Search results for

To help fund a national gun-control movement, a small group of South Florida students who survived the worst high school shooting in U.S. history set up...

Florida remains the only state that hasn't received approval of a federally mandated education plan.Now, civil rights groups are weighing in on the…

Civil rights groups are renewing a call to equip St. Petersburg police officers with body cameras.The push comes after a bystander video showed officers…

A Tampa man has been identified as one of the 22 people killed in a siege of an upscale hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.The family of Glenn Selig announced…

The murder trial of the South African sprinter known as the "Blade Runner" has begun. He's accused of killing his girlfriend. Oscar Pistorius say she mistook her for an intruder.

There’s ambivalence among some young Syrian-Americans over the possibility of the U.S. bombing targets inside Syria.“I’m a Syrian-American who has never…

In a move that could help clear the way for former Gov. Charlie Crist to head to Capitol Hill, his chief opponent for a Pinellas County congressional seat…

Reports documenting scheduling problems and wait-time manipulation at the Department of Veterans Affairs are being made public, as the agency’s internal...

Florida’s 2016 Legislative Session kicked off this week, and this year, analysts do not think Medicaid expansion will be a hot-button issue.That’s bad n...

State health care regulators showed up unannounced for a third time at a federal Veterans Administration Hospital in Florida and asked to view patient…

The former head of Florida’s prisons is blasting Gov. Rick Scott and his administration, saying they put politics ahead of guard and prisoner safety....

The head of Florida’s child welfare agency says despite several reforms, his agency failed in preventing the latest high profile child deaths.

Florida Public Radio Emergency Network Meteorologist Jeff Huffman says it’s hard to forecast a tropical storm like Erika, as it hasn’t matured and a…

Florida is once again leading in enrollment on the federal health insurance marketplace, and that success has caught the attention of HealthCare.gov CEO...

Alexandra Miller believes the Florida House of Representatives needs more business people to better represent the interests of Floridians.“We need more…

The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into the “disproportionate discipline” of black students and students with disabilities at…

Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel died Saturday at the age of 87 in his New York home.Wiesel taught at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg as…

Abdul-Baki Todashev says Ibragim Todashev, who was being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston bombing suspects, was "100 percent unarmed" and that the FBI killed him execution-style.

The Florida Medical Association, a powerful doctors' lobby, funneled $300,000 this month into a political committee that has run attack ads in at least…

Earlier this month, lawmakers said they had no confidence in Michele Leonhart after a watchdog agency found Drug Enforcement Administration agents cavorted with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels.

As the stock marketed plummeted Monday morning, House Speaker Jose Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, indicated that fears about the novel coronavirus could affect...

*Editors Note: There is an image at the end of this article that some readers may find disturbing. Last week, a dolphin was found off the coast of...

In the coming two decades, Florida’s gas tax may need to be doubled to offset the decline in revenue caused by more fuel-efficient cars. A new report by the James Madison Institute explains that’s why taxes should be charged per mile instead of per gallon.

While some models say Florida and St. Petersburg may have passed the peak rate of coronavirus infections, that doesn’t mean people should be throwing…

Republicans in Congress have prioritized protections for businesses as part of a next stimulus package, but Crist's own party isn't keen on the idea