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One of Trump's ways of campaigning for Presidency was the idea of building a wall on the Mexican border. Monday, march 26th is the day he will begin the construction.

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President Donald Trump said Friday that work on his border wall would start as soon as Monday, thanks to the $1.6 billion in border security funding included in the government spending bill he reluctantly signed.

"We're going to be starting the work literally on Monday, on not only some new wall - not enough, but we're working on that - but also fixing existing walls and existing fences," Trump told reporters on Friday at an event to announce the bill signing.

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But Trump's claim - that the $1.6 billion triggers work starting on the wall he's promised - is false. The funds earmarked for border protection construction and improvements can be used only to repair and build previously approved fencing, according to the bill. There is $38 million in funds earmarked for their planning and design of border walls, but none for the construction of a new kind of wall like the prototypes Trump recently toured in San Diego.

The construction funding "shall only be available for operationally effective designs deployed as of the date of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ... such as the currently deployed steel bollard designs," the bill reads, referring to last year's funding bill in early May, before Trump's border wall prototypes had even been built.

President Donald Trump reviews border wall prototypes in San Diego, California on March 13, 2018, Evan Vucci / AP

The law also specifically bars construction on a wildlife preserve that the administration previously identified as a starting point for work on a new border wall.

The president signed the funding bill hours after threatening to veto it. In remarks to the press, he complained that no one had had time to read the lengthy bill.

Trump also added that he's "not happy with $1.6 billion dollars, but it does start the wall and we will make that $1.6 billion dollars go very, very far."

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Fact check: Trump says work on his border wall starts Monday. It doesn't.

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Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE President Donald Trump said Friday that work on his border wall would start as soon as Monday, thanks to the $1.6 billion in border security funding included in the government spending bill he reluctantly signed.

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The long term change of the Walk Out method within schools is questioned my a father of a school shooting victim. The preposed idea of "walking up" is so students approach other students and become friends with those that are outsiders and in danger of mental illnesses.

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He is urging people to "walk up," not out.

"Instead of walking out of school in March 14, encourage students to walk up," he posted on Twitter. "Walk up to the kid who sits alone at lunch and invite him to sit with your group; walk up to the kid who sits quietly in the corner of the room and sit next to her. ... Walk up to your teachers and thank them; walk up to someone who has different views than you and get to know them -- you may be surprised at how much you have in common."

In his message, he also expressed doubt that the widely planned and oft-discussed walkouts would accomplish very much.

After Petty's 14-year-old daughter Alaina was killed in the shooting, the grieving father has been politically and socially active. He has called for comprehensive change and has voiced support for measures, such as improving school security and expanding mental health awareness. He has remained reserved on some of the more popular gun control-centric ideas, such as restricting access to AR-15-style weapons (though he does support other gun control measures).

Students around the country are using Wednesday, March 14, as a day to stage walkouts and other forms of activism to mark the one-month anniversary of the Stoneman Douglas tragedy.

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Walk out? Father of Parkland shooting victim has another idea

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He is urging people to "walk up," not out. "Instead of walking out of school in March 14, encourage students to walk up," he posted on Twitter. "Walk up to the kid who sits alone at lunch and invite him to sit with your group; walk up to the kid who sits quietly in the corner of the room and sit next to her.

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The #metoo movement was a positive way for women and girls to come out and share that they have been sexually harassed and no one is alone. This movement encouraged so many to share, despite the threats.

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Threatened to keep quiet about harassment

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Threatened to keep quiet about harassment

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The "me too" movement is a way for Women to come forward about sexual harassment and to understand they are not alone

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How Young Is Too Young for Protest? A National Gun-Violence Walkout Tests Schools (Published 2018)

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A coordinated protest on Wednesday at schools across the U.S. has administrators making special plans for students who may not be old enough to handle the subject.

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As of March 23rd, there have been 28 school shootings in the U.S. in 2018

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As of March 23rd, there have been 28 school shootings in the U.S. in 2018

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Almost two dozen school shootings have already occurred so far in 2018.

According to non-profit organization Everytown for Gun Safety, a total of 19 shootings have occurred on school campuses across the United States as of March 2.

The tragic suicide of a 7th-grader inside a middle school and the shooting death of two at Central Michigan University marked the 20th and 21st incidents, respectively.
Take a look at the map for details on each of the shooting incidents so far this year.
The organization defines a school shooting as "any time a firearm discharges a live round inside a school building or on a school campus or grounds."

In other words, this count also includes attempted or completed suicides and accidental discharges.
RELATED: Mass shootings in the U.S.: When, where they have occurred in 2018
A total of 65 shootings were reported on school campuses in 2017.

These incidents, according to Everytown, are collected from media reports and further inquiries.

Everytown for Gun Safety on its website lists itself as "an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to understanding and reducing gun violence in America."

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School shootings in U.S.: When, where each shooting has occurred in 2018

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Almost two dozen school shootings have already occurred so far in 2018. According to non-profit organization Everytown for Gun Safety, a total of 19 shootings have occurred on school campuses across the United States as of March 2.

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Nigeria schoolgirls reunited with parents after release

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Nigeria schoolgirls reunited with parents after release

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Relatives say more than 100 girls recently released by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram have been reunited with their parents in northern Nigeria.

Bashir Manzo, head of the group of parents whose children were abducted, told The Associated Press that the children were reunited with their parents Sunday.

Five of the schoolgirls kidnapped in mid-February died during the ordeal, and one Christian girl remains in captivity.

