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TERRY SPENCER

Former US president Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York, April 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
April 4, 2023, 2:08 am
Heavy security in New York as Trump returns to face historic criminal charges
Former president to be booked and arraigned, a first in US history, on hush money charges related to alleged sexual encounters; Trump team hopes proceedings will boost campaign
By Jill Colvin, Michael R. Sisak, TERRY SPENCER and Will Weissert
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted from the courtroom after his sentencing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Nov. 2, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
November 3, 2022, 6:19 pm
Victims’ parents weep as Parkland school shooter handed 34 life sentences
Nikolas Cruz sentenced for mass shooting that killed 17 students and wounded 17 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in 2018
By TERRY SPENCER
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing regarding possible jury misconduct during deliberations in the penalty phase of his trial on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
November 1, 2022, 4:47 pm
Families of Parkland shooting victims address killer as sentencing hearing begins
‘You did not receive the justice you deserved,’ widow of athletic director Chris Hixon tells Nikolas Cruz, who will avoid death penalty after jury failed to agree on punishment
By TERRY SPENCER
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz leans against a wall in the courtroom at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on October 13, 2022. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
October 13, 2022, 8:28 pm
Unable to agree on death penalty, jury hands Parkland school shooter life sentence
Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty last year to murdering 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018
By TERRY SPENCER
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz sits at the defense table for closing arguments in the penalty phase of Cruz's trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., October 11, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
October 12, 2022, 9:57 pm
Death or life in prison: Attorneys disagree on 2018 high school shooter’s fate
Nikolas Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty a year ago to murdering 14 students and three staff members and wounding 17 others at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
By TERRY SPENCER
File: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is shown at the defense table during jury selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida., June 28, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
September 28, 2022, 4:24 am
Parkland shooter searched online for Nazi flags, info on Hitler, detective says
Nikolas Cruz, who massacred 17, wrote ‘Nazi party will rise again,’ looked up swastika tattoos; prosecutors dispute mother’s drinking in pregnancy caused mental health problems
By TERRY SPENCER
Judge Elizabeth Scherer holds up documents as she considers arguments from the defense that the jury should be prevented from seeing the swastikas on the pages (circled in red) during the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
September 2, 2022, 1:20 am
Judge allows jury to view swastikas drawn by Florida school shooter
Defense loses attempt to redact Nazi symbols by arguing that Nikolas Cruz’s killing of 17 people at Parkland high school was not driven by bigotry
By TERRY SPENCER
The receipt for property that was seized during the execution of a search warrant by the FBI at former US president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, photographed on Aug. 12, 2022. (Jon Elswick/AP)
August 18, 2022, 11:40 am
Media groups to ask judge to release Trump’s Florida estate search warrant affidavit
Former US president has cried foul over raid on Mar-a-Lago home, challenging validity, but Justice Department is refusing to give details, claiming ongoing probe would be damaged
By TERRY SPENCER
Max Schachter reacts as video and audio are played from inside a classroom as bullets are fired into it during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, July 18, 2022. (Carline Jean / POOL / AFP)
July 19, 2022, 5:14 am
Tears in court as families shown harrowing videos of Parkland shooting
Prosecutor describes Nikolas Cruz’s 2018 rampage through Florida school, killing 17, as he makes case for death penalty; chilling footage shows kids seeking cover as shots ring out
By TERRY SPENCER
File: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is shown at the defense table during jury selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida., June 28, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)
July 18, 2022, 9:03 pm
Death penalty looms as sentencing begins for gunman in Parkland school shooting
Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder in October; hearings expected to last four months
By TERRY SPENCER
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the defense table during the penalty phase of his trial, July 6, 2022, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
July 7, 2022, 1:01 am
Parkland school shooter’s swastika carvings are focus of US court fight
Prosecutors say Nikolas Cruz’s Nazi symbols, racist posts, cruelty to animals show he’s not mentally ill, was not impaired when he killed 17 people in Florida in 2018
By TERRY SPENCER
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz enters the courtroom before jury pre-selection in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 4, 2022 (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
April 5, 2022, 11:35 am
Jury selection starts for trial of Parkland school shooter, but most are dismissed
Nikolas Cruz already pleaded guilty so only decision left is death penalty versus life without parole; 1 prospective juror cried, others had conflict of interest or vacation plans
By TERRY SPENCER
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz signs a document while seated at the defense table as he is in court to plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings, October 20, 2021, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)
October 21, 2021, 8:48 am
Gunman pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland high school massacre
Nikolas Cruz admits to murdering 14 students and 3 staff members at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School; victims’ parents shrug off his apologies as a defense strategy
By TERRY SPENCER
Search and rescue workers oversee an excavator dig through the rubble of the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on July 9, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 23, 2021, 10:32 pm
Firefighters officially end search for bodies at collapsed Florida condo
Forensic specialists continue working to identify human remains; inspector warns unstable retaining wall could cause site and nearby road to collapse
By DAVID FISCHER and TERRY SPENCER
In this July 6, 2021, file photo, a memorial for the Guara family is posted on a fence near the Champlain Towers South, in Surfside, Florida (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP, File)
July 13, 2021, 11:04 am
Child’s necklace, wedding album: The hunt for keepsakes in Florida condo rubble
As rescuers recover personal possessions of the dead and missing, rabbis work in the processing area to ensure that religious artifacts are handled with care and properly stored
By TERRY SPENCER and KELLI KENNEDY
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