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a teen named Megan Barker found out her "drunk eye" that was dropping was because of drinking but in reality it was a brain tumor.

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A teenager who noticed her eyelid was drooping thought it was due to drinking alcohol, but later discovered it was a brain tumor.

During a Facetime chat, Megan Barker's boyfriend was the first to point out that her eyes looked "uneven."

The 19-year-old told news service SWNS, "My boyfriend said to me 'there's something wrong with your eyes' and he said they weren't even."

But travel agent Megan initially blamed it on having a few drinks -until her family noticed her left eye was drooping three weeks later on Christmas Day.
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"There was eight of us there and every person had asked what was wrong with my eye," she further noted, "This is when I think I first started realizing it wasn't just me that was noticing the change in it."

In late December, CT scans and X-rays revealed a mass pressing on her left eye socket. Doctors decided the tumor was too big and proceeded to perform a Bifrontal Craniotomy in February.

"It was really scary and stressful but they said because it was affecting my vision, they couldn't just leave it," Megan said. Surgeons had to saw open her skull and peel back her face to remove the mass which had been crushing her eye socket.
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"They pulled my skin from my face down, cut the top part of my skull out, reconstructed the socket, took the mass and the sinus out, and then put the skull back together with pins," the British teenager explained.

Megan is recovering at home and waiting on test results on the growth, which doctors suspect is a mass of calcium.

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A teacher tells his 7th & 8th grade class to not date African-Americans because they're not worth it.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations.

David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville. The school has 1,148 students - 22.6 percent of whom are African-American.

Just after lunch on October 6, 2017, a student told a school board investigator that their teacher, Swinyar, and students were discussing relationships.

"If your boyfriend says bad things to you and/or treats you wrong, that means he's acting like a n--," Swinyar said according to student testimony in a school district investigative report. "You all should not be dating all these different African-American boys because they are not worth it."

A separate incident

In what appears to be a separate incident covered in the investigative report, students said Swinyar made other racist remarks in August 2017.

According to the report, Swinyar used the N-word during an argument with a student.

"If my daughter was dating someone who used the 'f' word, I wouldn't have any respect for that n--," a student recalled Swinyar saying, according to an investigative report. Another student then confronted Swinyar about using the racial slur; he denied using it.

The school counselor, quoting a student, reported that Swinyar said, "If [Swinyar's daughter] was dating someone and that 'n' said the 'f' word, I would beat him up."

After he was confronted by a student, other students said Swinyar said, "I would never say that, but if I did, I am sorry."

A 10-day suspension

Swinyar reportedly said he attended an African-American church, and students said he made fun of the preacher's preaching style. The district also concluded in the report that Swinyar made inappropriate comments to students, such as calling some of them "dumb."

CNN reached out to Swinyar for comment, but has not yet received a response.

Florida's teacher union, the Florida Education Association, declined to comment on the situation Thursday.

"One of the FEA's core values is to 'value and respect the diversity among all individuals,'" said FEA communications director Sharon Nesvig, when asked for the organization's general policy on racist language in the classroom. "So, clearly FEA is opposed to using racial slurs and derogatory language inside or outside the classroom."

Swinyar received a 10-day unpaid suspension for the behaviors documented in the district's investigation. CNN affiliate WFOX-WJAX reports Swinyar will also get a letter of reprimand and a mandatory referral to the Employee Assistance Program.

After this story was published, CNN was sent a letter Duval County Schools Superintendent Patricia Willis sent to the school board members on Thursday afternoon. That letter further outlined what the district plans to do with Swinyar.

"Following the employee's suspension without pay, he will be reassigned to an appropriate district position with no contact with students for the remainder of the year," said Willis. "As an annual contract employee, Mr. Swinyar's employment contract with the district expires June 30, 2018. In May, recommendations for contract renewals for all annual employees will be considered."

Records indicate Swinyar has taught in the Duval County school board system since 2012.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations. David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville.

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Teen thought her drooping eye was booze-related, but it was a brain tumor

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A teenager who noticed her eyelid was drooping thought it was due to drinking alcohol, but later discovered it was a brain tumor.

During a Facetime chat, Megan Barker's boyfriend was the first to point out that her eyes looked "uneven."

The 19-year-old told news service SWNS, "My boyfriend said to me 'there's something wrong with your eyes' and he said they weren't even."

But travel agent Megan initially blamed it on having a few drinks -until her family noticed her left eye was drooping three weeks later on Christmas Day.
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"There was eight of us there and every person had asked what was wrong with my eye," she further noted, "This is when I think I first started realizing it wasn't just me that was noticing the change in it."

In late December, CT scans and X-rays revealed a mass pressing on her left eye socket. Doctors decided the tumor was too big and proceeded to perform a Bifrontal Craniotomy in February.

"It was really scary and stressful but they said because it was affecting my vision, they couldn't just leave it," Megan said. Surgeons had to saw open her skull and peel back her face to remove the mass which had been crushing her eye socket.
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"They pulled my skin from my face down, cut the top part of my skull out, reconstructed the socket, took the mass and the sinus out, and then put the skull back together with pins," the British teenager explained.

