HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A 28-year-old police officer has died after being shot by a suspect in Hollywood, Hollywood Police Chief Chris O’Brien confirmed Monday morning at a news conference.
He has been identified as Officer Yandy Chirino.
According to the police chief, officers responded to the 4000th block of North Hills Drive around 10:30 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports about a suspicious person in the area.
Neighbors say they... [...]
WASHINGTON – Colin Powell, the barrier-breaking soldier and diplomat who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was stained by his faulty claims to justify the U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84.
A veteran of the Vietnam War, Powell spent 35 years in the Army and rose to the rank of four-star general. In 1989 he became the first Black... [...]
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The FBI is searching for a man who robbed a Chase Bank branch in northwest Miami-Dade on Monday.
The robbery occurred just after 10 a.m. at the Chase Bank at 18575 NW 67th Ave.
According to FBI spokesman Jim Marshall, the man, who was wearing a black hat and black face mask, entered the bank and demanded money from an employee.
No injuries were reported.
Marshall declined to confirm the amount of... [...]
MIAMI – Miami police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning in Midtown, leaving two women injured.
The shooting was reported around midnight in the area of Northeast First Avenue and 32nd Street.
Miami Police Officer Kiara Delva said officers arrived at the scene to find a woman who appeared to have been shot. She was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in stable condition.
Delva said officers found a... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A judge has denied a motion from Nikolas Cruz’s defense team seeking to add specific language to jury instructions in his upcoming jail battery case.
The defense wanted wording in the jury instructions related to portions of surveillance video from the day of the attack that were not preserved.
Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer denied the motion, writing that the request was “contrary to... [...]
