Kate Payne - Associated Press/Report for America

Florida law allows capital punishment with a jury recommendation of at least 8-4 in favor of execution, the lowest standard in the nation, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

The Tallahassee City Commission voted 3 to 2 to approve the deal, despite vocal opposition from local residents and historians.

DeSantis is also calling for increased campus security and continued his call to slash property taxes.

The state-sanctioned hunt began Saturday, despite the vocal opposition of critics. Hunters who were issued one of the 172 permits will be able to kill one bear each.

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.