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Councilor tags mayor, congresswoman in Bulacan water tank explosion

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 28 11:21 PM

Del Rosario said in her complaint that the explosion was caused by the intentional build-up of air pressure inside the tank. Read more »

Storm Alberto churns toward Florida, Alabama and Mississippi

Rich McKay and Suzannah Gonzales, Reuters
Posted at May 28 09:28 AM

Gulf Coast residents should "take this storm seriously," the National Weather Service said on Sunday as Subtropical Storm Alberto drove north through the Gulf of Mexico, threatening heavy rains and winds to the southern coastal states.  Read more »

Florida police shoot gunman at Trump-owned golf resort

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 18 09:08 PM

Police shot and injured a gunman "yelling" about Trump in the lobby of a Trump Organization-owned golf resort near Miami, authorities said Friday. Read more »

Exploding e-cigarette killed Florida man, coroner says

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 18 09:32 AM

MIAMI, United States - An exploding e-cigarette killed a Florida man found dead in his burning apartment, an autopsy has found. Read more »

Movie review: 'Florida Project' paints prickly portrait of poverty in America

Fred Hawson
Posted at Apr 19 01:30 PM

"The Florida Project" brings us into a segment of America we do not see. Read more »

Florida school shooter wants to donate inheritance to survivors

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 07:03 AM

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz wants to donate his inheritance -- which could run to hundreds of thousands of dollars or more -- to the bereaved families and survivors of his attack, his lawyers said Wednesday.  Read more »

Brother of Fil-Am victim in Parkland, Florida school shooting speaks up

Jon Caña, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Mar 29 10:03 AM

It’s been more than a month since Filipino-American high school senior Carmen Schentrup was killed during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. But for Carmen’s family, the pain still lingers. Read more »

OPINION: The most deafening 6-minute silence

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 28 02:29 AM

I imagine many of us have watched and have been moved by the powerful speech by Emma Gonzalez, a survivor of the Feb. 14  Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, during the “March for our Lives” gun control protest rally in Washington D.C. last March 24. Read more »

Florida pedestrian bridge collapse

Joe Raedle, Getty Images/AFP
Posted at Mar 16 04:19 PM

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department personnel and other rescue units work at the scene where a pedestrian bridge collapsed a few days after it was built over southwest 8th street. Read more »

Teacher accidentally fires gun in class, HS student injured

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 15 07:44 AM

LOS ANGELES - At least one California high school student was injured superficially when a teacher accidentally discharged a gun in class during a firearms safety course, police said on Wednesday. Read more »

Florida passes law that allows some school staff to be armed

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 08:30 AM

MIAMI, United States - Florida Governor Rick Scott on Friday signed into law a bill backed by relatives of Parkland school shooting victims that restricts access to firearms and paves the way for some school staff to be armed.   Read more »

Florida legislature passes law allowing teachers to be armed

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 08:57 AM

Miami, United States - The Florida House of Representatives Wednesday passed a law that restricts some access to guns while paving the way for a program allowing teachers and school employees to be armed. Read more »

Classes to resume at Florida high school 2 weeks after massacre

Zachary Fagenson, Reuters
Posted at Feb 28 06:55 PM

Students and teachers traumatized by one of the deadliest US mass shootings ever were due back in classes on Wednesday for the first time since a gunman killed 17 people in their Florida high school 2 weeks ago. Read more »

Republicans rebuff students' call for tough gun curbs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 08:45 AM

WASHINGTON - Republican leaders rebuffed calls for major changes to US gun laws Tuesday following the mass shooting at a Florida high school, as students braced for their emotional return to the campus where 14 classmates and three staff were murdered. Read more »

Trump says he'd run unarmed into Florida school shooting

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 08:15 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday he would have rushed unarmed into the Florida school targeted by a mass shooter, as student survivors of the massacre brought their campaign for gun control to Washington. Read more »

After shooting, students make emotional return to Florida school

Brian Knowlton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 02:38 PM

Students and teachers returned Sunday to a Florida school for the first time since 17 people were killed there, consoling each other even as they called for swift action to address gun violence. Read more »

Australia's Turnbull declines to offer Trump advice on gun control

Reuters
Posted at Feb 24 04:15 PM

Australia has some of the world's toughest gun control laws.   Read more »

US educators say no to 'arms race' in schools

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 23 12:04 PM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has proposed arming "highly trained" teachers to deter school shootings, but the idea has drawn little support from those most directly concerned -- teachers. Read more »

Armed deputy at Florida school resigns after failing to engage shooter

Bernie Woodall, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 07:44 AM

The armed deputy assigned to the campus of a Florida high school during a deadly shooting last week stayed outside the building during the attack and failed to engage the shooter, the county sheriff said on Thursday. Read more »

3 executions planned Thursday in 3 US states

Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 06:57 AM

AUSTIN, Texas - A trio of inmates are scheduled to be executed on Thursday, one each in Alabama, Florida and Texas, raising the possibility that U.S. prison authorities will carry out 3 death sentences on the same day for the first time since 2010. Read more »