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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...