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It's the first time since 2008 that Florida's unemployment rate hasn't topped the national average. Florida's January unemployment rate is 7.8 percent.The…

Yoani Sanchez is an outspoken critic of the Castro regime, with a social media pulpit that is translated into 20 languages. In Miami this week to receive an award, she called on Cuban-Americans to tear down the wall of "lies, silence and bad intentions" that divides the community.

Imagine a medical-malpractice system that resolves patients’ complaints of harm quickly, without rancor or legal fees. Imagine a system that would

More than half of Florida’s Hispanic and black students at state universities currently eligible for the state’s Bright Futures college scholarship would…

Lawmakers on a Senate health policy committee voted along party lines this afternoon in favor of State Sen. Aaron Bean's plan to help uninsured…

There's been a 10 percent increase in vacation home sales in 2012 from the year before. That's the word from an annual survey by the national association…

The University of South Florida is normally home of one 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year--USF Mechanical Engineering Professor Autar Kaw--but on Wednesday,…

A baby pillow pattern that comforted Marines on the frontlines in Iraq is now serving to soften the lives of homeless veterans.The handmade pillow…

A Pasco County internist accused of sexually touching women at his office will be suspended from practice for at least six months and must undergo a full…

Here’s an opportunity for homeless veterans in Pinellas County, as well as veterans in need of help with employment, medical care or legal issues.A "Stand…

Academy Award-winning film director Gerry Wurzburg visited the University of South Florida Tampa campus Friday to talk about her film "Wretches and…

When the White House unveils its fiscal year 2014 budget next week, prepare to have your mind blown. The financial estimate includes about $100 million…

The State of Florida is looking to honor military veterans who have made significant contributions through civic, business, public service or other…

There's an unusual sight on USF's Tampa and Sarasota-Manatee campuses this week: a number of students are wearing empty gun holsters over their clothes to…

About 200 Tampa veterans and military spouses gathered at the Ragan Community Center in Tampa today. They met with potential employers at Hiring Our…

USF and its Patel College of Global Sustainability have made water one of their priorities through research into such efforts as turning wastewater into a…

For six years, the family nanny sexually abused Lauren Book.As a survivor, she has made it her mission to prevent other children from being abused. She's…

Shakira Lockett always got pretty good grades in school. That’s why she was surprised to find out she had failed her college placement exam at Miami Dade…

As promised, the Florida House released its answer to the federal Medicaid Expansion under the Affordable Care Act on Thursday morning. It would leave out…

Any day now, the bipartisan group of Senators known as the Gang of Eight are set to release their plan for immigration reform. As the estimated 11 million…

State lawmakers may have overlooked more than $430 million in yearly savings for Florida taxpayers by not accepting the federal dollars promised through…

About 150 University of South Florida graduates this May will wear a red-white-and-blue cord on their gowns as they pick up their diplomas. The cord…

Right now, schools determine whether to move a student into special education classes.But a proposed bill in Tallahassee would give parents of children…

Federal authorities have charged Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with using a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property…

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, remains hospitalized. Investigators say he has been giving them some information. But the picture of what he and his now-dead older brother, Tamerlan, allegedly did could change as the investigation continues. Dzhokhar could get the death penalty if convicted.