Isabel Rivera

2 weeks ago | orlandosentinel.com | Isabel Rivera |David Goodhue

Cassandra Rivera remembers every detail of the Memorial Day boat ride that led her and her two young sons to be hospitalized with severe burns after the boat burst into flames. "I was giving my little one, Kash, water, and he looked at me and said 'Mommy, I think something bad is going to happen,'" she said. "All I could hear on the other side [of the boat] was my husband screaming 'I smell fuel, I smell fuel.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Isabel Rivera |David Goodhue

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony blasted the State Attorney’s Office for charging three corrections deputies who are accused of battering a woman they booked into jail almost three years ago. Tony said the deputies never should have been charged, that the woman they’re accused of beating attacked and injured them and he is reinstating them. “So, we’re moving forward from an internal-affairs standpoint. Our investigation has been completed.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Isabel Rivera |David Goodhue

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony blasted the State Attorney’s Office for arresting three corrections deputies who are accused of battering a woman they booked into jail almost three years ago. Tony said the deputies never should have been arrested, that the woman they’re accused of beating attacked and injured them and he is reinstating them. “So, we’re moving forward from an internal-affairs standpoint. Our investigation has been completed.

Jan 30, 2025 | caplinnews.fiu.edu | David Ventura |Isabel Rivera |Anna Trinidad

An American Airlines jet carrying 64 passengers crashed into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night after colliding midair with a military helicopter. There are no survivors and operations have been switched from a rescue mission to a recovery mission, announced District of Colombia fire chief John Donnelly at a press conference early Thursday morning. Twenty seven bodies have been recovered from American Eagle Flight 5342 and one from the Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

Jan 17, 2025 | news.fiu.edu | Isabel Rivera

Gawking up at all 555 feet of the Washington Monument against a snow-flurried night sky was not how I pictured spending my "last first day" of a semester as a senior set to graduate in May. Like many kids born and raised in Miami, I was sure about my choice to attend FIU. As a journalism student, I was less sure of my future in the profession for which I am studying.