Megan is recovering at home and waiting on test results on the growth, which doctors suspect is a mass of calcium.

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Teen thought her drooping eye was booze-related, but it was a brain tumor

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Bones from Pacific island likely those of Amelia Earhart, researchers say

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If true, the findings would finally solve a mystery that has fascinated generations since Earhart disappeared while attempting to fly around the world in 1937.

The new study re-examined measurements of several bones found on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro in 1940.

Researcher Richard Jantz wrote that what he found "strongly supports the conclusion that the Nikumaroro bones belonged to Amelia Earhart."

The details were published in a research article authored by Jantz, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Tennessee, in the journal Forensic Anthropology on Wednesday.

Study disputes earlier research

It's not the first time researchers have examined the bones or pondered a possible link with Earhart -- who captured worldwide attention when she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1932. In 1941, the remains were analyzed by Dr. D. W. Hoodless, principal of the Central Medical School in Fiji, who concluded that the bones belonged to a male. The bones themselves have since been lost.

But the new study contends that when Hoodless looked at the bones the science of forensic pathology was not as advanced as it is now -- and that this could have affected his analysis.

"Forensic anthropology was not well developed in the early 20th century," Jantz said in the study. "There are many examples of erroneous assessments by anthropologists of the period."

Jantz used a new technology called Fordisc to estimate the sex and ancestry of the remains. "I reassess (bone measurements) with realistic assumptions about who could have been on Nikumaroro island during the relevant time," he wrote.

Other theories

Jantz also explored other theories about the origin of the bones, including the possibility that they might belong to one of 11 crew members presumed dead following a 1929 shipwreck, or that they were those of a Pacific islander.

Jantz used information based on Earhart's body measurements compared to the Nikumaroro bones. Earhart's humerus and radius length were measured using comparisons to scalable objects provided a forensic image processing laboratory.

Her tibia length and body dimensions were measured using some of her clothing kept at the George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers at Purdue University. A seamstress took the measurements which included inseam measurements of Earhart's trousers.

After comparing numerous measurements of Earhart with those of the bones, Jantz concluded that "the only documented person to whom they may belong is Amelia Earhart."

'It is one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century'

In 2016, the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), which included Jantz revealed a theory that Earhart died as a castaway, not in the plane crash. "There is an entire final chapter of Earhart's life that people don't know about. She spent days -- maybe months -- heroically struggling to survive as a castaway," Ric Gillespie, TIGHAR's executive director said.

And in 2017, a photo was unearthed showing blurry figures on a dock which some experts said indicated that Earhart survived the crash. Others told CNN they were not convinced. "I don't blame people for wanting to know," said Dorothy Cochrane, curator for the Aeronautics Department at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

"It is one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century because she was so well known."

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said.

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said.

John F. Gillum, 29, told police the woman's body was wrapped up in a shed outside his house, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Police found the body - later identified as Morgan M. Huennekens - wrapped in a sheet and tied up with belts. She'd been stabbed in the neck and her head had been beaten with a metal bar.

Gillum told detectives he had exchanged messages with Huennekens before she came over to his house Saturday, a criminal complaint detailed. Huennekens reportedly agreed to sex acts for $160. Gillum said he had $200 but Huennekens was unable to give him $40 change.

Gillum was charged Wednesday with first-degree homicide and second-degree sexual assault. According to the Journal Sentinel he was convicted for misdemeanor domestic battery in 2016.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Huennekens' memorial service and the various causes she supported.

Click here for more from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Man walks into police station, admits to raping, killing woman: report

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said. John F. Gillum, 29, told police the woman's body was wrapped up in a shed outside his house, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

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The Obamas are potentially working on producing Netfllix shows. It has not been confirmed but could possibly be in the works.

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Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are in talks to produce shows for Netflix, according to the New York Times.

The couple would make exclusive content for the US streaming site focused on uplifting stories, the paper suggested.

If confirmed, the deal would give a global platform for the Obamas, bypassing mainstream US media such as Fox News.

Netflix told the BBC it had no comment to make about the reports.

'Inspire'

Eric Schultz, a senior adviser to the former president, did not confirm the plans but said they would make sense.

"President and Mrs Obama have always believed in the power of storytelling to inspire," he told the paper.

"Throughout their lives, they have lifted up stories of people whose efforts to make a difference are quietly changing the world for the better. As they consider their future personal plans, they continue to explore new ways to help others tell and share their stories."

The New York Times said one possible show idea was for Mr Obama to moderate debates on issues such as health care, climate change and immigration- all of which dominated his eight years in the White House.

But the paper said there were no plans to use the shows to attack conservative critics or Donald Trump.

The streaming service's mix of original drama, films and other programming has proved popular globally, with subscriber numbers reaching nearly 118 million at the end of 2017.

And it has been investing heavily in content as it tries to grow that subscriber base - with hit shows such as Stranger Things and Black Mirror as well as films and documentaries.

It is unclear how much the Obamas will be paid if a deal is struck.

Mr Obama already connects directly to an audience through social media. He has more than 100 million twitter followers and his Facebook page has been liked by 55 million users.

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said.

