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A field trial releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys would not harm humans or the environment, according to documents released Fr...

A field trial releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys would not harm humans or the environment, according to documents released Fr...

The same technology sending astronauts to space could be used here on Earth. That’s the message from NASA’s Technology Transfer Program, which is...

Readying for oral arguments in June, attorneys for the state and Second Amendment groups are urging a full federal appeals court to uphold a 2011...

The Tampa Bay History Center recently hosted a panel discussion on the now-closed Dozier School for Boys. The reform school in the Florida Panhandle has…

The building that will house University of South Florida St. Petersburg's College of Business will bear the name of a woman who worked her way up in a…

Seven employees at a Florida agency that investigates child abuse have been disciplined for mishandling allegations of abuse involving a woman whose...

Think like an engineer. That’s what students at Jamerson Elementary School in St. Petersburg have been hearing the past 13 years.Now, Jamerson isn't the…

Authorities say three teenage girls have been found dead inside a car they stole after driving into a pond while fleeing sheriff's deputies in…

The Dunedin Highland Games & Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. Thousands of people –many likely wearing kilts-are expected to attend…

The government urged health officials around the country Friday to get ready now in case there are outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the U.S...

A plan to keep teens from buying over-the-counter cough medicines was among 14 bills signed into law late last week by Gov. Rick Scott.

A fugitive from Miami who has been on the run for almost 20 years is back in federal custody after he was arrested in Nicaragua.

A new Florida abortion law seeks to ban Medicaid funding for family-planning services at clinics that also offer elective abortions --- such as clinics...

More money will be floated yearly to the state's 15 seaports under a wide-ranging transportation bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Rick Scott.The…

The U.S. Department of Education says it is launching a civil rights investigation into whether the Pinellas County School District is systematically…

State health officials on Monday paved the way for Gainesville-based San Felasco Nurseries to join five other dispensing organizations authorized to...

Gov. Rick Scott will have 15 days to take action on a bill (SB 12) that would make wide-ranging changes in the state's mental-health and substance-abuse...

An appeals court Monday sided with the Florida Department of Children and Families in a dispute about expenses for a woman who went into a Tallahassee...

Attorney General Pam Bondi's office is urging the Florida Supreme Court to turn down an appeal in a legal battle over a 2015 law that requires women to...

After a court fight that lasted more than a decade, the state and groups representing pediatricians and dentists have settled a class-action lawsuit...

Florida researchers believe they are closer to a cure for citrus greening.The disease has devastated the state’s $10 billion iconic crop and is spreading…

The nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization is launching a major voter registration drive in the battleground state of Florida that will…

Florida Supreme Court justices Wednesday tried to sift through arguments about the constitutionality of the state's workers-compensation insurance...

The construction of the Florida Holocaust Memorial is one step closer to becoming reality. That's among 20 bills Governor Rick Scott signed into law...