FLORIDA NEWS

A Florida murder trial has been delayed for a sixth time in the case of a woman accused of dressing like a clown to kill the wife of her lover.

Former Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee joins a growing Republican field of candidates in the redrawn Congressional District 15.

Court documents show former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, whose initial conviction in a charity fraud case was tossed out by an appeals court, will plead guilty before a second trial.

Travel on Memorial Day weekend is expected to be the busiest in three years.

While the nation is waiting to see what the U.S. Supreme Court's final decision will be in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which could result in an overturning of Roe v. Wade, the state of Florida has taken the proactive move of passing new restrictions on abortion.

The Biden administration says it will expand flights to Cuba and lift Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island.

A Florida man with no flying experience who kept his cool while landing a small plane says the “hand of God" was with him after the pilot collapsed at the controls.

A small plane has crashed on a bridge near Miami, striking an SUV and bursting into flames.

A food truck exploded during a seafood festival in Florida on Saturday, sending one person to the hospital with severe burns, according to authorities.

Leaders in one tourism-dependent Florida county battered by the pandemic are giving graduating high school seniors free tuition at either the local community college or the county technical school.

Attorneys for Secretary of State Laurel Lee, a defendant in the lawsuit filed by voting-rights groups and other plaintiffs, filed a notice of taking the case to the Tallahassee-based 1st District Court of Appeal.

Authorities say three Florida middle school students were taken to a hospital after police used pepper spray to break up a fight.

An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle.

On April 8, Bear Deardoff relaunched Foo Bar in downtown Melbourne.

The iconic St. Augustine Lighthouse tower is undergoing a big facelift.

Caffeine-fueled growth: The Arkansas-based 7 Brew Coffee chain plans to open 165 drive-thru beverage shops along Florida's East Coast during the next five years, ranging from the Space Coast southward to Miami.

The owner of a Fort Lauderdale food boat is promising to rebuild after his vessel sank on Mother’s Day while workers were still on board.

Portions of Florida election law are being reinstated by a federal appeals court while the state appeals a lower court’s decision that the law was aimed at suppressing Black voters.

A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak has blown away outer walls from a five-star hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens.

A wide-ranging tax package topped by sales-tax “holidays” and a gas-tax break was one of 17 bills that the Legislature formally sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Officials say a sheriff deputy ran over a woman who was lying on the sand in a Florida beach as he was driving to check on a 911 hangup call.

Gov. Ron DeSantis was noncommittal about whether he will ask lawmakers to further restrict abortion in Florida, as the nation awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision.

Authorities say a 20-year-old man drove a stolen Mercedes SUV as fast as 178 mph as he led law enforcement officers on a chase through six counties along Florida’s Turnpike and Interstate 95.

Passengers on a Carnival Cruise Ship that docked in Seattle say more than 100 people aboard the ship tested positive for COVID-19 and the ship was overwhelmed.