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Nikolas Cruz is seen on a closed circuit television screen during a bond hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Feb. 15. The FBI disclosed that it failed to follow up on a tip about the 19-year-old gunman who is alleged to have attacked a Florida high school on Wednesday, leaving 17 people dead and more than a dozen wounded.
Disciplined repeatedly in school, treated for mental health issues, crushed after his mother died - more signs of unheeded red flags are emerging about the young man accused of murdering 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland this week. Nikolas Cruz, 19, faced a judge Thursday for the first time since authorities say he rode an Uber to his former school at dismissal time with an AR-15 and fired more than 100 shots.
Parkland shooting suspect reportedly had ties white nationalist group called Republic of Florida and was reported to FBI last September. #Tucker Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people at his former Florida high school, had scores of run-ins with law enforcement dating back to 2010 -- with one report saying sheriff's deputies responded to his home more than 35 times in just six years.
As families prepared on Friday to bury victims of another U.S. mass shooting, grief mixed with anger amid signs of possible lapses in school security and indications that law enforcement may have missed clues about the suspected gunman's plans. One distraught mother who said she had just spent two hours making funeral preparations for her 14-year-old child expressed disbelief that a gunman could just stroll into school and open fire, and she appealed to President Donald Trump to take action.
The government's own attorneys said Thursday that they don't believe the reason given by their chief investigator for why he wiped the memory of a computer used to gather evidence in the corruption case of former state Sen. Jon Woods. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks will issue an order at a later date on whether to dismiss the kickback case over the destroyed evidence, he said after a hearing Thursday on the defense motion.
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. - Accused school killer Nikolas Cruz is a "remorseful" and " broken child " whose life came apart after the devastating loss of his mother in November, his attorneys say.
A 4-year-old girl who disappeared from her South Carolina home where her mother was found badly beaten has been found safe a day later in Alabama, au... CHARLESTON, S.C. - The mother of a kidnapped 4-year-old girl was attacked in her home and apparently tied up before police found her while making a welfare check, according to an affidavit filed in the case Thursday. The girl, Heidi Todd, was found safe hundreds of miles away in Alabama on Wednesday, and the man suspected of kidnapping her was arrested hours later, authorities said.
The mother of a kidnapped 4-year-old girl was attacked in her home and apparently tied up before police found her while making a welfare check, according to an affidavit filed in the case Thursday. The girl, Heidi Todd, was found safe hundreds of miles away in Alabama on Wednesday, and the man suspected of kidnapping her was arrested hours later, authorities said.
One person was wounded in a shooting Wednesday morning outside the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade. . The National Security Agency gate with yellow tape in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Better Business Bureau are reminding people this Valentine's Day to watch out for "Romance Scammers." According to the FBI, romance scams result in the highest amount of financial losses compared to other online crimes.
Three people, including a police officer, were injured after authorities say a vehicle tried to enter the secure campus of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade on Wednesday morning. Gunshots were fired during the incident, but officials say they do not believe any of the injuries resulted from gunfire.
The FBI director, Christopher Wray, said Tuesday that the bureau's background investigation into Rob Porter, the White House staff secretary who resigned after spousal-abuse allegations, was formally closed in January. But the White House allowed Porter to continue serving in his post until the accusations surfaced publicly in news reports last week.
Law enforcement officials including agents with the FBI stand outside a home on Rice Lane in rural Vacaville after an early morning raid at the home. Law enforcement officials confirmed that it was part of an FBI investigation that was conducted at multiple locations in Northern California.
FBI Director Christopher Wray is providing new details that call into question the White House timeline leading up to the departure of former staff secretary Rob Porter. WASHINGTON - Contradicting the White House, the FBI said it gave the Trump administration information on multiple occasions last year about a top aide accused of domestic abuse by his two ex-wives, and the investigation wrapped up in January.
White House Was Warned of Aide's Background Months Earlier Than Acknowledged - WASHINGTON - Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, contradicted on Tuesday the White House timeline about the domestic abuse scandal involving Rob Porter, the president's former staff secretary. White House official: "Kelly cover-up is unraveling" - Chief of Staff John Kelly's White House enemies are ready to use FBI Director Chris Wray's testimony as a weapon: "Wray's FBI timeline makes one thing clear: the Kelly coverup is unraveling right before our eyes," a White House official says.
A man armed with a handgun took money from the Capitol Federal Savings Bank in the 4000 block of East Harry Tuesday morning, police said. The man - whose face was covered - not only pulled a black handgun on employees, but also left behind a black bag with yellow smiley faces on it, claiming there was a bomb inside, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Kelly increasingly isolated as Porter scandal rages on - Turbulence in this West Wing is typically generated by President Donald Trump, but for the past week, it's been chief of staff John Kelly - the man brought in to be a steadying hand - who's inspiring what one White House official described as a crisis of confidence. White House Was Warned of Aide's Background Months Earlier Than Acknowledged - WASHINGTON - Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, contradicted on Tuesday the White House timeline about the domestic abuse scandal involving Rob Porter, the president's former staff secretary.
Kelly increasingly isolated as Porter scandal rages on - Turbulence in this West Wing is typically generated by President Donald Trump, but for the past week, it's been chief of staff John Kelly - the man brought in to be a steadying hand - who's inspiring what one White House official described as a crisis of confidence. White House Was Warned of Aide's Background Months Earlier Than Acknowledged - WASHINGTON - Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, contradicted on Tuesday the White House timeline about the domestic abuse scandal involving Rob Porter, the president's former staff secretary.
Boy, 14, told police how his father drunkenly 'fussed' at him the night before he 'shot him dead' then went to an elementary school where he 'killed a six-year-old boy' and said he knew God was real because his gun jammed before he could kill more A teenage boy accused of murdering his father then driving to an elementary school where he allegedly killed a six-year-old boy told police after he was arrested that his dad drunkenly 'fussed at' him the night before his rampage. Jesse Osborne was 14 when he allegedly shot his father Jeffrey, 47, three times at their home then drove his pick-up truck to Townville Elementary School in South Carolina on September 28, 2016.
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday revived its support for construction of a new FBI headquarters, saying it planned to ask Congress in 2018 for the remaining $2.175 billion needed to help pay for it. The funding request, tucked inside the president's larger $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, would help cover the cost to tear down and rebuild the Federal Bureau of Investigation's aging 1970s-era headquarters building in downtown Washington, which has nets rigged to catch falling stones.