John F. Gillum, 29, told police the woman's body was wrapped up in a shed outside his house, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Police found the body - later identified as Morgan M. Huennekens - wrapped in a sheet and tied up with belts. She'd been stabbed in the neck and her head had been beaten with a metal bar.

Gillum told detectives he had exchanged messages with Huennekens before she came over to his house Saturday, a criminal complaint detailed. Huennekens reportedly agreed to sex acts for $160. Gillum said he had $200 but Huennekens was unable to give him $40 change.

Gillum was charged Wednesday with first-degree homicide and second-degree sexual assault. According to the Journal Sentinel he was convicted for misdemeanor domestic battery in 2016.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Huennekens' memorial service and the various causes she supported.

Click here for more from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said. John F. Gillum, 29, told police the woman's body was wrapped up in a shed outside his house, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

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A nanny killed 2 kids because she was overworked according to the NYPD

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She killed them because she was overworked.

That's the rationalization Upper West Side nanny Yoselyn Ortega offered for why she fatally stabbed the two children entrusted in her care, an NYPD sergeant testified at her trial on Thursday.

"I had to do everything and take care of the kids," Sgt. Yoel Hidalgo said Ortega told him from her hospital bed.

Ortega, who's on trial for the deadly slashing of Lulu, 6, and 2-year-old Leo Krim, in 2012, was recovering from a failed suicide attempt when she offered her weak rationale.

Juror tossed from trial of nanny charged with killing two kids

"I worked as a baby-sitter only, and she wanted me to do everything," Hidalgo, who was charged with watching her, told the court.

Two days after the attack, Ortega awoke from a nap and summoned Hidalgo to her bedside. Her words were so faint, the sergeant had to lean over her.

"My ear was almost to her mouth," he said. "I was just trying my best to write down what she was telling me."

Ortega's lawyer, Valerie Van Leer-Greenberg, has argued that the nanny was not in her right mind when she allegedly stabbed the children.

Superintendent testifies about finding killer nanny, 2 slain kids

On Thursday, a therapist she saw before the attack, Dr. Thomas Caffery, testified that Ortega was depressed and suffered panic attacks, but among the host of complaints she had about life, work wasn't one of them.

"She seemed very preoccupied by what was going to happen with her son," he testified. "With her sister in the Dominican Republic, there were many, many worries."

She also cited "money worries" having to do with her son's relocation from the Caribbean, the doctor said.

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"She was restless . . . she was not relaxed," Caffrey noted about his first and only appointment with her.

Mom screams 'you're evil' in court at nanny who killed her 2 kids

Three days later, prosecutors say she savagely knifed Lulu about 30 times while the child tried to fight back. Her kid brother suffered five stab wounds.

She sliced their throats and let them bleed out in the bathtub of their family's W. 75th St. home, prosecutors said.

Ortega faces up to life in prison if convicted. If found not responsible, she'll likely spend the remainder of her life in a mental institution.
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She killed them because she was overworked. That's the rationalization Upper West Side nanny Yoselyn Ortega offered for why she fatally stabbed the two children entrusted in her care, an NYPD sergeant testified at her trial on Thursday. "I had to do everything and take care of the kids," Sgt.

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Nurse suspended after hurting 5 infants.They suffered fractures and bruises

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Five infants suffered serious injuries -- including a fractured skull, rib and arm -- in the newborn unit of a Wisconsin hospital, resulting in the suspension of the nurse who cared for them, a federal agency said in a report.

UnityPoint Health-Meriter hospital in Madison didn't respond to the suspected abuse until early last month, when staff noticed two babies with bruises, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.

An internal investigation revealed two similar cases last year and one from January.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was so concerned about the hospital's response that it threatened to cancel its Medicare contract with Meriter, the newspaper reported, citing a report from the federal agency.

"The immediate jeopardy began on April 12, 2017 when the facility failed to protect and thoroughly investigate the first report of an injury of unknown origin" to one of the patients, the report said, according to WISC-TV.

Staff in the 42-bed unit first noticed bruising on an infant's arm Feb. 2, according to the inspection report. A doctor thought it might have resulted from the baby clutching wires or an IV device.

The next day, staff noticed bruising on an arm and wrist of another baby. A doctor thought it might be from a tightly wrapped blanket.

Additionally, staff saw bruising on the second baby's face Feb. 4, and three days later they discovered a lump on the baby's head. A CT scan Feb. 8 showed the baby had skull and arm fractures.

The federal agency told Meriter in a Feb. 23 letter that the situation "is so serious that it constitutes an immediate threat to patient health safety," and that the Medicare program will not make payments for patient services on or after May 24, the station reported.

The agency determined that the hospital failed to "develop and implement effective policy to prevent suspected abuse related to injuries of unknown origin for patients in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit," WMTV-TV reported.

The identity of the suspended nurse has not been released.

The Madison Police Department is investigating.

Meriter spokeswoman Jessika Kasten said the hospital is cooperating with authorities and has implemented new safety measures, telling the federal agency that it is has assigned a security guard to the newborn unit and is putting cameras in all rooms.

Each nurse will also now care for two patients instead of three in the unit, which handles babies in intensive care.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Amy Lieu is a news editor and reporter for Fox News.

