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Some of the earliest science fiction imagined voyages to Mars. We now have the space-faring technology to make reaching the Red Planet possible. It would involve massive resources and many potential dangers, but some believe the rewards would be massive.

Equality Florida and six same-sex couples filed suit against the Miami-Dade Clerk of Court today, challenging the Florida Marriage Protection…

A federal appeals panel ruled Monday that businesses don't have to prove that they were directly harmed by BP's 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill to collect…

In what one supporter called a "reset for the trauma system," a House panel Tuesday approved a controversial bill that would ensure the continued…

Pointing to examples of children being raped and murdered, the Florida House on Wednesday unanimously passed four bills to crack down on sexually violent…

Faith leaders and ex-felons marched to the Florida Capitol on Wednesday, calling for Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet to reverse a policy and restore the…

Have you missed the Veterans’ Day parade or the ceremony at your local VA National Cemetery? Well, there’s still time to show your appreciation for the...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed four sex offender bills into law Tuesday during a public ceremony at the Capitol. The event brought together a number of...

A bill that would extend low-cost KidCare health insurance coverage to the children of legal immigrants faces legislative roadblocks --- not the least of…

Health groups and local governments say decades of work to keep tobacco products out of the hands of kids could be overturned through a House measure…

State health officials on Wednesday announced that Christian Bax will replace Patricia Nelson as the new head of the Office of Compassionate Use, the...

The Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park was the center of an outcry in late 2013, when the state held a hearing on a plan to place a Union memorial…

Influential Tallahassee insiders --- and a former lawmaker who is the grandson of one of Florida's most-renowned citrus barons --- have banded together...

In the past 10 years, the global blueberry crop has tripled. Yet the big, round commercial blueberry is a fairly recent innovation. It was created by breeders exactly 100 years ago, in New Jersey.

The Legislature will begin its special session next week, but drafting of the base map—the session’s starting point—has already begun. Voting rights...

In June of 2013, Robert Stephens of Tampa received a phone call from his sister. She told him that an uncle they had never met had died at the Dozier…

Apalachicola Bay is taking a long time to recover from a 2012 collapse that also severely damaged the local economy.Roughly 100 seafood workers have left…

Sen. Tom Lee's gripe with a set of redrawn congressional districts working their way through the legislative process was nothing new, he said.Once again,…

Sign-up season for President Barack Obama's health care law doesn't start for another couple of months, but the next few days are crucial for hundreds...

Florida doctors can soon order medical marijuana for their patients. The law goes into effect at the start of next year. But so far, only a few dozen do...

In 1994, Kellie Greene was the victim of a rape. Three years later, thanks to DNA evidence, police found the perpetrator who was sentenced to 25 years in…

As the state Department of Children and Families convened its annual child-protection summit Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order aimed...

Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen is working to put the anti-overdose medication naloxone into the hands of as many heroin users as possible. But the price of the antidote has nearly doubled.

As football season finally has arrived, politicians, special interests and others are setting up plays in Florida's sports-crazed capital city and the…

Two telecommunications companies contend in a new lawsuit that the administration of Gov. Rick Scott is flouting the state’s public records law.