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A prominent Florida eye doctor accused of political corruption was convicted of Medicare fraud Friday, increasing the odds that federal prosecutors...

Last week, a colorful rant by the short-lived White House Communications Director left media across the country and world scrambling to figure out what to…

A Brandon woman pleaded guilty and was sent to prison Wednesday for threatening a man whose 6-year-old son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a…

Of the three medications that treat opioid addiction, one got more attention in the Florida Legislature this year.

While the public is normally urged to “thank a Veteran” they meet, the head of Florida’s Department of Veterans' Affairs also wants people to ask a...

It’s been a year since 49 people died in a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando.It happened in a city best known as a wholesome family…

A bipartisan proposal to delay federal flood insurance rate hikes that take effect today is being stymied by a bitter congressional dispute over President…

UPDATED 3/25 at 6 P.M. with statement from Zimmerman School.The director of the University of South Florida Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass…

A New York Times story published this week takes a look at why teachers have a tougher time improving reading performance than math performance.In part,…

While several big cities saw large protests after the decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson on Monday, Tuesday saw protests and blocked highways in at least 14 cities across the country.

The old federal courthouse used to be one of the most imposing buildings in downtown Tampa. That was before federal officials decamped to a new skyscraper…

Captain Citrus was born in 2011 as a big, fat talking orange wearing a green cape. Now he's being transformed into a buff Marvel Comics superhero who will…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott will give his annual State of the State address Tuesday morning at the Florida House Chamber at the Capitol.We will have live…

Summer break is ending and things are getting busy at Bay area college campuses once again.3,500 new students - a mix of freshmen, transfer and…

Shopping may soon be a pleasure for the almost 60,000 University of South Florida students, faculty and staff who would be able to stop at a Publix…

The National Hurricane Center says Hermine has strengthened to a hurricane, with maximum sustained winds increasing to near 75 mph.Hermine's upgrade from…

The University of South Florida's Quinton Flowers says there were a lot of big-name college football programs that thought he could be a star player. As a…

Community health centers that serve poor patients around Florida are worried that new restrictions on state and federal funding could hurt their ability...

The state of Florida is poised to execute the first person in more than a year and a half this Thursday, August 24. Mark Asay was convicted in 1988 of...

Local safety and government officials met Wednesday for the third roundtable on airport security and policy hosted by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman...

Give Reuben Pressman and Hunter Payne enough rope and they'll put up a swing for you, pretty much anywhere you want - and some places you never even…

The agency is launching a new coordinated research effort to stop citrus greening, a disease imported from Asia that turns fruit bitter and unmarketable. It first turned up in Florida eight years. Now, it threatens to destroy the nation's citrus industry.

Law enforcement officials are continuing a search near the USF Tampa campus and New Tampa area for a suspect in a series of home invasions and violent…

The tradition of placing Christmas wreaths on the graves of fallen soldiers and veterans started in 1992 at Arlington National Cemetery. Wreaths Across…

All over Florida, laws are changing to make it easier for suburban homeowners to do a little farming. It's becoming more and more common to have a…