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Florida Gov. Rick Scott will go to Washington, D.C., this week to urge Congress to fund the fight against the mosquito-borne Zika virus as the disease...

St. Petersburg Police officials say an officer was seriously injured Friday night during the arrest of a reckless driver. Police say the officer is…

Tampa Police say a 23-year-old man who was shot by his cousin wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest, but instead had donned a "fragmentation protective vest,"…

It’s the height of Hurricane Season and a tropical wave is moving through The Bahamas.It will cause widespread rain and cloudiness in Florida this week,…

Florida is called the “Sunshine State,” but we don’t really live up to the name when it comes to solar power.Research by the Solar Energy Industries…

A central Florida breast milk bank says its supply is safe from the Zika virus. But the Mothers’ Milk Bank of Florida said Zika may affect the amount of...

Hillsborough County might see the end of ridesharing companies like Uber or Lyft if stricter regulations are passed.The county’s Public Transportation…

Dozens of juvenile seabirds called black skimmers have been found dead along Gulf Coast beaches over the past six weeks.

The battle of the airwaves is heating up in the race for Florida's U.S. Senate seat. So WUSF's Steve Newborn talks with PolitiFact Florida's Josh Gillin…

Tropical Storm Julia is bringing heavy rain to the northeast coast of Florida and southeast Georgia.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said some areas…

St. Petersburg has a plan to minimize sewage spills during major rain events and the Department of Environmental Protection wants to ensure it follows...

Gerry Realin spent four hours with the dead inside of Pulse Night Club. He remembers the blood. The smell. The scene was so bad, the eight-member...

Elmira Mangum will no longer lead the country's largest historically black public university if Florida A&M University trustees approve a plan advanced…

As Renee Montagne leaves the Morning Edition host seat, David Greene is relocating to the West Coast, Rachel Martin is moving to weekdays and Lulu Garcia-Navarro is taking over on Sundays.

Coffee-colored water gurgles near the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam. It flows down the Caloosahatchee River, roughly 30 miles from Fort Myers.

It’s good news to Florida’s Congressional Delegation and Governor Rick Scott that Congress could be close to striking a deal on funding efforts to...

Good news for Wynwood residents and businesses: State and local officials said Monday the Zika virus is no longer being locally transmitted in the area.

State regulators have approved rate hikes for the Citizens property insurance company. The state-backed insurer will increase premiums in response to...

It was six years ago when President Barack Obama vowed to end homelessness among veterans by the end of 2015. Nearly a year later, that hasn't…

Mote Marine Laboratory has announced it has raised more than $50 million in the Sarasota laboratory's first comprehensive fundraising campaign. President…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is using his emergency powers to direct $25 million in state money toward helping to develop a Zika virus vaccine.

A group fighting a proposed Florida constitutional amendment that would broadly legalize medical marijuana spent nearly $1.4 million from Sept. 10...

Many people take for granted the addition of fluoride into public drinking water systems that aims to prevent tooth decay. It’s a seven-decade-old...

The Florida Board of Education has approved a budget request for the coming fiscal year.The proposal also recommends against renewing 49 million dollars…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday ordered new public notification rules after a sewage spill in Pinellas County and a sinkhole south of Lakeland that...