Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains
The Miami-Dade County fire and rescue department on Friday declared an end to its search for human remains in the rubble of a Florida condominium tower...
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Death toll rises as 7-year-old found in ruins of Florida condo collapse
The death toll from last week’s condominium collapse in Florida rose on Friday to 20 after search-and-rescue crews found two more bodies, including the 7-year-old...
Search resumes for 145 missing in rubble of Florida condo
The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a partially collapsed Miami-area condominium complex, briefly suspended over safety concerns, has resumed with greater...
Hopes fade for scores missing under Florida condo rubble as search enters 6th day
Search-and-rescue operations stretched into a sixth day on Tuesday at the site of a partly collapsed Florida condominium complex where at least 11 people were...
Death toll in Florida condo collapse climbs to 9, with 150 still missing
The official death toll from the partial collapse of a high-rise condominium complex near Miami rose to nine on Sunday, with more than 150 people...
Engineer found structural damage years before Florida building collapsed
An engineer found evidence of major structural damage beneath the pool deck and “concrete deterioration” in the underground parking garage of a Florida 12-story condominium...
Hackers try to contaminate Florida town’s water supply through computer breach
Hackers broke into the computer system of a facility that treats water for about 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida and sought to add a dangerous level of...
Storm likely to churn into hurricane, looms on U.S. Gulf coast
A storm churning in the Gulf of Mexico and aimed at water-logged New Orleans is likely to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of...
Florida man charged after bombs sent to Trump critics
The Florida man suspected of mailing at least 14 pipe bombs to some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s leading critics was in custody on federal...
More than a thousand remain missing days after Hurricane Michael
More than a thousand people were still missing on Wednesday a week after Hurricane Michael flattened communities across the Florida Panhandle, killing at least 27....
Hopes fade for more survivors of Hurricane Michael
By Rod Nickel The hunt for missing people in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael early Sunday is turning into a search for the dead, as...
Florida Panhandle battered by record-breaking Hurricane Michael (V)
Hurricane Michael, the fiercest storm to hit Florida in more than 80 years and the third-most powerful ever to strike the U.S. mainland, battered the...
Hurricane Michael becomes a Category 4 as Florida braces for monster storm
Hurricane Michael strengthened into a Category 4 storm early on Wednesday before it was expected to plow into Florida’s Gulf shore with towering waves and...
Hurricane Michael gains strength as Floridians flee to higher ground (V)
Hurricane Michael howled closer to Florida’s Gulf shore on Tuesday as a major Category 3 storm, as half a million coastal residents were urged to...
Police search for motive in Florida mass shooting
Police searched on Monday for a motive in the third mass shooting in Florida in two years, which left two people dead and 11 wounded...
Florida foot bridge collapse leaves 4 people dead (Update)
A newly erected pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, killing four people, Miami-Dade County Fire Chief Dave...
Florida state senate votes against arming most teachers
Florida‘s Republican-controlled senate approved sweeping reforms to the state’s gun law on Monday that raise the minimum purchase age and add a three-day waiting period...
Trump pushes for broad bill on guns after school shooting
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday went his furthest yet toward endorsing restrictions on gun sales, bucking Republican Party orthodoxy as he challenged lawmakers to go big...
Classes to resume at Florida school two weeks after massacre
Students and teachers traumatised by one of the deadliest US mass shootings ever were due back in classes on Wednesday for the first time since...
Armed deputy who didn’t confront Florida school gunman resigns
The armed sheriff’s deputy assigned to the Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead has resigned rather than face suspension after an internal investigation showed...