“Whether the Andrea Gail rolls, pitch-poles, or gets driven down, she winds up, one way or another, in a position from which she cannot recover. Among marine architects this is known as the zero-moment point – the point of no return.” –Sebastian Junger, “The Perfect Storm” Posts like this aren’t my usual fare, but there’s…

Wearing just a pair of shorts and one of Donald Trump’s infamous ‘Make America Great Again’ baseball caps, high school killer Nikolas Cruz does target practice in his backyard. The chilling footage obtained by CNN was taken by a neighbour just months before Cruz, 19, brought an AR-15 assault rifle to his former school and…

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In the Florida community left reeling by one of the deadliest school shootings in US history, two questions were in the mouths of many residents – how did a troubled 19-year-old get his hands on such a deadly weapon, and what can be done to make sure such an atrocity does not happen again? As…

He is charged with opening fire Wednesday afternoon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, killing both children and staff. (Picture: Susan Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)Florida high school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz remained silent as he appeared in court for the first time this afternoon. A judge ordered that the 19-year-old be held without…

Over two decades after Titanic first hit theaters, its villain Billy Zane still finds himself receiving criticism about his character, Rose’s arrogant fiancé, Cal Hockley. “They love to hate him,” the actor, 51, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “And then there is a small army of those who sympathize and understand he was just a…

Martin Duque and Jaime Guttenberg, students at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School, and Aaron Feis, a football coach there, are among those who have been confirmed dead.Instagram/Facebook/msdfootball.com Seventeen people have died after a gunman opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday. Authorities have charged Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old former student at the school,…

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers: « Very good victory for us. I thought the performance was outstanding. We’re playing against a top side, I think everyone recognises that. For large parts of the game we controlled it. Tactically, we were excellent. « With the ball I was really pleased with our personality in the game – control and…

Image caption Victims (left to right): Aaron Feis, Alyssa Alhadeff, Gina Montalto, Joaquin Oliver The FBI has launched a review about its handling of a warning about the teenager accused of carrying out Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida. Nikolas Cruz, 19, has appeared in court charged with murder. With 17 people killed, this is the…