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.