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A statewide pediatricians association is pushing back in federal court against the Florida House’s efforts to obtain internal communications showing how the group adopted standards of care for the treatment of gender dysphoria

The Florida chapters of two national organizations have filed a lawsuit against Florida’s secretary of state.

A man was found guilty of attempted second-degree murder Friday in a 2021 hourslong shootout with Daytona Beach officers.

A friend of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg will plead guilty to federal charges related to prostitution and COVID-19 relief loan fraud, according to a plea agreement signed Monday.

A man who was shot and accused of assault at a Cocoa apartment complex last year has had his charges dropped by the State Attorney’s Office — and is now filing a lawsuit.

An employee of the Melbourne Fire Department is accusing the department of discriminating against him, according to a compliant filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission earlier this month.

Two men were indicted by a grand jury on first-degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of a well-known club promoter in January near a Casselberry condo complex.

The attorneys for a man accused of shooting and killing a Daytona Beach police officer in June 2021 filed motions for a change of venue and to strike portions of the indictment, court records show.

In a win for Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers, a federal appeals court Thursday tossed out a challenge to a 2019 immigration law that banned so-called sanctuary cities in Florida.

A man who fatally shot an Orange County middle school student as a teen was sentenced to 29 years in prison, court records show.

A professor at the University of Central Florida is now suing university officials following his termination over claims of misconduct, attributing it to discrimination over his "political views."

A federal judge has rejected a request by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to shield a top health official from testifying in a lawsuit challenging the state’s prohibition on Medicaid coverage of transgender treatments.

An Orlando man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child sex abuse material, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced Friday.

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected arguments aimed at sparing the life of death row inmate Louis Gaskin, setting the stage for his execution next week in the 1989 murders of a Flagler County couple.

Former President Donald Trump returned to his home at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday evening before addressing his supporters, speaking for the first time since being taken into custody.

A 72-year-old woman with diabetes who was working as a janitor at the Orange County courthouse is now suing a security company after she was trapped in a holding cell for nearly three days, court records show.

Benjamin Holmes, the man found guilty for the murder of UCF student Christine Franke, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday.

Tarlika Nuñez-Navarro recalled that it wasn’t always easy growing up in the small rural town of Lake Placid because of the way she looked.

A competency hearing has been set for a woman facing charges in the shooting death of an Orange County mother back in January.

A Central Florida man accused of robbing three U.S. Postal Service letter carriers in October 2022 has entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, court records show.

A judge is demanding a list of all the evidence that needs to be tested for DNA in the case of an Orange County man accused of several murders nearly 50 years ago.

Activists pushing to change Florida’s death penalty law gathered in front of the Orange County Courthouse Wednesday ahead of the first execution in the state since 2019.

The execution will mark the first one in Florida since 2019.

The Orlando chiropractor accused of groping his patients multiple times was told Friday he will not get his cellphone back after a motion filed last month.

A former Orlando police detective testified Thursday during the trial of a man accused in the 2001 murder of a UCF student that he has never encountered a crime scene that was staged to make it appear someone else committed it.

A potential class-action lawsuit has gone to the Florida Supreme Court in a dispute about whether the University of Florida should return fees to students because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Seminole County man accused of burning down his condo as “revenge” against his homeowners’ association owed nearly $29,000 in unpaid dues and other costs to the HOA, court records show.

The Florida Supreme Court rejected requests to stop a law that prevents abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy on Monday, according to CBS Miami.

A Florida man was arrested and faces charges of lying to FBI agents about his support of the terrorist group ISIS, according to court records.

An appeals court next week will take up a Biden administration challenge to a ruling by a Florida federal judge that blocked requirements that airplane passengers and other travelers wore masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Court documents show sellers used Disney’s trademarks, copyrights in their merch

A pastor accused of fraudulently collecting more than $8 million in COVID-19 relief aid back in 2020 made a court appearance Wednesday — from his hospital bed.

Following the arrest Thursday of a man accused of raping and mutilating a woman in Orange County, News 6 gathered court documents that show he was released early from prison just this year.

Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg was sentenced to 11 years in prison after facing a judge for several federal charges, including child sex trafficking and aggravated identity theft.

Over the weekend, 16 million borrowers received a letter from U.S. Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, as President Biden’s executive order for student loan forgiveness faces pushback in federal courts.

A Leon County circuit judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a South Florida senator challenging the use of state funds to transport migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, but advised how to revamp the legal complaint so the case can move forward.

A local attorney is representing two Orange County residents who were wrapped up in voter fraud allegations lodged by Gov. Ron DeSantis back in August.

A federal judge has refused to block school districts from carrying out a new state law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms, rejecting arguments by parents, students and a non-profit organization.

A Polk County woman has joined a national class action lawsuit against Hyundai Motor America and Kia America Inc. alleging “blatant breach of public trust” led to a surge in thefts of certain Kia and Hyundai vehicles sold without an engine immobilizer.

Florida leaders expressed a mixture of emotions Thursday after a jury rejected the death penalty and recommended instead a life sentence without parole for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz for killing 17 people in 2018.

