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The daredevil from the famous "Flying Wallendas" family will attempt to traverse Arizona's Colorado River Gorge on a 1,500-foot-high tightrope.

The excavation will soon begin to unearth the remains of boys believed to have died from alleged abuse at the Dozier School for Boys.The Florida Cabinet…

Duke Energy Florida will have to explain to state regulators an ongoing change in its billing process that two lawmakers say is spiking costs.Public…

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has canceled a contract with a controversial operator of a 40-bed residential facility in Santa Rosa County,…

Orange juice sales are at their lowest point in 10 years. Florida's citrus industry is reeling from a disease called "greening," while consumers face dozens of other choices in the supermarket aisle.

As colleges and universities begin the fall semester, some undocumented students are paying the same tuition rate as Florida residents. A handful of...

A coalition of voting-rights organizations and individual voters wants the Florida Supreme Court take up the legal battle over the state's congressional…

Florida officials have announced plans to file an appeal to a federal judge’s ruling finding Florida’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. Department of...

Looking over the state of U.S. science funding these days, it's hard not to get depressed. But the BoldlyGo Institute challenges us to remember that the stakes are too high to give up.

State regulators have hurriedly released a revamped framework for Florida's new medical-marijuana industry, making minor changes after a legislative panel…

In an ordinary house on an ordinary street near Orlando live some extraordinary children. To stay alive, they depend on machines and tubes and the...

While sunscreen is essential in protecting South Florida beach goers' skin, a new study from the Spanish National Research Council shows the skin...

When Uwe Reinhardt tries to explains the Gordian Knot of hospital pricing to his health care economics students at Princeton University, he has a go-to...

After a lengthy first day, 42 people remain in the jury pool that could decide the fate of Michael Dunn for a second time. Jury selection began around...

More Florida police departments are equipping their officers with body cameras. Some cities like Miami Beach even plan to have other types of employees...

Most of the plaintiffs in this year's same-sex marriage cases have been people who just wanted to get married. But Heather Brassner was different -- she...

Florida ranks third in the country for gerrymandering, according to a study of the most heavily populated states. Voting districts are redrawn every 10...

Attorney General Pam Bondi labeled as "overbroad" the federal government's proposed regulations to link electronic cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco…

When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, it required health insurers, hospitals, device makers and pharmaceutical companies to share in the cost...

The WUSF Veterans Coming Home project is partnering with The Veterans Legacy Summit hosted by the Patterson Foundation. The multi-day summit offers a…

In the last four years, 30,000 tomato pickers covered by a "fair food" program got a 50-to-70 percent pay raise. Advocates are now working with retailers and other industries to duplicate the model.

The Common Core math standards were largely written by a physics professor working part time in his garage. Now they're in use by tens of millions of students nationwide.

Making good on a campaign promise, Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday he will ask lawmakers to provide the highest per-student funding for education in…

Five nurseries will be part of a 12-member panel announced Friday to hammer out rules on who can grow medical marijuana and how it will be distributed to…

St Petersburg's only African-American history museum may be getting the boot. On Thursday, the St. Petersburg Housing Authority voted 4-3 to sell its…