After taking aim at the NFL and generative A.I., Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has a new target in his sights: the Miss America group.
News 6 obtained court records showing the FSU shooting suspect had a conversation with ChatGPT that appeared to show him planning a the fatal attack. Florida's attorney general is using this conversation to help justify a new investigation into OpenAI.
The NFL says it will keep the Rooney Rule, while Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier calls it illegal under state law and threatens a lawsuit if the league doesn’t change it by May 1.
Plans to execute a former Mascotte police officer for the death of a girl in 1987 will remain on hold after the Florida Supreme Court denied the state’s request to allow the execution to proceed. James Duckett was convicted of killing 11-year-old Teresa McAbee, according to a death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
First-year Atlanta Falcons general manager Ian Cunningham said he’ll continue to push for more diversity in the NFL’s leadership positions, even after Florida’s attorney general wrote that the league’s minority hiring guidelines violate Florida state law.
A Sanford man now faces over 1,000 years in prison after detectives raided his home last week, according to the Florida attorney general.
A new bill aiming to further crack down on pedophiles in Florida was overwhelmingly approved by the state Legislature this week, despite a few lawmakers voting against it.
Florida Attorney General struck out at a state representative for how she voted on a bill to crack down on sexual predators in the state.
Florida’s attorney general says Florida has reopened a criminal investigation into former Cuban leader Raul Castro’s role in the 1996 shootdown of exile planes.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will be joined by several Central Florida sheriffs at a news conference in Titusville.
A Florida man is accused of stealing upwards of $10,000 worth of trading cards at self-checkouts by scanning seasoning packets in their place, according to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office and statewide prosecutors.
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell will hold a news conference from her office in downtown Orlando.
Six people are now facing grand-theft charges related to an organized cargo-theft operation for at least 32 cargo-theft incidents and a vessel theft across Orange, Osceola, Volusia, Broward, Polk and St. Lucie counties.
For the third time in recent weeks, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is putting a nurse in his crosshairs.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier held a news conference at the Florida State Capitol to discuss the convictions of two people accused in what he described as a large-scale drug-trafficking operation.
Florida's secretary of state says none of the 22 citizen initiatives proposed for the 2026 ballot got enough verified petitions to make it, including the recreational marijuana amendment. But the initiative's organizers say Byrd's statement is premature.
After a Florida nurse lost her job over a viral TikTok video, state records show she’s now had her license taken away, as well.
After a nurse lost her job this month, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is now calling for her license to be removed.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced this week a major escalation in an ongoing election fraud investigation led by the Office of Statewide Prosecution, citing dozens of new criminal investigations tied to petition activity connected to a marijuana ballot initiative.
Florida's Republican attorney general is questioning the constitutionality of state laws supporting minority contracting and diverse appointments.
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell says the event will mark her first year back in office.
A woman challenged law enforcement during a traffic stop in Jacksonville last week, telling them “she was ready to fight,” moments before she punched a trooper and kicked an ICE officer in a nearby parking lot, according to her arrest report.
A woman was arrested Tuesday after she punched a Florida Highway Patrol trooper in the face during an encounter with ICE agents on Beach Boulevard, according to the state's attorney general.
Attorney General James Uthmeier and two major business groups have urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment.
Last year, Florida passed legislation requiring state and local law enforcement to participate in immigration enforcement and to enter into 287(g) agreements with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Local officials in Florida’s capital city have voted to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a once-segregated country club.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier accuses Roblox of knowingly facilitating a virtual environment that makes it easy for sexual predators to prey on, groom, and abuse children, while marketing the platform in Florida to children as a fun and safe place to play and interact.
On Tuesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that his office filed a lawsuit over what he dubbed “mutilating children.”
Last week, Florida's education commissioner filed an official complaint against a teacher over her use of an unusual title.
The bill would reverse a decision made by the Legislature and then-Gov. Rick Scott to increase the minimum gun-purchase age after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Nikolas Cruz, then 19, used a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at the school.
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.
Florida officials announced the successful completion of “Operation Home for the Holidays,” a massive rescue effort that safely recovered 122 children across multiple states, making it one of the largest child-recovery operations in U.S. history.
Florida's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, accusing the group of deceptively marketing abortion drugs for profit.
After a Kentucky man who fatally stabbed a 6-year-old was released from prison early and moved to Central Florida, the state’s attorney general is now pushing for changes to the state’s “insanity defense.”
