point guards in the state will get his shot to play at the next level. Jordan Temple signed on Wednesday to continue his basketball career at Northeast Mississippi Community College following graduation. Temple has developed into one of the top scoring guards in the area and leads a Starkville boys team that…
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Wednesday’s attack in South Florida, while shocking, is the type of tragedy we have seen too many times before. On Jan. 23, a young gunman opened fire inside a crowded school atrium in Kentucky, killing two students and wounding 14 others. “Everybody started running and stuff. I saw people getting shoved down,” a witness told CBS News. “There was a…
ANDERSON, South Carolina — Ava Olsen always carries Mikey, the Ninja Turtle that belonged to her friend Jacob. When she looks at Mikey, she thinks that “Jacob’s with me.” Jacob Hall, the boy Ava imagined marrying, was six. In September of 2016, he was shot and killed on the school playground in Townville, South Carolina. The shooter was fourteen. Ava…
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In this Jan. 19, 2018 photo, forensic officers stand outside a house connected to Bruce McArthur, an alleged serial killer, in Madoc, Ontario, Canada. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press via AP File A Toronto landscaper and former mall Santa accused of killing and dismembering five men made his first appearance in court on Wednesday, via video conference. Bruce McArthur, 66, stared…
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Several people were killed and multiple people were injured in a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Wednesday, prompting a massive police response and manhunt as frightened students hid in their classrooms. The Broward Sheriff’s Department said there were “at least 14” victims. A law enforcement source tells CBS News senior investigative…
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma speaks at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, February 14, 2018. SIPHIWE SIBEKO/REUTERS Last Updated Feb 14, 2018 4:45 PM EST JOHANNESBURG — South African President Jacob Zuma said he has resigned “with immediate effect.” The scandal-tainted leader made the announcement late Wednesday in a televised address to the nation. Zuma, who is 75, said…
Last Updated Feb 14, 2018 4:39 PM EST CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Students barricaded themselves inside of classrooms and closets at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Wednesday while authorities responded to a shooting that authorities say there left at least 14 injured. Law enforcement sources say an unknown number of people were killed in the shooting. Police say the…
Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters are seen through a bullet hole glass in the town of al-Rai, Syria February 14, 2018. KHALIL ASHAWI/REUTERS UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. envoy for Syria warned Wednesday that the current situation in the country is as “violent and worrying and dangerous” as he has seen in four years, pointing to escalating violence on multiple fronts that…
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Last Updated Feb 14, 2018 3:01 PM EST President Trump gave his first personal and public condemnation of domestic violence Wednesday since allegations of spousal abuse were levied last week against former White House aide Rob Porter. “I am totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind, everyone knows that,” the president said in a White House meeting with local…
The Coral Springs Police Department told teachers and students to remain barricaded inside until police reach them.
Even though it doesn’t obey any earthly speed limit and has a space-suited mannequin for a driver, Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster won’t drive up his insurance rates anytime soon. Researchers say the orbiting sports car won’t have a really close encounter with Earth until 2091 and could last millions of years before getting totaled in a planetary crackup. Launched atop…
Last Updated Feb 14, 2018 2:37 PM EST CHARLESTON, S.C. — The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information on a 4-year-old girl who disappeared in South Carolina. The reward was announced during a news conference on Wednesday regarding the case of Heidi Renae Todd. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg also told reporters that Heidi’s mother was “brutally beaten” and…
In this Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 file photo, a U.S. military helicopter flies over the site of a suicide bomb that struck a NATO convoy in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan. STR/AP KABUL, Afghanistan — In a rambling nearly 3,000-word letter issued Wednesday, the Taliban urged the “American people” to press their government to withdraw from Afghanistan, reminding them that…
TUPELO (WCBI/NMMC) – Shrinking payments from Medicare and insurance companies are forcing an end to the NMMC School Nurse Program. The hospital says it must position itself to handle future financial challenges and eliminating the school nurse program is one of those difficult decisions. Medicare has cut its payments to the hospital by $54 million over the past 5 years. …
“Stormy Daniels,” the porn star whom President Donald Trump’s personal attorney acknowledges paying $130,000 just before Election Day, believes she is now free to discuss her alleged sexual encounter with Trump. A manager for the adult film actress told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Daniels believes Trump’s lawyer invalidated a non-disclosure agreement by publicly discussing the payment. Gina Rodriguez…