Parents of 3 students killed in Parkland massacre reach settlement with shooter
Their attorney concedes it is highly unlikely they will ever receive much money.
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Their attorney concedes it is highly unlikely they will ever receive much money.
The parents of Luke Hoyer, Alaina Petty and Meadow Pollack each reached $50 million settlements with Nikolas Cruz. Wounded student Maddy Wilford agreed to a $40 million settlement.
Its construction is the result of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland back in 2018.
Anthony Borges, who was severely wounded in the 2018 massacre, now owns shooter Nikolas Cruz's name.
Anthony Borges, now 21, was shot five times in the back and legs and collapsed in the middle of the third-floor hallway.
Officials plan to complete the weekslong project before the school's 3,300 students return in August
Gena and Thomas Hoyer, who lost their son Luke that day, say whatever replaces the building should be something the school can use, but it also has to honor the 17 people who died.
The Broward school board has not decided what the building will be replaced with.
The demolition was scheduled to start on Thursday
Demolition of the building where 17 people died in the 2018 Parkland school shooting is set to begin Thursday
The demolition will be done in stages
The Broward school district said the process to tear down the 1200 building will begin either June 13 or June 14. The demolition will be done in stages. A gunman killed 17 students and staff members on Valentine's Day in 2018.
The demolition will be done in stages
Jim Berry reports last year Scot Peterson was acquitted of all charges stemming from his actions during the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
The demolition will be done in stages.
She met with families who lost loved ones in the Parkland shooting in 2018.
Hixon is one of 17 who was murdered at the hands of a gunman who unleashed a barrage of bullets at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day 2018.
The students were taken to a secure location
The school district said the students are being taken to a secure location.
The family of a teen murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School launched a campaign to lambast lawmakers who oppose tighter gun regulations
As South Florida marks six years since a gunman killed 17 students and staff at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, CBS News Miami is examining how security has changed on Broward school campuses.
There will be a community commemoration at Pine Trails Park in Parkland early this evening
Morgan Rynor reports across Broward County schools it was a day of service and remembrance for the 14 students and three staff members who were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
Broward public schools held a day of love and service throughout the district.
Morgan Rynor reports schools across Broward will be holding remembrance and service events.
Coral Springs police have asked people to avoid the area of Royal Palm Boulevard and Riverside Drive.
Plaintiffs argue the deal violates the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause, an anti-corruption measure intended to prevent sitting presidents from profiting from government-related transactions.
While city officials say new affordable housing will help keep the community in place, some neighbors say they feel like they are being forced out.
The incident took place last June when officers fired at a vehicle, wounding suspect Eric Chase in the knee. Chase survived the shooting.
Tamarius Davis appeared in court on Wednesday, where he told the judge he intends to take responsibility for the shooting that killed 21-year-old Dustin Wakefield on Ocean Drive nearly five years ago.
Coral Springs police have asked people to avoid the area of Royal Palm Boulevard and Riverside Drive.
Plaintiffs argue the deal violates the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause, an anti-corruption measure intended to prevent sitting presidents from profiting from government-related transactions.
While city officials say new affordable housing will help keep the community in place, some neighbors say they feel like they are being forced out.
The incident took place last June when officers fired at a vehicle, wounding suspect Eric Chase in the knee. Chase survived the shooting.
Tamarius Davis appeared in court on Wednesday, where he told the judge he intends to take responsibility for the shooting that killed 21-year-old Dustin Wakefield on Ocean Drive nearly five years ago.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
President Trump is in Beijing meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders aiming to stabilize their trading relationship after last year's trade war.
For decades, U.S. presidents have remained steadfast in their defense of the tiny Asian ally from its neighboring giant.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the department has no plan to shut down Alligator Alcatraz, following reports that companies hired by Florida to operate the detention center were told it would close.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he was unaware for years that Jeffrey Epstein was a registered sex offender, according to a transcript of testimony released Wednesday.
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin told CBS News that ICE arrests at the FIFA World Cup are not off the table, but the agency will not be at the global sporting event for the purpose of immigration arrests.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.