Authorities have said they believe the girl will soon be released, though Manzo said even if true it would take several days for Boko Haram to reach Dapchi from their hideouts.

The Nigerian government denies that it paid a ransom for the release of the schoolgirls, who were returned in the middle of the night to the center of town last week.

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Nigeria schoolgirls reunited with parents after release

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Relatives say more than 100 girls recently released by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram have been reunited with their parents in northern Nigeria. Bashir Manzo, head of the group of parents whose children were abducted, told The Associated Press that the children were reunited with their parents Sunday.

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The increase of North Korea testing missiles has caught the U.S.'s eye. Leader Kim Jong Un has made it known that they are working towards a nuclear-tipped missile, capable of reaching the U.S.

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The increase of North Korea testing missiles has caught the U.S.'s eye. Leader Kim Jong Un has made it known that they are working towards a nuclear-tipped missile, capable of reaching the U.S.

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A week after this incident happened I went to an outdoor concert in Washington, D.C.. I can't imagine what they went through, Thomas Rhett thanked us for coming and was amazed at how many people showed up. It was so upsetting because this people went to have a fun time but that was destroyed by the massacre of innocent people.

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A week after this incident happened I went to an outdoor concert in Washington, D.C.. I can't imagine what they went through, Thomas Rhett thanked us for coming and was amazed at how many people showed up. It was so upsetting because this people went to have a fun time but that was destroyed by the massacre of innocent people.

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The first three bombings were thought to be acts done because of race. I can not imagine the panic and worry these people had to be in not knowing if the package sitting on their porch was the new thing they ordered on amazon or a deadly bomb.

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The first three bombings were thought to be acts done because of race. I can not imagine the panic and worry these people had to be in not knowing if the package sitting on their porch was the new thing they ordered on amazon or a deadly bomb.

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Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea reached their highest point in years over the course of this summer, and they don't look as if they will diminish anytime soon.

Increased missile tests by the North Koreans and a change in approach by the Trump administration have taken the two countries' leaders into uncharted territory.

The war of words between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump further escalated Tuesday when Trump, in his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly, slammed Kim, saying, "Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime."

Though much about the so-called Hermit Kingdom's inner workings remain a mystery, more and more information about its military programs and arsenal is becoming clear. Ahead, what we know about the North Korean threat.

The North Korean mindset

Steve Ganyard, an ABC News contributor and a former deputy assistant secretary of state, was quick to note that nobody really knows what motivates Kim but "the consensus in the intelligence community is that he's trying to use nuclear weapons for regime stability and the ability to make the U.S. think twice about whether they would trade Seoul for Seattle."

Scott Snyder, a senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, agreed that maintaining stability is a major goal, as is projecting a strong image globally and at home.

"I believe Kim Jong Un knows that he's weak and vulnerable and he believes that having nuclear capabilities and an ability to strike the United States will help to remove the vulnerability he feels," Snyder told ABC News.

Snyder also believes that the country's nuclear arsenal helps bolster his legitimacy domestically.

"Having nuclear weapons has become a key to his survival in sustaining his rule because he looks around the neighborhood and the world and sees that he's weak," Snyder said.

He said that while North Koreans call the country's nuclear weapons program "the treasured sword," Kim sees it as "the great equalizer."

In a statement after the country's most recent missile test, Kim said that "he was seeking equilibrium with the U.S.," Snyder said.

"In that statement, he's showing his concern about North Korea's vulnerability," Snyder added.

There may be a more tangible goal as well, Ganyard said.

"I think there's also a growing sense with many people that his ultimate goal is a reunification of the Korean Peninsula under his control," Ganyard said. "That's even more scary, because that's a very offensive mindset that he thinks he can keep the U.S. at bay and that he can defeat the South militarily. Now that's highly, highly unlikely, but history is replete with conflicts that have been started by miscalculations."

Missile launches

North Korea has conducted 14 ballistic missile tests so far this year.

The first came in February, when the North launched a solid-fuel, intermediate-range missile that traveled 310 miles into the Sea of Japan.

Gen. John Hyten, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, told a congressional panel in early April that the February launch marked a significant advancement for North Korea because it was its first successful solid-fueled missile fired from a mobile launcher, which makes those missiles harder to track because they can be positioned and fired on short notice.

Subsequent missiles have flown increasing distances, reaching more than 600 miles in one March test of a medium-range Scud-er (extended range).

There was a series of missiles that failed before reaching greater distances, but their capabilities reached new heights on July 4. That was when North Korea launched, for the first time, a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile to mark the United States' Independence Day.

The missile was launched into a high-altitude trajectory, going 1,730 miles vertically and about 577 miles horizontally and landing in the Sea of Japan. Three weeks later, another ICBM was launched and went even farther.

The latest missile was launched on Sept. 14, and Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that the missile flew as much as 478 miles up and about 2,300 miles horizontally.

According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, if angled correctly, that ICBM could travel as far as Washington, D.C., or New York.

Nuclear arsenal

North Korea has a small arsenal of nuclear weapons, the existence of which have been proved by the country's five nuclear tests. A 2016 Congressional Research Service report estimated that North Korea has 66 to 88 pounds of separated plutonium, enough for at least half a dozen nuclear weapons.

U.S. intelligence agencies believe that North Korea now has an arsenal of as many as 60 nuclear devices.

North Korea is working toward its stated goal of placing a nuclear warhead on an ICBM capable of reaching the United States.

U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb on Sept. 4, according to a U.S. official.