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This teacher told his students to not date African-Americans because they aren't worth it. He has received a 10-day unpaid suspension, and will be moved to a job where he has no contact with students for the rest of the year.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations.

David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville. The school has 1,148 students - 22.6 percent of whom are African-American.

Just after lunch on October 6, 2017, a student told a school board investigator that their teacher, Swinyar, and students were discussing relationships.

"If your boyfriend says bad things to you and/or treats you wrong, that means he's acting like a n--," Swinyar said according to student testimony in a school district investigative report. "You all should not be dating all these different African-American boys because they are not worth it."

A separate incident

In what appears to be a separate incident covered in the investigative report, students said Swinyar made other racist remarks in August 2017.

According to the report, Swinyar used the N-word during an argument with a student.

"If my daughter was dating someone who used the 'f' word, I wouldn't have any respect for that n--," a student recalled Swinyar saying, according to an investigative report. Another student then confronted Swinyar about using the racial slur; he denied using it.

The school counselor, quoting a student, reported that Swinyar said, "If [Swinyar's daughter] was dating someone and that 'n' said the 'f' word, I would beat him up."

After he was confronted by a student, other students said Swinyar said, "I would never say that, but if I did, I am sorry."

A 10-day suspension

Swinyar reportedly said he attended an African-American church, and students said he made fun of the preacher's preaching style. The district also concluded in the report that Swinyar made inappropriate comments to students, such as calling some of them "dumb."

CNN reached out to Swinyar for comment, but has not yet received a response.

Florida's teacher union, the Florida Education Association, declined to comment on the situation Thursday.

"One of the FEA's core values is to 'value and respect the diversity among all individuals,'" said FEA communications director Sharon Nesvig, when asked for the organization's general policy on racist language in the classroom. "So, clearly FEA is opposed to using racial slurs and derogatory language inside or outside the classroom."

Swinyar received a 10-day unpaid suspension for the behaviors documented in the district's investigation. CNN affiliate WFOX-WJAX reports Swinyar will also get a letter of reprimand and a mandatory referral to the Employee Assistance Program.

After this story was published, CNN was sent a letter Duval County Schools Superintendent Patricia Willis sent to the school board members on Thursday afternoon. That letter further outlined what the district plans to do with Swinyar.

"Following the employee's suspension without pay, he will be reassigned to an appropriate district position with no contact with students for the remainder of the year," said Willis. "As an annual contract employee, Mr. Swinyar's employment contract with the district expires June 30, 2018. In May, recommendations for contract renewals for all annual employees will be considered."

Records indicate Swinyar has taught in the Duval County school board system since 2012.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations. David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville.

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said.

John F. Gillum, 29, told police the woman's body was wrapped up in a shed outside his house, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Police found the body - later identified as Morgan M. Huennekens - wrapped in a sheet and tied up with belts. She'd been stabbed in the neck and her head had been beaten with a metal bar.

Gillum told detectives he had exchanged messages with Huennekens before she came over to his house Saturday, a criminal complaint detailed. Huennekens reportedly agreed to sex acts for $160. Gillum said he had $200 but Huennekens was unable to give him $40 change.

Gillum was charged Wednesday with first-degree homicide and second-degree sexual assault. According to the Journal Sentinel he was convicted for misdemeanor domestic battery in 2016.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Huennekens' memorial service and the various causes she supported.

Click here for more from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said. John F. Gillum, 29, told police the woman's body was wrapped up in a shed outside his house, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

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A teacher told his class to not date African Americans because there 'not worth it'. He also violated other stuff.

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A Florida teacher has been suspended after his school district concluded he repeatedly used the N-word in class, and told his 7th and 8th graders not to date African-Americans "because they are not worth it," among other violations.

David Swinyar, who says he is white in his personnel file, teaches math at Kernan Middle School in Jacksonville. The school has 1,148 students - 22.6 percent of whom are African-American.

Just after lunch on October 6, 2017, a student told a school board investigator that their teacher, Swinyar, and students were discussing relationships.

"If your boyfriend says bad things to you and/or treats you wrong, that means he's acting like a n--," Swinyar said according to student testimony in a school district investigative report. "You all should not be dating all these different African-American boys because they are not worth it."

A separate incident

In what appears to be a separate incident covered in the investigative report, students said Swinyar made other racist remarks in August 2017.

According to the report, Swinyar used the N-word during an argument with a student.

"If my daughter was dating someone who used the 'f' word, I wouldn't have any respect for that n--," a student recalled Swinyar saying, according to an investigative report. Another student then confronted Swinyar about using the racial slur; he denied using it.

The school counselor, quoting a student, reported that Swinyar said, "If [Swinyar's daughter] was dating someone and that 'n' said the 'f' word, I would beat him up."

After he was confronted by a student, other students said Swinyar said, "I would never say that, but if I did, I am sorry."

A 10-day suspension

Swinyar reportedly said he attended an African-American church, and students said he made fun of the preacher's preaching style. The district also concluded in the report that Swinyar made inappropriate comments to students, such as calling some of them "dumb."

