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Hide, deny, spin, threaten: How the school district tried to mask failures that led to Parkland shooting

August 24, 2019 at 3:09 a.m.

Immediately after 17 people were murdered inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the school district launched a persistent effort to keep people from finding out what went wrong. For months,...

The van believed to be owned by bombing suspect Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr., 56, of Aventura, is transferred to the FBI Headquarter in Miramar Florida Friday October 26, 2018. The caravan is heading south of Interstate 75 in Broward County. Carline Jean, South Florida Sun Sentinel

Stripper, bodybuilder, bigot: The life of bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc

August 24, 2019 at 3:07 a.m.

Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr. is so at ease with his bigotry and his extreme political views that even those who were put off by him were surprised to learn he...

Countless flowers make a heartfelt, moving memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Sunday, February 25th, 2018.

Security guard spotted shooter before Parkland massacre

August 24, 2019 at 2:55 a.m.

When a security watchman spotted a former student arriving on campus, head hung low, wearing a backpack and carrying a duffel bag, he couldn’t recall the kid’s name but he...

Life and death became a matter of chance in Parkland school massacre

August 24, 2019 at 2:52 a.m.

As gunman Nikolas Cruz stalked through Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, a person's chances of surviving depended largely on where they encountered him. One student who came across...

People lay flowers at the crosses for the 17 victims of the Valentine's Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Monday, February 19, 2018 at the 17 crosses memorializing the victims setup outside the fence surrounding the school in Parkland.

Nikolas Cruz: ‘We had this monster living under our roof and we didn’t know.’

August 24, 2019 at 2:46 a.m.

Nikolas Cruz was immature, quirky and depressed when James and Kimberly Snead took him into their Parkland home. But he was pleasant and seemed to be growing happier, they said....

Jimmy Sabatino, who had taxpayer provided lazy-eye surgery while locked up on fraud and theft charges, shown in a September 2014 photo in court in Miami.

Con man who ran $10M fraud from his prison cell banned from contact with inmates, outside world

August 22, 2019 at 1:38 a.m.

Notorious conman Jimmy Sabatino says he can’t keep himself from committing crimes — even when he’s locked up in prison. His solution: severely limit his contact with prisoners and the...

White Sox’s Jose Abreu says he ate fake passport, washed it down with beer on plane to U.S.

May 8, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

When Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu finally boarded a plane to the U.S after being smuggled from Cuba to Haiti, he said he had one mission: Destroy the...

An overall view and the grandstands as Blue Jays starting pitcher Mark Buehrle delivers to Jose Abreu in the first inning.

White Sox’s Jose Abreu to jury: I ate fake passport on way to U.S.

May 8, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

When Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu finally boarded a plane to the U.S after being smuggled from Cuba to Haiti, he said he had one mission: Destroy the...

White Sox star Jose Abreu to testify in Cuban smuggling trial in Miami

June 5, 2018 at 6:57 p.m.

Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu is expected to testify Wednesday in Miami in the federal trial of two South Florida men accused of illegally smuggling him and other...

Airport shooter Esteban Santiago said he visited ‘jihadi chat rooms’ online, prosecutors say

August 24, 2019 at 1:40 a.m.

Accused airport shooter Esteban Santiago told investigators after his arrest that he communicated with Islamic State terrorists or sympathizers in "jihadi chat rooms" before he killed five people in Fort...

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