Florida
City Power says latest cable theft in Roodepoort cost over R1m
Over the past four days, technicians have been working to try and fully restore electricity to the area after criminals caused major infrastructure damage.
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Rapper Lil Wayne faces federal gun charge in Florida
The 38-year-old artist, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, was found to be carrying a gun and bullets when police searched a private plane in Miami in December last year.
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Eta tracks toward Florida Keys after lashing Cuba
As the storm left Cuba, the US National Hurricane Center said it was "forecast to become a hurricane as it moves near or over the Florida Keys tonight and early Monday."
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UPDATE: 1 dead, another injured after cash-in-transit heist in Florida
JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla said motorists should use alternative routes to avoid the crime scene.
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Man accused of trying to kidnap girl (4) in Roodepoort abandons bail bid
Naseem Slamang who was caught on camera last week, running into a restaurant and violently grabbing a child by her neck made a U-turn regarding his bid for bail on Friday.
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2 zama zamas killed, 6 injured in shooting in Florida
It’s alleged that three armed men were waiting in the veld next to an old mine shaft for a group of zama zamas to arrive on Thursday night.
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Florida gambles on reopening as virus numbers rise
On Thursday, Florida confirmed a record 3,207 new cases, bringing the total to nearly 86,000, with 3,601 deaths.
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Hurricane Dorian kills at least five in Bahamas, turn to Florida expected
At least five people were killed in the Abaco Islands, in the northern Bahamas, Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told a news conference on Monday.
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Plane crash in Texas kills 10 people: officials
The plane was heading for St. Petersburg, Florida and was carrying two flight crew and eight passengers, Vice Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Bruce Landsberg said.
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Florida teachers can arm themselves under new gun bill
On 14 February, 2018, a former student armed with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and wounding 17 others.
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Israel's first lunar lander launched into space from Florida
The unmanned robotic lander dubbed Beresheet soared into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 8:45 pm EST (0145 GMT Friday) atop the 23-story-tall rocket.
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Five killed in central Florida bank shooting, police say
The shooting occurred at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, a town of about 10,000 people 95 miles south of Orlando, around 12:30 pm ET Sebring Police Chief Karl Hoglund said at a news conference.
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Florida yoga class 'fought back' as gunman killed two
The gunman shot six people and pistol-whipped one person before fatally shooting himself.
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Rescuers find first body in town worst hit by Michael
Rescue teams, hampered by power and phone outages, used cadaver dogs, drones and heavy equipment to search for hundreds of people unaccounted for across the Florida Panhandle.
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Rescuers, army personnel search for Hurricane Michael survivors
Michael struck Florida’s northwest coast near the small town of Mexico Beach on Wednesday afternoon with top sustained winds of 250 kph, pushing a wall of seawater inland.
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One dead as monstrous Hurricane Michael tears into Florida
Florida officials said Michael, packing winds of 250 kilometers per hour, was the most powerful storm to hit the state's northern Panhandle area in more than a century.
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2 killed in Florida multi-vehicle crash
It's understood a truck collided with a car and motorcycle under the Ontdekkers bridge on the highway earlier on Wednesday.
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Flood waters rise, 8 killed as Florence dumps 'epic' rain on Carolinas
Florence’s intensity has diminished since it roared ashore along the US mid-Atlantic coast on Friday as a hurricane.
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Suspected robber shot dead in cash heist in Florida
It’s understood a security guard had been collecting money from a service station this afternoon when he was confronted by two armed men who took cash and his firearm.
