Day of remembrance, prayer marks 5 years since Parkland massacre
Broward students, teachers, and school staff to remember the 17 lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
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Broward students, teachers, and school staff to remember the 17 lives lost at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
The students and staff also looked forward to the future
Teri Hornstein reports they spent the morning beautifying a butterfly garden, the courtyard, and the front of the school in an effort to give back and honor those whose lives were lost.
Joan Murray reports at Silver Lakes Middle School, students painted a love and peace-themed mural. They also created a heart display in memory of the 17 who died.
Across Broward County schools, it will be a day of prayers, service and remembrance for the 14 students and three staff members who were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
Five years after the bloodbath in Parkland, the scourge of US mass shootings continues nationwide
Most started foundations or performed other charitable work dedicated to a variety of causes
After losing their 14-year-old daughter Alyssa, Ilan and Lori Alhadeff began their foundation, Make Our Schools Safe.
Teri Hornstein reports in Broward schools, there will be a moment of silence at 10:17 a.m. to remember the lives lost.
Police officer Michael Leonard and his K-9 partner Taylor now patrol schools in Coconut Creek
It's been a central issue of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission, fixing Broward County's troubled 911 system.
Victims' families were very upset about Tamara Curtis' behavior in court
Teri Hornstein reports Cruz also showed no emotion during the sentencing even as those in the audience wept, shook their heads, or looked on as the process played out.
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz on Wednesday was formally sentenced to life in prison after two days of raw, emotional testimony.
Teri Hornstein reports the hearing will conclude Wednesday when Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Families of the 17 people he murdered and those who survived the shooting get their chance to address him directly about the devastation he brought to their lives
Jacqueline Quynh reports victims' family members and those who survived the shooting let their feeling be know to Cruz and those who defended him.
Jacqueline Quynh reports the grieving and the scarred can speak directly to Cruz, if they choose.
A two-day hearing is scheduled to begin Tuesday
He will be sentenced to life in prison but not before the families of his 17 victims tell him what they think of him.
The classrooms are frozen in time with books, computers, and cell phones left in place. The building has remained a crime scene with BSO having control of the premises. Now, the target date for the return of belongings has been set.
Until 2016, Florida law allowed trial judges to impose a death sentence if a majority of the jurors agreed.
The judge overseeing the Nikolas Cruz case ruled Friday that prosecutors can release the name of a juror who said they felt threatened by a fellow juror.
A father whose teen daughter was killed called the jury's recommendation a "gut punch" for the victims' families
DeSantis also decried the lengthy legal process after the school massacre.
The family—including the parents and their three daughters, ages 19, 14, and 11—was vacationing in South Florida for the first time, spending a week at the Radisson Resort Miami Beach.
CBS News Miami's investigation into one such home in Lauderhill has found that the owner again appears to be out of compliance with city occupancy rules.
Mayor Bryan Calvo said the site could have up to 30,000 square feet available, and some startup business owners say this could be what they need to open their first in-person location.
Black, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was arrested by Pompano Beach Police, facing charges of attempting to flee law enforcement and resisting an officer without violence, according to Broward County arrest records.
A man was shot near Mary Saunders Park in West Park before driving to Hollywood, where he was located by first responders.
The family—including the parents and their three daughters, ages 19, 14, and 11—was vacationing in South Florida for the first time, spending a week at the Radisson Resort Miami Beach.
CBS News Miami's investigation into one such home in Lauderhill has found that the owner again appears to be out of compliance with city occupancy rules.
Mayor Bryan Calvo said the site could have up to 30,000 square feet available, and some startup business owners say this could be what they need to open their first in-person location.
Black, whose real name is Bill Kapri, was arrested by Pompano Beach Police, facing charges of attempting to flee law enforcement and resisting an officer without violence, according to Broward County arrest records.
A man was shot near Mary Saunders Park in West Park before driving to Hollywood, where he was located by first responders.
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.
The potential indictment — which must be approved by a grand jury — is expected to focus on Cuba's 1996 downing of two planes operated by a humanitarian group.
The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
The Senate unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution on Thursday that will withhold senators' pay during a lapse in funding for any federal agency.
A ship was taken by unknown parties toward Iranian waters after an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off Oman.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
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.
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.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
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.
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 Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"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.