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A beetle-rearing lab run by high school students may help combat an invasive plant species plaguing Florida parks and yards.The lab run by students at…

A Florida district court has denied a pregnant minor’s appeal to avoid notifying her parents she planned to have an abortion. The ruling stems from a...

Adriana DeJesus doesn't remember getting a letter. Her kids - 6-year-old Angel, and son, Christian – have been covered by Medicaid plans since birth....

A documentary marking President John F. Kennedy's visit to Tampa just days before his assassination has been entered into the archives of the U.S. Library…

The draft proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency has sparked opposition from industry groups who say the changes would be prohibitively expensive.

Ocoee High School just west of Orlando opened less than a decade ago. But technology-wise, the 2,300-student school is already obsolete.Ocoee is part of…

Fabien Cousteau and a crew of five headed down to the underwater laboratory Aquarius, just off the Florida Keys, on Sunday. He and his team intend to stay submerged until July 2.

After three years of legal wrangling, challenges to the state's approval of trauma centers in Manatee and Pasco counties appear likely to linger through…

Reporter Justine Griffin recently wrote a series in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune about her experience selling her eggs to an infertile couple living…

Dr. Betty Jo Carter, who practices medicine out of her home in Ruskin, will come before the Florida Board of Medicine on Friday on charges of speeding...

A state appeals court this week approved a request by a 17-year-old high-school honors student to receive an abortion without her parents being notified,…

The No. 1 killer of teens in Florida - and the country - is car crashes.The irony - fatal crashes are the most preventable.That's the goal of a Leadership…

Orlando now has more people than St. Petersburg, making it Florida's fourth largest city.The Census Bureau says Orlando now has over 255,000 residents,…

His big-league career began in the 1950s and included the most recent Yankees dynasty. Baseball is mourning Don Zimmer today, remembering a man who loved the game that loved him back.

You can join Classical WSMR and the Sarasota Music Festival for a night at the opera (house) Friday - and you don't even have to leave your own home, as…

The state Agency for Health Care Administration has filed suit in federal court in an attempt to inspect federal Veterans Affairs hospitals in Florida....

Tawny Swain Castle was a social worker in St. Pete, working with the homeless population, when an undiagnosable disability which resembled Lou Gehrig's…

There will be many tributes and memorial services over the next week to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Among those marking the historic battle will…

On a recent afternoon, Scott McKenzie watched torrential rains and a murky tide swallow the street outside his dog-grooming salon. Within minutes, much...

Sarasota police have charged a 23-year-old man with aggravated manslaughter after officers say he left his 2-year-old baby in the car and she died.Uriel…

Education is quickly becoming ammunition in the upcoming gubernatorial battle between Florida's Republican Gov. Rick Scott and his likely Democratic…

The voices of 31 Pinellas County high school students soared above the cliffs at Omaha Beach in France on Tuesday.The East Lake High School choir members…

U.S. News and World Report has released its annual guide to the best adult and children’s hospitals around the United States. As usual, Bascom Palmer...

A new search firm will be brought in to help Florida State University find its next president, as students and faculty clamor for more say in the muddled…

Wading into the controversial issue of red-light cameras, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday sided with motorists who challenged local red-light camera…