Bells clang and lights flash 15 seconds before the high-speed train zips through the crossing where Jeffrey King died. Five seconds later, Florida’s new Brightline train is gone. On Wednesday, King became the fourth person killed by a Brightline train since Florida’s new high-speed passenger service began conducting test runs early last year. His death […]
1 dead, 14 injured after casino shuttle boat bursts into flames
Fire swiftly engulfed a shuttle boat Sunday afternoon used to ferry patrons to a casino ship off Florida’s Gulf Coast, forcing the crew and dozens of passengers to jump into chilly waters close to shore, authorities said. Fourteen people complaining of chest pain, smoke inhalation and other minor injuries were taken to the hospital to […]
Trump returns from holiday break for 2nd year in office
The glamour of his holiday break behind him, President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday night to face a hefty legislative to-do list, critical midterm elections and perilous threats abroad. Trump started his second year in Washington after a lengthy sojourn at his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, capped by a […]
Trump signs tax reform bill before heading to Florida for Christmas
President Donald Trump signed the historic $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law Friday, using his last moments in the White House before flying to Florida for the holidays to celebrate his biggest political win. He also signed a temporary spending bill to keep the government running and provide money to upgrade the nation’s missile defenses. […]
Hurricane relief package is headed to Puerto Rico
The Senate is pushing ahead on a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would give Puerto Rico a much-needed infusion of cash. The measure also would replenish rapidly dwindling emergency disaster accounts and provide $16 billion to permit the financially troubled federal flood insurance program to pay an influx of Harvey-related claims. But it rejects […]
[Shocking] Investigation begins in death of 14 seniors
At first there was no hint of distress in the 911 calls, no sense of a crisis unfolding. But newly released emergency calls from a sweltering Florida nursing home that lost its air conditioning to Hurricane Irma showed staffers becoming increasingly agitated by a disaster that would eventually claim 14 elderly lives. The six calls […]
Record-breaking Hurricane Irma slams Caribbean (U.S. next)
Hurricane Irma has roared into the Caribbean with record-setting force — and it’s heading towards the United States next. The deadly hurricane slammed the islands of Antigua and Barbuda early Wednesday, and is on a path experts say will lead it towards Puerto Rico and Florida by the weekend. Sponsored: Eighty year-old prophecy uncovers dire […]
Man dies after ramming car filled with propane into apartments
Police in Florida say a 31-year-old man loaded propane tanks into his car and rammed it into an apartment building where his former girlfriend lived. Fort Pierce police spokesman Ed Cunningham tells Treasure Coast Newspapers that five adults and a toddler escaped uninjured through a back door when Carl Philbert, who died in the crash, […]
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