The passenger jet that crashed into a river in the US last night is leased from an Irish company and visited Shannon earlier this year.

Since her daughter was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre last year, Lori Alhadeff has become an activist, and Alyssa’s Law has now been passed to make schools safer, says Letitia Stein.

At least five people have been killed in a shooting in Florida.

Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz attacked a prison officer at the county jail and now faces new charges including use of the officer's electric stun device, authorities have said.

Police are responding to a fatal shooting in Jacksonville, Florida.

A herd of cows have been caught on film helping police in Florida catch a fleeing suspect.

Six people have been taken to hospital after a roller coaster in Florida derailed, leaving some riders dangling 34 feet (10 metres) above the ground.

Jurors who awarded only four cents to the family of a black man fatally shot by a police deputy in Florida have said they struggled to reach consensus in the hours before their verdict.

A computer game company is planning to launch a game which allows users to play as a school shooter.

Florida's Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for all 67 counties ahead of Subtropical Storm Alberto.

An exploding vape pen hurled fragments into a man's head, killing him and starting a fire that burned most of his body, a post mortem report in the US has found.

Orlando may not be a traditional honeymoon destination, but Vicki Notaro says that you don’t need children in tow to visit the theme park mecca.

A teacher at the Florida school where 17 people were shot dead has been arrested after authorities said he left a loaded gun in a public toilet, where a drunk homeless man picked it up and fired it.

An engineer left a voicemail two days before a catastrophic bridge failure in Miami to say some cracking had been found at one end of the concrete span, but the voicemail was not picked up until after the collapse, Florida Department of Transportation (DoT) officials have said.

Four people have been found dead at the site of a collapsed pedestrian bridge in Florida, and nine people have been taken to hospitals, the fire service has said.

Two crew members have died after a US Navy fighter jet crashed off the coast of Key West, Florida.

"They love their guns more than our children."

The couple who provided a home to the Florida school shooting suspect before the Valentine's Day massacre has given evidence before a grand jury considering formal charges in the case.

Ireland’s show jumpers could be in line for a notable treble as they tackle the Wellington Nations Cup this weekend during week eight of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida.

A student who suffered multiple gunshot wounds during a mass shooting at a Florida high school has thanked medics and first responders who saved her life.

The National Rifle Association is facing a corporate backlash as companies take a closer look at their ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre.

Most Irish people adopted a high-moral-ground response to the latest gun slaughter at an American school. Sadness and sympathy were mixed, but an inability to understand why America won’t tackle the gun insanity prevailed — as it always does in these tragic circumstances.

US president Donald Trump has defied many of his supporters in gun lobbying group the National Rifle Association (NRA) by saying assault rifles should be kept out of the hands of anyone under 21.

A Florida inmate convicted of raping and killing a college student decades ago screamed and yelled "murderers!" three times, thrashing on a stretcher as he was being put to death.

US President Donald Trump has endorsed stricter gun control measures, including raising the minimum age to 21 for possessing a broader range of weapons than at present.

President Donald Trump has said that if one of the victims of the latest school shooting in the US, a football coach, had been armed "he would have shot and that would have been the end of it".

US president Donald Trump has directed the justice department to move to ban devices like the rapid-fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

President Donald Trump has launched another attack on Twitter, this time over an Obama-era payment to Iran.

Florida governor Rick Scott has called on FBI director Christopher Wray to resign after learning that the bureau failed to investigate a tip-off that the Florida school suspect could be planning an attack.

US president Donald Trump came face-to-face with hospitalised victims from the horrific school shooting in Florida and offered thanks to the doctors and nurses who helped the wounded, declaring "the job they've done is incredible".

Florida governor Rick Scott has called on FBI director Christopher Wray to resign after learning that the bureau failed to investigate a tip-off that the Florida school suspect could be planning an attack.

Hollywood star Josh Gad has hit out at "worthless" US politicians as he confirmed a friend's young son died in the Florida school shooting.

An orphaned 19-year-old with a troubled past and an AR-15 rifle was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder on Thursday morning after being questioned for hours by state and US federal authorities following the deadliest school shooting in the country in five years.

Donald Trump has been labelled a "shit" on Twitter by a user who is believed to be a student at the Florida school where 17 students were shot dead.

A large portion of a magnolia tree on the south grounds of the White House has been removed because it posed a safety risk.

Authorities say multiple people have died in a small plane crash in Florida.

A British Army sergeant and a former diving instructor have taken the plunge, literally, for an underwater wedding in Florida.

Authorities in the US have captured a six-foot crocodile that came ashore on a Florida beach.

The centre is expected to move across the northwestern Bahamas today.

Two men and a woman have been killed in Tampa over the past fortnight.

Latest: Tourists returning from areas in the Caribbean which have been hit by Hurricane Irma have described the experience as "like being in a nightmare".

A small sinkhole has opened up in the road outside President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

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The wife of the Orlando nightclub gunman has been ordered to remain in jail for the time being.