Alligator Interrupts Florida Death Investigation
Deputies shot an alligator that was threatening to disturb a dead man's body, according to Tampa Bay-Area authorities.
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Deputies shot an alligator that was threatening to disturb a dead man's body, according to Tampa Bay-Area authorities.
A man's stop on Alligator Alley ended with a bite by a poisonous snake Saturday.
The Florida Everglades is known for its famous river of grass, unique wildlife and of course, those annoying and invasive Burmese pythons.
Florida Fish and Wildlife reports an alligator bit a man while working on a dock, Thursday.
Whether it's feeding wild animals at the Everglades Alligator Farm or taking pictures, Mario Aldecoa is the kind guy who really gets into his work. Cruise his website and you'll find plenty of pictures featuring huge gators up close.
The alligator responsible for biting a teen on the head in a lake in central Florida on Monday has been captured.
A quick swim in a central Florida park ended with a 17-year-old taken to the hospital after he was bitten on the head by an alligator.
A woman had a close encounter of the alligator kind Saturday afternoon in the Everglades aafter it bit her inflatable boat which caused it to sink.
An alligator living near a playground has a neighborhood on edge.
It was quite a Mother's Day surprise for one family in Parkland. No, it was a special brunch or unexpected gift. Instead, it was an unexpected visitor and not in the good way.
Drivers on Alligator Alley got an eyeful Sunday, when they passed a 76 food alligator head rolling down the road.
An alligator ripped off an elderly woman's arm after it attacked her near a Leesburg mobile home park.
A southwest Florida woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after she crashed her truck into an alligator.
A southwest Florida airboat captain whose hand was bit off by a 9-foot alligator has been charged with unlawful feeding of an alligator.
A Southwest Florida teenager is recovering in a Ft. Myers hospital after an alligator bit off the kids' right arm below the elbow.
Sultry summer time temperatures are right around the corner. So how are you going to cool off? Take a dip in a lake or hang out around the pool.
Only in South Florida. Miami-Dade police were forced to close one lane of Bird Road near SW 144th Avenue in the southwestern part of the county after an injured alligator wandered into an eastbound lane and simply couldn't move any further.
90 year old Margaret Webb is home again, minus part of her leg but with an amazing story to tell, about how the missing leg ended up in an alligator's mouth. The gator met his maker, but Margaret is still here to tell her tale.
A Hobe Sound teen reeled in a really big one late last week, but it wasn't a large mouth bass or a tarpon.
A 90-year-old woman who had to have part of her leg amputated after she was attacked by an alligator has seen her condition upgraded at a southwest Florida hospital.
An eight foot alligator which attacked a 90-year old woman near Naples has been captured.
A 90-year old southwest Florida woman remains in serious condition after she lost her leg in an alligator attack.
A 90-year old southwest Florida woman is in critical condition after she was attacked by an alligator.
Hunters are getting a little extra daylight to track alligators this year. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted Wednesday to allow an extension for gator hunting.
Love is in the air, if you're an alligator or crocodile. As summer approaches and temperatures rise, you might have a few more gator sightings because amorous alligators and frisky crocs become more active as they look for potential mates.
Temperatures will soar to around 90 degrees Thursday afternoon, but it will feel hotter when you factor in the humidity.
Oil prices hit a 4-year high as Axios reports Trump will hear new options to try to break the Strait of Hormuz standoff with Iran with a new wave of attacks.
James Ernest Hitchcock was convicted of raping, beating and killing his step-niece in 1976.
A ceremony will be held at Miami International Airport ahead of the first flight on Thursday morning.
An 18-year-old content creator filed a Miami-Dade lawsuit alleging battery and fraud by streamer Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular.
Temperatures will soar to around 90 degrees Thursday afternoon, but it will feel hotter when you factor in the humidity.
James Ernest Hitchcock was convicted of raping, beating and killing his step-niece in 1976.
A ceremony will be held at Miami International Airport ahead of the first flight on Thursday morning.
An 18-year-old content creator filed a Miami-Dade lawsuit alleging battery and fraud by streamer Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
The budget blueprint is the first step in Republicans' two-pronged plan to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
Former Florida governor and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is running for mayor of his hometown of St. Petersburg.
Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, sources say.
President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday about Ukraine and Iran.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
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.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.