Miami building evacuated near site of deadly Surfside condo collapse

Residents of a building on the same street where a condominium collapse killed nearly 100 people were forced to evacuate after officials determined the structure was unsafe.

3-year-old boy safe after father barricades himself inside truck on Gandy Blvd. for 4 hours, police say

St. Petersburg police said a man is in custody after arming himself with a weapon, taking a 3-year-old child from a home, crashing a pickup truck, and barricading himself inside for hours.

Walt Disney World passholders file lawsuit over theme park reservation system, park hopping

Two annual passholders have filed a federal lawsuit against Walt Disney World over its park reservation system, which was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and requires passholders and guests to purchase theme park tickets and to make a reservation in order to visit -- alleging the theme park company breached its passholders' contract by restricting their access to the theme parks.

Three high school hockey players suspended after 16-year-old takes her own life, parents say

A 16-year-old took her own life just days before the start of her senior year at East Lake High School. McKenna Brown's parents say their daughter was severely bullied and harassed online. Now, three of the teen's hockey teammates who were allegedly behind the harassment have now been suspended by the Lightning High School Hockey League, her mom says.

Person of interest in gruesome deaths of 4 friends in Oklahoma arrested in Florida, police say

A person of interest in a homicide investigation in Oklahoma, where four friends went missing and were later found shot and severely dismembered in a river, was arrested in Central Florida Tuesday, according to police. 

Parkland shooter prosecutors ask for investigation after juror said she felt threatened by fellow juror

Prosecutors in the case of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz are calling for an investigation after a juror said she felt threatened by another member of the jury during deliberations that ended with a life sentence for Cruz’s murder of 17 people.

Jury in Parkland shooting penalty trial recommends life in prison for Nikolas Cruz

Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after the jury said Thursday that it could not unanimously agree that he should be executed.

'Stunned, devastated': Parents of Parkland victims react to shooter's life sentence

"What do we have the death penalty for?" one Parkland parent questioned after the jury could not unanimously agree on a death sentence for shooter Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people.

Florida high school student accused of body slamming police officer during fight

A St. Cloud High School student was arrested on Thursday for allegedly picking up a police officer and slamming him to the ground during a fight, police said.