Military technology

Ganyard said North Korea would need to have four essentials in place before being able to strike the U.S. with a nuclear weapon: the weapon itself, missiles capable of carrying it, technology that allows the missiles to re-enter the earth's atmosphere without burning up and the capability to target missiles.

Kim "showed us that the rocket has the range" necessary to strike most of the U.S. through recent missile tests, Ganyard said. A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report and a recent test of a thermonuclear weapon 20 times as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima have led officials to believe the country possesses a nuclear weapon that could be placed on a missile.

Whether Kim has the missile re-entry technology and missile-targeting capability necessary for such an attack remains a mystery. Ganyard said it's "still doubtful" that North Korean forces have the re-entry technology needed to have a nuclear weapon explode at its most destructive state. A recent missile test also appeared to show that the bomb that they had tested "disintegrated before fully reentering," Ganyard said.

The North's ability to target missiles remains totally unknown.

"We have no idea where he stands on that technology," Ganyard said.

Just what kind of re-entry and targeting technology North Korea has remains an open question.

"Even with the [Defense Intelligence Agency] report out there, I would still say that they have an unproven capability to deliver because there has not been a judgment yet about their ability to master re-entry to the earth's atmosphere, so that applies for now to the continental United States," Snyder told ABC News in August.

What the recent thermonuclear test showed, he said, is that the North has nuclear capabilities.

"More importantly, the size of the yield was large enough that it reduces the need for accuracy in the event that North Korea wants to strike a location in the United States," Snyder said this week.

He warned that North Korea's re-entry abilities could change in the coming months.

US defense systems

As part of a security commitment the U.S. made to South Korea after the Korean War, 28,500 American troops are permanently stationed in the South. Additionally, there are there 54,000 American troops stationed in Japan.

Beyond simple manpower, the United States has a layered missile defense system designed to track and intercept missiles launched from North Korea.

It includes missile interceptors aboard Navy ships in the Pacific and large ground-based interceptors in Alaska and California. However, the viability of the large interceptors has been routinely questioned since they became operational nearly a decade ago.

In late May, the Missile Defense Agency successfully tested an interceptor that targeted a test ICBM fired from Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific.

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system is a missile defense shield designed to intercept short-, medium- and intermediate-range missiles.

In April the United States deployed THAAD to South Korea for the first time, a long-planned move agreed to last summer after a series of 2016 North Korean missile tests. The U.S. has also placed the THAAD system in Guam, which could be reached by some of North Korea's long-range missiles.

Shifts in rhetoric

The overtly aggressive rhetoric that Trump has been using toward North Korea, coupled with the country's increasing number of missile tests, has brought to the fore the question of what happens next.

While that remains unclear, Snyder suggested that the tests are tied to the rhetoric.

Since taking office, Trump has said that North Korea is a "rogue nation," a "great threat," "hostile and dangerous," "looking for trouble" and "behaving very badly." In August he said that if North Korea didn't stop threatening the U.S., it would be met with "fire and fury like the world has never seen." Most recently, he has taken to referring to Kim as "Rocket Man."

Those comments coincide with an increase in tests, Snyder said.

"The North Koreans have been pretty consistent in playing tit for tat and responding to threats of pressure with threats of pressure," he said.

"Within the past months, the escalation in rhetoric has been on the U.S. side - not to point any fingers - and the North Koreans have responded in kind," Snyder added.

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Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea reached their highest point in years over the course of this summer, and they don't look as if they will diminish anytime soon. Increased missile tests by the North Koreans and a change in approach by the Trump administration have taken the two countries'...

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what about the lives of the unborn children who cannot do anything to defend themselves against abortion?
And that is exactly why a California student designed this new type of walkout

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"It's such a random sending of these bombs," said Nelson W. Wolff, the top elected official in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio. "You've got somebody out there, or possibly more than one person, that's obviously got a system going, and that doesn't mean it couldn't be changed from one town to the other."

The explosions - the fifth was at a FedEx center near San Antonio early Tuesday morning - do not destroy evidence of the bombs' origins so much as blast it into many bits and pieces. DNA and other more technical fingerprints can remain. Switches, relays and homemade circuit boards often survive. If the explosive was contained in a pipe, then the inside walls of that pipe, even in tiny fragments, will be smudged with residue from the explosive it held, experts say.

While investigators have been tight-lipped about the details of the case, bomb experts and federal agents described an intense detective drama unfolding throughout Central Texas.

The F.B.I. confirmed Tuesday night that the two latest packages located at FedEx facilities near San Antonio and the Austin airport were connected to the earlier explosions. With six devices now tied to the case and no arrests yet, panicky residents have flooded 911 with more than 1,200 suspicious-package calls since March 12. Still, with every new bomb discovered, the evidence grows and, investigators hope, the space between the hunter and the hunted narrows ever so slightly.

Specialists from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who are working the case have honed their skills, and their eyes, for years. The A.T.F. has long run a five-day "post-blast investigator" course for law enforcement around the country. Typically, once the classroom portion of the course has ended, the agency will blow up a car on a demolition range using a real car bomb, and the students will comb the range afterward for parts and pieces of the device that exploded.

At the scene of the first package explosion in Austin, a red brick house on Haverford Drive in northeast Austin where the first victim, Anthony Stephan House, 39, was killed, a large chunk of the white-painted wall next to the plywood-covered front door has been removed, probably by investigators who want to recover minuscule bomb fragments from it.

