After a ruling last week allowed Florida to begin enforcing a 2024 law designed to prevent children from having access to certain social-media sites, tech industry groups Wednesday asked a federal appeals court to quickly hear arguments about whether the law violates First Amendment rights.

A Florida House committee is meeting on Thursday as state lawmakers inch their way toward a possible mid-decade congressional redistricting.

This week, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced an investigation into the Campbell’s Company over potential “lab-grown meat.”

A judge in Orange County ordered that two men be released from jail on their own recognizance, about 24 hours after they were arrested for using chalk to cover the crosswalk outside the site of the former Pulse Nightclub.

Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking an administrative law judge to toss out a challenge to an emergency rule banning the sale and manufacture of a concentrated byproduct of kratom, known as 7-OH.

Over a week after an 18-year-old Titusville student was found dead aboard a Carnival cruise ship, new court documents show that one of her step-siblings may be investigated.

The lawsuit says that the teen had been strip-searched several times last year, as well as a myriad of other accusations levied against school officials.

After an 8-year-old boy was killed by dogs in a DeLand neighborhood earlier this year, his family is now taking the local homeowners’ association to court.

Florida's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, accusing the group of deceptively marketing abortion drugs for profit.

A guest at SeaWorld Orlando is now suing the theme park after she was struck by a duck on a roller coaster earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday morning.

A federal judge has cleared the way for transgender Florida prison inmates to pursue a class-action lawsuit alleging they were improperly denied accommodations as part of treating gender dysphoria.

Siding with a 19-year-old man who was spotted with a gun in his waistband, a Broward County circuit judge Friday ruled that a state law barring people under age 21 from carrying concealed weapons violates Second Amendment rights.

We’re now hearing the emergency call to Orange County Fire Rescue after part of Flyer’s Wings and Grill in Pine Hills collapsed on Dajah Stover and her 2-year-old daughter earlier this month.

A judge on Tuesday dismissed testimony from a new witness who said he falsely identified inmate Michael Rigby in a 2008 attempted robbery, leaving Rigby’s conviction in place despite the witness’s recantation.

On Tuesday, a restraining order was approved against Central Florida Congressman Cory Mills, who was accused earlier this year of threatening his former girlfriend.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and two deputies are now under fire as part of a lawsuit filed over a child rape case that happened nearly a decade ago, according to court records filed on Friday.

Five years after 21-year-old Salaythis Melvin was shot and killed by an Orange County deputy outside the Florida Mall, his family has reached a $1 million settlement with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

An Orange County woman is suing the state over a controversial new law she says threatens the character of her rural neighborhood.

The man arrested for murdering two women in Orange County last year has now been sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to the sheriff’s office.

A former FWC employee fired over a social media post involving the Charlie Kirk assassination earlier this month is now suing the agency, according to court records filed on Tuesday.

This week, a legal group announced that it sent a demand letter to Orange County Public Schools over a “Witchy Wednesday” video series at a local high school.

A lawsuit is challenging whether Apopka City Council member Nadia Anderson lived within city limits when she ran for office.

Tuesday afternoon is the deadline for companies to bid for The Villages Health System.

Another health insurer is accusing a large health care company in The Villages of falsely adding thousands of diagnostic codes to patient files, in a new objection to the company’s bankruptcy plan.

A federal judge who presided over former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg’s criminal case is considering whether to unseal documents related to Greenberg’s cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice.

An Orlando woman was arrested after she provided Endolaser treatment to a customer’s “double chin area," according to the MBI.

Edward Zakrzewski was executed Thursday evening for the 1994 murders of his wife and two children in their Okaloosa County home, as Florida set a modern-era record for executions in a year.

A woman has retained the services of Morgan & Morgan after she claimed a camp counselor at an Orlando summer program physically assaulted her son.

After a Groveland city councilwoman was suspended over unearthed social media posts, she and the city are set to take the fight to court, according to records obtained by News 6.

Over the course of the past few days, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed another 19 bills into law while shutting down four others.

On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed 14 new bills into law, adding to the huge swathe of legislation approved this year.

Mayor Alison Dennington has fallen out of favor in recent months with some residents who say she has cost the town more than $150,000 for defending lawsuits involving her.

The owners of Panera Bread cafes in Central Florida face hefty fines after state officials accused them of violating child labor rules, according to court documents obtained by News 6 on Thursday.

