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It's the second year of enrollment for health insurance plans under the federal health law on HealthCare.gov, the website that Floridians, and people in…

The U.S. and Cuba will start talks on normalizing relations and discuss opening a U.S. Embassy in Havana. Also today, Cuba freed USAID contractor Alan Gross on humanitarian grounds.

American Alan Gross had spent more than five years in a Cuban prison, where he suffered ill health. Then, on Tuesday, his lawyer, Scott Gilbert, told him in a phone call that he was going home.

The State Department says a delegation of diplomats will visit the island next month. The formal restoration of diplomatic ties is expected to be as easy as the two countries writing each other notes.

Arizona will host the College Football Playoff championship in 2016 and Tampa, Fla., will be the site of the 2017 title game.The conference commissioners…

Complying with a court ruling, the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities on Thursday held a hearing about a mathematical formula that helps determine…

Simply Healthcare Holdings, a managed-care firm that is a major player in Florida's Medicaid program, will be purchased by Indianapolis-based Anthem,…

A local arm of a national mental health advocacy organization has developed a successful way to screen children for signs of possible behavioral issues.

A Central Florida lawmaker has reintroduced a bill allowing people to carry concealed weapons during a state of emergency. State Sen. Jeff Brandes’, R...

There have been questions raised about violations of the Sunshine State Laws in the way Gerald Bailey was forced out of his position as Commissioner of…

Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is still pondering a run for the White house.And Democrats are already taking shots at Rubio -- especially on his big…

Proposals by two Republican lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana have a slim chance of passing this legislative session, based on the comments of a...

State health care regulators showed up unannounced for a third time at a federal Veterans Administration Hospital in Florida and asked to view patient…

Playwright Nilo Cruz already has a 2003 Pulitzer Prize for his drama, Anna in the Tropics, which was set in Tampa's Ybor City. Now he's thinking about…

Is a measure aiming to tweak Florida’s Stand Your Ground law dead this year? While some believe that effort is over, others—including the law’s main...

Although Florida lawmakers filed more than 1,800 bills this year, most measures were not destined to become laws. Some were too controversial in an...

Haider Ali Khan, patriarch of the now-defunct Quality Health Plans Inc., has been arrested and charged with more than a dozen felonies involving health...

In a blow to Gov. Rick Scott, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up his appeal of a ruling that blocked across-the-board drug testing…

Since Florida banned gill nets 20 years ago, University of Florida researchers have helped Cedar Key replace commercial fishing with aquaculture. The…

Florida Republican Rep. Jeff Miller, chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, is sponsoring a bill that would speed up the firing process...

Powerful Sen. John Thrasher's desire to be the next president of Florida State University has caused a search committee to "pause" the process so it can…

Senate President Don Gaetz and an aide involved in the Senate's push for a larger number of African-American voters in U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown's sprawling…

A troubled Medicare Advantage HMO now under state receivership has struggled for years to have enough capital available on hand to pay its bills. A...

So far, so good. ISEE-3, the versatile 1978 space probe that took a detour to greet a comet in the 1980s, is now on track to get close to the moon, scientists say, though course fixes can be tricky.

After Florida lawmakers failed to address the issue this spring, health officials are advancing an effort to tighten security on the state's…