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Two West Virginia firefighters killed responding to car accident that killed three

Two West Virginia firefighters killed responding to car accident that killed three

iStock/Thinkstock(PRATT, W.Va.) — Two volunteer firefighters were killed Saturday night in West Virginia while responding to a deadly car accident. ABC affiliate WCHS-TV, in Charleston, West Virginia, reported the firefighters were killed when their vehicle flipped over and hit a rock wall responding to an earlier car accident. The accident […]

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Teen taking driver’s exam crashes into test office

Teen taking driver’s exam crashes into test office

Buffalo Police Department(BUFFALO, Minn.) — A Minnesota teen’s driving exam came to a crashing halt last week as she plowed into the testing office. The 17-year-old accidentally had the car in drive instead of reverse as she was trying to back out of a parking spot in front of the […]

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11-year-old girl gives passionate speech at March for Our Lives: ‘Black girls and women have been just numbers’

11-year-old girl gives passionate speech at March for Our Lives: ‘Black girls and women have been just numbers’

ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — An 11-year-old girl electrified the crowd at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., telling the throngs in attendance she was there to represent African-American women who were victims of gun violence whose stories aren’t told. Naomi Wadler, who led a protest walkout at her grammar […]

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Emma Gonzalez brings March for Our Lives rally to an emotional silence

Emma Gonzalez brings March for Our Lives rally to an emotional silence

ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — Emma Gonzalez, a leading and powerful voice in the movement spawned by the mass shooting at her Florida high school last month, brought hundreds of thousands of passionate protesters at the March for Our Lives rally in the nation’s capital to a complete silence Saturday afternoon. The 18-year-old […]

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Why I’m marching: Activists around the country speak out in their own words

Why I’m marching: Activists around the country speak out in their own words

Tony Morrison/ABC News(WASHINGTON) — In the wake of last month’s deadly shooting at a Florida high school, hundreds of thousands are marching in the nation’s capital and at rallies across the country today, demanding change so that the carnage in Parkland, Florida, will “Never Again” take place. Thousands of students, […]

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Paul McCartney, citing John Lennon’s murder, joins March for Our Lives in New York

Paul McCartney, citing John Lennon’s murder, joins March for Our Lives in New York

Spencer Platt / Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Wearing a black T-shirt that read “We can end gun violence,” Paul McCartney joined the March for our Lives in New York City Saturday.  The 75-year-old former Beatle and his wife, Nancy, joined a multitude of marchers on the Upper West Side in […]

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter tells March for Our Lives crowd: ‘I have a dream that enough is enough’

Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter tells March for Our Lives crowd: ‘I have a dream that enough is enough’

ABC(WASHINGTON) — A 9-year-old girl was a surprise guest at the March for Our Lives event in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. She appeared onstage before hundreds of thousands of people to tell them about a dream her grandfather had — and that she, too, has a dream. “My name is […]

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‘Happy Birthday’ sing-along at March for Our Lives protest becomes emotional

‘Happy Birthday’ sing-along at March for Our Lives protest becomes emotional

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Overcome with emotion, one Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School survivor, her voice shaking, led the March for Our Lives crowd in D.C. in a round of “Happy Birthday” in honor of her slain classmate, Nicholas Dworet, who would have turned 18 years old on Saturday. Some […]

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March for Our Lives: Everything you need to know about the #NeverAgain event

March for Our Lives: Everything you need to know about the #NeverAgain event

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Students, teachers, parents and their allies will converge on the nation’s capital Saturday to rally for gun control and school safety measures in the wake of last month’s shooting in a Florida high school. Thousands of people from across the country are expected to participate in the March […]

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Protests rock Sacramento for second day after fatal police shooting of unarmed black man

Protests rock Sacramento for second day after fatal police shooting of unarmed black man

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Hundreds of demonstrators calling for justice in the fatal shooting last weekend of 22-year-old Stephon Clark marched for hours and blocked traffic near the California state capitol building on Friday afternoon, according to ABC station KGO-TV. Protesters at one point came face to face with […]

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