A woman has pleaded no contest to an aggravated battery charge in connection with a deadly road rage shooting in Orlando.
A letter issued to the district school board claims that the “Mx.” pronoun — reportedly pronounced “mix” — was intended to obfuscate the teacher’s gender.
The Florida attorney general has issued new criminal subpoenas against online gaming platform Roblox, a new step in accusing the company of not doing enough to stop child predators from using the game.
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell sent letters to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis demanding an end to what she calls a campaign of misinformation that “seeks to manufacture a pretext” for suspending her a second time.
Deputies said that 42-year-old Ronald Exantus was found living near a Marion County elementary school after he stabbed a 6-year-old to death nearly a decade ago.
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is once again in a back-and-forth with Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, this time over the sentencing of a man who shot at his ex-girlfriend in a drive-thru.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference at the Florida Sheriff’s Association Headquarters in Tallahassee.
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell on Friday will hold a news conference to discuss an increase in road-rage cases.
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell on Friday will hold a news conference to discuss an increase in road-rage cases.
Drawing on recent attacks, including the killing of Charlie Kirk, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday announced a new portal to report political threats in the state.
Osceola County Sheriff Chris Blackmon says you should expect to see more people carrying guns openly in public. Here’s where you can and cannot openly carry firearms in Florida.
On Wednesday afternoon, Florida leaders came out to provide their thoughts after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was killed during a college event at Utah Valley University.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is urging the Orange-Osceola state attorney to withdraw the prosecution against a woman charged with murder after a deadly road rage incident, arguing that he believes she acted in self-defense.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will hold a news conference at a jail in Tampa to discuss the dismantling of a large-scale diesel theft operation.
A Winter Springs man has been arrested after an amendment on Florida’s ballots last year failed to pass, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
Florida leaders targeted an Alachua County teacher on Thursday after accusations arose of a student being targeted over his political beliefs.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Attorney General James Uthmeier held a news conference Wednesday afternoon in Palm Beach County outlining why he believes Florida was undercounted in the 2020 Census.
Florida is taking textbook publishers to court over allegations they overcharged school districts, including Osceola County, by millions of dollars.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed an emergency rule on Wednesday to designate a certain drug as a Schedule I controlled substance in the state, according to his office.
Some law enforcement officers are continuing to charge people under a Florida law that bans people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state, even though a federal judge has halted enforcement of the law while it’s challenged in court.
State auditors are scheduled to arrive at the Orange County Administration Building Tuesday to begin an on-site review of county financial records, particularly expenses related to diversity programs and a new multicultural center.
Orange County’s mayor signed an addendum that would allow county jail officials to transport immigration detainees to ICE facilities, despite a public war of words with Florida’s attorney general over the addendum.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference in Orlando to laud the Florida Highway Patrol’s ongoing role in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort and to announce a new FHP initiative for that purpose.
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is standing by comments he made about the Florida attorney general’s age and experience, a day after the two clashed over immigration enforcement.
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings did not hold back when discussing a letter the county received from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.
Florida’s Attorney General is warning Orange County leaders: sign the amended ICE agreement and transport detainees, or else.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd will join Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and other officials to discuss the arrests of eight people in a multimillion-dollar fraud case.
A man who abducted a woman from a Florida insurance office and killed her is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A weather system moving across Florida wasn’t even a tropical something but it has the potential to develop into a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf later in the week.
Starting Oct. 1, all Florida public airports must submit reports to the state regarding weather modification activities, and on Monday, Attorney General James Uthmeier made sure the airports knew he would be watching.
The Supreme Court has refused to allow Florida to enforce an immigration law making it a crime for people who are living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.
Florida has converted an isolated airport in the Everglades into a massive immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz."
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”.
The first group of immigrants are set to arrive at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”.
Environmental groups Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction and operation of a detention center for undocumented immigrants that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying it threatens ecologically sensitive areas and species in the surrounding Everglades and Big Cypress National Preserve.
The Homeland Security secretary is praising Florida for coming forward with an idea that’s been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” because it would house immigration detainees in a facility being built in a Florida swamp.
Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to aggressively ramp up detention and deportation efforts.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is proposing to build a large immigrant detention center in the middle of the Florida Everglades, according to News 6 partner News4JAX.
A federal judge Tuesday found Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt because of a letter he sent in April to police after she ordered a halt to enforcement of a new state immigration law.
