PARKLAND, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris toured on Saturday the bloodstained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened, then announced a program to assist states that have laws allowing police to temporarily seize guns from people judges have found to be dangerous. Harris, who leads the new White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, said there …
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media on Saturday after she and the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention met with families whose loved ones were murdered during the 2018 mass shooting that took the lives of 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Vice President Kamala Harris toured the …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A divided jury spared Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz the death penalty Thursday for killing 17 people at a Parkland high school in 2018, sending him to prison for the rest of his life in a decision that left many families of the victims angered, baffled and in tears. “We need justice.” Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty …
A California judge has refused to grant Uber and Lyft more time to appeal his decision requiring the ride-sharing companies to classify drivers in that state as employees rather than independent contractors. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman said he found no reason to give Uber and Lyft an extension on their 10-day deadline to file an appeal against …