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A program to give naloxone overdose-antidote kits and training to front-line officers. Funding for pill disposal boxes in pharmacies, clinics and police...

Students from across the country are planning to participate in a coordinated national walkout on Wednesday in response to the high school shooting in...

Students at high schools across Tampa Bay are speaking out on the one-month anniversary of the Parkland high school shooting.From Booker High School in…

The deadly high school shooting in Parkland has people across the nation talking about how to make schools safer. Dozens of Tampa Bay residents and…

After a lengthy battle with school administrators, University of South Florida adjunct faculty -- part-time employees who are paid on a per class basis --…

A man who once claimed he helped bury the remains of a missing Alabama girl in Aruba has died after police say he was stabbed during a foiled kidnapping…

Florida’s smoking rates may have dropped, but the need continues for an anti-smoking campaign --- making ill-advised a proposed constitutional amendment...

Almost immediately after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Melissa Kornhaus, a licensed mental health counselor with a specialty in...

Lawmakers this week sent a bill to Gov. Rick Scott that could help provide information to police about whether drivers are deaf before officers approach...

The same company that designed a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Miami also designed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and the elevated portion of the Selmon…

Florida school districts could get more money to hire school resource officers depending on what happens with a contentious program that allows school…

Saying it is critical to “stop the addiction in the beginning,” Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed a high-profile bill designed to prevent patients from...

More than 200 low-income and academically high-achieving students were chosen to be part of an event held by the cable television channel TLC’s “Say Yes…

A Tampa police officer has been shot and wounded while serving an arrest warrant at the home of a man facing charges for making violent threats to his…

A Florida panel may be on the verge of ending the state's contentious certificate-of-need process for hospitals.

Students from the Florida high school where 17 people were fatally shot last month expect more than 1 million participants in upcoming marches in...

It’s a rather remarkable number: In 2017, over 130,000 calls were made to Poison Control centers in Florida. In honor of this year’s National Poison…

Florida Constitution Revision Commission member Jeanette Nunez is a veteran lawmaker who has been criticized for some positions she has taken in the...

President Donald Trump’s likely pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is facing significant criticism because of a 20-year-old...

Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis said he wants to discourage violence on city properties by declaring them “Hit-Free zones.”

The largest nonprofit AIDS health-care provider in the nation is at risk of being blocked out of South Florida’s Medicaid market.

A federal jury has found Noor Salman, the widow of the Pulse gunman, not guilty on all charges.Salman faced charges of providing material support to a…

The 60-day Florida legislative session that begins Tuesday will have lawmakers considering everything from coconut patties to a state budget expected to…

As massive fires continue to consume Australia, aboriginal elders like Noel Butler say officials need to listen to natives about fire control.

Following the December attack on a naval air station, the Pentagon has suspended training of all Saudi military students, as investigators conduct a review of the more than 800 students in the U.S.