On Thursday, April 17, Florida State University suffered a tragedy that claimed the lives of two and left six wounded.

Arian Campo-Flores is an economics reporter for The Wall Street Journal, based in Miami. He mainly covers Florida and the Southeast but also does stories in other parts of the U.S. He regularly writes ...

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