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A Florida community with the highest concentration of Greek people in the country has been recognized as a Traditional Cultural Property by the National...

Former Republican Party chairman Jim Greer was sentenced to 18 months in prison last year for stealing party money. But according to St. Petersburg author…

Florida prison officials on Thursday executed a man convicted of the 1994 rape and slaying of an 11-year-old girl in Polk County. It was the state's…

Two secretaries in a doctor's office have pleaded guilty and a pharmacy owner faces charges in a scam that Medicare allowed to thrive for more than two years.

We tend to soothe ourselves with sugar-laden foods when we're feeling strained. But they may make us feel even worse. Protein and omega-3s, on the other hand, can help reduce stress, researchers say.

Every year colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid must file a report of all crimes committed on campus to the Department of…

Florida’s top high school graduates are getting a new financial incentive to go to Florida universities. Tucked away in the state budget is a program...

Florida ranks last in the country in per-person funding from the Affordable Care Act, a new study shows, and that doesn’t even include the billions of...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing the endangered status of manatees. Tonight on Florida Matters on WUSF 89.7 FM at 6:30 p.m., a panel of…

Installing solar panels on a house to produce electricity is expensive. Leasing is one popular alternative, but some homeowners are learning that 20-year contracts can complicate a home sale.

Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday they do not plan to appeal a judge's ruling that struck down Florida's congressional map but want lawmakers to…

Florida was spared the wrath of Hurricane Arthur, the storm that swept through the Atlantic last week. But Gov. Rick Scott joined local emergency…

About 1,200 Floridians with critical needs will be getting enrollment letters from the Agency for Persons with Disabilities in the next two weeks. Those...

Hillsborough County Commissioners today voted to legislate protection of gay, bisexual and transgender people. If it is enacted in an upcoming session,…

A Lee County social studies teacher and the state's main teachers union are filing a lawsuit to block a significant expansion of a private school voucher…

They're not raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, but the staff of USF Tampa Library's Special Collections is putting a few of their favorite things…

Tariq Abu Khdeir, the Palestinian-American teen who was beaten and detained by Israeli police earlier this month, returned home last night after being…

We talk to oceanography professor Jeff Chanton, who's part of the group of professors pushing to meet with Gov. Rick Scott.

When teachers ask this fall, “What did you do on your summer vacation?” nearly four dozen Tampa teenagers will answer, “I spent it at the James A. Haley…

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and a Tampa-based law firm have reached an agreement that could help resolve about 300 sinkhole claims, the state-backed…

It's the battle of the TV ads -- literally -- in the race for Florida governor. Former Republican governor and presumed democratic gubernatorial candidate…

Florida Blue, the state’s dominant health insurer, snagged more than one in three consumers on the health law’s exchange this year, but many could face...

Based on current trends, Florida will be short by more than 50,000 registered nurses by the year 2025, a nursing expert warned a committee of the State…

Is seven million views on the internet more punishment than being charged with stealing?That's the thinking of a man who caught two women stealing his…

Florida State University is hiring a Title IX director and two sexual violence prevention coordinators before the fall term starts in five weeks.Interim…