Pilot In Southwest Florida Small Plane Crash Identified
Authorities have identified the pilot of a small plane that crashed into the waters off a southwest Florida island.
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Authorities have identified the pilot of a small plane that crashed into the waters off a southwest Florida island.
The nation's No. 2 cigarette maker is vowing to fight a jury verdict of $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is pledging to permanently eliminate manufacturing equipment sales taxes and create new incentives to encourage more science and engineering graduates.
A Florida State University professor has been awarded a $400,000 grant to fund research in the field of robotics.
The Miami Heat announced Saturday Chris Andersen, A.K.A. Birdman re-signed with the Miami Heat.
Police are investigating the deaths of two people who were found on the front lawn of a Hollywood residence on Saturday.
No one won the $2 million Lucky Money jackpot.
Hialeah Police arrested a man accused of shooting his 80-year old sister-in-law on Friday morning.
A Florida man is set to face 30 years behind bars for child pornography charges relating to possession, producing and molesting a 2-year old girl while at Sea World.
Thousands of unaccompanied minors who are crossing the border with no families are being housed in border states but soon South Florida could be seeing a similar situation.
The Florida Department of Health confirmed the first case of locally acquired Chikungunya, one in Miami-Dade and the other in Palm Beach County.
Florida is getting props for having above par roads and bridges.
The Obama administration is set to reopen the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration after the approval of sonic cannons which pinpoint energy deposits beneath the ocean floor.
Florida's unemployment rate is now higher than the national rate.
Space Florida, the quasi-government agency created to grow the space industry, expects billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk to set up the world's first private launch facility in Texas.
A Monroe County judge, on Thursday, overturned Florida's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage after a legal challenge by gay couples said the ban effectively made them second-class citizens.
For journalists, a politician in campaign mode can be a very tough interview. Disciplined candidates will stay on message, no matter what. Sometimes, you'll expose a side of them that voters don't get to see in their scripted appearances and campaign ads.
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist selected Annette Taddeo as his running mate in his bid for Governor.
Health officials confirmed the first two locally acquired cases of the chikungunya virus in South Florida.
It will be virtually impossible for lawmakers to redraw two congressional districts deemed unconstitutional by a Tallahassee judge before the Nov. 4 general election, lawyers for the Department of State, the Legislature and county elections supervisors argued in court Thursday.
A Miami radio personality was arrested for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme in South Florida.
An opening date has yet to be set in stone for the Port Miami Tunnel, but the opening may be soon.
Scientists from several Florida universities sent a letter to the state's governor, asking for his attention regarding climate change.
The state's largest teachers union filed a legal challenge Wednesday contesting how lawmakers "log rolled" a series of education issues --- including an expansion of a controversial school vouchers program --- into a single bill that passed in the waning hours of the 2014 legislative session.
Florida Republican legislative leaders will not appeal a judge's ruling that found some congressional districts unconstitutional but instead warned against redrawing the districts before the November election.
