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Miami man with no arms charged with stabbing Chicago tourist
A homeless South Florida man with no arms has been charged with stabbing a Chicago tourist. Miami Beach police say 46-year-old Jonathan Crenshaw held a pair of scissors with his feet and stabbed 22-year-old Cesar Coronado just after midnight early Tuesday. The Miami Herald reports that ...
Toxic algae, seaweed and red tide threatening Florida waters and beaches
Tourism, fishing and public health are being threatened by contaminants discoloring stretches of beaches at the southern end of the Florida peninsula. Blue-green algae that covers much of Lake Okeechobee has been growing and flowing through canals connecting the freshwater lake to sensitive estuaries on ...
Trump's migrant child detentions mean $458 million for nonprofit minder
The Trump administration plans to pay a Texas nonprofit nearly half a billion dollars this year to care for immigrant children who were detained crossing the U.S. border illegally, according to government data. The nonprofit, Southwest Key Programs Inc., is to be paid more than ...
Rising Florida rapper XXXTentacion, 20, gunned down in apparent drive-by shooting
Up-and-coming U.S. rapper XXXTentacion was shot dead near Miami on Monday, police said. The Broward County sheriff's office said in a statement that an adult male who was shot near Miami on Monday afternoon and taken to a hospital was later pronounced dead. "The adult male ...
Subtropical Storm Alberto makes Gulf Coast landfall with strong winds, high waves and blinding rain
Subtropical Storm Alberto lumbered ashore Monday on the U.S. Gulf Coast, pelting white sand beaches with blustery winds and stinging rain that kept the usual Memorial Day crowds away. Forecasters warned heavy rain, flash flooding and dangerous surf posed the biggest threats as Alberto's ragged ...
Trump back in step with NRA after doubts over Parkland shooting
President Donald Trump enthusiastically embraced the National Rifle Association on Friday, vowing not to tighten U.S. firearms laws, despite suggesting just weeks ago after a Florida school shooting that he would take on the powerful gun-rights group. At the NRA's annual convention in Dallas, Trump ...
A brother and sister who survived a shooting rampage at a Florida high school in February are writing a book about the campaign for stricter gun control in America sparked by the massacre, publisher Penguin Random House has announced. David and Lauren Hogg, who have ...
‘Never Again’: Student-led U.S. gun protests draw huge crowds
More than a million Americans flooded the streets of cities nationwide for emotional protests demanding tighter gun control on Saturday — marches spearheaded by teenagers from a Florida high school where 17 people were shot dead last month. "Politicians, either represent the people or get ...
'Vote them out!': Thousands register to vote at U.S. gun-control marches
Voter registration activists fanned out among young Americans who marched for tighter gun laws Saturday, signing up thousands of first-time voters who vowed to eject lawmakers who oppose gun controls. With midterm congressional elections eight months away, the activists flocked to some 800 marches across ...
Cirque du Soleil aerialist falls to his death during Florida show
An aerialist fell to his death while performing in a Cirque du Soleil show in Tampa, Florida, the Montreal-based company said in a statement Sunday. Yann Arnaud was suspended by straps above the stage Saturday night when he fell, the company said. He was rushed to ...
Hope for survivors fades in rubble of Florida bridge collapse
Rescue workers combed through the rubble of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto several lanes of traffic at Florida International University, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading early on Friday, police said. Six people were confirmed dead after the newly built 950-ton bridge ...
'Several fatalities' as new Miami pedestrian bridge collapses onto highway, crushing eight vehicles
A pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed onto a busy Miami highway Thursday, crushing at least eight vehicles under massive slabs of concrete and steel and killing multiple people, authorities said. Search-and-rescue crews drilled holes into the debris and used dogs to look for ...
