Sheriff’s Office received almost 50 calls about Florida shooting suspect and his brother, report claims

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office responded to nearly 50 calls about Nikolas Cruz or his brother in the 10 years before he allegedly opened fire on his former Florida high school, new records reportedly show. Call logs obtained from the sheriff’s office show authorities received 45 calls relating to Mr Cruz or his brother from 2008 to 2017, according to CNN. The number is significantly higher than the sheriff’s office has publicly admitted.

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National Identity is Made Up

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Stocks shake off rate hike concerns following Powell testimony

Stocks shake off rate hike concerns following Powell testimony



Equity futures were little changed, the morning after new Fed Chair Jerome Powell testified before a House Committee on the outlook for inflation and interest rate increases.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Global shares fall after US Fed chief says he's optimistic

Global shares fall after US Fed chief says he's optimistic



Asian shares slid in subdued trading Wednesday after the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve said that he's feeling more optimistic about the economy.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Oil prices fall on weak Asian industry data, rise in U.S. supply

Oil prices fall on weak Asian industry data, rise in U.S. supply



Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday as weak Chinese factory data triggered concerns of an economic slowdown that could lower oil demand.

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Former Florida School Resource Officer Defends Response To Parkland Shooting

The former school resource officer who resigned after failing to confront a gunman earlier this month at the Florida high school where he was assigned is defending his response to the deadly mass shooting. Scot Peterson said he was following training he had received as a Broward County sheriff’s deputy when he decided to remain outside, despite being armed, during the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, according to a statement released Monday by his attorney. “The allegations that Mr. Peterson was a coward and that his performance, under the circumstances, failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue,” Joseph A. DiRuzzo III, Peterson’s attorney, wrote in the statement.

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Trump says he would have tried to stop Parkland shooter — with his bare hands

President Trump on Monday criticized the armed sheriff's deputies who reportedly failed to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., during the Feb. 14 mass shooting, suggesting he would have done so even if he didn't have a gun.

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In free speech case, justices troubled by Fla. man's arrest

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices seemed troubled Tuesday by the arrest of a Florida man during a city council meeting in Florida, an arrest he says was retaliation for being an outspoken critic of the city.

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'It's a lifestyle': Teens at Florida shooting club defend guns

Reanna Frauens, a lifelong gun enthusiast and a proud member of the Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club, is about the same age as many of the 17 victims killed by a shooter with an assault rifle at a Florida high school about a dozen miles away. "It's a horrible tragedy, but when people start promoting gun control, I am taken aback a little bit because it's a sport, it's a lifestyle, and a lot of people don't realize that," said Frauens, a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), the politically powerful gun-rights advocacy group.

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Court Orders Trump To Stop Revoking Dreamers' Protections Without Notice

WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration has to stop revoking undocumented young people’s deportation protections without due process, a federal judge ruled on Monday. The new order does not affect President Donald Trump’s effort — launched in September but currently on hold because of a separate court ruling — to end the broader Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez issued a preliminary injunction to halt that practice.

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US judge blocks weed-killer warning label in California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge blocked California from requiring that the popular weed-killer Roundup carry a label stating that it is known to cause cancer, saying the warning is misleading because almost all regulators have concluded there is no evidence that the product's main ingredient is a carcinogen.

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Democrats Sue Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker To Force Him To Call Special Elections

A Democratic group is suing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) over his refusal to call special elections for two seats in the state legislature. In December, two Republican lawmakers ― an assemblyman and a state senator ― resigned to take jobs in the Walker administration. The governor has said he won’t call a special election for the vacant seats, leaving them to be filled in the regularly scheduled November election, in order to save the state money. Democrats contend that Walker is delaying the vote in hopes of holding on to two GOP seats after Democrats unexpectedly won a January special election in a Wisconsin district that Donald Trump had carried handily in 2016.

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Supreme Court Denies Trump Request To Hear Dreamer Lawsuit

WASHINGTON ― In a major setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a lawsuit over the future of an Obama-era program that protects so-called Dreamers from deportation.

