High School

Study finds 6% of Florida teens have handguns, a 65% increase in two decades

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Study finds 6% of Florida teens have handguns, a 65% increase in two decades

Despite increased concerns about rising gun deaths among children, new research found that the number of teenagers who have handguns has gone up.  The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, found that Florida adolescent general handgun carrying increased by 65%, from 3.7% to 6.0%, from 2002 to 2022. Females, middle school-aged teens and white … Read more

Vietnam vets who left high school for service get their diplomas over six decades later

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Vietnam vets who left high school for service get their diplomas over six decades later

Muscatine, Iowa — When Dennis Snyder of Muscatine, Iowa, took his yearbook photos more than six decades ago, he thought he would be a member of the graduating class of 1963. “It’s hard to believe I was ever that young,” Snyder joked to CBS News. The summer before his junior year at Muscatine High School, … Read more