Scott Calls For Hospitals To Share Profits
Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that, like Major League Baseball teams, hospitals should share profits if the federal government refuses to authorize $2.2 billion in health-care spending.
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Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that, like Major League Baseball teams, hospitals should share profits if the federal government refuses to authorize $2.2 billion in health-care spending.
After lawmakers failed to agree on prison reforms this session, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday issued an executive order incorporating some of the provisions in House and Senate bills, including those involving use of force and chemical agents by guards.
A passenger died Friday after falling from a tram at Orlando International Airport.
Gov. Rick Scott, after his mother's death in 2013, went on TV to explain his decision to drop his strongly-held opposition to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
A Miami-Dade County judge faces a $10,000 fine, a 30-day suspension without pay and other punishment because of alleged misconduct involving comments she made during an election campaign and notes she took while hearing a case.
The doctor charged with corruption alongside New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is due back in court.
A 33-year old Florida man died in a hospital while in medical distress after being arrested, according to Sarasota County Sheriff's officials.
A Florida principal is under arrest after she was found partially clothed with a student in a marijuana-filled car.
A 16-year-old boy is under arrest, accused of burglarizing a Sprint store not once, but twice.
A flight from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport to New York had to make an emergency landing on Thursday.
"A Saturation Detail." In police parlance it is a term used to describe an operation in a particular neighborhood where officers blanket the area.
There are all kinds of things out there that millions of people do every day to make themselves look younger. But here's one you may not have heard of yet: Contact lenses that take years off your look.
Family and friends of a teenager killed in a crash on I-595 gathered Thursday at a restaurant in Cooper City to raise money for the teen's funeral.
Eric Silagy, president and CEO of Florida Power & Light, said during a press conference that the company's annual hurricane drill is held not because the state might get hit, but rather a question "of when and of where in the state it [hurricane] will hit."
For the first time since Hurricane Milton damaged it, Tropicana Field is now weather-tight. Officials say crews are focusing on painting seats, repairing lights, and updating concession stands, with new turf set to be installed in January ahead of the expected April opening day.
Police say they found a rifle and ammunition in a Rollins College student’s campus bedroom after the assistant campus safety director flagged a delivery. The 21-year-old told authorities he had brought the legally purchased firearms from New Jersey following Thanksgiving break.
A fire that destroyed a home may have started at a Tesla charging station in the garage, fire officials say. The homeowner discovered the Tesla smoking inside the garage, and both the car and parts of the house were severely damaged.
Miami artist Michael Addis, known for his “Faces Across Wynwood” series, says an unknown person destroyed dozens of his lifelong works over the weekend. Addis, who credits art with helping him overcome homelessness and addiction, vows to continue sharing his creations despite the setback.
A man in a wheelchair was hit and killed by a truck while trying to cross a Florida City street early Thursday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office.
Family and friends will gather Saturday at noon to honor Kenya Glasgow and her 2-year-old daughter Kennedi.
Miami police said the stabbing took place inside the Solitair Brickell Apartments on Southwest 8th Street early Friday morning.
Shota Imanaga allowed three hits and one run in six innings and Pete Crow-Armstrong doubled and stole his 33rd base as the Chicago Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 6-1.
Doherty was taken to Broward County Main Jail after a physical dispute at a residence, police say.
Davis' family met on Friday with the consulate general's office for the Bahamas, according to friends of the victim.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Tania Rosa Rodriguez, 57, applied for naturalization in 2017 and was granted citizenship in 2018.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Gilbert is running for the seat that Frederica Wilson is retiring from.
The winner of the Florida Democratic primary now has her eyes set on the Senate seat currently held by Republican Ashley Moody.
The race to see who will be the Democratic nominee to take on Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in District 27 is being closely watched.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
Federal officials issued a public health alert for meat products containing jalapeños that may be linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across at least 27 states.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.
The international airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal by Tennessee's governor.
Stella Parton said her sister Dolly told her "that if there was no hope for her, she would still allow her medical team to try experimental drugs in the hope of helping others in the future."
Tim Curry was known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
President Trump said that he would be "lowering the American flag" throughout the nation for one week in Dolly Parton's honor.