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Russia blasts 'bogus' reports of Syria chemical attack

Moscow on Monday said reports of an alleged chemical attack on Syria's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta were planted "bogus stories" and insisted armed groups attacked by regime forces there were terrorist allies. "There are already bogus stories in the media that yesterday chlorine was used in Eastern Ghouta, citing an anonymous individual living in the United States," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press-conference. A child died and at least 13 other people suffered breathing difficulties in a village in the Eastern Ghouta region after the suspected chemical attack Sunday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a medic who treated those affected.

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Florida school shooting: Sheriff says armed officer's failure to intervene in Parkland was 'not my responsibility'

In the wake of the shooting, Donald Trump called for teachers to be armed, saying “gun-adept” teachers, coaches, and other school workers would be able to deter school shooters. Mr Peterson has resigned rather than face suspension and possible dismissal. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel refusing to resign telling @nbc6: “I gave him a gun.

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More than 150 ICE arrests confirmed across Fresno and Northern California

ICE confirms that since Sunday there have been 150 arrests across Northern California.

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Echoes of Lynchings in Quiet Photos

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Teaching Activities for: ‘With Xi’s Power Grab, China Joins New Era of Strongmen’

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize 4th-quarter profit soars

Supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize 4th-quarter profit soars



Ahold Delhaize, the Dutch-Belgian operator of supermarket chains including Stop & Shop and Giant in the United States, says fourth-quarter net profit soared by more than 300 percent to 744 million euros ($909 million) from the same period a year ago, when one-off costs of 243 million euros dented profits.

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Bollywood legend Sridevi mourned by fans in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Thousands of grieving fans gathered in Mumbai on Wednesday to pay respects to Sridevi, the iconic Bollywood actress who drowned accidentally in a Dubai hotel bathtub over the weekend.

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More than 150 ICE arrests confirmed across NorCal

Dozens of ICE arrests have been reported in Northern California, with many coming out of the Fresno area, according to immigration attorney Hamid Yazdan Panah with the Northern California Rapid Response and Immigrant Defense Network.

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Ivanka Trump: 'I Believe My Father' On Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser of President Donald Trump, says she sides with her father when it comes to the more than a dozen women who have accused him of sexual misconduct. When asked about the allegations during an interview that aired Monday on NBC’s “Today” show, Ivanka appeared agitated and defended her father. “I think it’s a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he’s affirmatively stated that there’s no truth to it,” Trump told NBC’s Peter Alexander.

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The Latest: Bill Clinton says he is grateful for Graham

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on mourning for the Rev. Billy Graham (all times local):

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These Are The Real-Life Effects Of Trump's Obamacare Sabotage

Somebody has finally put some numbers on what the Republican effort to undermine Obamacare will mean for everyday Americans.

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Fire breaks out in overhead storage on Chinese aircraft

A fire broke out in the overhead storage of a Chinese passenger jet moments before it was scheduled to take off. Flight attendants and a passenger threw water and juice over a bag in the luggage compartment as it was engulfed in heavy smoke and flames. The fire was thought to have been triggered by a power bank that was being carried in the bag, reports said. The owner was taken away by police for questioning. All the passengers were forced to disembark the Boeing 777 following the fire, which happened while the plane was parked on the tarmac at Guangzhou Airport in southern China. It was scheduled to fly to Shanghai. The passengers and crew were taken to a different aircraft which took off just after 3pm, three hours after the original flight was scheduled to depart. Fire caused by portable charger on China Southern flight in Guangzhou was put out promptly, while passengers were relocated to another plane pic.twitter.com/HYwShVN1t3— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 25, 2018 The power charger was not in use when the fire started, Chinese media said. The video of the fire was shared widely on Chinese social media, where many were commenting on why only bottles of water and juice were used to extinguished the flames. “Don’t they have proper fire extinguishers on planes,” said one comment on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter. The fire on the aircraft Credit: Weibo However, other observers said the crew reacted to the fire correctly. “Using water is standard operation procedure,” said a Tweet from ChinaAviationReview, which tweets updates on Chinese aviation news.  “Water is actually better than… extinguisher in case of lithium battery fire.” Chinese airlines allow lithium batteries to be taken onto aircraft in hand luggage, but they are not allowed to be packed in checked-in luggage. Additional reporting by Christine Wei

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Wisconsin's Top Election Official Resigns After GOP Votes To Oust Him

Wisconsin’s top election official announced Tuesday that he would step down from his post, ending a confrontation with Republicans who suddenly voted to oust him in retaliation for his work on a government board that investigated Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R). Republicans in the state Senate voted in January not to officially confirm Wisconsin elections administrator Michael Haas to that role, which he’d held since 2016 on an interim basis.

