Stand Your Ground Task Force Meets In Pensacola
A Florida task force created to review the state's controversial Stand Your Ground law is scheduled for its final meeting Tuesday in Pensacola.
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A Florida task force created to review the state's controversial Stand Your Ground law is scheduled for its final meeting Tuesday in Pensacola.
A South Florida retiree is putting the state's Stand Your Ground law to the test.
For a second time, a judge has denied the state's request for a gag order in the case George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer accused of fatally shooting Miami teen Trayvon Martin.
There's another hearing scheduled Friday in the case of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer accused of fatally shooting Miami teen Trayvon Martin.
Friday could turn out to be a big day in the case of George Zimmerman, who is accused of murdering Trayvon Martin earlier this year.
A trial date has been set for George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting unarmed Miami teen Trayvon Martin.
The Florida task force created to review the state's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law is scheduled to meet Tuesday in Jacksonville.
Attorneys represent Neighborhood Watch leader George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin are asking the judge for more time to prepare their case.
The prosecution in the George Zimmerman case released hundreds of pages of new evidence Wednesday, including DNA test results, photos and sketches from eyewitnesses who say they saw part of what happened the night Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin.
A task force formed after the shooting death of 17-year Trayvon Martin in Sanford earlier this year is meeting Wednesday in West Palm Beach.
The former neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the fatal shooting of Miami teen Trayvon Martin wants to use the teen's school records as part of his defense strategy.
One day after an appeals court ruled that Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester should step down from the George Zimmeran case, a new judge has been named to take over the proceedings.
The judge presiding over the case of a former neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the fatal shooting of a South Florida teenager should be removed from the case, a three-judge panel ruled Wednesday.
The former neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the deadly shooting of South Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will be allowed to leave the county where he lives so he can meet with his attorneys.
The attorney for the central Florida man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin is asking a judge to modify existing bond restrictions so his client can travel out of the area.
George Zimmerman, who is accused of second-degree murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, has objected to a prosecution request for his medical records.
The attorney for George Zimmerman, the shooter in the Trayvon Martin case, says his client is broke and he plans to ask a judge to declare Zimmerman indigent.
After initially saying he would defend his client under the state's "stand your ground" law, George Zimmerman's attorney announced Monday that he believes case falls more under a traditional self-defense.
The defense team for George Zimmerman, led by attorney Mark O'Mara, said Thursday that there will be a "stand your ground" hearing that could possibly lead to all criminal charges against Zimmerman being dismissed.
Trayvon Martin's mother has asked for an undisclosed amount of money from a state fund set up to help crime victims with things like funeral expenses and counseling, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
The judge presiding over the case of George Zimmerman, the Sanford neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin last February, isn't going anywhere.
An arraignment is scheduled Tuesday for the wife of former neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman.
Jose Baez, the lawyer who defended Casey Anthony in her murder trial, is in South Florida opening up a law firm and promoting his new book.
The parents of Trayvon Martin, the Miami Gardens teen shot to death in Sanford by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, said they can't believe his said it was part of "God's plan" during a televised interview.
George Zimmerman is speaking out publicly for the first time since he shot and killed Miami teen Trayvon Martin in February.
In one call, a caller is heard screaming through tears while pleading with dispatchers for help, while another repeatedly begs for an ambulance.
The mother, who identified herself only as Chrissy, said the assailant approached them from behind and began yelling at her son.
Investigators say Jaydon Williams, 21, was shot multiple times early Saturday morning at a vacation rental in the 1900 block of Funston Street.
The family has launched an online petition that has gathered more than 600 signatures, urging city officials to install safety improvements.
At George's Restaurant, fans draped in sky blue and white stripes filled the establishment, chanting and cheering throughout the match against Egypt.
In one call, a caller is heard screaming through tears while pleading with dispatchers for help, while another repeatedly begs for an ambulance.
The mother, who identified herself only as Chrissy, said the assailant approached them from behind and began yelling at her son.
Investigators say Jaydon Williams, 21, was shot multiple times early Saturday morning at a vacation rental in the 1900 block of Funston Street.
The family has launched an online petition that has gathered more than 600 signatures, urging city officials to install safety improvements.
At George's Restaurant, fans draped in sky blue and white stripes filled the establishment, chanting and cheering throughout the match against Egypt.
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.
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested on drug possession charges in Alabama after police say they pulled him over for erratic driving and found marijuana and meth in his vehicle.
Amid simmering tensions between the U.S. and some NATO allies over Iran and Greenland, President Trump is tightening bonds with Turkey.
Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk's murder case are seeking to convince a judge they have enough evidence to try the man accused of killing him and seek the death penalty.
President Trump held separate calls with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending the war.
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The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has avoided talking about both topics with opponents calling him "the most corrupt attorney general Florida has had."
On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration detention center that was the subject of numerous lawsuits as well as allegations of abuse.
The 29-year-old attorney is hoping to stand out from the pack by going after young voters.
More than two decades after voters were promised a new facility to treat people with mental illnesses, rather than warehousing them in the county jail, the Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval on Tuesday to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
Former NFL running back Chris Johnson announced that he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in a "Good Morning America" interview.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
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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.
The Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated to 20 local and national charities ahead of their wedding Friday.
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