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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says there is "no plan" for potential outbreaks in the U.S. The White House says it has the situation "contained" and has requested emergency funding.

State health officials reported an increase of 1,096 positive coronavirus tests Tuesday, bringing the state's total cases to 66,000.In the Tampa Bay area,…

Governors in several Southern and Western states are delaying their timelines, citing increases in cases and hospitalizations.

Isaias weakened to a tropical storm Saturday afternoon, but is forecast to re-strengthen to a hurricane overnight as it approaches Florida's east coast.A…

After skirting the east coast of Florida throughout the weekend, Tropical Storm Isaias is poised to exit the state on a path to the Carolinas as a…

Restaurants, movie theaters and museums are among the businesses required to suspend their indoor operations statewide under Gov. Gavin Newsom's Monday announcement. Bars must close entirely.

The now post-tropical cyclone is racing into southeastern Canada after plowing through New England, and is expected to continue to weaken.

Deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Florida spiked again Tuesday.The daily figures from the Department of Health shows the deaths of 245 people were reported…

The state of Florida reported more than 3,000 new cases of coronavirus for the fourth consecutive day Sunday.The Florida Department of Health reported…

The impact of the drug on the virus is being studied, but there is not yet evidence from medical trials — and there have been some warnings about side effects from taking the medicine.

A planned bus corridor linking downtown St. Petersburg with St. Pete Beach is getting $21.8 million dollars in federal funding. President Trump announced…

The college credit exams were moved online in response to the pandemic. But many students don't have Internet access at home. Up until Friday, one senior planned to take her tests in a parking lot.

The Tampa veterans’ hospital is joining several hospitals in Florida in a national study looking at whether blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients…

Christi Grimm, the acting inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services, was castigated by the president after her report found testing delays and a lack of equipment in hospitals.

Coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes across the country are prompting conversations about whether more people will care for loved ones at home.But some…

One of Florida’s main weapons to thwart “doctor shopping” has been expanding substantially after the passage of a tough new law aimed at addressing the...

Michael Ertel, Seminole County’s supervisor of elections since 2005, has been named to oversee elections statewide by Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis.DeSantis’…

The Florida Commission on Ethics has released a report and materials relating to complaints made against former Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum.

A bank employee escaped a massacre that killed five women at a SunTrust branch in Florida, running out a back door when the gunfire began, according to a…

The justices unanimously found that federal law bars suits against foreign governments accused of seizing their own citizens' property. The case now goes back to the lower court.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez met with other U.S. mayors Friday at the White House to discuss President Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan.

Students in the greater Tampa Bay region are learning more about the history of their communities through an educational project involving African American cemeteries.

The state recorded more than 1,200 additional COVID-19-related deaths this week, but hospitalizations continue to decline.

The Food and Drug Administration typically follows the advice of its expert advisers. A quick agency decision on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is expected given the state of the pandemic.

One year after lockdown first began, NPR shares listener stories of the moment they first realized COVID-19 would change their world. Kate McCormick lost two aunts within weeks of stay-at-home orders.