TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Board of Governors panel is seeking applicants for openings at boards of trustees at all 11 of Florida's public universities. The deadline for submitting..
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A helicopter landed safely in the median of a Brevard County expressway after a bird struck its blades. Emergency officials say the helicopter made the emergen..
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) - A jury decided that several tobacco companies are not responsible for causing a mans laryngeal cancer after he smoked cigarettes for about 37 years. The jury..
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Colombian native faces at least 10 years in federal prison after admitting that he sold and outfitted "go-fast" boats for drug dealers. Federal prosecutors in ..
DELAND, Fla. (AP) - Wildlife officials are warning against leaving food outdoors after a bear attacked a family's goat in central Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservatio..
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Two men have pleaded guilty in a Florida federal court to an illegal plot to ship AK-47 assault rifles to Somalia. Prosecutors in Fort Lauderdale say 7..
MIAMI (AP) - Taxpayers with homes damaged by tainted Chinese drywall are getting a bit of help from the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS says it will give tax breaks to homeowners..
WASHINGTON (AP) - Battered by the downturn, America's suburbs are bearing the brunt of poverty that has climbed to near-historic levels, creating strains on dwindling safety-net pr..
MIAMI, Fla. (AP) - One person was reportedly killed in a Miami-Dade apartment fire. Police say fire crews found one person dead after the early Wednesday morning blaze. The person ..
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A father and son who developed hotels in New York and Florida have been convicted on federal tax charges in Fort Lauderdale. The U.S. Attorney's Office..
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Democrat Kendrick Meek and independent Gov. Charlie Crist teamed up against Republican Senate front-runner Marco Rubio, calling him a far-right radical during ..
MIAMI (AP) - A soldier from north Florida has been killed in Afghanistan. The U.S. Department of Defense reports that Sgt. Karl A. Campbell, 34, of Chiefland, Fla., died Monday in ..
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to life in prison for strangling a woman with a pair of sweat pants. A Duval County judge sentenced 61-year-old Jimm..
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Technicians doing system tests have inadvertently sent out a false Amber Alert to some Florida media markets. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement sai..
MIAMI (AP) - An officer with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection was in stable condition after being shot during a traffic stop in Miami. A Miami-Dade Police spokesm..
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A north Florida woman has been convicted of driving under the influence in a crash that left another woman dead. A Duval County jury found 32-year-old Sas..
METAIRIE, La. (AP) - A Coast Guard official tells The Associated Press that the 300-ton device that failed to stop the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill has not been analyzed a mont..
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Goodwill of Southwest Florida is opening it's first book store today. Four rooms at the new McGregor Blvd. location are dedicated to books and reading. The s..
ALVA, Fla. - Shocking sex allegations! An Alva woman is arrested for molesting two children. Deputies say she was caught with 1,000 pornographic pictures showing her and the c..
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - A trip to a Naples ATM turns frightening for one woman. She says a man tried to jump into her car in broad daylight. It happened shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sep..
