President Trump Approves Puerto Rico Emergency Declaration In Wake Of Earthquakes
President Donald Trump has approved an emergency declaration in Puerto Rico following a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Tuesday morning.
President Donald Trump has approved an emergency declaration in Puerto Rico following a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Tuesday morning.
A group of South Florida first responders are heading to Puerto Rico following a series of earthquakes and aftershocks.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake and several other strong tremors rocked Puerto Rico Tuesday morning, killing one man and injuring at least eight others. It happened just one day after a 5.8 magnitude quake shook the island, according to the US Geological Survey.
A magnitude six earthquake shook Puerto Rico Monday night, striking off the coast of the island in the Atlantic Ocean.
Two former Federal Emergency Management Agency officials and the former president of a major disaster relief contractor have been arrested on accusations of bribery and fraud.
Puerto Rico avoided the full wrath of Hurricane Dorian yesterday. It caused just minor damages on the island.
Tropical Storm Dorian is taking aim at Puerto Rico and the island's residents are taking it seriously.
Puerto Rico's Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez Garced was sworn in Wednesday afternoon as the third governor that the financially and politically troubled island has had in less than a week.
The events in Puerto Rico this week have been nothing short of spectacular.
After days of protests, the embattled governor of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said he will step down, conceding power after furious protests and political upheaval were touched off by a leak of crude and insulting chat messages between him and his top advisers.
Florida Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio are reacting to the resignation of Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló.
The governor of Puerto Rico could do what protesters want and resign this week.
Amid days of protests in Puerto Rico and around the world, a judge issued search warrants on Tuesday for the phones of the government officials who are believed to have been involved in an online chat that ignited political crisis and public uproar in the country.
Thousands of Puerto Ricans won't rest until embattled Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns and they filled the streets of San Juan Monday for another massive protest.
Puerto Ricans who came to South Florida after Hurricane Maria are monitoring the situation in their homeland where protesters have clashed with police in the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico for a third straight day.
The family of a toddler that died in a horrible accident while they were on vacation is finally returning home.
Police said a one-year-old girl fell to her death from the 11th story of a cruise ship after apparently slipping from her grandfather's hands.
Arguing President Trump is "confused" and his comments "lack empathy," the Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, challenged the president for the second day in a row.
A South Florida man has been convicted in a $100 million scheme to defraud a Puerto Rico bank.
At 83 years old and battling cancer, Maurice Ferre slowly walked up to receive what he called the greatest honor of his life.
The Norwegian Jade cruise ship's latest journey was cut short, causing a huge inconvenience for thousands of passengers.
Nearly 3,000 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
In order to accommodate the thousands of Puerto Ricans who moved to Florida after Hurricane Maria, a federal judge has ordered 32 counties in the state to provide sample ballots in Spanish.
A new report from George Washington University estimates that Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, 46 times more than the official toll given by the government.
Power restoration to Puerto Rico has been completed, almost a year after Hurricane Maria, according to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
Federal officials announced that more than 13,803 pounds of cocaine and 3,736 pounds of marijuana with a combined estimated street value of approximately $185 million were offloaded by the US Coast Guard at Port Everglades.
Police detectives are investigating a fatal overnight shooting in Miami Beach.
Two jet fighter pilots participating in Sunday's Fort Lauderdale Air Show are lucky to have landed safely after their aircraft touched wing tips during their performance.
Zahra Skaik, a 44-year-old Palestinian woman living in Gaza City, escaped the war thanks to her American sons.
Emmanuel Rivera hit a game-winning pinch-hit single in the 10th inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6.
Federal officials announced that more than 13,803 pounds of cocaine and 3,736 pounds of marijuana with a combined estimated street value of approximately $185 million were offloaded by the US Coast Guard at Port Everglades.
Police detectives are investigating a fatal overnight shooting in Miami Beach.
Two jet fighter pilots participating in Sunday's Fort Lauderdale Air Show are lucky to have landed safely after their aircraft touched wing tips during their performance.
Zahra Skaik, a 44-year-old Palestinian woman living in Gaza City, escaped the war thanks to her American sons.
Emmanuel Rivera hit a game-winning pinch-hit single in the 10th inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
It's Back-To-School and that also means back to the lunch room, as breakfast and lunch are free to all Miami-Dade public school students again this year.
Zahra Skaik, a 44-year-old Palestinian woman living in Gaza City, escaped the war thanks to her American sons.
Kennedy said he now supports abortions up until the point of fetal viability.
Bob Graham was remembered as a politician who enjoyed meeting Floridians and always behaved civilly, even behind closed doors.
He is scheduled to visit Ohio for a fundraiser on May 15
Michael Cohen's testimony in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York suggests the prosecution is reaching the home stretch of its case.
Jim DeFede sits down with former Key Biscayne Mayor Mike Davey, who is running to unseat Maria Elvira Salazar.
Jim DeFede talks to Karla Hernandez-Mats, President of the United Teachers of Dade, and Alicia Gant, a teacher at Barbara Goleman Senior High, who is soon leaving the district to become a teacher in Washington DC.
Lauren Pastrana and her guest discuss the options currently being discussed, possible solutions and how all this might impact students, their teachers and their parents.
Lauren Pastrana does a deep dive with perspective from leaders of local Jewish and Muslim groups for their take and perspective on the protests, the fallout and the fear and threats they are creating.
Jim DeFede catches up with State Senator Lauren Book to talk about the looming six-week abortion ban while she is making her annual walk across Florida to bring attention to child sexual exploitation.
Elon Musk's Neuralink finds a brain-computer interface device captured less data a month after implant surgery.
Hormel Foods says potentially contaminated products were shipped to Publix and Dollar Tree distribution warehouses.
The Texas dairy worker infected by H5N1 "did not disclose the name of their workplace," frustrating investigators.
Actress Halle Berry joined with a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday to announce new legislation to promote menopause research, training and education.
Plaintiffs have three months to vote on whether to approve a proposed legal settlement that would resolve nearly all talc lawsuits.
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One consumer reported suffering a dental injury after eating Trader Joe's Chicken, Lentil & Caramelized Onion Pilaf product.
The company will keep its name and headquarters in Pittsburgh, but the United Steelworkers union voiced opposition to the deal.
For customers of SmileDirectClub, they were greeted with a message that they had shut down when logging on to its website.
A remarkable judge of talent, Corman hired such aspiring filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, James Cameron and Martin Scorsese.
Sean "Diddy" Combs is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two other men raped a 17-year-old girl in a New York recording studio in 2003.
This will be the first baby for Hailey and Justin Beiber, who announced their pregnancy after more than five years of marriage.
The Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum music producer made a special appearance at the North Miami Beach Small Business Summit and Expo on Wednesday to receive the honor.
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