A federal judge on Wednesday refused to issue a preliminary injunction to block a new state rule preventing Medicaid reimbursements for gender-affirming treatments for transgender people, saying plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate “irreparable harm.”

A man charged with killing 22 elderly women in the Dallas area over a two-year span was found guilty Friday in one of their deaths.

The families of four young mothers who were killed in crash said they are disappointed after learning the woman they blame for causing the wreck will only spend four years behind bars.

Plaintiffs challenging a Florida law restricting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools are asking a judge to reverse an order stalling their ability to gather information in the case, arguing that the law is being used throughout the state to “censor any positive or supportive reference to LGBT people.”

An appeals-court judge this week chided Florida health officials for not following up on promises to grant additional medical-marijuana licenses as required by state law, saying potential applicants are “understandably frustrated” and offering a legal playbook for entrepreneurs who have been shut out of the cannabis market for years.

Jury selection began Monday in the first of three criminal trials related to Seminole County’s so-called “ghost candidate” scheme to influence a 2020 Florida senate election.

Prosecutors revealed Friday no further charges would be filed against two men accused of damaging a teen’s car during a confrontation in a Sanford neighborhood back in June.

Heading back to school is exciting for some, but others said this year is different, given the Parental Rights in Education law, deemed by critics the “Don’t Say Gay” law, is now in effect.

An Osceola County man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

A Seminole County judge was suspended after cursing at a defendant and filing consecutive wrongful contempt orders in two separate cases earlier this year, a recommendation filed Wednesday shows.

A Seminole County judge was recommended for suspension after cursing at a defendant and filing consecutive wrongful contempt orders in two separate cases earlier this year, an inquiry filed Wednesday shows.

A Sumter County man was indicted for first-degree premeditated murder after killing his cellmate in the Coleman Federal Correctional Institution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

A man who told authorities where to find a Florida woman he fatally stabbed in July 2018 was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison nearly four years later, the 7th Circuit State Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

The trial for a man accused of setting fire to the temporary memorial outside the Pulse nightclub has been delayed after a competency hearing.

A Kissimmee man pleaded guilty Tuesday to manufacturing a biological toxin in an attempt to kill his former partner, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced in a news release.

One of three men connected to the shooting death of a victim found laying on a road in New Smyrna Beach back in June 2021 was charged with second-degree murder Monday.

An appeals court Thursday overturned the conviction of a Seminole County JROTC instructor who was arrested in 2018 on allegations of having sex with a student.

Justice James E.C. Perry made history in Florida. Now he says it’s about time history is made in our country’s highest court with the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

A tennis player who trained at the U.S. Tennis Association’s Orlando campus in 2018 has filed a lawsuit against the organization.

Convicted cop killer Markeith Loyd filed to appeal his death sentence last Saturday for the murder of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton in 2017.

A 13-year-old boy, one of two foster children accused of repeatedly shooting at Volusia County deputies back in June 2021, has entered a no contest plea deal Wednesday.

An Orlando police officer is demanding an airline passenger accused of unruly behavior receive, at minimum, a sentence of supervised probation if she enters into a plea deal with prosecutors over an incident that’s become the subject of a viral video.

Convicted cop killer Markeith Loyd gave a letter to Orange County Sheriff John Mina claiming he “never wanted to kill” Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.

The state attorney’s office says it will not prosecute a Melbourne police officer who faced a domestic violence charge.

A competency hearing for Markeith Loyd was held ahead of his final sentence in the murder of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.

Recent Florida A&M University Law and Howard University Law students are fighting to change the lack of Black representation in courts across the state.

A man accused of stealing and destroying a Jewish student’s cell phone last weekend during an antisemitic demonstration in Orange County was denied bond in Brevard County Monday.

A Florida man was charged Thursday with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found in Canada near the U.S. border in what authorities believe was a failed crossing attempt during a freezing blizzard.

The number of children being charged as adults in Florida’s criminal courts has dropped considerably in the past few years and it’s a trend one local state attorney says should continue.

A group that challenged a Florida Power & Light plan to raise base electric rates is taking the fight to the state Supreme Court.

A Georgia judge ruled to block President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandate for all U.S. contractors and subcontractors on Tuesday.

Attorneys in the Markeith Loyd trial were in court Friday discussing how the use of force in Loyd’s arrest will play into the penalty phase of his murder trial, which begins Nov. 29.

Jose Aguiar, the man at the center of a corruption scandal in Palm Bay, has pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy, a third-degree felony.

A federal appeals court Monday rejected a lawsuit alleging that Twitter, Google and Facebook should be held liable in the 2016 massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub after Islamic State social-media posts radicalized shooter Omar Mateen.

Part one of that began on March 13 when in-person contact was closed to the public and proceedings in-person only happened in emergency or essential situations. Weve done everything within our abilities to ensure that this is a safe space for the public to return for the purpose of court proceedings, Myers said. Court proceedings will be limited initially, and we will define certain types of proceedings that can occur consistent with the Supreme Courts orders. Social distancing and staggered hearing times: Social distancing (six feet between individuals) will be strictly enforced in court, Myers said. Myers said, phases three and four, which lay ahead, have not been fully defined by the Supreme Court except to indicate more access to in-person, in-person court surfaces with relaxed protective measures.