"The Unabomber put 'FC,' which stood for Freedom Club, on his bombs, so the investigators will be looking for any signatures that could give them some investigatory leads," said Clinton R. Van Zandt, a former profiler with the F.B.I. who worked on the case. The bomber, Theodore Kaczynski, was a mathematics professor turned recluse whose crudely fashioned bombs killed three people and injured 24 others over a 17-year period beginning in 1978.

One new potential block of evidence emerged on Tuesday from the Austin bomber's use of FedEx.

The package that exploded shortly after midnight Tuesday at the FedEx center in Schertz, outside San Antonio, was shipped from the Austin area and was bound for Austin as well. Another suspicious package discovered on Tuesday also was shipped via FedEx, and it, too, contained explosive material, a law enforcement official said.

Both packages were mailed from a FedEx store in Sunset Valley, a small city within Austin, and a statement from FedEx suggested that they were sent by the same person.

The second package was turned over intact to law enforcement, marking the first time investigators will get their hands on one of the serial bomber's unexploded devices. They may also be able to get video images of the person who shipped it.

"We have provided law enforcement responsible for this investigation extensive evidence related to these packages, and the individual that shipped them, collected from our advanced technology security systems," FedEx said in a statement.

Tuesday illustrated the shifting, fast-paced tempo of the case. Austin police called in a bomb squad at the FedEx center near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, where the unexploded package was found. The facility remained sealed off hours later as police and federal agents continued hunting for clues.

"We are still investigating," Austin police spokeswoman Destiny Winston told reporters at the scene.

In the span of 18 days this month, the case has unfolded at five explosion sites in two cities, and prompted neighborhood lockdowns in Austin and operational disruptions at three FedEx facilities.

The explosion at the FedEx site in Schertz, which caused a worker to complain of ringing in the ear, signaled yet another shift in tactics for the bomber.

The first three devices were in packages that were left on doorsteps, but the fourth was triggered by a tripwire strung across a sidewalk. The fifth was the first to have been shipped. Investigators have said the bomber had to possess some level of skill to build and transport devices without them blowing up prematurely. It appeared that the blast on Tuesday represented, for the bomber, a premature detonation.

Homemade package bombs delivered to homes and offices have become surprisingly common. Since 1990, dozens of men, women and children have been wounded or killed in package bombings around the country, in explosions that were not connected to the Unabomber case. The culprit, in many of those cases, was an ex-husband, an ex-boyfriend, a stalker or a relative seeking revenge or an inheritance.

The frequency of the attacks illustrates just how easy it has become for a person with no explosives training to make and deliver a package bomb. According to A.T.F.'s most recent public report on bomb incidents, there were 439 bombings in 2016, up from 400 the year before.

In January 2000, in the Boston suburb of Everett, Sandra Berfield, a 32-year-old waitress, was killed after she opened a package containing a pipe bomb that was left on her doorstep. A handyman who had stalked her for years, Steven S. Caruso, was convicted in her murder. The authorities said he used a readily available toy rocket-launcher component in his bomb. He had put her sister's return address on the package to make sure his target opened it.

What We Know About the Austin Bombings

In Austin, investigators may have more clues to work with than the bomb-maker might expect.

"A bomber often believes that the device itself is consumed in the thermal effect of the blast, and that he is giving himself distance from the criminal act," said a federal agent and explosives expert who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. "They think they have autonomy, but they don't."

Investigators now are going so far as to reconstruct the bombs that exploded, using similar materials. "Each one of these devices is being rebuilt to help investigators figure out what they are looking for," the federal agent explained. "It is like putting a puzzle together."

Ed Davis, the former Boston police chief, who has been involved in investigating several bombings including the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, said rebuilding the bombs was critical in that case.

"It helps them determine the sophistication of the device and the level of expertise involved in building it," Mr. Davis said. "Then it limits the number of people you are looking at. It provides a certain class of possible suspects."

Bomb experts and those who study serial killers said the search for clues is time-consuming and complex, but far from impossible. Some said it was clear that the Austin bomber had already built the devices in advance before launching the first attack, because the use of different triggering mechanisms takes time. Others said the suspect or suspects had shown a major vulnerability: By dropping off the packages themselves or shipping them at FedEx, they exposed themselves or their vehicles to being captured on surveillance video or seen by witnesses.

Then there is the shrapnel. The first four devices that exploded in Austin contained shrapnel - small metal pieces like nails that are included in a bomb to make it wreak more havoc on people who are nearby when it goes off.

"Shrapnel is critical to this analysis," said Mr. Van Zandt, the former F.B.I. profiler. "If investigators look at the shrapnel from all five devices and see the same kind of nails or ball bearings, for instance, that would connect the devices to the same bomb builder. Investigators could then canvass hardware stores in Austin, or all over Texas for that matter, looking for someone who bought quantities of these things."

The locations of the explosions is also significant. All of the four bombings in Austin occurred in residential neighborhoods near highways and major thoroughfares, suggesting to investigators that the suspect may be doing significant getaway planning and may not even live in Austin. Investigators have sought home security camera footage that could help solve the case.

Law enforcement officials have taken the unusual step of speaking directly to the suspect or suspects at news conferences, asking them to call 911 to talk to the police and explain the message behind the attacks. Mr. Van Zandt said that for some serial bombers, such an invitation may be hard to resist. But he added that there was another benefit to such communication between the hunters and the hunted.

"If we give them an opportunity to talk, they are not bombing," he said.

