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A group of divers was treated to "an encounter of a lifetime" when a massive whale shark visited them during a dive at "the trench" in Palm Beach County on April 9, 2017. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL, held a congressional field hearing on climate change near President Donald Trump's Palm Beach resort Mar-a-Largo on April 10, 2017.
As the Trump administration proposes cuts in programs dealing with climate change, witnesses told a Senate panel Monday that South Florida is experiencing worsening effects from rising sea levels. "While there are still some who continue to deny that this climate change is real, South Florida offers proof that it is real and is an issue we're going to have to confront in the decades ahead," said Sen. Bill Nelson , ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, as he opened a hearing at West Palm Beach City Hall.
Not far from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, one expert after another warned Monday about the dangers that rising sea levels pose to Florida's coast. Not that surprising, except this was a Senate committee field hearing challenging the position shared by President Donald Trump and many Republicans in Congress that climate change isn't real.
At a time when American politics is perhaps more divided than ever, one issue has emerged that the vast majority of people, regardless of their political affiliation, can agree on: Internet privacy. On March 23, Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted along party lines - 50 to 48 - to eliminate proposed broadband privacy rules that would have required ISPs to receive explicit consent from consumers before selling or sharing their web browsing data, and other private information, with advertisers and other companies.
President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday adding human exploration of Mars to NASA's mission. Could sending Congress into space be next? Flanked at an Oval Office bill-signing ceremony by astronauts and lawmakers, Trump observed that being an astronaut is a "pretty tough job."
Some key dates in the disappearance of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who vanished while in Iran on an unauthorized CIA mission: March 9, 2007 - Levinson is detained by suspected Iranian security agents in the lobby of his hotel on Kish Island, Iran, a Persian Gulf resort area and free-trade zone for which no Iranian visa is required. April 2007 - Levinson's disappearance becomes public knowledge as the U.S. tries to ask Iran for information.
Money and ambition always play leading roles when the Florida Legislature is meeting. And the 2017 session, which is set to open Tuesday, promises to be scrappier than usual - with skirmishes breaking out even as the ceremonial opening-day speeches and traditional displays of unity still ring in the air.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks alongside House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress as demonstrators protest against President Trump and his administration's ban of refugees from around the world and foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries. Democrats angered by President Trump's executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries face a key test on Tuesday as the U.S. Senate is set to consider a slate of his Cabinet nominees, including his choice for attorney general.
I was on the road again this week, and was thinking about how Florida has swung back and forth between Democrats and Republicans. I also thought more about the House, Senate, and White House being held by the same party.
The "King of Bankruptcy" just got a step closer to becoming America's next commerce secretary. But Wilbur Ross first had to promise not to censor or intimidate climate scientists.
President Donald Trump 's federal hiring freeze may harm the government's hurricane preparedness and response, Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Monday. Nelson spoke out shortly after Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office halting federal agencies except the Pentagon from hiring new employees.
Like the man who picked him to be the next commerce secretary, Wilbur L. Ross is a billionaire with extensive financial interests and an ardent critic of America's trade policies - both of which came under scrutiny at his confirmation hearing Wednesday morning. President-elect Donald Trump's rise on a tide of anti-globalization and populist attacks on trade has raised concerns among businesses that the new administration will take aggressive protectionist actions and worsen the climate for trade.
An Army veteran who landed at the Fort Lauderdale airport with a gun in his checked luggage opened fire in the baggage claim area Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before throwing his weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, authorities and witnesses said. The gunman - identified by authorities as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, who served in Iraq with the National Guard but was demoted and discharged last year for unsatisfactory performance - was immediately taken into custody.
An injured woman is taken to Broward Health Trauma Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Authorities say a lone shooter opened fire at the airport, killing five people before he was taken into custody.
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While the specifics, as usual in the early reporting on such incidences, are not nailed down, CNN first reported 9 injured and "multiple" dead as of the time of this posting. A suspect is in custody, Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief told CNN.
At least five people are dead, several more are hospitalized and the shooter is in custody after an incident at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Officials have identified the shooter as Esteban Santiago, who had a military ID, according to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FL.
A gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale airport Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before being taken into custody, officials said. The attack sent panicked passengers running out of the terminal and onto the tarmac.
Multiple victims have been shot dead by at least one gunman at Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, a major tourist hub in the greater Miami area, according to officials who said there was an "ongoing incident" at the baggage claim area in Terminal 2. There were five people dead, several more injured and one person in custody, according to Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel's office, which said police received a call just before 1 p.m. local time on Friday about shots fired at Terminal Drive. The shooting occurred in the baggage claim area of Terminal 2. The FAA ordered a stop to all flights and the airport was evacuated.