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The incident occurred around 4 p.m. EDT, when the two-seater jet suffered a “mishap” and crashed in the water. The two aviators ejected themselves out of the aircraft before the crash.

Scientists have approached reptile population control by smashing in the heads of iguanas that have overtaken the area.

A video of a startled horse in a Miami Beach nightclub sparked outrage from those who considered it animal cruelty.

A gun was found in a 6-year-old student's backpack at a West Palm Beach charter school, however the student was unaware it had been there.

Nikolas Cruz reportedly sent text messages to his family before the shooting.

The wild river otter bit a woman and partly ripped off her ear during the attack due to which she had to get stitches and treatments for rabies.

Suspected Parkland, Florida shooter Nikolas Cruz often "lies on his bunk and stares at the ceiling for hours," in jail, according to reports.

A video released Monday shows 265-pound female dolphin under care and rehabilitation after a joint rescue operation was conducted to save the animal. 

Rick Crawford, who spent nearly 20 years racing in NASCAR's truck series, was arrested Thursday for soliciting sex from a 12-year-old girl.

In one of the photos, the 31-pound python could be seen with his belly inflated as it had eaten the 35-pound deer.

An Illinois teen was banned from social media and violent video games after making a false shooting threat against his high school.

The incident took place over the weekend in the Vero Beach area, near the Fort Pierce Inlet.

"My husband and I both knew that we would eventually see him one day on the news, wearing an orange jumpsuit being charged with murder,” the neighbor said.

A resident of College Pines Apartment complex in Cocoa was shocked to find the scaly intruder at the doorstep Monday.

Last week, one of Dr. Ishrat Sohail’s staff members contacted Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and informed them the pediatrician was planning to shred patient files related to fraudulent vaccine administrations.

Bank of America became the latest entity that said it looked to pose concerns to gun makers regarding assault weapons.

Sheriff of Broward County in Florida, Scott Israel, was replying to a letter written by lawmaker Bill Hager and sent to Gov. Rick Scott, asking him to remove Israel from his position.

Following the shooting incident, a large number of student activists from Stoneman Douglas held rallies and spoke out in public advocating for policies to prevent such incidences from happening in the future.

The man identified as Eric Scott Branch, originally from Indiana, raped and murdered 21-year-old University of West Florida student Susan Morris in 1993.

The Alabama killer argued that his terminal cancer and past drug use would make the lethal injection unconstitutionally painful.

Florida high school shooting survivor Colton Haab was invited to ask a question during CNN's town hall Wednesday, but pulled out, claiming the event was scripted.