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The federal agency cited BP's "lack of business integrity" in dealing with the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The London-based oil giant agreed to plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the case and also agreed to pay a record $4 billion in penalties.

This week we've been bringing you the story of Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost her leg in the earthquake in Haiti three years ago this month. A…

Roughly 2 million veterans and their family members are eligible for tuition, books and living expenses under the Post 9/11 GI Bill.And like every budget…

The debate over gun violence in America was re-ignited with the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December.Shortly after the…

Florida Education Commissioner Tony Bennett says state leaders and lawmakers are listening to teacher concerns about evaluations.The Florida Education…

The search for Florida's next lieutenant governor will be an inside job.The Tampa Bay Times reports that Governor Rick Scott said on Monday that the…

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on NPR's Code Switch blog, which explores race, culture and ethnicity.One gray spring afternoon last year,…

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton said they were "devastated" by the verdict. "How can you let the killer of an unarmed teen go free?" Tracy asked of the jury.

Deep-sea natural gas reservoirs sometimes contain oil, but experts say it's highly unlikely Tuesday's accident in the Gulf of Mexico would leak anything like the BP spill. And there are signs suggesting the only thing crews have to deal with is leaking gas.

Editor's note: This article contains a correction.The Florida Board of Medicine has decided that a well-known Tampa pain specialist should have his…

The Florida House appears poised Friday to pass a massive health-care bill that would ensure three disputed trauma centers remain open and give…

Conservative lawmakers in Florida are in the final stages of passing two bills that detractors say amount to nothing more than thinly veiled racism and...

Gov. Rick Scott's office announced Monday he had signed a trio of bills aimed at allaying fears about the state's version of the Common Core education…

The bank's mortgage-lending arm agreed to pay up to $320 million to resolve allegations that it bungled applications for the federal Home Affordable Modification Program.

Florida is being forced to stagger payments to schools and health care providers because of limits with its 30-year old computer-based accounting system...

The for-profit college chain Corinthian Colleges is closing or selling most of its 107 campuses and online programs.

The state Agency for Health Care Administration last month dropped an appeal in a long-running legal fight about payments to hospitals that provide…

Scientists and growers are in a bitter fight against citrus greening, a disease that has devastated Florida's orange and grapefruit crops. They fear that unless scientists find a cure for greening soon, it's just a matter of time before economic realities and the disease force growers out of business.

The independent arbitrator upheld most of a 211-game suspension handed down by Major League Baseball. Alex Rodriguez said he would appeal the decision in a federal court.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers took the first step Thursday to patch a gaping hole in the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In June, the Supreme Court eviscerated a key part of the law that allowed for federal oversight of states with a history of discrimination at the ballot box.

We look at some of the pros and cons of changes to U.S. policy on electronic surveillance that the president might endorse.

Almost 100 people showed up to USF's Patel center to be a part of the discussion on the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case. The public forum was hosted…

President Barack Obama assured disabled veterans Saturday that his administration is making progress on reducing a backlog of disability claims and said…

Floridas online health insurance Marketplace has been open for business since Oct. 1. But more than a week later, people are still having trouble with

In his new book, The Everything Store, journalist Brad Stone says Amazon "ended up forever changing the way we shop and read." He says CEO Jeff Bezos started out selling books, but always had the intention of turning the online market into a company that sold everything.