CNN reached out to Swinyar for comment, but has not yet received a response.

Florida's teacher union, the Florida Education Association, declined to comment on the situation Thursday.

"One of the FEA's core values is to 'value and respect the diversity among all individuals,'" said FEA communications director Sharon Nesvig, when asked for the organization's general policy on racist language in the classroom. "So, clearly FEA is opposed to using racial slurs and derogatory language inside or outside the classroom."

Swinyar received a 10-day unpaid suspension for the behaviors documented in the district's investigation. CNN affiliate WFOX-WJAX reports Swinyar will also get a letter of reprimand and a mandatory referral to the Employee Assistance Program.

After this story was published, CNN was sent a letter Duval County Schools Superintendent Patricia Willis sent to the school board members on Thursday afternoon. That letter further outlined what the district plans to do with Swinyar.

"Following the employee's suspension without pay, he will be reassigned to an appropriate district position with no contact with students for the remainder of the year," said Willis. "As an annual contract employee, Mr. Swinyar's employment contract with the district expires June 30, 2018. In May, recommendations for contract renewals for all annual employees will be considered."

Records indicate Swinyar has taught in the Duval County school board system since 2012.

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a pregnant actor was in a car crash after a "mental ill" person hit her and it killed her 4 year old daughter and 1 year old

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Tony Award winner Ruthie Ann Blumenstein, who goes by the stage name Ruthie Ann Miles, is out of intensive care and healing after being injured in a car crash that killed her 4-year-old daughter.

The pregnant Broadway star and her daughter, Abigail Blumenstein, were two of five pedestrians hit on a corner in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on Monday when a car ran a red light and plowed into a crowd of people. Miles' pregnancy appears to be unharmed.

A 46-year-old man and another woman, Lauren Lew, a friend of Miles, were also injured in the crash. Lew's 1-year-old son, Joshua, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The car's driver, 44-year-old Dorothy Bruns, reportedly told police she has medical issues. She has not been charged.

A message posted to Miles' Twitter account updated fans on her health status.

"By all accounts it is a miracle our second child is unharmed," the statement read. "Please continue to pray for the Lew and the Blumenstein families as we process the unthinkable and lay our grief in the loving arms of Jesus."

Miles took home the 2015 Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in the revival of "The King & I." The Broadway community tweeted messages of love and support for the longtime performer.

A GoFundMe page set up in her honor has raised nearly $400,000 ― greatly surpassing its goal of $5,000. A fundraiser set up for Lew has raised more than $200,000.

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Broadway Star Ruthie Ann Miles Out Of ICU After Crash That Killed Her 4-Year-Old Daughter

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Tony Award winner Ruthie Ann Blumenstein, who goes by the stage name Ruthie Ann Miles, is out of intensive care and healing after being injured in a car crash that killed her 4-year-old daughter.

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Nudity in Germany: Here's the naked truth

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(CNN) - When I was a kid, my father always used to sunbathe nude in our garden at weekends. In public pools, children of all ages were allowed to run around naked all the time.

Even now I'm comfortable with getting naked in the sauna or gym changing room. Maybe it's because I'm German.

Nudism is traditionally popular in Germany, a country considered buttoned up and conservative compared with, let's say, Italy.

In Germany, nudism is known as Freikoerperkultur (FKK), Free Body Culture. When you travel there, you'll see that baring all is normal in saunas, swimming pools, the park and on the beach.

Summer in the parks of Berlin and Munich brings the chance of encountering a middle-aged, bronzed German wearing only a hat and the BILD-Zeitung, Germany's favorite tabloid.

Forget sausages and beer, the sign of true German-ness is publicly disrobing with absolutely zero self-consciousness. For me, it's often just quicker and easier to do a clean strip at the pool or sauna than frantically trying to hide the bits that everyone else is already displaying without batting an eyelid.

Germany's passion for clotheslessness finds its origins in late-19th-century health drives when stripping off was seen as part of a route to fitness and sunbathing a possible cure for TB and rheumatism.

In 1920, while the rest of Europe was still getting feverish over the sight an exposed ankle, Germany established its first nude beach on the island of Sylt. Barely a decade later, the Berlin School of Nudism, founded to encourage mixed sex open-air exercises, hosted the first international nudity congress.

The Nazi era brought mixed fortunes for nudism, its ongoing popularity tempered by a moral clampdown. Laws passed in 1933 limited mixed-sex nudism as "a reaction to the increased immorality of the Weimar state." More restrictions followed amid claims the scene was a "breeding ground for Marxists and homosexuals."

Nevertheless, it remained popular, enjoying support among members of the paramilitary SS.

Rules were softened in 1942 but still subject to Nazi prejudices that predictably focused on Jews and other "undesirables." But war didn't dampen Germany's enthusiasm for stripping off, even when the country was divided by the Iron Curtain.

After the war, nudism was equally popular in both German states. Even as the country was being split asunder in 1949, some in the West were busy founding the Association for Free Body Culture -- an organization that today is part of the German Olympic Sport Federation and the largest member of the International Naturist Federation.

Nudism was particularly popular in East Germany, or German Democratic Republic as it was known. It was secretly considered a form of escape from the uniforms, marches and conformity of the communist state.

