Tamara Lush

Workers finish boarding up the upper level of Shunk Gulley Oyster Bar at Gulf Place on Tues. Oct. 9, 2018 in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., ahead of Hurricane Michael's possible landfall in the next 24 hours in South Walton County. (Michael Snyder/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)

October 10, 2018, 6:40 am

Major Hurricane Michael bearing down on Florida Panhandle

Michael expected to strengthen further overnight and become a Category 4 brute before slamming ashore Wednesday near Panama City Beach

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and Tamara Lush

A heavy police presence remained into the night at the shooting outside Jacksonville Landing on August 26, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images/AFP)

August 27, 2018, 9:50 am

Shooting at video game tournament prompts demands for better security

Gamers call for greater protection after competition in Florida ends in tragedy; ‘Unfortunately, this was a matter of when not if’

By Tamara Lush and Russ Bynum

In this Friday, March 30, 2018 photo, Noor Salman, second from right, and her attorneys pose for a photo after Salman was acquitted of lying to the FBI and helping her husband attack the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The attorneys, Linda Moreno, Fritz Scheller, Charles Swift pose with Salman from left. (Susan Clary via AP)

March 31, 2018, 8:26 am

Widow of Florida nightclub gunman sobs as jury finds her not guilty

In ‘devastating’ loss for government prosecutors, Noor Salman acquitted of terrorism charges in June 2016 massacre

By Tamara Lush

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen (R) with his wife, Noor Zahi Salman and son. (Screen capture: YouTube)

March 27, 2018, 12:10 am

Court revelation: Orlando club gunman’s dad was FBI informant

Lawyers claim mistrial for widow, of Palestinian descent, accused of helping her husband plan attack on gay nightclub, say she may have been framed by government

By Tamara Lush and JASON DEAREN

Demonstrators at protest against guns on the steps of the Broward County Federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Saturday, February 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

February 18, 2018, 5:43 am

Florida, angry and grieving, takes gun protest to streets

As new details emerge of gunman’s unstable and violent past, thousands of demonstrators insist they will not relent until action taken on gun-control legislation

By JASON DEAREN, Allen G. Breed and Tamara Lush

People comfort each other at a public memorial for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Nikolas Cruz, a former student, was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

February 17, 2018, 5:58 pm

Anger boils over at funerals for Florida shooting victims

FBI reveals it failed to act on tip about killer Nikolas Cruz; rally to support gun-safety legislation planned for later Saturday

By TERRY SPENCER, Adriana Gomez Licon and Tamara Lush

Police control a road near the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Schoo,l where 17 people were killed by a gunman on February 15, 2018, in Parkland, Florida. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)

February 16, 2018, 10:12 pm

FBI received tip on Florida suspect but did not investigate

Law enforcement agency acknowledges it failed to act on information regarding shooter Nikolas Cruz’s expressed desire to kill

By KELLI KENNEDY, Curt Anderson and Tamara Lush

A video monitor shows school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, left, making an appearance before Judge Kim Theresa Mollica in Broward County Court, on February 15, 2018, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Susan Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

February 16, 2018, 12:54 am

Sheriff’s report: Suspect confessed to Florida school attack

Authorities do not describe any specific motive, except to say that Cruz had been kicked out of the high school

By TERRY SPENCER, KELLI KENNEDY and Tamara Lush

Thousands of people attend the Women's March in New York City on January 20, 2018. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

January 20, 2018, 9:57 pm

One year on, women worldwide protest Trump presidency

Coming on heels of #MeToo protests, female opponents of US president hold demonstrations against his policies, sexual harassment

By Verena Dobnik and Tamara Lush

In this file photo from Jan. 7, 2018, Aziz Ansari arrives at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

January 18, 2018, 8:28 pm

Has #MeToo gone too far? Ansari story sparks debate

Following accusations against actor, some say stories of ‘dates gone wrong’ undermine claims of rape, sexual assault

By David Crary and Tamara Lush

Brian Baker, of Valrico, Florida, cuts an Oak tree that fell across Falling Leaves Drive after Hurricane Irma passed through the area, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in Valrico, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

September 11, 2017, 4:57 pm

Now a tropical storm, Irma blows north as Florida takes stock of wreckage

Weakened but still powerful, weather system brings wind and flooding to north Florida; Tampa mayor says situation could have been worse

By Tamara Lush

A rough surf surrounds Boynton Beach inlet as Hurricane Irma hits in Boynton Beach, Florida. (Jim Rassol/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

September 11, 2017, 1:54 pm

Weakened but still-massive Irma lashes Florida with wind, rain

With communication networks down in hardest-hit areas, state emergency officials still don’t know scale of storm’s damage

By Tamara Lush

As Hurricane Irma swirled toward Florida, waves crash against the southernmost point in Key West, Florida, September 9, 2017. (Rob O'Neal/The Key West Citizen via AP)

September 10, 2017, 7:33 pm

‘Pray for everybody’: Irma begins its assault on Florida

Miami streets flooded, cranes collapse and almost 7 million people told to evacuate, as hurricane moves slowly across state; governor says ‘we’re going to need a lot of help’

By Tamara Lush and JAY REEVES

Waves crash on the Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, as Hurricane Irma approaches Florida on September 9, 2017. (Bob Mack/The Florida Times-Union via AP)

September 10, 2017, 2:49 pm

Irma bashes Florida Keys as Category 4 hurricane menaces mainland

Eyewall hits archipelago with maximum sustained winds near 130 mph ahead of expected landfall near St. Petersburg

By Tamara Lush and JAY REEVES

A member of the French Red Cross comforts a woman, who was evacuated from the island of Saint Martin that has been ravaged by Hurricane Irma, upon her arrival on September 9, 2017 at the Pole Caraibes international airport in Pointe-a-Pitre on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.(AFP PHOTO / Helene Valenzuela)

September 10, 2017, 1:06 am

Irma closes in with Tampa, not Miami, in the crosshairs

As hurricane set to hit, Gov. Rick Scott warns residents: ‘You need to leave — not tonight, not in an hour, right now’

By JAY REEVES and Tamara Lush