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"It's such a random sending of these bombs," said Nelson W. Wolff, the top elected official in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio. "You've got somebody out there, or possibly more than one person, that's obviously got a system going, and that doesn't mean it couldn't be changed from one town to the other."

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September 20th, Puerto Rico met category four Hurricane Maria head on. As a country in major debt, the way of life was not ideal in the first place, and now with the damage from the hurricane, they are in desperate need of financial aid.

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About a third of Puerto Rico's residents - over 900,000 - are still living without electricity five months after Hurricane Maria battered the island on Sept. 20th of last year.

As power restoration efforts continue against all odds, it's still hard for officials to say when the power will be fully restored - the question on everyone's mind.

"I would hesitate to give you a date," said Lt. Col. John Cunningham of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the deputy commander for the Task Force Power Restoration on the island. "We would like to go faster, but right now we're going as fast as we can."

"The largest challenge has been logistics: getting the materials we need," Cunningham told NBC News. "Because it is a tropical island, they need specific conductors and materials that can resist the tropical weather and there's a limited number of suppliers available to purchase specific materials for the island."

After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, getting access to those materials is even harder.

About 1,200 temporary generators and seven microgrids are powering key areas near important buildings such as schools and hospitals. In addition, teams from utility companies from the mainland U.S. have made their way to Puerto Rico to support personnel sent to the island to help restore power.

After Hurricane Maria left the entire island without power, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, or PREPA, needed at least about 53,000 poles, a little over 17 million conductors and 184,750 insulators.

Related: Anger grows and hope fades as Puerto Rico's ground zero remains without power

So far, 5,072 transformers have arrived in Puerto Rico in addition to about 31,500 poles and about 2,613 miles of conductor cables already on the island, PREPA said in a statement.

In the next two weeks, Puerto Rico should receive 80 containers with additional equipment.

Restoring power amid funding woes

One of the reasons for a lack of inventory in the first place is PREPA's financial woes. While a Category 5 hurricane like Maria was expected to cause massive damage, Puerto Rico's bankrupt and greatly indebted public utility had not kept up with upgrading and modernizing its four-decade-old power plants, which mostly produce energy from burning imported oil.

Puerto Rican government leaders went to federal court in New York on Thursday to request a $1 billion emergency loan to finance operational costs and avoid running out of cash. Though the request was not approved, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain gave Puerto Rico's lawyers the chance to submit another motion for a $300 million emergency loan, understanding that "the lights cannot go off in Puerto Rico." The motion was filed early Friday and Judge Swain approved it on Monday.

To reduce costs and avoid a shutdown, Puerto Rico has activated a contingency plan that consists of reducing power to energy reserves that handle generation failures like the one that took place on Feb. 12 in northern Puerto Rico. Government officials said Sunday it should not affect customers.

PREPA is currently the government agency with the biggest share of Puerto Rico's $72 billion public debt. In part, PREPA's $9 billion debt is due to unpaid electricity bills from public entities in Puerto Rico.

Liquidity issues around Puerto Rico's power company go back decades. Through Puerto Rico's fiscal agency AAFAF, most PREPA projects get funded through the issuance of bonds.

Critics say past projects illustrate a history of costly mistakes.

Francisco Lopez, an engineer and PREPA employee for 36 years and now an independent energy consultant, had pitched a project in 2010 called Via Verde that consisted of a natural gas pipeline across the island.

Because the governor at the time, Luis Fortuño, had signed an executive order declaring a "state of emergency" around electric power generation, the project was approved and bonds were issued before any public hearings.

Photos: 100 days in the dark leave Puerto Ricans with glimmer of hope

PREPA had done a study that showed that revenues from Via Verde would be enough to pay back bondholders. "It would have taken, like, five years," said Lopez.

But the $350 million Via Verde project never came to life after strong opposition from community members and environmentalists. With no project, there was no revenue, but PREPA still had to pay bondholders back as well as the already-hired contractors. Lopez said situations like this have contributed to the utility's debt.

Amid criticism, a promise to restore power

As PREPA grapples with financial issues, it has also faced strong questions about its actions following the hurricane.

A former supervisor and chemist at PREPA, Carlos Velez, was critical of the government's initial handling of its equipment and restoration needs.

Related: FEMA under scrutiny over botched contract to provide meals for Puerto Rico

"In a situation where PREPA lacks inventory, the usual procedure is to ask the American Public Power Association ( APPA) for what's needed," said Velez. APPA is a not-for-profit organization that serves U.S. public utilities; it has worked with PREPA on previous post-hurricane efforts.

Instead, PREPA came under fire after signing a $300 million contract with Whitefish, a small Montana-based firm. The contract was eventually terminated after questions emerged following a Washington Post report about the company and the contract.

It wasn't until the end of October, more than a month after the hurricane, that APPA received Puerto Rico's petition asking for help. It still remains unclear why APPA's help was requested so late.

FEMA deputy administrator Ahsha Tribble, who has been working on the island for months, said in an Oversight Board hearing that PREPA's bureaucracy has slowed down restoration efforts. "When you have eight layers of approval to get something done, it's not working for us," said Tribble.

PREPA has also been dealing with changing leadership. In November, its executive director Ricardo Ramos stepped down and Gov. Ricardo Rosselló called for Justo Gonzalez's appointment as interim director.

"When you put an interim director in the middle of a disaster, it's hard. It's very difficult to begin to make decisions," said Tribble.

The spotlight on PREPA after the devastating storm and the financial crisis may result in significant changes. Gov. Rosselló announced a plan last month to move toward privatizing the utility, pledging a more "financially viable," consumer-centered model.

