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In the addiction recovery pod at the Sarasota County Jail, large windows flood the detention unit with sunlight. Two stories of jail cells frame an open…

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has wrapped up a three year project to process a backlog of sexual assault kits submitted to the department’s...

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in any given month about 4,000 Americans will commit suicide . Young people are...

A Florida Senate official is recommending that the sheriff suspended over his handling of shootings at a Parkland high school and the Fort Lauderdale…

From a distance, the bright fluorescent figures under the Boot Ranch overpass in Palm Harbor may look like another wall covered in graffiti; but, take a…

In a complaint released by the House intelligence committee, the person cites White House officials who say they were ordered to veer from protocol to protect "politically sensitive" information.

Scientists on Florida’s blue green algae task force began the daunting task this week of trying to craft recommendations for how to fix the state’s...

A prominent medical journal has published a new recommendation from a group of scientists concluding that there's no need to cut back on red and processed meats. This contradicts current guidelines.

Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried has announced new rules for prescribed burns. She says some rules are being changed for the first time...

Thirty-seven states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment -- one short of the required three-quarters for passage. On Monday, ERA advocates urged state…

The Florida Supreme Court will decide the fate of Hillsborough County’s voter-approved transportation sales tax. But the board that will supervise how…

A state appeals court is allowing the Florida House of Representatives to intervene in a lawsuit that could upend the state’s medical marijuana system.The…

A move is gaining steam around the county that would change the way the president is elected. It would reward whoever wins the popular vote, and disable…

State regulators next week will take up proposed rules that could help set the stage for an expansion of underground power lines in hurricane-weary…

Rolling fresh off the press into the Morean Arts Center is a big, traveling, one-of-a-kind exhibition that offers wood, ink, and a limited-time "babka."…

The potential impeachment of a President, like Donald Trump, is a highly partisan affair, where truth can be hard to find.Political science professor…

Under legislation passed last year, the University of South Florida has until next summer to bring the accreditation of its three campuses under one…

A poor diet can lead to vision loss, experts say. For a teen, it's certainly rare, but a new case study documents blindness in a boy who ate lots of chips, white bread and bits of processed meat.

The bills being considered by the U.S. House would limit access to high-capacity gun magazines and block any person convicted of a hate crime from obtaining a firearm.

At Tuesday’s University of South Florida Board of Trustees meeting, President Steven Currall presented an update on the consolidation process between the…

"Anywhere we could put a warehouse has been destroyed by floodwaters and may not be safe for storing supplies," one aid group says of the widespread destruction brought by Hurricane Dorian.

Lakeland-based Publix, which has a large presence on the First Coast, is the latest major business to request that its customers not openly carry guns.

Florida education czar Richard Corcoran bristles at being called a disrupter.He prefers the gentler label of "transformer," a brand Corcoran burnished…

After weeks of public hearings, the Sarasota City Planning Board has voted to recommend approval of a master site plan for Marie Selby Botanical…

The Department of Veterans Affairs is training clergy members around the country to look for signs of psychological disorders and other issues among...