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After Mishandling Parkland Shooter Tip, FBI Answers Questions From Congress

The FBI says it received multiple tips about the alleged Florida school shooter but did not follow proper protocols. Now, senior officials are answering questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student stops to look at one of the memorials following their return to school in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 28. Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on school safety.

As students stage a national walkout Wednesday morning over gun violence, senior federal officials are sitting down for an expected grilling from Congress over law enforcement's failure to act on tips about the gunman behind last month's school shooting in Parkland, Fla.

The massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School touched off yet another round of soul-searching and

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