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4 powers condemn Iran for violating arms embargo on Yemen

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The four Western powers that are parties to the Iran nuclear deal condemned Iran on Tuesday for violating an arms embargo on Yemen, a day after Russia vetoed a Security Council resolution that took aim at Tehran over its failure to abide by the U.N. sanctions.

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Monica Lewinsky says MeToo has made her rethink whether she could consent to relationship with Bill Clinton

Monica Lewinsky says that her perspective on the scandal that consumed her life and the United States in the late 1990s has continued to shift in light of the #MeToo movement, and she now is not sure that she could have consented to a relationship with former President Bill Clinton while she was a White House intern. In an essay in Vanity Fair, Ms Lewinsky described that evolution — which, in some respects, she describes as a life-long struggle for peace — and how the stories of brave women coming forward in recent months to tell their stories of sexual assault, harassment, or the misuse of power has made her rethink the affair she had with the President of the United States more than 20 years ago. Ms Lewinsky does not cede her agency in the matter — she has long said that the relationship was consensual, that she was a willing participant.

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A Big Divergence Is Coming in Health Care Among States

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Democrats can’t win by attacking tax cuts: Kennedy

Democrats can’t win by attacking tax cuts: Kennedy



FBN’s Kennedy discusses the growing popularity of President Trump’s tax bill.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Air Force One: A look at other Boeing deals involving Trump

Air Force One: A look at other Boeing deals involving Trump



Over the course of the president’s first year in office, Boeing has sometimes signed agreements at the White House.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Mueller’s Russia probe zeroes in: When did Trump decide to run?

Mueller’s Russia probe zeroes in: When did Trump decide to run?



The president has said that Russian meddling began long before he embarked on his campaign.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Brad Parscale: Trump’s digital money man takes 2020 campaign reins

Brad Parscale: Trump’s digital money man takes 2020 campaign reins



Winning the White House is big business and big money

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FOX BIZ NEWS: NRA boycotters are winning; that’s not good: Varney

NRA boycotters are winning; that’s not good: Varney



FBN's Stuart Varney weighs in on the NRA boycotts.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Trump to name political strategist Brad Parscale to manage 2020 re-election

Trump to name political strategist Brad Parscale to manage 2020 re-election



The decision comes as Trump looks to get started early on planning his 2020 re-election bid

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FOX BIZ NEWS: US durable goods orders down 3.7 percent in January

US durable goods orders down 3.7 percent in January



New orders for long-lasting manufactured goods fell 3.7 percent in January, the biggest decline since July 2017, following two months of increases that reflected strength in the country's industry.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Trump wins big discount from Boeing for new Air Force One planes

Trump wins big discount from Boeing for new Air Force One planes



The new deal will be valued at $3.9 billion, down from the original estimate of more than $5 billion for the two 747 jets and development program.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Sheriff Israel can’t rationalize his department’s failures: Kennedy

Sheriff Israel can’t rationalize his department’s failures: Kennedy



The sheriff in Broward County, Florida, seems to be knitting his own noose as he commits political suicide in the wake of the school massacre.

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FOX BIZ NEWS: Sheldon Adelson, wife to donate millions to GOP hopefuls

Sheldon Adelson, wife to donate millions to GOP hopefuls



In 2016, the Las Vegas Sands CEO and his spouse combined to give $22 million to a super PAC supporting Donald Trump’s presidential bid.

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Pay Me a Pineapple

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Why the World Should Learn to Say ‘Heimat’

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Portrait of a Turkish Novelist as Prisoner

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Boys and Men

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Word + Quiz: ascetic

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Where Pedestrian Deaths Are Up, Is Marijuana to Blame?

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Diesel Cars, Italy’s Upcoming Election, Jared Kushner: Your Wednesday Briefing

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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Looming Tower’ and ‘Waco’

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As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead

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Hope Hicks Acknowledges She Sometimes Tells White Lies for Trump

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11 Sickened by Hazardous Envelope Opened on Military Base

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