Florida Judge Confirms Trial For Confessed Parkland Shooter To Begin In January
A Florida judge has confirmed that the trial for confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz will begin in late January.
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A Florida judge has confirmed that the trial for confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz will begin in late January.
Attorneys for accused Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz have gone to the Florida Supreme Court in a bid to prevent disclosure of the names of mental-health experts who visit him in jail as part of his defense.
A trial date has been set for confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz.
The commission investigating last year's massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Park has recommended to the state's legislature that public schools should have realistic active-shooter drills and any armed school employees must be trained by a sheriff's office and not a private company.
A group of families of Parkland victims stood outside the Broward Sheriff's Office substation in Parkland Monday afternoon to send a clear and unequivocal message to Florida Senators — do not give former Sheriff Scott Israel his job back.
A 22-year-old man was convicted Tuesday of cyberstalking and sending kidnapping threats to families of victims of a mass shooting in Parkland.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a showdown about one of his highest-profile decisions: the ouster of Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, whose fate now rests in the hands of the Florida Senate.
Defense attorneys for the confessed Parkland shooter who want the current prosecutors removed because they won't reconsider seeking the death penalty will have to wait a little longer to make their case.
Nikolas Cruz walked into a Broward County courtroom on Tuesday afternoon with one name and he walked out with a different one. It was a wish he'd dreamed of since February 14, 2018.
Defense attorneys for the confessed Parkland shooter who want the current prosecutors removed because they won't reconsider seeking the death penalty will get a chance to make their case in court this week.
Defense attorneys for confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz want the current prosecutors assigned to the case removed because they won't reconsider seeking the death penalty.
The father of a victim in last year's deadly mass shooting in Parkland had an emotional message for President Donald Trump Thursday: "Stay out" of the discussion about how to prevent gun violence until "you're ready to actually be a serious participant in this conversation."
Members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission ripped into Broward Schools Superintendent on Thursday, saying he's not doing enough to assure school safety.
A South Florida appeals court Wednesday rejected an attempt by accused Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz to prevent disclosure of the names of mental-health experts who visit him in jail as part of his defense.
The pain of losing a loved one in a mass shooting is all too familiar for the families of those killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The widow of a man who died in the Parkland school shooting is running for Broward County School Board.
In the hours after the Parkland shooting police and media focused on the confessed killer, Nikolas Cruz. But at a Broward County home about 10 miles away from the tragedy another Nikolas Cruz and his family were trying to make sense of what was going on.
Max Schachter and Tom Hoyer urged lawmakers to pass new safety laws inside schools in order to keep students and teachers safe.
Former Broward sheriff's Deputy Scot Peterson who is facing felony charges for his failure to enter the school while the gunman carried out the shooting was arraigned on Monday.
An attorney for Scot Peterson, a former BSO school resource officer assigned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the February 14, 2018 massacre, has filed a motion to dismiss the charges in the criminal case against him.
Broward Judge Elizabeth Scherer announced a tentative trial date for January 2020 during Wednesday's status hearing for confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz.
More than a year after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, parents of some of the victims demonstrated at Trump Tower in New York City on July 4th.
School officials in Liberty County, 500 miles away from Broward County, and other small Northwest Florida counties are watching as the state Supreme Court considers a case that will determine how much the Broward County School Board could be forced to pay to parents and victims in the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The parents of Carmen Schentrup, one of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the US government.
Prior to February 14, 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emely Vazquez says she was a carefree happy girl.
The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble on Sunday was Cameron Young.
A month-long search after a Colorado airman's vehicle and dog were stolen while he was on deployment came to a tragic end on Saturday.
Antonelli holds a 20-point lead over teammate George Russell in the championship standings.
A Spirit pilot received an impromptu retirement party from a different airline after what would have been his final flight was canceled.
New security camera footage shows the collision in front of a house, sending debris flying.
The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble on Sunday was Cameron Young.
A month-long search after a Colorado airman's vehicle and dog were stolen while he was on deployment came to a tragic end on Saturday.
Antonelli holds a 20-point lead over teammate George Russell in the championship standings.
A Spirit pilot received an impromptu retirement party from a different airline after what would have been his final flight was canceled.
New security camera footage shows the collision in front of a house, sending debris flying.
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.
Before this map was created, there were 20 districts that favored Republicans and eight that favored Democrats.
State lawmakers approved the new map, which deeply affects both Wasserman Schultz and fellow Democratic congressman Jared Moskowitz.
The Republican governors of Tennessee and Alabama called state lawmakers into special sessions on Friday, initial steps in what could be a scramble to redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court narrowed the Voting Rights Act.
The new measures increase pressure on foreign financial institutions by threatening their access to U.S. markets if they continue to work with Cuban government entities.
A federal judge scolded prosecutors for pushing to move forward with detention proceedings for accused correspondents' dinner gunman Cole Allen, even though Allen agreed to remain in custody.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
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.
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.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
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.