Florida Gun Law Restrictions Can Punish Local Officials Personally
If local Florida officials want to pass firearm restrictions in response to the latest mass killing with an assault weapon, they risk being suspended from office, fined and sued.
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If local Florida officials want to pass firearm restrictions in response to the latest mass killing with an assault weapon, they risk being suspended from office, fined and sued.
The state House voted down a motion to take up a bill that would ban assault rifles, effectively killing the measure for this session.
It was a send off from people who know their pain -- survivors of the pulse night club massacre gave encouragement as bus loads of Parkland students pulled out, heading for the Capitol.
The #NeverAgain movement just gained some serious star power.
Florida law enforcement leaders from across the state discussed ways to prevent future school massacres on Tuesday.
Pine Trails Park in Parkland has evolved as the heartland of a community's heartbreak after the massacre of 17 students and faculty members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
President Trump urges ban on gun devices like bump stocks, which make it easier to fire rounds more quickly.
Tearful family and friends will gather in Coral Springs Tuesday to say their final goodbyes to 16-year-old Carmen Schentrup.
Panel of experts discuss mental health strategies in the wake of high school shooting rampage that left 17 people dead.
Trump will host a listening session at the White House with high school students & teachers to discuss different ways to keep schools safe.
A majority of Americans are pointing the finger of blame at President Donald Trump and Congress for not doing more to prevent mass shootings.
A baseball legend back in his hometown of South Florida mentoring teenagers in a unique way.
A plan is in place for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to reopen.
It's a chant we're hearing a lot since the deadly shooting that killed 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
It was a tense nine minutes in court Monday as a judge took up two major issues in the case of the accused school shooter - Nikolas Cruz.
Warm Wednesday underway in South Florida, mostly dry with stray showers possible as we head through the rest of the week and the weekend.
Nearly 50,000 pounds of cocaine were offloaded Wednesday at Port Everglades in Broward County.
Broward officials released a photo of a dog that recently attacked a boy in Fort Lauderdale, and confirmed the animal had to be euthanized.
Megan is accusing blogger Milagro Gramz of using her platform to harass, discredit and intimidate her during and after the Tory Lanez trial.
The sheriff’s office said 39-year-old Joseph Brown “was in a trusted position on kitchen work detail,” when he used his role to escape jail.
Police say a man shot into a dog fight in Fort Lauderdale, leaving two dogs dead, two injured and another owner bitten while trying to intervene.
New video captures West Palm Beach officers coming face to face with an alligator and safely subduing it by grabbing its snout and taping its mouth shut.
A Gulf disturbance is bringing scattered showers and clouds to South Florida Friday, and hotter weather ahead into the weekend and next week.
Police say a woman was shot and hospitalized after a reported robbery at a Miramar apartment complex early Friday.
Three Republican candidates and one Democrat have qualified for Florida's U.S. Senate race as the filing deadline approaches Friday.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
President Trump said Thursday that he was weighing a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines with the intent of reselling the struggling budget carrier after oil prices drop.
The soldier allegedly bet on Nicolás Maduro's removal as president of Venezuela before news of the raid was reported, sources told CBS News.
The Justice Department's internal watchdog said it will audit the department's compliance with the law that required the release of the Epstein files.
The order places FDA-approved products containing marijuana and state-regulated medical marijuana products at a lower drug classification.
Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his role effective immediately, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Wednesday.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Former state Sen. Lauren Book launched her 11th annual statewide walk, encouraging survivors to share their stories amid renewed attention on the Epstein case.
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is pressing county commissioners to approve a long-delayed mental health center, warning lives are at stake as the building sits empty.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.
Rapper Offset is recovering after a shooting at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, where Lil Tjay was among two people detained and later charged.