East Germans were free to practice nudism and did so wherever possible: at lakes, sea beaches and large FKK camping grounds. There was also, of course, an official socialist institution with a long, uninspiring name.

The "Proletarische Freikoerperkulturbewegung" or Proletarian Free Body Movement had 60,000 members.

Nude scenes in GDR movies appeared long before the first naked people appeared in Hollywood films. The fondness for getting naked on both sides of the Iron Curtain also led to some curious incidents.

GDR border guards were tasked with training their binoculars on the FKK beach just over the border to observe the behavior of naked capitalists.

Even German Chancellor Angela Merkel was said to have practiced nudism during her youth in the GDR -- although it's not been confirmed whether recently unearthed photos purporting to show her swimming and walking naked with friends are the real deal.

When West Germans started to holiday all over Europe, they brought their penchant for letting it all hang out with them. Nude resorts began opening in France in the 1950s, followed by increasingly popular FKK ventures in Yugoslavia and on the Baltic Sea.

In the beginning beach culture was mostly intermixed and nudity was widely tolerated -- perhaps the reason why topless sunbathing is still acceptable on most beaches around the Mediterranean. Vacationing at the large nudist resort of Cap d'Agde in France became popular for Germans when it opened in the 1960s.

Today Germans are typically the most commonly seen nationality at European nude beaches. Back home, there are many nudist camping areas to be found along Germany's coast and along the lake shores of the former GDR.

That said, it's not permitted to strip everywhere. Walking around naked in public areas where most other people are dressed counts as a minor breach of the law. Prosecutions can follow if another citizen is offended, but few ever are.

Today, there are about 600,000 Germans registered in more than 300 private nudist/FKK clubs and a further 14 affiliated clubs in Austria.

Members visit these clubs to sunbathe nude or indulge in a spot of nacktjoggenor nacktwandern -- naked jogging or rambling through the countryside wearing only backpacks, boots or running shoes.

A list of FKK clubs is available on the German-language homepage of the German Federation of Naturist Clubs (warning: images of nudes all over). The heartland of public nakedness also still has a plethora of designated FKK beaches and nudist zones in public parks and on beaches.

The English Garden in Munich has two large FKK areas on the banks of the Eisbach creek.

Berlin public parks have FKK areas: the famous Mauerpark in Prenzlauer Berg, the Volkspark Friedrichshain and the Tiergarten, and it's permitted to get naked on all Berlin's public bathing beaches, such as at Wannsee or the Mueggelsee.

Along the German coastline, the nudity ground zero of Sylt Island is still going strong. Sylt's Kampen beach might now be a popular destination for the rich and famous -- but in Germany, they too love getting their clothes off.

For those who like to put some distance between themselves and the next naked bather, Germany's largest Baltic island, Ruegen, has no fewer than five FKK beaches. A full list of public nude bathing areas is available in German at nacktbaden.de.

The easiest way to bare it all in Deutschland is to visit one of the aforementioned public FKK areas.

As these are mostly located in areas with a mixed dressed/undressed crowd, there's no problem with partially disrobing until you feel comfortable. There are no changing rooms, so undressing takes place in public -- but again, not one German is going to be offended by this.

Most FKK beaches on the coast will also have signs indicating textile-free zones. After passing these signs, visitors will need to disrobe immediately to avoid being reprimanded by the lifeguards who also enforce the rules.

Private FKK clubs welcome new members and offer trial memberships for beginners. The days of bare-it-all Germany, however, seem to be in decline.

Most young people are fine with sunbathing topless in parks and pools, and like me have no qualms whatsoever with undressing for the sauna. But the ideals of the German nudist movement are slowly dying away.

FKK clubs have complained about shedding members, in east Germany especially, since the Berlin Wall came down. Maybe in today's Germany there's no longer a need for demonstrating liberty and freedom by shedding our clothes.

Marcel Krueger is a German writer and translator based in Dublin and Berlin. He mostly writes about history, travel and beer -- or all three combined.

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(CNN) - When I was a kid, my father always used to sunbathe nude in our garden at weekends. In public pools, children of all ages were allowed to run around naked all the time. Even now I'm comfortable with getting naked in the sauna or gym changing room.

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Baltimore FBI agent apparently stabbed his wife to death before committing suicide at her Maryland home.

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A Baltimore FBI agent apparently stabbed his estranged wife to death before committing suicide at her Maryland home, according to police.

A woman reported to 911 at about 8 a.m. Wednesday that Donna Fisher had asked her to call "because she was being threatened by her recently estranged husband," the Anne Arundel County Police Department said Wednesday.

Officers responded to Fisher's Crownsville home where they found Fisher, 54, with apparent stab wounds and David Raynor, an FBI Baltimore field office employee, with apparent stab wounds and a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Fisher and Raynor, 52, were declared dead at the scene, police said.

The apparent murder-suicide occurred on the day Fisher and Raynor were expected back in divorce court, according to court records. The two appeared in court Tuesday and were set to return Wednesday and Thursday, the records state.

Fisher had filed for divorce in March 2017, according to The Baltimore Sun. Court records showed child support was one issue in the divorce, the Sun reported.

