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Man charged in mail-bomb plot is Trump supporter
Associated Press, Published on 27/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: Federal authorities have captured a Florida man with a criminal history and a fervour for President Donald Trump and accused him of sending at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democrats, capping a nationwide search in a case that spread fear of election-season violence with little precedent in the US.
Hurricane Michael slams into Florida
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» PANAMA CITY, Florida: Supercharged by abnormally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with potentially catastrophic winds of 250 kilometres per hour (155 mph), the most powerful hurricane to hit the US mainland in nearly 50 years.
Trump backs tighter gun-purchase checks
Associated Press, Published on 20/02/2018
» WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: US President Donald Trump offered support Monday for an effort to strengthen the federal gun background check system as he hunkered down at his private Florida golf course just 65 kilometres from last week's deadly school shooting.
Trump fumes about Russia investigation as nation mourns
Associated Press, Published on 19/02/2018
» WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, US: As the nation mourned, President Donald Trump kept largely silent about the Florida school shooting victims and the escalating gun control debate, instead raging at the FBI for what he perceived to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter the attack.
US firearms 'debate' rages over school shooting
Associated Press, Published on 19/02/2018
» PARKLAND, Florida - Pressure is growing for tougher gun-control laws after a mass shooting at a Florida high school, with thousands of angry protesters at state rallies demanding immediate action from lawmakers, and more demonstrations planned across the country in the weeks ahead.
Shooting at Mexican resort kills 5, panics festival-goers
Associated Press, Published on 17/01/2017
» PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico - Gunfire broke out in a crowded beachfront nightclub throbbing with electronic music before dawn on Monday, causing five deaths and setting off a bloody stampede by screaming concertgoers at an international festival in this Caribbean resort.
Museum attack in Tunisian capital kills 19; 2 gunmen slain
Associated Press, Published on 19/03/2015
» TUNIS, Tunisia - Foreign tourists scrambled in panic Wednesday after militants stormed a museum in Tunisia's capital and killed 19 people, "shooting at anything that moved,'' a witness said.