Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What we know about the mass school shooting in Florida
On Wednesday, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz fatally shot 17 people at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida. He had been kicked out, and reportedly was fascinated with guns.
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenStudents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School attend a memorial following a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, U.S., February 15, 2018. (REUTERS/Thom Baur)
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4 storiesWho is the gunman behind the Florida mass school shooting?
On Wednesday, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz fatally shot 17 people at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida. He had been kicked out, and reportedly was fascinated with guns.
Read the story9 minCan all of LA's homeless people be housed by Thanksgiving?
Los Angeles is the homeless capital of the country. Now a controversial activist is trying to spur public officials to act faster. Michael Weinstein of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation is buying motels to house homeless people.
Read the story11 minWhy the U.S. is still in Afghanistan more than 16 years after going to war
Steve Coll won a Pulitzer Prize for his book “Ghost Wars,” about secret American involvement in Pakistan and Afghanistan pre-9/11. His new book picks up the story.
Read the story19 minLaughing over 'Poop Talk'
In the new documentary “Poop Talk,” actors and comedians -- including Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Carolla, and Nikki Glaser -- share funny stories about poop. It opens tomorrow at the Laemmle in Santa Monica.
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