At least 17 people died after a former student opened fire at a South Florida high school on Wednesday, sending students running out into the streets and SWAT team members swarming in before authorities took the shooter into custody. Authorities have identified the suspect in the shooting as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz. “My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or […]

Hurricane Irma made landfall on Florida’s southern islands on Sunday and claimed three lives as millions of people, including thousands of Indian-Americans, evacuated the state in the wake of the storm that left a trail of death and destruction across the Caribbean. Hurling 130 mph winds, Irma struck Florida Keys as it barrelled towards the US state’s west coast where millions of people have evacuated turning many places into ghost […]

Florida: The armed assailant who opened fire in a popular gay club in Orlando state of the US early on Sunday in which several people were injured has been shot dead, claims police. According to the Orlando mayor, atleast 50 people were killed and 53 injured transported to nearby hospitals. The attack left at least 50 people dead, making it the worst mass shooting in American history. Authorities were investigating […]

A dead woman identified as Linda Marie Smith was found, along with two Capuchin monkeys, an incoherent man, and a note, in a Florida motel. The local police department reported on Facebook on Jan. 29 that Smith’s body “showed no obvious signs of trauma” but they did not rule out suicide. This was a strange scene indeed, According to law enforcment in the area, the 59-year-old woman’s cause of death […]

Florida authorities Wednesday announced the arrests of 22 people, including three who listed Walt Disney World as their employer, in a sting of people allegedly targeting children for sexual activity. The arrests came after a weeklong investigation involving the Lake County sheriff’s cybercrimes unit in central Florida and other agencies. In the sting, which was called “Be Mine,” detectives posed as children, or parents of children, in various online chat […]