While there is debate over the plan, consumer watchdogs and analysts have long called for changes to PREPA. In addition, the utility's finances and debt are now being scrutinized by a financial oversight board started under President Barack Obama as well as Judge Swain.

In the meantime, the start of the next hurricane season is just four months away.

"I want to assure all clients still without electricity, that we have you in mind. We know our work is not over and we are prioritizing restoration for this population," said Justo Gonzalez, PREPA's interim director, in a statement. "No one deserves to be without electricity, so we appreciate your patience. "

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A California student will lead a school walkout on April 11 to protest abortion, just a few weeks after his school joined others across the country in walkouts protesting gun violence.

Rocklin High School student Brandon Gillespie wanted to see whether his school's administration practiced a double standard for what student protests they are willing to approve.

"Along with being a movement commemorating the millions of children who fell victim to abortion, this movement is one that stands for all students' right to freedoms of speech and assembly," the 17-year-old said in an interview with National Review.

Gillespie will meet with the principal of the school on Friday and is asking for the same accommodation the gun-control protesters asked for: a 17-minute walkout at 10 a.m. But the high-schooler and his group say they will go ahead with their pro-life walkout whether or not the school recognizes their right to protest.

He hopes to promote nationwide awareness about abortion, especially the "cruel injustices taking place at Planned Parenthood," and he is encouraging students across the country to join him, using the hashtag #Life on social media.

"We hope this movement inspires all students nationwide, regardless of their view on the abortion issue, to stand up for what they believe in," he said.

Gillespie got the idea from his history teacher, Julianne Benzel.

Benzel was put on paid administrative leave after she suggested the school might have a double standard for what protests are acceptable.

The mother of five, who has taught at the school for 20 years and had a previously spotless record, was told not to come to work and given no time frame for the break. She told National Review that she believes the only reason she was allowed back at her job was the outrage of the community, which rallied to her side. Her punishment has also created a "climate of fear" among the other teachers, she added.

"I'm thrilled that he's going to not only actively engage, but also that he's going to challenge. He literally is trying to answer my question," Benzel said of Gillespie.

She said she hopes the event will get the national attention it deserves.

Gillespie said the abortion walkout is a direct response to the school's handling of Benzel's situation, and is asking the administration to apologize to her publicly.

One student has already objected to the walkout, saying that unlike the country's school-shooting epidemic, abortion has nothing to do with school or Rocklin's students.

"They have their First Amendment, they can go protest about that anytime anywhere," said Naeirika Neev, editor of the school newspaper. Neev is promoting the gun-control initiative in the newspaper but has avoided saying anything against abortion.

An ominous sign for the pro-life protesters is that Rocklin High School has a history of blocking anti-abortion events. The school previously shut down a group handing out pro-life pamphlets across the street from its campus, Benzel remembered.

"Brandon Gillespie is a terrific example of the passion this pro-life generation has, and his courageous effort to draw attention to the reality that more lives have been lost in our generation to abortion than all other causes should be national news," Students for Life of America president Kristan Hawkins said in a statement to National Review . "Having opened to door to student-led walkouts as a way to express a political or cultural viewpoint, schools cannot shut that door to pro-life students who also are moved by the loss of life and horrific realities of the toll of abortion....Pro-life students deserve the same respect and accommodation that anti-gun student activists experienced."

Mairead McArdle - Mairead McArdle is a news writer for National Review Online and a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College. @johnsonhildy

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The New President

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 20, outlining his vision of a new national populism and reiterating the same "America First" mantra that delivered the White House to him during the 2016 election.

In his first address as leader of the free world, Trump said his inauguration would signify a historic moment when "the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer."

After months on the campaign trail marked by partisan division and deep skepticism from his critics, Trump told thousands in the nation's capital that his agenda was for every American - even as protesters demonstrated against him elsewhere in Washington, D.C., including some who clashed with police hours later.
Photos: President Trump: Scenes from the Inauguration
The next day, half a million marchers demonstrated for gender equality and against the new president during the Women's March on Washington, brandishing pink hats and homemade signs in the streets near the National Mall.

Now more than a year since his election, Trump is enjoying a healthy economy marked by lower unemployment numbers and strong stock market performance.

But he has struggled to fulfill his many campaign promises with major legislation. Since his inauguration, the push to repeal and replace Obamacare has failed three times, and his plans to build a border wall and invest billions in infrastructure have been put on hold.

The Mueller Investigation

Bowing to public and congressional pressure, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller in May as a special counsel to conduct the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

More than five months later, Mueller's office indicted President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, and his longtime business associate Rick Gates on 12 charges, including money laundering, being an unregistered foreign agent and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.

The special counsel's office also announced that day that it had struck a cooperation agreement with former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos, who secretly pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents about his contacts with Kremlin-connected Russians.

In early December, former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in federal court to making false statements to the FBI about his contacts with Russia, and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's probe.

The special counsel's investigation is still ongoing.

Greater Tensions with North Korea

American tensions with North Korea intensified rapidly since President Donald Trump was inaugurated in late January, as leader Kim Jong Un made no secret that his scientists are working on a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the U.S.

Kim Im Ryong, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, bluntly warned that the Trump administration's tough talk was creating "a dangerous situation in which thermonuclear war may break out at any moment."

The situation has become so dire that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asked China - Pyongyang's neighbor and most powerful ally - to "use their influence to convince or compel North Korea to rethink its strategic calculus."