Defense attorneys Phillip and Josephine Arroyo say their law firm is now handling more cases involving legal immigrants facing deportation.

Walt Disney World has been targeted in a lawsuit after a man was hurt going down a high-speed water slide at the Blizzard Beach theme park, according to court records filed on Thursday.

Buc-ee’s aims to bring a strange Orlando-area business to court over knockoff beaver merchandise, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday.

The Florida man whom critics said mocked Christmas with his own holiday decoration, which was inspired by Seinfeld, now has a beef over the separation of church and state with Brevard Public Schools.

A day after a former teacher was found guilty of being drunk and disorderly at an underage house party, the attention now shifts to prosecuting the former principal of Roosevelt Elementary.

A New York woman is suing Disney after she was injured at the Typhoon Lagoon water park’s kiddie area, according to court records filed earlier this month.

A Volusia County woman is suing Roblox and Discord after she fell victim to a predator on the platforms as a child, according to court records obtained by News 6.

Parents of a 5th-grade student who killed himself over two years ago are now suing the Marion County school district, according to court records obtained by News 6.

A years-long legal fight between a man and his HOA ended with him torching his own condo unit, according to the State Attorney's Office.

An artificial intelligence company is asking a federal judge to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a Central Florida mother who claims her 14-year-old son committed suicide after becoming “addicted” to an AI chatbot app.

During a news conference held by Florida’s top prosecutor, the focus shifted from legal action against Snapchat to the Hope Florida scrutiny.

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit filed against former top state financial regulator Ronald Rubin by an attorney who sought a job at his agency.

The widows of two Melbourne firefighters who died from cancer contracted in the line of duty are still being denied benefits they are supposed to receive under Florida law.

Amid opposition from local governments, the House Budget Committee on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a proposal that could lead to cities, counties and other government agencies paying more in lawsuits over people getting injured.

A woman is claiming discrimination by Dunkin Donuts after she was refused drive-thru service on Christmas Day, according to law firm Morgan & Morgan.

A Sanford man potentially facing decades in prison for allegedly shooting and killing a teenage robbery suspect in 2019 is not immune from prosecution under Florida’s so-called “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law, a judge recently ruled.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant for the April 8 execution of inmate Michael Tanzi, who was convicted in the 2000 murder of a woman in Monroe County, according to the Florida Supreme Court.

An Ocala man accused of being responsible for the death of a diver back in 2020 has now been found guilty, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

A 2024 Florida law aimed at keeping children off of social-media platforms came under scrutiny Friday, as lawyers for the state told a federal judge the measure is addressing a “mental-health crisis” and attorneys for industry groups argued the restrictions violate First Amendment rights.

An Orange County judge is being investigated following reports of “misconduct” while presiding over criminal cases, according to court documents filed on Friday.

A Seminole County circuit judge has refused to block the scheduled March 20 execution of convicted murderer Edward James, rejecting arguments that he should be spared, in part, because of “cognitive decline.”

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is facing a lawsuit nearly two years after a brutal killing spree left a 9-year-old girl, an Orlando TV reporter and another woman dead.

R.J. Larizza, state attorney for the 7th Judicial District of Florida, has voluntarily disqualified himself from the investigation and prosecution of a dog attack that killed a DeLand boy.

According to the attorneys, the boy was waiting with a friend in a local gated community when the pair was approached by a couple of dogs "that did not belong."

Florida’s 2025 Legislative Session is less than two months away, but lawmakers have already been busy filing new pieces of legislation.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit over the site of a historic school for Black students in Eatonville, but the future of the property remains uncertain.

The state commission that governs the conduct of judges is dropping charges against former circuit court judge Jeff Ashton.

The Orange County Supervisor of Elections issued a press release on Friday defending Supervisor Glen Gilzean against allegations of illegal budget withdrawals.

Saying the “Constitution does not mandate comfortable prisons,” Florida corrections officials want a federal judge to toss out a potential class-action lawsuit alleging the state has violated inmates’ rights because of hot conditions at a Miami-Dade County prison.

After weeks of debate between the Orange County Commission and the Supervisor of Elections office, the county has taken steps to ensure employees are paid during the holidays.

During the operation, police said they were able to enter these bars and nightclubs with firearms “due to inadequate or non-existent wand searches.”

The fleeing man was shocked as he climbed a fence, which caused him to fall and become paralyzed from the neck down, the release claims.

