Florida Leads World In Shark Attacks
Another dubious distinction for the Sunshine State. In 2013, Florida led the world in shark attacks last year, though none of them were fatal.
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Another dubious distinction for the Sunshine State. In 2013, Florida led the world in shark attacks last year, though none of them were fatal.
Seven months after Geroge Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin another verdict is raising the same issues. The verdict in the loud music trial is raising the issue of self-defense and race in Florida.
Trayvon Martin's parents offered support on Saturday to the parents of the 17-year old shot and killed after an argument over loud music.
A major push to educate uninsured young adults about their health insurance options under the Affordable Care Act is underway in Florida.
A lucky South Florida lottery ticket holder just won more than $100,000. Two "Fantasy 5" game players selected all five winning numbers to win a jackpot worth $121,942.84 each, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.
If you thought 2013 was a busy year, you were right. It was a record year for tourism.
The House Education Committee is ready to roll out a bill that would upgrade the health, safety and teaching standards of Florida's early learning programs.
Couples made their way to courthouses across the country Friday to get married on Valentine's Day, but some people headed to Pollo Tropical.
Love is in the air, and in the sea this Valentine's Day, as a male and female loggerhead turtle were released together Friday off the Florida Keys.
It may not be the location you would expect, but it is creating a lot of buzz near central Florida.
House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, indicated Wednesday he's not in favor of the state setting aside money for any professional-sports stadium projects this year, after also opposing a high-profile effort in 2013 to direct tax dollars to improvements at the home of the Miami Dolphins.
While overall enrollment remained stagnant last month, the number of young adults signing up for health care in the new federal marketplace is increasing in Florida.
Broward County Animal Care & Control officials say nearly two dozen dogs still need a home after being abandoned at a Fort Lauderdale home last week. County animal officials say if these dogs aren't adopted out soon they will likely be euthanized.
Both chambers of the Legislature took up child-welfare reform Tuesday, hearing from a wide range of experts with research about staff turnover and caseloads.
Lawmakers will consider a plan this spring that would fund the state's 12 universities based in part on performance, a move that could see some universities lose money and others gain it.
Two Democratic lawmakers have filed bills (SB 962 and HB 859) to legalize medical marijuana in Florida.
A measure to repeal the state's red-light traffic camera law will be pushed forward by lawmakers using a study from the Legislature's non-partisan policy office to support the effort.
Sen. Marco Rubio is remaining quiet on whether he ever smoked marijuana and declining to answer the question.
For the first time since 2006, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's policy count dropped below 1 million.
Have some uncooked meat in the fridge? May want to check where it's from before you cook it as one California-based company is recalling millions of pounds of meat.
No. 3 Florida has won with defense most of the season.
Riley Nash and Alexander Semin scored 87 seconds apart early in the Carolina Hurricanes' 5-1 rout of the Florida Panthers on Friday night.
The suicide of 7-year-old Gabriel Myers in foster care shocked the child-welfare system in 2009. It led to a series of recommendations about Florida's use of psychotropic medications on foster kids and how to protect already-traumatized children from sexual abuse by other abused children.
A man traveled thousands of miles to South Florida to tell a very important story and educate young people about the Holocaust.
An argument over loud music outside a Jacksonville convenience store ended up with one teen dead. On Friday, more witnesses and police officers recounted what they said happened.