Tensions escalated in June when Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American student, died days after being released from a North Korean prison in an unconscious state.

The regime's actions has led Trump and his administration to ratchet up the rhetoric, with the president in August promising "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if North Korea continues to threaten the U.S. Trump also disparaged the North Korean leader as a "rocket man" during his first address to the United Nations.

The #MeToo Movement

In early October, back-to-back bombshell reports in The New York Times and The New Yorker revealed that film mogul Harvey Weinstein allegedly lured women into hotel rooms and bars, and sexually harassed or assaulted them in what some have described as an open secret known for years in Hollywood.

Later that month, after a tweet from actress Alyssa Milano, who was one of Weinstein's accusers, social media was inundated with personal stories of being the victims of sexual harassment or assault, all using the hashtag #MeToo.

Weinstein's downfall has seemingly emboldened others to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent men. In recent months alone, at least 30 powerful men in entertainment, business, politics and the news media have been publicly condemned for their alleged sexual misconduct and many have lost their jobs as a result, including Weinstein.

"The Silence Breakers" of the #MeToo movement, who gave a voice to sexual assault and harassment survivors, have since been named Time magazine's 2017 Person of the Year.

The Massacres in Las Vegas and Texas

On Oct. 1, a lone gunman unleashed a rapid-fire barrage of bullets down on a crowd of concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, killing 59 people and injuring more than 500 others. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

The shooter - 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada - acted alone, police said. Investigators found 23 firearms in his room at the Mandalay Bay, and 19 more at his home. He was found after killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.
Photos: Las Vegas Shooting: Photos Capture Chaos of Concert Massacre
On Nov. 5, an armor-clad shooter entered a church in rural Texas and opened fire, killing 26 parishioners and injuring at least 19 others.

The gunman, Devin Kelley, fired the first shots outside of the church before unleashing more bullets inside the church. His victims' ages ranged from 5 to 72 years old, police said. Kelley was later found dead inside his vehicle after a Good Samaritan stepped in.

Terrorism in Popular Tourist Destinations

Vehicular and suicide terrorist attacks hit some of Europe's most popular tourist destinations, as well as the America's most populous city this year.

In late March, three people were killed and about 40 were injured when an attacker rammed into pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge and attempted to enter Parliament wielding a knife. About two weeks later, an attacker killed four and injured 15 after intentionally driving into a department store in Stockholm, Sweden.
Photos: Terrorist Truck Attack Shocks New York City
In May, children were among the 22 killed in a suicide bombing after an Ariana Grande concert at Britain's Manchester Area. It was the deadliest terrorist attack in Britain since 2005. Almost two weeks later, seven people died and nearly 50 were injured when a vehicle rammed into pedestrians on London Bridge, and three attackers embarked on a stabbing spree at nearby Borough Market.

During August, 13 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in Spain when a van plowed into Barcelona's La Rambla tourist destination, before another car hit several people and killed one woman in a resort further down the Spanish coast.

Terrorism again hit the U.S. on Oct. 31, when Sayfullo Saipov rented a pickup truck and deliberately mowed down pedestrians on a bike path in Lower Manhattan, killing eight and injuring about a dozen more, before crashing into a school bus. Officials said the terrorist attack was the deadliest in New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.

The Opioid Epidemic

In August, President Trump declared America's opioid epidemic a national emergency two days after vowing the U.S. would "win" the fight against it.

About a month earlier, the Department of Justice charged more than 400 people who officials said were preying on addicts to shell out money for unnecessary treatments that only worsened their condition, and doctors who were allegedly prescribing unnecessary opioids.

The White House Council of Economic Advisers recently reported that the epidemic's true cost in 2015 was $504 billion - more than six times the most recent estimate.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in late October that illegal, lab-made fentanyl contributed to the death of at least half of fatal opioid overdoses in 2016, underscoring how deadly the epidemic has become in recent years.

The Devastating Hurricane Season

A hurricane season unlike any other came to a close in December after causing billions of dollars in damages, devastating those who were impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria when they plowed through southeast Texas, Florida and the Caribbean.

Harvey, a Category 3 storm, drenched southeast Texas in late August with 1 million gallons of water per person in the region, according to The Associated Press. The storm caused historic flooding in Houston, where some downtown areas were knee-deep in water and portions of highways were shut down with 10 feet of water.

Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida, devastating the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm before weakening. The storm also lead to the deaths of 12 patients at a Hollywood, Florida, nursing home. Those fatalities have since been ruled a homicide, officials said.

And at the end of September, the Category 4 Hurricane Maria, the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in almost a century, steamrolled through the island, annihilating homes, knocking out the entire power grid and leaving many without electricity for months.

Maria's aftermath also raised concerns about the relationship between Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the small Montana energy firm that was helping Puerto Rico to rebuild its power grid, Whitefish Energy Holdings.

The island canceled its $300 million contract with the company in October after The Washington Post reported, among other things, that the company only had only two full-time employees when the storm made landfall.

The Total Solar Eclipse

The astronomical phenomenon of the century lived up to the hype.

The total solar eclipse shifted across the U.S. in late August, enchanting Americans in small towns and large stadiums from coast to coast. The nation was captivated by the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. since 1918.
Photos: Americans Look to the Skies (With Glasses!) for Solar Eclipse
Viewers gazed at the eclipse as it carved a narrow "path of totality" from Salem, Oregon, to Charleston, South Carolina. The one rule was to look only through special glasses or projected reflections, but some - including the president - disregarded that sound advice.

