Sheriff suggests no-gun list for mentally ill
People with mental illness should not have access to guns, Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said Sunday, two days after an alleged gunman with known psychological issues killed five people at...
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Disaster, politics go hand in hand
Assistance designed to help those struck by disaster has also become a tool for politicians to bring home prized federal dollars and a windfall to residents in some of the...
After tornado, a rush to claim cash
A tornado destroyed two dozen homes in the Liberty City area of Miami-Dade County in March 2003 but barely caused enough damage to qualify for federal aid, emergency management records...
‘Free money’ went to thousands after wildfires
Word of "free money" from the Federal Emergency Management Agency spread through neighborhoods here like the wildfires burning in the hills miles away in the fall of 2003. In the...
Agency paid out hundreds of millions to people who were untouched by disaster
The federal government's mishandling of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe is only the latest bungling in a national disaster response system that for years has been fraught with waste and fraud....
Chief coroner warns of more FEMA waste on funeral overpayments
Despite assurances from federal officials that they will change the way they award disaster funeral assistance, taxpayer money will likely still be wasted, Florida's chief medical examiner predicted Thursday. After...
FEMA paid for at least 203 funerals not related to 2004 hurricanes
The federal government used hurricane aid money to pay funeral expenses for at least 203 Floridians whose deaths were not caused by last year's storms, the state's coroners have concluded....
Miami man gets probation for fraudulent FEMA hurricane claim
A Miami man sentenced to probation Tuesday became the second member of his family convicted of fraudulently obtaining federal disaster money for Hurricane Frances last fall. Aaron Brown used his...
FEMA disaster aid operations tightened after Frances
Federal officials announced sweeping changes Friday in how they verify damages and award aid to disaster victims in response to a U.S. Senate investigation into widespread fraud and waste in...