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Family members who fled Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated their town of Coamo gathered for dinner in a Lehigh Acres home this week.

It’s been more than a week since Hurricane Irma.Yet many smaller communities in Florida’s rural counties are still suffering and need basic resources,…

Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford is expected to testify during the second day of a trial looking at whether legislators broke the law when drawing…

Roughly 2 million veterans and their family members are eligible for tuition, books and living expenses under the Post 9/11 GI Bill.And like every budget…

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev "vaguely discussed" jihad during a 2011 phone conversation with his mother, a U.S. official tells the Associated Press. The call, taped by the Russian government, reportedly did not include any mention of a plot in the U.S.

The Library at the USF Tampa campus has become known to students as "Club Lib" because of the late night hours. Senior biomedical science/political…

Watch out if you're planning to be on the roads Wednesday: A storm that's already caused some deaths and many problems across the southwest and southern states continues to take aim at the eastern half of the nation. With more than 43 million Americans expected to travel in coming days, the weather is going to complicate many trips.

Rejecting arguments of anti-abortion activists, a federal appeals court Wednesday refused to block a West Palm Beach ordinance that bans amplified sound…

The special redistricting session held by the Legislature lasted just five days, but the two-year battle over the boundaries of the state's 27…

Editor's Note: This story has been corrected regarding the way state and federal agencies report Affordable Care Act insurance enrollment . The number...

Bills that involve state workers' health insurance, nurse-practitioners and hospital regulations died during this week's Legislative special session...

Florida State University students are back in class after a shooting at the campus library injured three people. The tragedy has raised the same...

Jury selection begins today, and because the bombings affected so many people, this part of the trial may take weeks.

If you've spent much time around places where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed, you may have heard the following: "Tequila has to come from…

The ride-hailing app, Uber, has been operating in the state for the better part of 2014 despite statewide concerns over safety, insurance coverage and...

Florida's university system wants state lawmakers to holster the idea of allowing guns on campus.A joint statement from the university system's Board of…

As of 11 am Sunday, the center of Tropical Storm Sally was located 135 miles west of St. Petersburg and moving west-northwest at 12 mph .

This means highs only in the low-80s and lows possibly dipping into the 50s in some parts of the greater Tampa Bay region.

Funding medical research can be difficult in the best of times – let alone during a pandemic.But donations to the University of South Florida’s Pandemic…

When it comes to affordable housing, public transportation and baseball’s future in the region, the mayors of the Tampa Bay Area's two largest cities are…

Pinellas County officials are limiting restaurant alcohol sales, a day after St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman announced his city will stop them at 9…

The deal means Congress could be close to passing a deal, and it comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Republicans and Democrats had closed the gap on their differences.

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has ended protections for immigrants from six countries affected by natural disasters, war, or other dangerous…

Hillsborough County opened up a new hotline on Monday for people who have lost their job or have reduced wages because of coronavirus, and need help…

TALLAHASSEE --- As powerful Hurricane Dorian threatened to crash into the state’s East Coast last September, Florida Power & Light brought in crews...