Raynor joined the FBI in June 1993. He joined the Baltimore Field Office in February 2003.

Autopsies will be completed to determine the exact cause and manner of death, police said.

ABC News' Jack Date and Sarah Shales contributed to this report.

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FBI agent apparently stabbed estranged wife to death, committed suicide: Police

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A Baltimore FBI agent apparently stabbed his estranged wife to death before committing suicide at her Maryland home, according to police. A woman reported to 911 at about 8 a.m. Wednesday that Donna Fisher had asked her to call "because she was being threatened by her recently estranged husband," the Anne Arundel County Police Department said Wednesday.

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The old moble company called Black berry is going to sue facebook, What's App, and instagram for using BlackBerry messengers lay out. Blackberry put a patent on there layout and now suing the company's that broke that.

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The old king of mobile messaging is coming after the new king.

BlackBerry filed a lawsuit in California on Tuesday against Facebook , along with its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram, for infringing on its messaging patents.

BlackBerry claims in the lawsuit that the social media companies developed messaging applications that "co-opt BlackBerry's innovations" by using patented features touching on security, the user interface, and battery life.

"We have a strong claim that Facebook has infringed on our intellectual property, and after several years of dialogue, we also have an obligation to our shareholders to pursue appropriate legal remedies," a spokesperson for BlackBerry said in a statement provided to CNN.

Facebook brushed off the suit as little more than a desperate move from a fading company.

"Blackberry's suit sadly reflects the current state of its messaging business," Paul Grewal, Facebook's deputy general counsel, said in a statement. "Having abandoned its efforts to innovate, BlackBerry is now looking to tax the innovation of others. We intend to fight."

Related: Is BlackBerry making a comeback?

BlackBerry was an early leader in the messaging market with the success of its smartphones and BlackBerry Messenger product in the mid-2000s.

The patents cited in the lawsuit describe foundational elements of today's messaging services. One patent deals with notifications for the total number of unread messages. Other patents address photo tagging and messaging time stamps.

BlackBerry is seeking unspecified monetary damages. It also appears to be seeking a partnership.

"As a cybersecurity and embedded software leader, BlackBerry's view is that Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp could make great partners in our drive toward a securely connected future," the spokesperson said in the statement. "We continue to hold this door open to them."

CNNMoney (New York) First published March 6, 2018: 3:10 PM ET

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BlackBerry sues Facebook for patent infringement

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BlackBerry filed a lawsuit in California on Tuesday against Facebook , along with its subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram, for infringing on its messaging patents. BlackBerry claims in the lawsuit that the social media companies developed messaging applications that "co-opt BlackBerry's innovations" by using patented features touching on security, the user interface, and battery life.

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U.S. consumers’ total credit card debt exceeded $1 trillion for the first time, according to a new study by the personal finance website WalletHub.

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U.S. consumers' total credit card debt exceeded $1 trillion for the first time, according to a new study by the personal finance website WalletHub.

Consumers took on an additional $92.2 billion in debt last year, the highest single-year amount since 2007. The average U.S. household owes $8,600 on credit cards, WalletHub found.

The accumulation of debt reflected Americans' confidence in the economy, according to Jill Gonzalez, a senior analyst at WalletHub.

"We haven't seen anything like this," she told ABC News. " Consumer confidence is at its highest point. Since the recession, people have been saving up for houses, cars ... new furniture and appliances, which often get charged on credit cards."

In the fourth quarter of 2017 alone, consumers added $67.6 billion while the charge-off rate remained at historical lows.

Charge-off rate is the percentage of credit card users whose unpaid balances credit card companies are unable to collect.

The low charge-off rate is helping lenders continue to extend credit, making it easier for consumers to spend.

However, the delinquency rate increased at the end of the third quarter last year, she said.

"People are spending so much more than they have. They cannot keep up with the bill," said Gonzalez.

WalletHub's survey also showed that 13 percent of people with credit card debt do not remember how they got into debt.

Total household indebtedness in the fourth-quarter rose to $13.15 trillion from $12.96 trillion in the third quarter, an increase of 1.5 percent. Mortgages accounted for the largest component of household debt, according to a quarterly report published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

As the delinquency rate continues to rise, "lenders will tighten credit by making it harder to get a credit card, and shortening a lot of the great deals that we are so accustomed to," said Gonzalez.

The average credit score for U.S. consumers is 675, just four points lower than the average in 2007, according to consumer credit reporting agency Experian.

Gonzalez predicts the number of consumers who become delinquent on payments will increase in the coming months, resulting in a drop in the average credit score.

"This is not good news in any way you cut it. [People are not] remembering the lessons taught during the recession," she said.

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Credit card debt surpasses $1 trillion in the US for first time

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U.S. consumers' total credit card debt exceeded $1 trillion for the first time, according to a new study by the personal finance website WalletHub. Consumers took on an additional $92.2 billion in debt last year, the highest single-year amount since 2007. The average U.S. household owes $8,600 on...

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the United States added 313,000 jobs in February.

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Man walks into police station, admits to raping, killing woman: report

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said.

