Search results for

The U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, is collecting DNA to track a new snake hybrid in the Everglades.

Sarasota business owners say they've taken a financial hit since the outbreak of red tide.Throughout the month of August, Visit Sarasota, the official…

Tropical Storm Gordon formed Monday morning near Key Largo, Florida and is expected to bring heavy rain, gusty winds and possible tornadoes to portions...

A survey by the research group NORC at the University of Chicago shows 57 percent of American adults have been surprised by a health care bill that their insurance didn't pay for.

When William Olson had a dog next to him in class, he got through the school day. When he didn't, he often went home early. "Just knowing it's there,...

The state commission investigating the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting is almost ready to make its first round of recommendations for...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is set to face a second round of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. He's expected to be…

Drinking water at several Polk County Public Schools has tested positive for lead.Now, the school district says it will test all of its schools for the…

Distracted and speeding drivers seem to be problems in any neighborhood, but in one Lakeland community, it’s threatening local wildlife. In just three…

Patients with serious mental illness may have an increased choice of health-care providers under an agreement between the state and one of the largest...

A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds that 75 percent of Americans support protections for people with pre-existing conditions under the Affordable...

The Mayo Clinic is continuing its expansion in Jacksonville.

The state commission that’s investigating the Parkland school shooting discussed on Wednesday ways to improve school safety, agreeing that middle and...

President Trump and Florida Gov. Rick Scott have been reluctant to acknowledge the link between climate change and some of Florida's current...

Both of the candidates running for Florida governor, Andrew Gillum and Ron DeSantis, announced their lieutenant governor Thursday morning. In a Facebook…

Veterans now make up less than 20 percent of Congress, compared with about 75 percent in the 1960s. Some high-profile candidates are trying to reverse...

The state received nine “certificate of need” applications for new hospital projects by a Wednesday deadline, according to the Florida Agency for Health...

Florida's Democratic candidate for agriculture commissioner says a second bank has terminated her campaign account because she supports medical marijuana.

Commissioners investigating the Parkland school shooting said Thursday that law enforcement school resource officers, or SROs, should play a larger role...

A Tallahassee judge has ordered three proposed constitutional amendments be stricken from the Florida ballot. Judge Karen Grievers says because the...

The federal government is reimbursing Florida schools that took in thousands of Puerto Rican children displaced by Hurricane Maria.The Florida Department…

Gordon may be gone, but there's no doubt the heart of hurricane season is here. Florence is a potential hurricane threat to the Mid-Atlantic states next...

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office has quickly appealed a circuit judge’s ruling that would block three proposed constitutional amendments from going on…

A federal judge Friday required elections officials in 32 counties to provide Spanish-language sample ballots for the November general election --- but…

September is Suicide Awareness Prevention Month. To mark the occasion, both the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System…