The first Catholic Mass was celebrated at the immigrant detention center and church officials are permitted by corrections officials to provide Catholic ministry and pastoral care moving forward.

Family and others posting to social media, along with South American media, have ID'd the deceased as Mila Yankelevich, 7; Erin Victoria Ko Han, 13; and Arielle Mazi Buchman, 10, whose death was reported Sunday.

This comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis earlier this summer vetoed funding for a pilot program that would have provided air conditioning for some prisons.

Gov. Ron DeSantis wants an unprecedented mid-decade census to boost Florida's congressional representation. Even if that doesn't happen, he's looking at how to rework the U.S. House map anyway.

Attorney General James Uthmeier threatened office removal if Mayor Jerry Demings and the county commission didn't permit corrections officers to transport detainees to ICE detention centers.

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Edward Zakrzewski, 60, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Thursday following a three-drug injection. Florida has executed more people than any other state this year and has two more executions set for August.

The Supreme Court on July 17, in a 5-2 decision, overturned a decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal that rejected the UF lawsuit, which involves fees that students paid for services such as transportation, health care and athletics.

The suit filed in Washington, D.C., alleges that President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem have ignored warnings not to travel to Haiti by State Department officials in seeking to terminate TPS.

Jeffry Knight, 62, was charged Monday with eight felony counts of Leaving the Scene of a Vessel Accident Involving Serious Bodily Injury and Death.

Edward Zakrzewski is scheduled for lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday for using a crowbar, rope and machete to murder his wife and two children in 1994 in their Okaloosa County home.

A brief contends the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission — not the Department of Environmental Protection — is constitutionally responsible for wildlife-related issues.