The Culture Wars

Since President Trump took office, the partisan division that evidenced on the campaign trail translated into national culture wars, including debates over the merits of removing statues and building names that honor Confederate soldiers, as well as kneeling at football games to protest racial inequality.

On Aug. 12, white nationalists gathered in Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, before a rally organized by a group known as "Unite the Right." The rally's purpose was to protest the removal of a statue honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Later that day, a 32-year-old woman was killed and more than 19 others were injured after a car rammed into a group of counter-protesters who were demonstrating against the alt-right.
Photos: State of Emergency in Charlottesville, Virginia
Trump denounced the series of events that unfolded in Charlottesville, but was criticized by the public and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for not fully condemning the protests' white nationalist elements, which included appearances by former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard David Duke and white nationalist leader Richard Spencer.

In early October, Vice President Mike Pence attended a San Francisco 49ers game in Indianapolis only to walk out after some of the team's players knelt during "The Star-Spangled Banner."

After the fallout, Trump said days later that the NFL should have suspended former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who was the first to "take a knee" during the National Anthem to protest racial injustice in the U.S.

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It was the biggest gun control protest in a generation. Hundreds of rallies were staged across the US and beyond as marchers filled the streets calling for the implementation of tighter measures following the deadly mass shooting at a Florida school in February.

That incident not only ignited the #NeverAgain movement, but also Saturday's mass demonstrations, which took place under the banner of March For Our Lives and were led by a rally in Washington DC attended by some 200,000 demonstrators, according to CBS News.

With events not just in the US but as far afield as London, Paris, Mauritius, Tokyo, Stockholm, Sydney, Geneva and Berlin, the day was made up of powerful messages delivered by articulate students and children, most of whom have already in some way experienced gun violence.

In pictures: Marches across the US and worldwide

Here are six key moments from some of the biggest US rallies since the Vietnam War era.

1. Survivor shows the power of silence

One of the most emotionally charged moments came when Emma Gonzalez, one of the student survivors of the mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, took to the podium in Washington DC.

Ms Gonzalez, who has been at the forefront of the recent student-led protests, delivered a powerful speech in which she listed the 17 people killed at her school before she fell silent for several minutes.

When an alarm beeped, she switched it off and noted that six minutes and 20 seconds had passed since she first took the stage, saying they represented the exact time it took the gunman to kill her classmates.

The crowd erupted into chants of "Emma, Emma" as she left the stage.

2. MLK's granddaughter also has a dream

The nine-year-old granddaughter of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, Yolanda Renee King, touched the large crowds as she shared her "dream" in a surprise appearance.

"I have a dream that enough is enough," she said, referencing her grandfather's famous I Have a Dream speech on ending racism, which was delivered in 1963 close to where she now stood.

"That this should be a gun-free world - period," she added.

As it happened: March For Our Lives

Why marching is important

She then told those gathered to "spread the word all across the nation" as they roared in support.

3. Girl, 11, inspires America

She may only be 11, but Naomi Wadler's strong voice at the March For Our Lives rally in Washington DC is still reverberating across the US.

The fifth grader from Alexandria, Virginia, said she represented African-American girls ignored by the media and suffering from gun violence.

"I am here today to acknowledge and represent the African-American girls whose stories don't make the front page of every national newspaper or lead on the evening news," she said.

She added that she represented those who are "simply statistics" instead of "vibrant, beautiful girls who are full of potential".

4. Sandy Hook survivors say 'thank you'

They were children when a gunman opened fire at their primary school in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, in 2012.

But on Saturday, the survivors of the school massacre that claimed the lives of 27 people, arrived on the streets of Washington DC as teenagers to join the Parkland survivors.

"America, I am pleading with you to realise this is not OK," said Matthew Soto, whose sister was killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook. "Show those that say our lives are not more important than a gun that we are important," he added.

Speaking before the march, Sandy Hook survivor Dalton Milgram said: "It's happening so often."

His sister, Lauran, added that such incidents should never happen, saying they were "just too consistent" and "needed to stop".

Their parents, Erin and Eric Milgram, said: "To the Parkland kids, thank you for not letting anyone silence you."

The teenagers taking on the US gun lobby

5. Celebrities lend their support

For those in need of help, for those in need of somebody, Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney was on hand at the march in New York, Manhattan, to make a stand for what he said was a personal stake in the gun control debate.

"One of my best friends was shot not far from here," he said, referring to John Lennon, who was gunned down near the park in 1980.

Kim Kardashian West and her husband, rapper Kanye West, flew into Washington DC to join the main demonstration.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, and Demi Lovato were among a number of entertainers to perform at the DC rally.

Jennifer Hudson, whose mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew were all shot dead in 2008, performed a cover version of the Bob Dylan song The Times They Are a-Changin'.

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Others present at the march in DC included the actor George Clooney, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, director Steven Spielberg, author Stephen King, TV host Ellen DeGeneres, late-night show host Jimmy Fallon and singer Cher.

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6. Signs that grabbed attention

Signs carried by protesters included strong messages criticising lawmakers who oppose tougher laws, with many also attacking the National Rifle Association (NRA), the powerful US gun lobby.

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Others included powerful statements that highlighted the need for a rethink on current gun control laws and the sort of devastation that certain types of semi-automatic weapons can inflict.

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There were also signs that carried humour and impact in equal measure.

'It feels like the world is on our side'

Student's chilling encounter with gunman

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