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Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river, 21 hurt
12:38am, 4th May, 2019

Boeing 737 slides off runway into Florida river, 21 hurt

A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the U.S. outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday while attempting to land at a military base there during a thunderstorm, injuring 21 pe...
Florida teachers can arm themselves under new gun bill
1:18pm, 1st May, 2019

Florida teachers can arm themselves under new gun bill

Florida's legislature on Wednesday passed a bill allowing teachers to carry guns in the classroom, expanding a program launched after the deadly high school shooting in Parkland with the aim of preventing another such massacre.
Florida man arrested for threatening members of U.S. Congress
8:35pm, 19th April, 2019

Florida man arrested for threatening members of U.S. Congress

U.S. officials arrested a South Florida man on Friday for leaving racist and obscenity-laden voicemails with three Democratic members of Congress that defended U.S. President Donald Trump and directed ire at U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar.
Electrical fire darkens much of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
11:51pm, 26th March, 2019

Electrical fire darkens much of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

A transformer fire ignited by a lightning strike plunged much of the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, into darkness on Tuesday night, police and utility officials said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.