Pipe bombs are sent to the Clintons, Obamas and CNN, others
Daily Mail - Tue Oct 23, 2018
Pipe bombs targeting the top liberal elite and Trump's biggest political foes have been discovered across the US with law enforcement suspecting a serial bomber is behind the rash of homemade explosives sent in the mail. More»
Florida cow tests positive for mad cow disease
Miami Herald - Thu Aug 30, 2018
A Florida cow has turned up with a form of mad cow disease, the sixth to be confirmed in the U. More»
Shocking video shows a Miami cop slapping, punching and whipping his DAUGHTER, 14, with a belt
Daily Mail - Fri May 11, 2018
Shocking video shows the moment a police officer slapped, punched and pulled his teenage daughter's hair because she misbehaved in school. More»
Gulf Residents Deserve The Full Truth About Oil Cleanup Chemicals
Huffington Post - Fri Apr 20, 2018
TJ Johnson remembers the day he and his cousins were sprayed. More»
More than 200 million eggs sold in nine US states are recalled over salmonella
Daily Mail - Sat Apr 14, 2018
More than 200 million eggs sold in nine US states are being recalled over salmonella fears. More»
'Multiple deaths' as 950-ton pedestrian bridge collapses on top of cars and people on Florida college campus just days after it was installed
Daily Mail - Wed Mar 14, 2018
Emergency crews are rushing to the scene of a collapsed pedestrian bridge that has reportedly killed 'multiple people' and trapped cars on the campus of Florida International University in Miami. More»
Trump officials fight eviction with fisticuffs from Panama hotel they manage
Associated Press - Sun Feb 25, 2018
PANAMA CITY, Florida - One of President Donald Trump's family businesses is battling an effort to physically evict its team of executives from a luxury hotel in Panama where they manage operations, and police have been called to keep the peace, The Associated Press has learned. More»
Top Florida law enforcement official plotted to abduct, rape and murder 'a black man or a Jew'
Raw Story - Sat Oct 28, 2017
The Chief Deputy of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has been outed as a white supremacist who corresponded with other members of the now-defunct website Stormfront and plotted to abduct, rape with a metal pipe and then murder "a black man or a Jew. More»
Congressional candidate claims she was abducted by aliens, can communicate extraterrestrials
New York Daily News - Sun Oct 15, 2017
A politician in Miami, who is running to replace Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen when she retires, claims that she was once taken aboard a spaceship by aliens where they discussed a number of topics. More»
Eight dead at Florida nursing home where Hurricane Irma knocked out power
Sun Sentinel - Wed Sep 13, 2017
Eight people died in a Hollywood, Florida, nursing home that had no air conditioning after Hurricane Irma knocked out power. More»
Florida officials begin ordering evacuations as Hurricane Irma intensifies to a Category 5 storm
Washington Post - Mon Sep 4, 2017
Authorities in Florida have begun bracing for the potential arrival of Hurricane Irma, a roiling storm that intensified into "an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane" as it churned toward the United States. More»
Guards Offer Snack Bounty To Beat Up 13-Year-Old Boy In Detention
Think Progress - Tue Jul 19, 2016
A juvenile detention center in Fort Lauderdale is under fire for offering food as a reward for beating up a teenager in its custody. More»
Florida crocodiles: Man-eating Nile beasts confirmed in swamps
BBC - Fri May 20, 2016
DNA tests have confirmed that three man-eating Nile crocodiles have been found living in Florida's swamps. More»
Costly prison fees are putting inmates deep in debt
CNN - Fri Apr 1, 2016
Jeremy Barrett remembers very little of the assault that would change his life. More»
Man Threatens Suicide, Police Kill Him
Daily Beast - Wed May 27, 2015
Justin Way was in bed with a knife. His girlfriend called a non-emergency number to try to get him into a hospital. Minutes later, cops shot him dead. More»
Florida officials banned from saying 'climate change' because Gov. Rick Scott doesn't think it's real
Raw Story - Sat Mar 7, 2015
Administrators working for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection have been banned from using the terms "climate change" or "global warming" in any state documents, as well in meetings, on orders handed down from high-ranking officials in Governor Rick Scott's administration, reports the Miami Herald. More»
Zombie-like attacker used pot, not 'bath salts'
Associated Press - Thu Jun 28, 2012
The naked Florida man who chewed off the face of another man last month in a zombie-like cannibal attack used marijuana but not "bath salts" as police had suspected, authorities said Wednesday. More»
Latest "zombie" attack: Man under the influence gets naked, bites off chunk of man's arm
WFTS-TV - Thu Jun 21, 2012
PALMETTO, Florida - The latest in a string of "zombie" like attacks happened in a Manatee County home Wednesday night after a man under the influence went into a fit of rage and bit a piece of someone's arm off during a visit with his children. More»
Florida teen detained by TSA for design on her purse
Yahoo! - Fri Dec 2, 2011
On a flight from Virginia to Florida, Vanessa Gibbs found herself detained by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) over the appearance of her purse. More»
TSA Pats Down Cancer-Stricken 95-Year-Old Woman, Removes Adult Diaper
CNN - Wed Jul 13, 2011
The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security. More»
Bank of America in Florida Foreclosed On by Angry Homeowner
ABC News - Tue Jun 7, 2011
In Florida an angry homeowner whose home was wrongfully foreclosed on by Bank of America gets revenge by foreclosing on the bank's local branch. More»
7 banks closed in Fla., Ga., Ill., Kan., Ariz.
Associated Press - Fri Oct 22, 2010
WASHINGTON - Regulators on Friday shut down a total of seven banks in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas and Arizona, lifting to 139 the number of US banks that have fallen this year as soured loans have mounted and the economy has sputtered. More»
Tar balls wash up on Atlantic side - Cocoa Beach
WESH-TV - Tue Jul 6, 2010
COCOA BEACH, Florida - Tests are out on more than a dozen tar balls that have been found in a 2- to 3-mile stretch of Cocoa Beach during the past two days, according to Brevard County authorities. More»
After Gulf swimmers report illness, questions about opening a beach
Christian Science Monitor - Fri Jul 2, 2010
Hundreds of beachgoers told health officials they felt unwell after swimming last week at oil spill-affected Pensacola Beach, Florida. More»
Volunteers ready but left out of spill cleanup
Associated Press - Fri Jul 2, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of equipment and making little use of the fishing boats and volunteers available to help clean up what may now be the biggest spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico. More»
Oil confirmed on Pensacola beaches
Associated Press - Thu Jun 3, 2010
For days, CNN's small army of reporters, photographers and producers has been repositioning toward Florida as oil was expected to come ashore in the Sunshine State. More»
Lettuce Recall due to E.Coli - FDA investigating
Associated Press - Thu May 6, 2010
WASHINGTON - A food company is recalling lettuce sold in 23 states and the District of Columbia because of an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 19 people, three of them with life-threatening symptoms. More»
Whale that killed its trainer at SeaWorld 'must be stoned to death', says American religious group
Daily Mail, UK - Tue Mar 2, 2010
A whale that killed its trainer at the SeaWorld tourist attraction should be stoned to death, according to an American religious group. More»
GOP member shoots target with Fla. Dem's initials
Associated Press - Thu Oct 8, 2009
MIAMI - A South Florida Republican said it was a mistake to shoot at a target with the initials of the Democratic congresswoman he is trying to unseat. More»
Bank of America Turns Armless Man Away, After Demanding a Thumbprint
Associated Press - Wed Sep 2, 2009
TAMPA, Florida - A Florida man born without arms says a Tampa bank would not let him cash a check because he couldn't provide a thumbprint. More»