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The USDA is recalling more than 38 thousand pounds of ground turkey processed in North Carolina and distributed to stores in nine states, including...

Older or disabled Americans with Medicare coverage have probably noticed an uptick in mail solicitations from health insurance companies, which can mean...

Florida scientists are studying the genetic makeup of centenarians to develop new drugs that could delay or possibly even reverse age-related diseases.

A Florida lawmaker is filing a bill to find a way around the Electoral College. Rep. Joseph Geller (D-Aventura) wants the state to join the National...

Long-term care providers are receiving conflicting messages about whether they have to comply with a Tuesday deadline in a state attempt to require...

At a time when the FBI is scrutinizing Tallahassee’s community redevelopment agency, state lawmakers want to reform the groups across Florida. The FBI...

Escalating a legal and regulatory fight, Gov. Rick Scott's administration Wednesday issued an emergency suspension of the license of a Broward County...

To take some liberties with an old adage, this is a case where both the squeaky AND the speedy wheels get the grease.Students, staff and the community…

Lawmakers and Gov. Rick Scott reached a compromise on $480 million in raises for teachers and other school workers.The raises are part of a $74 billion…

Authorities say J. Everett Dutschke ordered castor bean seeds on eBay and paid for them using his PayPal account. They were delivered to his house.

While USF's Board of Trustees has identified 17 degree programs it suggests the university system should drop, the news may not actually be that bad, as…

A year after Massachusetts ended lifetime alimony, groups in a number of states are pushing similar legislation. They say alimony laws are outdated, based on a time when most women didn't work. But family lawyers say the proposals would punish those who've sacrificed their own career to help a spouse advance.

The 2013 Legislature could have fixed a tiny gap in Florida law that blocks health officials from regulating hundreds of out-of-state compounding…

Attorneys are continuing to interview 500 prospective jurors for the second-degree murder trial of former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman --…

Critics contend that by striking down a key section of the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court scrapped Congress' means of determining which jurisdictions required pre-clearance. Voting-rights advocates expect that states and other jurisdictions will now enact voter ID laws that had previously faced scrutiny.

A pair of 5-4 Supreme Court rulings struck down as unconstitutional a federal law denying benefits to same-sex couples and cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California.

TALLAHASSEE - In an unusually bipartisan effort, the Legislature has moved forward a series of bills designed to toughen Florida laws dealing with…

After the worst year for shrimping in recent memory, fishermen in the Southeast U.S. say they're thankful to catch jellyfish for the Asian market. But conservationists say the expanding jellyfish fishery is a sign of the ocean's decline.

House and Senate leaders are reaching consensus on a plan that would allow stand-alone casinos in South Florida, if voters approve. But the proposal…

The United States Department of Agriculture recently announced it was putting $21 million toward saving the citrus industry. They're trying to rescue it…

Security experts working for the federal government last fall said two-thirds of state computer systems that were supposed to tap into federal computers...

The death of Florida Highway Trooper Jimmy Fulford saved others, giving some comfort to his family as the execution of the man convicted of killing him…

Students at the University of South Florida will no longer have the option of paying their tuition with a Visa card. The Tampa Bay Times reports that,…

The 828 Alliance, the committee created by St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster on the St. Petersburg Pier, is holding a meeting this afternoon to present…

Life Care Center of Sarasota has become the first Florida skilled nursing and rehab facility to win the Gold National Quality Award from the American…