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As in mass shootings elsewhere, the massacre of 49 people at an Orlando nightclub is raising questions about access to guns — assault rifles, in...

Electronic cigarettes have sickened rising numbers of young children, a study of U.S. poison center calls has found. Most cases involve swallowing...

For the fourth year in a row, the Florida Dance Festival has returned to the University of South Florida, bringing a wide variety of live performances and…

On November 18, 1914, a fire in a dormitory at what was then the Florida Industrial School for Boys is believed to have killed eight students and two…

The deadline has passed to buy a health plan on HealthCare.gov for coverage that starts Jan. 1, 2015.But open enrollment goes through Feb. 15, 2015, and…

Tampa Bay Lighting owner Jeff Vinik admitted that he formed his group "Strategic Property Partners" so he could slowly and quietly buy up property…

With a seemingly endless number of recent computer data breaches, the need for improved cybersecurity continues to grow. A statewide initiative based out…

With Hispanic voters likely to play a key role in the 2014 elections, Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Monday allowing some undocumented immigrants to pay…

Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana launched the "Don’t Let Florida Go to Pot" campaign Tuesday,…

The Republican Governors Association has chipped in $8.5 million this summer toward Gov. Rick Scott's re-election effort.And as he campaigned with Scott…

A letter from the Federal Bureau of Prisons almost cost Alan Mendelsohn his medical practice, only months after resuming it. The prominent Hollywood eye...

BP bears the majority of responsibility among the companies involved in the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, a federal judge ruled Thursday, citing the…

Arkansas voters elected Republican Asa Hutchinson as their new governor. And in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker has won re-election, defeating Democrat Mary Burke.

Floridians for Solar Choice draws its power from the farthest ends of the political spectrum. Environmentalists, Christian conservatives, Tea Party...

A man convicted of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud was sentenced to 28 years in prison Monday.Judge Steven Gall…

Falling short of a $50 million goal set by lawmakers, state environmental officials have changed focus and won't sell pieces of conservation land to help…

Satellite images of what might be debris from the jet are the first "credible lead" in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, an official says. Follow the news as it comes in.

The pay equity issue, which President Obama and Democrats are using as a central campaign theme, could also gain traction with male voters.

Florida officials say three of the 16 Planned Parenthood facilities inspected last week were performing procedures beyond their licensing authority, and...

The war on terror in Afghanistan is now the nation’s longest running war. But the United States has been involved in many more conflicts over the…

What does it take to get a world renowned scientist to channel his inner "Wayne Campbell" from the 1990's comedy sketch, "Wayne's World?"In Dr. Paul…

Nearly a year after same-sex marriages started in Florida, a legal decision could be looming in a dispute about birth certificates for children of same...

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell stopped at Miami Dade College on Wednesday to drum up excitement around open enrollment for health...

A massive bill to protect Florida's springs, waterways and groundwater appears headed for passage at the start of the coming legislative session, despite…

Floridians depend on cars to get just about anywhere. And getting to the doctor without one can be tough. Orlando resident David Williams knows this...