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People along the state's East Coast were told Tuesday to continue heeding local warnings as Hurricane Dorian remained a life-threatening storm, even if it is no longer forecast for a Florida landfall.
Driving through Broward it was not uncommon to see a gas station on one corner of a street with a line 10-15 cars deep waiting for gas meanwhile across the street or down the block, a gas station had red or yellow bags covering the pump handles, inducing they were out of fuel.
Forecasters are fairly confident about one thing: Dorian will be powerful.
The Florida Department of Education on Wednesday asked a Tallahassee judge to toss a lawsuit that seeks to have the state pay money to teachers that school districts deducted from bonuses.
Florida Power & Light employees are very busy these days.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Python Action Team got a two-for-one earlier this week.
Florida will use state rules to protect Key deer if the animals are removed from the federal endangered species list, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Executive Director Eric Sutton wrote in a letter this week to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.
South Florida's relentless summer rain is taking its toll in the Everglades with large parts of the River of Grass now closed to the public because of high water levels.
Florida's hepatitis A outbreak continues, with 2,349 cases reported this year and 82 cases reported last week, state Department of Health numbers show.
Another giant Burmese python has been captured in the Florida Everglades.
In Florida, golfers play by a different set of rules. And one of the rules may or may not include ignoring giant, scary alligators.
A Brevard County woman is facing animal cruelty charges after she was videotaped putting an emaciated dog in the trunk of her car.
The Atlanta Braves won their fifth straight game, finishing off the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Thursday night.
An animal rights group is asking the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate SeaWorld over allegations that it misled investors about injuries during its dolphin shows.
Florida lawmakers once again are being asked to consider a sales-tax exemption for diapers and incontinence products.
Florida's top gun lobbyist took a second shot Thursday at a proposed constitutional amendment that seeks to prevent the possession and sale of assault weapons.
Ecstasy pills shaped like President Donald Trump have led to charges against a Florida man.
Florida Democrats are seeking to convene a special session on guns as Parkland shooting survivors on Wednesday renewed their pleas for more measures to combat gun violence.
Scientific history is being made at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa as endangered Atlantic pillar coral have spawned for the first time ever, in a lab setting.
State Democrats and Republicans alike are drafting resolutions against hate-spurred violence in an effort to officially condemn white nationalism.
Florida lawmakers violated a home-rule provision in the state Constitution by abolishing a toll-road authority in Miami-Dade County and replacing it with another agency during this year's legislative session, a Leon County circuit judge ruled Friday.
New court documents show South Florida financier Jeffrey Epstein pleaded the fifth when asked about sex abuse as part of a lawsuit.
A Florida woman says an alligator ate her 100-pound dog.
With the start of a new school year just around the corner, Florida officials are eyeing policy changes that would expand the number of mental health professionals in schools and ensure that charter schools are meeting safety requirements.
A task force focused on red tide outbreaks along the Gulf Coast has been reorganized within the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
