Kate Payne - Associated Press/Report for America

Anna Kepner's cause of death on a Carnival Horizon ship was “mechanical asphyxia," according to a copy of her death certificate obtained by ABC News. The nature of a floating crime scene can make investigations challenging.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is facing charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal disaster funds meant to combat COVID-19 in 2021. The Florida Democrat is accused of stealing funds mistakenly overpaid to her family's health care company.

The 30-year-old investor's entrance into the race tees up a broader challenge to President Donald Trump’s chosen candidate to lead his adopted home state.

Elections officials sent the proposed constitutional amendment to the attorney general and advised Smart & Safe Florida that the measure was headed to the Florida Supreme Court for review.

Lee Grant is one of the last surviving actors to be blacklisted during the anti-communist Red Scare.

The Florida Board of Education approved new standards, setting up textbook publishers and educators to implement them in the 2026-27 school year.

The board of a South Florida college is appealing a judge's ruling temporarily blocking officials from giving away a parcel of prime Miami real estate so it can be used for President Donald Trump's future presidential library.

The Smart & Safe Florida campaign says state elections officials are trying to improperly block the measure from getting on the ballot in 2026.

Some activists say the recent court rulings are strengthening their call to expand gun rights in the state and adding more pressure on legislators to clarify the legal landscape.

Eustis was inundated with 19.7 inches of rain, Mount Dora had 17.76 inches, while Port Saint John saw 15.57 inches, according to a 24-hour rainfall analysis by the National Weather Service.