Did a relationship with an Artificial Intelligence chatbot lead 14-year old Sewell Setzer to take his own life?

After her son committed suicide earlier this year, Megan Garcia is now accusing Character.AI of sexual abuse and wrongful death.

The plaintiffs in the case allege that many of the signatures on the Amendment 4 petitions were forgeries, belonged to dead people, or contained perjury.

As a result of the injury, Jahxy was paralyzed and became unable to breathe on her own, leading to her death, the lawsuit says.

Investigators said the incident over five years ago, which is when the man strangled his stepmother at the Greenwood Cemetery in Lake County.

A political committee leading efforts to pass a ballot proposal on abortion rights filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday alleging the state violated the First Amendment by threatening television stations over an ad supporting the measure.

Following a number of shootings in the area, the city decided to impose new rules in an attempt to improve safety and draw more people to the district.

A Leon County circuit judge Monday refused to issue a temporary injunction to block the state Agency for Health Administration from disseminating information about a proposed constitutional amendment.

The Malibu Rapist — whose real name is George Girtman — got his nickname after a string of sexual batteries in the 1980s and 1990s in the Malibu Homes subdivision in Orlando.

Tuesday's incident is the latest in a series of school threats over the past week.

Residents of the Shadow Bay community in Longwood are demanding action over ongoing flooding, and they hope to see the person responsible held accountable during a Seminole County court hearing on Thursday afternoon.

Current Ninth Judicial Court State Attorney Andrew Bain firmly denies that he is part of any scheme involving Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis regarding the race he’s in with the former state attorney that he replaced, Democrat Monique Worrell.

A 2022 bill set requirements for inspections of condominium buildings that are three stories or higher. But now, some condo owners are being hit with huge assessments and fees to meet the new law's deadline early in the new year.

The 52-year-old man police said broke into an Orlando home and attacked the people inside with branch cutters, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, according to a news release from the Ninth Circuit Court.

A traffic citation has been dismissed for a former Volusia County Beach Safety sergeant accused of running over two sunbathers on Memorial Day.

She claimed she stole the money because she’d become “addicted to stealing the payroll funds,” DOJ officials announced.

Years after the body of a 30-year-old man was dumped in Geneva, the woman behind his murder has finally received prison time, according to prosecutors.

According to court records, he took a couple out on his boat for their first dive back in 2020, though the wife was sucked under into the propeller when he put it in reverse.

During a news conference in Citrus County on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed his response to a federal appeals court ruling that allowed a state ban on transgender treatments for minors to go into effect.

A federal lawsuit filed Thursday challenges a 2023 Florida law that increased scrutiny of school library books.

On Friday, former Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill returned to the home belonging to a 96-year-old woman whom she's been accused of exploiting to collect her belongings. However, when she arrived, she found the place in disarray.

The law firm explained that the man was in the laundromat when it exploded, leaving him with serious burns and a head injury.

Disney announced it’s waiving its arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the husband of a doctor who died following a meal at an Irish restaurant at Disney Springs.

At the time, O’Steen was walking along Main Street, and the park “was packed and extremely busy,” the lawsuit reads.

A jury has reached a verdict in the manslaughter trial of a Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor.

A lawsuit filed this month shows that billions of records — including social security numbers — were stolen during a data breach of a Florida company.

A wrongful death lawsuit brings to light the fine print that people sign on a regular basis, without understanding the terms of what is being agreed upon.

The jury will determine whether Lorincz was justified when she shot through her locked front door last year and killed Owens during an ongoing dispute over neighborhood children.

Nearly a year after her death, Disney is now trying to dodge a wrongful death lawsuit by pointing to her husband's Disney+ subscription.

According to investigators, he left several letters at various locations across Orange County threatening to “explode everything here in whole America.”

The lawsuit claims that her account was disabled about an hour after she sent an invitation to her peers for a Catholic Mass session near a local abortion clinic.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a death warrant for an inmate convicted in the 1994 murder of a Florida State University student who went to the Ocala National Forest to camp with his sister.

Over two months after Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy, the seafood restaurant chain could soon have a new owner.

As it tries to fend off a constitutional challenge to removing and restricting school library books, the Escambia County School Board on Tuesday argued that it should be able to take a deposition of a 7-year-old student who is part of the lawsuit.

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month in a closely watched Second Amendment case, lawyers are tangling over how the decision should apply to federal prohibitions on medical-marijuana patients buying and possessing guns.