Florida

ICC confirms NY, Dallas, Florida as T20 WC 2024 venues

The USA is set to host the T20 World Cup for the first time, with Grand Prairie in Dallas, Broward County in Florida and Nassau County in New York chosen as the venues for the grand event. 

Hurricane Michael gains strength as Floridians flee to higher ground

Hurricane Michael howled closer to Florida's Gulf shore as a major Category 3 storm, as half a million coastal residents are urged to seek higher ground on the eve of a landfall forecast to bring towering waves and roof-shredding winds.

Thousands evacuate as Storm Alberto powers toward Florida

Thousands of Florida residents evacuates homes on Sunday as Subtropical Storm Alberto picked up strength as it heads north through the Gulf of Mexico, with forecasters saying it could bring life-threatening inundation to Southern coastal states.

Mass exodus in Florida as Hurricane Irma closes in

Hurricane Irma churns towards Florida after cutting a deadly swath through the Caribbean. Florida's governor says all of the state's 20.6 million inhabitants should be prepared to evacuate.

1 cop killed in Florida shootings

One police officer has been killed and three wounded in nighttime shootings in two Florida cities where the officers are responding to suspected drug activity and reports of a suicide attempt, say police.

Trump hammers claim of fraud in new ad

Donald Trump's newest campaign ad begins with a warning: "In Hillary Clinton's America, the system stays rigged against Americans."

Florida policeman shoots autistic man’s unarmed black therapist

A Florida policeman shot and wounded an autistic man's unarmed black therapist on Monday, local media reports.

Senate rejects gun-control measures after Orlando shooting

The US Senate rejects four measures restricting gun sales after the massacre in an Orlando nightclub, dealing a bitter setback to advocates who have failed to get even modest gun curbs through Congress despite repeated mass shootings.

US investigators question Orlando gunman's wife

US investigators questions the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the FBI say, and a law enforcement source says she could face criminal charges if there is evidence of any wrongdoing.

June 16, 2016
June 16, 2016

US toddler's body found after gator attack at Disney resort

A US family's desperate search for their toddler son, who was snatched by an alligator off the shore of a lake at a Disney resort, ended when divers found the two-year-old's body in murky water.

June 15, 2016
June 15, 2016

FBI looking at whether Orlando gunman led secret gay life

The murky picture of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen grew more complex Tuesday with word that the FBI is investigating whether he had been a regular at the gay dance club he attacked and had been leading a secret life as a gay man.

June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016

G4S shares slide on Florida gunman link

G4S shares fell 4.9% on Monday after it emerged the company had employed Orlando gunman Omar Mateen, who killed 50 people in a Florida nightclub.

June 13, 2016
June 13, 2016

Orlando: Dad unaware that attacker had 'hatred in his heart'

The father of a gunman who killed 50 people in an Orlando gay club says he did not know that his son had "hatred in his heart".

June 13, 2016
June 13, 2016

Gunman kills 50 in US nightclub

A gunman killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday and wounded 53 others before being killed by police in the worst mass shooting in US history.

June 12, 2016
June 12, 2016

A brief history of attacks on US gay community

The latest gun attack at a gay club in Orlando, Florida is another example of violence against the LGBT community in the United States.

June 12, 2016
June 12, 2016

Fifty killed in Orlando gay nightclub shooting

Death toll of a shooting in a gay club in Florida's Orlando rises to 50. The local mayor declares a state of emergency.

June 11, 2016
June 11, 2016

Former Voice contestant Christina Grimmie shot dead in Orlando

Singer Christina Grimmie, who had competed on the US TV programme The Voice, has died of her wounds after being shot in Florida, police say.

May 21, 2016
May 21, 2016

Florida crocodiles: Man-eating Nile beasts confirmed in swamps

Florida wildlife experts express concern about three man-eating Nile crocodiles found in local swamps, amid fears more may be at large.

May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016

Mastodon meal scraps revise US prehistory

Stone tools and bones from a butchered mastodon, found at the bottom of a river in Florida, are shaking up the known history of humans in the region.

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