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Act of terror and hate, says Barack Obama on Orlando mass shooting
World | Jun 13, 2016, 06:42 AM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama decried the “horrific” mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, as an act of “terror” and an “act of hate”, targeting a place of "solidarity and empowerment" for gays and
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Florida: 50 dead in worst mass shooting in US history
World | Jun 13, 2016, 06:33 AM ISTOrlando (USA): Orlando Police say they are responding to a shooting at a nightclub in southern Florida. A post on the department's official Twitter account early Sunday morning says "multiple injuries" have been reported following
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22 year old singer Christina Grimmie shot dead at her Florida concert
Hollywood | Jun 11, 2016, 02:10 PM ISTFlorida: A gunman opened fire at a Florida concert venue as singer Christina Grimmie signed autographs for fans after a show, killing the onetime star of "The Voice" before shooting and killing himself, officials said
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Jury awards Hulk Hogan $115 million in Gawker sex tape suit
World | Mar 19, 2016, 08:57 PM ISTJury awards Hulk Hogan $115 million in Gawker sex tape suit
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Florida mayor bans Donald Trump after his call for Muslim ban in US
World | Dec 08, 2015, 10:41 AM ISTSt. Petersburg (Florida): A Florida mayor says he's banning Donald Trump from his city after the Republican presidential candidate called for the U.S. to stop Muslims from entering the country.Playing off of Trump's earlier words,
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Plane catches fire at Florida airport; 1 seriously injured
World | Oct 30, 2015, 05:42 PM ISTDania Beach, Florida: A jet plane's engine caught fire Thursday as it prepared for takeoff, and more than 100 passengers had to quickly evacuate using emergency slides. One person was seriously injured, officials said.Dozens of
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg slams Donald Trump's anti-H1-B visa policy
Aug 21, 2015, 06:16 PM ISTWashington: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has sounded death knell to the H-1B visas by proposing to raise the minimum wage for this most popular work visas for Indian technology professionals as he released his
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Jeb Bush recalls removing Confederate flag from Florida Capitol
World | Jun 30, 2015, 08:33 AM ISTWest columbia: Campaigning in South Carolina, where residents are still reeling from a white gunman's massacre of nine black churchgoers, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush told voters Monday that he removed the Confederate battle flag
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Top 10 tourist destinations in USA
World | Jun 23, 2015, 11:43 PM ISTUSA is a vast country comprising of a number of states. Here we'll be focusing on US cities that are favorites among the tourists. These cities have been selected on the basis of how beautiful
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Republican governor Jeb Bush announces White House bid
World | Jun 16, 2015, 08:01 AM ISTWashington: Florida's former Republican governor, Jeb Bush, on Monday formally announced his presidential candidacy and said that he is ready to lead the country.In his announcement speech to about 3,000 supporters at Miami Dade College,
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2 Pak-origin brothers jailed for plotting terror attack in US
World | Jun 12, 2015, 08:45 AM ISTWashington: Two Pakistani-American brothers were yesterday sentenced to 35 years and 20 years in prison by a court in Florida for plotting terrorist attacks in New York City and assaulting two federal officers while in
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Indian man shot dead in Florida over apparent robbery attempt
World | May 21, 2015, 06:51 AM ISTWashington: An Indian man, who was working as a clerk at a convenience store in the US state of Florida, has been shot dead by a teenager in an apparent robbery attempt, the second such
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OMG! You wont believe what this mother did to her daughter's killer
Life | Apr 22, 2015, 06:34 PM ISTA rare moment of forgiveness got captured on camera when a devastated mother reached out to her daughter's killer and embraced him in the courtroom.Her simple and yet so powerful gesture, stunned everyone present there,
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Nicholas Brendon was sexually abused as child
Hollywood | Mar 18, 2015, 07:37 AM ISTLos Angeles: Former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star Nicholas Brendon has revealed that he was sexually abused as a child.The 43-year-old said in a Skype chat on Monday that the sexual abuse he experienced made
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Nicholas Brendon again arrested
Hollywood | Mar 16, 2015, 01:55 PM ISTMiami: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star Nicholas Brendon was arrested in Florida for reportedly consuming a mix of pills and alcohol.Brendon was in Florida for ALTCon, a pop culture convention.According to a police report, Brendon
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Huge asteroid to whip past Earth on Monday
World | Jan 22, 2015, 08:57 AM ISTCape Canaveral, Florida: An asteroid up to 1,800 feet (550 meters) across is headed Earth's way. But don't worry: It will miss us by 745,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers), about three times the distance between
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One dead, two injured in US mall shooting
World | Jan 18, 2015, 12:01 AM ISTMelbourne, Florida: Police say one person is dead and two are injured after a shooting at a mall in central Florida.Vince Pryce of Melbourne Police says the two injured people were taken to a hospital.
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Florida college used strippers to lure students: Lawsuit
World | Dec 05, 2014, 07:24 AM ISTMiami, Florida: A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal money, according to a
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Indian-origin portfolio manager wins delay of prison term
World | Nov 05, 2014, 11:58 AM ISTNew York: An Indian-origin portfolio manager, sentenced to nine years on insider trading charges, won his bid to delay his surrender to prison next week until an appellate panel decides on his motion to remain
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Florida orders 21-day monitoring for Ebola
World | Oct 26, 2014, 11:07 PM ISTLakeland: Govorner Rick Scott has ordered twice daily monitoring for anyone returning from places the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates as affected by Ebola.Scott signed the order on Saturday, giving the Florida