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Husband wants answers in death of Pinay cyclist in Florida

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Sep 07 01:13 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Florida - The husband of 41-year-old Filipina cyclist Jennifer Cabaliw Bryant wants a full investigation into circumstances surrounding her death during a cycling event more than a month ago. Read more »

Pinay dies from snorkeling incident

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Sep 07 09:45 AM

A Filipina-American from Illinois drowned while on a snorkeling trip in Florida last Saturday.   Read more »

Republican Florida candidate says vote for black opponent would 'monkey this up'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 30 12:12 PM

WASHINGTON - Accusations of racism flared up on Wednesday in the Florida governor's race after the Republican candidate told voters they would "monkey this up" if they chose a liberal African-American Democrat backed by Senator Bernie Sanders. Read more »

Pinay immigrant wins Democratic primary in Florida congressional district

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 10:31 PM

Filipino-American Jennifer Mijares-Zimmerman won the Democratic nomination for United States house in Florida's 1st congressional district.    Read more »

Video game maker cancels 3 tournaments after Florida mass shooting

Reuters
Posted at Aug 29 01:51 AM

Video game maker Electronic Arts canceled three tournaments of its Madden NFL 19 football game to review safety protocols after a competitor who lost a tournament attacked with a gun, killing two gamers and wounding 11 others.   Read more »

Florida shooting reignites U.S. gun rights debate

Scott Malone, Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 04:20 AM

The slaying of two competitors at a Florida video game tournament on Sunday has stirred the long-simmering gun rights debate in the state on the eve of its hotly contested state and federal primary elections. Read more »

Police seek motive in shooting at Florida video game tournament

Reuters
Posted at Aug 27 11:17 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Police on Monday were trying to determine why a gunman opened fire at a Jacksonville, Florida, video game tournament, killing two people and injuring 11 others before fatally shooting himself.   Read more »

Multiple fatalities in shooting in Florida video game tournament - reports

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 27 03:58 AM

(UPDATED) A shooter killed four people and wounded 10 others on Sunday at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, local media said citing police sources. Read more »

Pinoy killed in Florida car crash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 12:31 PM

A tragic car crash on Saturday claimed the life of a Filipino man in Florida. Read more »

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 »