John F. Gillum, 29, told police the woman's body was wrapped up in a shed outside his house, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Police found the body - later identified as Morgan M. Huennekens - wrapped in a sheet and tied up with belts. She'd been stabbed in the neck and her head had been beaten with a metal bar.

Gillum told detectives he had exchanged messages with Huennekens before she came over to his house Saturday, a criminal complaint detailed. Huennekens reportedly agreed to sex acts for $160. Gillum said he had $200 but Huennekens was unable to give him $40 change.

Gillum was charged Wednesday with first-degree homicide and second-degree sexual assault. According to the Journal Sentinel he was convicted for misdemeanor domestic battery in 2016.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Huennekens' memorial service and the various causes she supported.

Click here for more from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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Man walks into police station, admits to raping, killing woman: report

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A Milwaukee man walked into a police station Sunday and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman whom he had paid for sex acts, authorities said. John F. Gillum, 29, told police the woman's body was wrapped up in a shed outside his house, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

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20 year old sues Dicks,Walmart over new gun polices

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PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon man filed suits Monday claiming Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart discriminated against the 20-year-old when they refused to sell him a rifle.

Dick's and Walmart restricted gun sales to adults 21 and older in the wake of the Florida high school massacre. The 19-year-old accused in the school slaying bought the AR-15 used in the attack legally.

Oregon law allows residents to buy shotguns or rifles starting at age 18.

Tyler Watson's lawsuits filed against the retailers in two separate counties claim he faced age discrimination from Dick's and Walmart, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. The lawsuit is believed to be the first filed over the new gun policies enacted on Feb. 28.

The lawsuit claims a store owned by Dick's Sporting Goods in Medford, Oregon, refused to sell Watson .22-caliber Ruger rifle on Feb. 24. The suit says Grants Pass Walmart in Oregon refused to sell him a gun on March 3.

It's not clear if Watson knew at that point of the restrictions.

"He was really just trying to buy a rifle," said his attorney Max Whittington.

Watson is asking judges to force Dick's and Walmart "to stop unlawfully discriminating against 18, 19, and 20 year-old customers at all Oregon locations." Additionally, he is asking for unspecified punitive damages.

Walmart spokesman Randy Hargrove said the retailer plans to defend the new policy.

"We stand behind our decision and plan to defend it," he said. "While we haven't seen the complaint, we will respond as appropriate with the court."

A representative from Dick's hasn't responded to a request for comment.

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20-year-old sues Dick's, Walmart over 21-and-over gun sales

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PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon man filed suits Monday claiming Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart discriminated against the 20-year-old when they refused to sell him a rifle. Dick's and Walmart restricted gun sales to adults 21 and older in the wake of the Florida high school massacre.

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A student who was shot five times shielding classmates during last month's Florida high school massacre is back in intensive care Friday after an emergency operation

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A student who was shot five times shielding classmates during last month's Florida high school massacre is back in intensive care Friday after an "emergency operation," his father said.

Anthony Borges, 15, used his body as a barrier to protect the lives of 20 other students during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The attack left 17 people dead.

Borges ran alongside a group of students toward an open classroom while gunman Nikolas Cruz opened fire inside the school. Borges was the last to enter the room and paused to lock the door. At that moment, he was shot five times in the legs and back. Despite the injuries, Borges was able to use his body to shield his classmates as he finished securing the door.

Since the shooting, Borges has been recovering in the hospital. His father Royer Borges provided a recent update on Facebook indicating his son needed emergency surgery -- and may need to go under the knife several times more -- to treat an infection.
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"Our son, Anthony had to be rushed into an emergency operation after days of showing signs of a possible infection in his abdomen," Borges wrote. "After an MRI, the doctors noted that yes, a section of his intestines had a small infection due to the type of bullet and the expansive hole it made in his body. That's when doctors decided to operate and cut a section of his small intestine, so my son, Tony's life, would not be compromised. It might take three or four more surgeries during these days to come as they assure me they have to clean him out and that all his organs are out of danger. I am grateful for all the support given and please do not forget to pray for me and my family."

The teenager is in stable condition after the surgery, which stretched from Wednesday night into Thursday, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

Borges, who came to South Florida from Venezuela three years ago, was a Boy Scout and well-known for his soccer skills, playing as a forward and training with F.C. Barcelona's youth academy near Fort Lauderdale.
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Borges' family was the first to announce their intent to sue Broward County officials for money to cover costs of his recovery. More than $630,000 has been raised for Borges on a GoFundMe page.

A nonprofit organization, No More Tears USA has also set up a fund for Borges. The organization's founder, Somy Ali, said the nonprofit has put security deposits down to pay for a house. The family lives in a four-story apartment building, but with Borges' injuries it would make it difficult to travel up and down stairs.
Fox News' Jennifer Earl, Greg Norman contributed to this report along with the Associated Press.

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Parkland shooting survivor, injured shielding classmates, back in intensive care after 'emergency operation'

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A student who was shot five times shielding classmates during last month's Florida high school massacre is back in intensive care Friday after an "emergency operation," his father said. Anthony Borges, 15, used his body as a barrier to protect the lives of 20 other students during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.