Mar 16 Miami bridge collapse puts spotlight on rapid building technique By Jason Dearen, Associated Press The pedestrian bridge on the edge of the Miami-area campus was a signature achievement of the school's Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center, a research group set up with federal funding a few years ago to show how spans could… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 7:24 News Wrap: Federal investigators join Florida bridge collapse probe By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the death toll from a pedestrian bridge collapse in South Florida rose to six, and could go higher still. Federal investigators from the national transportation safety board have joined the investigation. Also, the White House… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch 5:37 News Wrap: Cars crushed in deadly Florida bridge collapse By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, a newly built pedestrian bridge collapsed in the Miami area, crushing eight vehicles. Authorities reported multiple deaths and injuries. Also, the special counsel in the Russia investigation is going after the business records of the… Continue watching
Mar 15 The Pulse Nightclub shooter's wife is on trial. Here's why By Rhana Natour Noor Salman has pleaded not guilty to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization by helping her husband prepare for the attack, and to obstruction of justice for misleading federal agents. Here's what we know. Continue reading
Mar 15 6 dead after pedestrian bridge collapses in Miami By Joshua Barajas, Erica R. Hendry A pedestrian bridge at Florida International University has collapsed in Miami, trapping an unknown number of people and cars underneath. Continue reading
Mar 15 WATCH: New video shows what happened outside Parkland school shooting By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Police and school officials had resisted the release, saying it was evidence in an active investigation. Video of what happened inside the school is not being released. Continue reading
Mar 14 Parkland shooting suspect Cruz appears in court, remains silent when asked about plea By Curt Anderson, Associated Press The former student charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month refused to announce a plea on Wednesday so a judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Continue reading
Mar 14 FBI official: 'We clearly should have done more' in Florida shooting By Matthew Daly, Kevin Freking, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The FBI could have and should have done more to investigate information it received prior to last month's massacre at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the agency's deputy director told a Senate panel on Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 14 U.S. students stage school walkouts to protest gun violence By Collin Binkley, Associated Press From Maine to Hawaii, students planned to walk out of school Wednesday to protest gun violence in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged in response to last month's massacre of 17 people at Florida's Marjory… Continue reading
Mar 09 Florida governor signs school safety bill that raises minimum rifle age, creates handgun program for school employees By Curt Anderson, Brendan Farrington, Gary Fineout, Associated Press Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a $400 million school safety bill in response to the tragedy that killed 17 people at a high school. It raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21 and creates a… Continue reading