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A state Republican staffer, tagged as a "genius map drawer," denied discussing or sharing proposed new district lines in 2011 with national GOP officials,…

A legal filing tied to the company's Gulf oil spill case was supposed to have been capped at 35 pages. But lawyers for BP got a little creative with the spacing.

University of Miami president Donna Shalala says she’s stepping down next year from the job she’s held since 2001. 

Shalala came to the university...

In the wake of an alleged charity scam that helped cost the state's former lieutenant governor her job, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and a pair of…

More data is coming from the annual Sunshine State Survey.This time, it shows that 85 percent of Floridians want people buying a gun or getting a gun…

According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, due to the heavy rains Monday morning, the following roads have been closed as of 2 PM:Livingston…

The streaks on the Red Planet's surface appear to be caused by salty water, but how much water there is — and where it comes from — remains a mystery.

The University of South Florida Herd of Thunder is doing some holiday traveling.More than two hundred members of the marching band are headed to Alabama…

Congress is on the cusp of completing the first — and by far the easiest — step toward gutting President Barack Obama's divisive health care law. Friday...

Before Hurricane Maria made a direct hit on St. Croix, the island was serving as the hub for recovery efforts from earlier storms in other U.S. and…

Former Congressmen David Jolly, a Republican, and Patrick Murphy, a Democrat, are currently on a speaking tour to address the lack of bi-partisanship in…

Marvel Comics, the creative home of Spider-Man, the Avengers, and the X-Men, might soon revamp the Florida Department of Citrus' own caped crusader.The…

PolitiFact Florida has found some half truths in recent statements about gun control from Florida leaders.Gun violence is back on the front burner of…

The Senate took up a House omnibus health-care bill Thursday and stripped out proposals dealing with the powers of nurse practitioners and…

A high-stakes legal battle about the constitutionality of the state's congressional districts should be fast-tracked to the Florida Supreme Court, a…

Tampa community leaders gathered Tuesday morning for a groundbreaking at the Perry Harvey Senior Park in downtown Tampa. The park celebrates the history…

The two countries have agreed to reopen embassies in Washington and Havana. President Obama calls it a historic step forward after 50 years of hostilities.

A major medical-malpractice insurer is challenging an order by Florida regulators to reduce rates by 15 percent, according to newly filed documents in...

There’s a statistic on veteran suicide that is repeated often: VA officials say an average of 22 veterans commit suicide every day. But what is not widely…

The Florida House passed a bill Monday to study and regulate fracking, as well as prevent local governments from banning the oil and gas drilling...

A woman would have to wait 24-hours before having an abortion under a proposal approved by a House Health panel Thursday. Such bills have become a...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott stopped shy of saying he would veto an expansion to Medicaid. Speaking to reporters in Orlando Tuesday, Scott said the federal...

A moment of silence will be observed at 2:49 p.m. ET, the time when the first of two devastating bombs went off in the crowds gathered to watch the marathon in 2013.

Presidential candidate Joe Biden was in Tampa Tuesday, talking to veterans. There, he took aim at President Trump - as well as the high rate of suicides among veterans.

Tropical Storm Sally is forecast to strengthen over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, before making landfall along the central Gulf Coast Monday as a hurricane.