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'Multiple' fatalities in Miami pedestrian bridge collapse

A pedestrian bridge being built across an eight-lane highway collapsed at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing eight vehicles under massive slabs and killing multiple people, authorities said.

Florida governor Rick Scott signs gun restrictions three weeks after Parkland high school attack; NRA files lawsuit to block law

Florida governor Rick Scott signed a far-reaching school-safety bill Friday that places new restrictions on guns, cementing his state's break with the National Rifle Association and decades of Republican thinking on gun control in the aftermath of the Parkland high school attack

Florida shooting: Nearly two weeks after 17 lost their lives, students make emotional return to school

Students and teachers returned to a Florida school in the US for the first time since 17 people were killed there, consoling each other even as they called for swift action to address gun violence

Florida school shooting: Governor Rick Scott backs law to raise minimum age for buying guns to 21

Florida Governor Rick Scott, a loyal ally of the US gun lobby under mounting pressure to act in the aftermath of last week’s deadly mass shooting, urged state lawmakers on Friday to tighten access to firearms for young people and the mentally disturbed.

Florida governor Rick Scott calls for FBI director Christopher Wray's resignation following school shootout that killed 17

Governor of Florida state Rick Scott on Saturday urged the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to resign in the wake of the agency's admission that it failed to follow up on an earlier tip over the shooter who killed 17 people in a Florida high school

Days after Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc in Florida, 1.5 million homes still left without power

About 1.5 million homes and businesses in Florida and Georgia remained without power on Friday after Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma: In Florida, Indian-Americans open doors to affected families as storm displaces thousands

Indian-Americans in Atlanta and neighbouring areas opened up their homes for friends, families and community members from Florida on Sunday after Hurricane Irma landed

Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida; National Weather Service issues tornado warning for three counties

Hurricane Irma began its assault on Florida early Sunday with the storm's northern eyewall reaching the lower Florida Keys as a powerful Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Irma: 70,000 people move into shelters; 3.4 million citizens could face power cut

Florida governor Rick Scott on Saturday said 6.5 million people were ordered to evacuate ahead of Irma and that 70,000 people have moved into 385 shelters across the state.

Worst attack in US since 9/11: Orlando shooting leaves 50 dead, 53 injured

A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history.