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The Department of Defense estimates 14,900 service members experienced some kind of sexual assault in 2016 - its most recent report. But because of the…

Hurriedly crafted state legislation to address last week’s mass shooting at a Parkland high school will include a controversial element that would allow...

Hillsborough County commissioners voted 6-1 in favor of spending another $61 million on maintenance of Tampa’s Amalie Arena.Commissioner Stacy White was…

When a gunman killed 17 people on Valentine's Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, many of their classmates didn't grieve in silence,…

Plant City’s annual Strawberry Festival returns this week with a renovated main soundstage and headliners from a variety of musical genres.Starting…

Residents of Manatee and Sarasota counties will vote on whether or not to support their respective school through property taxes in a special election on…

The high school shooting in Parkland is sparking a lot of questions from children who are wondering if something similar could happen at their school.

The criminal case against the gunman accused in the Florida high school shooting returns to court Tuesday with prosecutors seeking hair samples,...

One man in upstate New York sawed his AR-15 rifle into pieces and posted a video of it on Facebook. A woman in Connecticut did the same with her handgun...

A proposed rule requiring Florida nursing homes to have backup power in the event of an outage advanced Tuesday in the Florida Legislature.

A state Senate proposal would authorize Florida to begin negotiations with the federal government to see if the state could offer managed health-care...

The average military family moves every two to three years. Their household goods are supposed to move with them, but that doesn’t always happen ... and...

The Veterans Health Administration is planning to make mental health care more available to help reduce veteran suicide. But veterans advocates worry...

As part of a recently released plan, the Trump Administration is proposing an increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

On this week's podcast, we carry forward the conversation started at the St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs about the connection between…

State lawmakers have approved funding for more school resource officers for the 2018-19 school year. But some Tampa Bay area school districts aren't…

Florida's Republican legislative leaders are starting their final negotiations on a new state budget after reaching a deal on key details behind closed…

Karen Holbrook may have been new to the job when she became regional chancellor of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee last December, but she…

First responders being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder could soon have extended benefits under a bill passed Monday by the Florida Legislature.

The Florida Senate is backing off a complete ban on child marriage. The Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that would set the minimum age to marry...

The white Republican leaders of the Florida Legislature believe giving guns to school staff members will help protect students. But black members in...

Donna Shalala, the former University of Miami president and Health and Human Services secretary, is officially running as a Democrat to replace retiring...

More than a decade of discord over how to apportion Florida’s trauma centers may have come to a close Tuesday, with the Senate’s passage of what amounts...

Florida has had three mass shootings in 20 months. Twice before, there have been calls for more mental health funding from the state — to no avail. Will this time be any different?

Federal disaster officials are ending a program that paid for hotel rooms for more than 27,000 Florida households in the wake of Hurricane Irma.FEMA…