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In the Florida Everglades alligators are in trouble. The reptiles are scrawny, weighing 80 percent of what they should. The alligators grow slower,...

While the Mid-Atlantic states prepare for what could me a historic snowfall, we're watching the cold front associated with this storm that could bring…

University of South Florida researchers presented their final report on the Robert G. Dozier School for Boys to the state cabinet Thursday, and even…

A U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Florida's death-penalty sentencing structure is a "tectonic shift" that should be applied retroactively to all…

This afternoon Haiti once again postponed its presidential runoff election. The vote – originally slated for last month – was going to be held on Sunday...

Health insurers are trying to spark a price war by refusing to pay for some brand-name medications unless they get a big discount. This forces some people to change their prescriptions.

Florida Supreme Court justices will hear arguments April 6 in a closely watched challenge to Florida's workers-compensation insurance system.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says this fall’s ultralight-guided migration of young whooping cranes from Wisconsin to Florida will be the last.The…

A House panel gave approval Monday to a bill that would tweak the state's low-THC cannabis law.

While Donald Trump banks on his brand to boost him into the White House, a Florida appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday in lawsuits accusing the…

A measure to help Florida get rid of its backlog of thousands of untested rape kits passed its first Senate panel Monday.

Monday, Senators took up two civil asset forfeiture bills that pursue slightly different policies to rein in the controversial practice.

The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 "was a trauma to the nation's psyche," says Sen. Bill Nelson, a former astronaut. But NASA and the American public have learned a few things about space science since then.

Florida may pay for burials of students whose remains were once on the grounds of the now shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.House and Senate…

Researchers are concerned about another nonnative species moving into Florida waters. Schools of the regal damselfish now live in coral reefs on the wes...

On a trial basis, a British company is releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in Brazil to try to reduce the Aedes aegypti population — the species spreading Zika.

A confirmation hearing for state Surgeon General John Armstrong was delayed Tuesday, with the chairman of the Senate Health Policy Committee saying the...

The Florida Legislature is moving forward with a bill that could restrict abortion access. But similar measures have been struck down in other states.

An Alachua County nursey filed a lawsuit Wednesday to prevent any delays in the cultivation and dispensing of medical marijuana in northeast Florida.

Florida wildlife officials say 61 Burmese pythons have been caught so far in a state-sanctioned hunt.

As lawmakers grapple with healthcare costs, they’re taking another look at rules governing where health care centers can be built. Those rules are call...

Lawmakers are pushing a measure encouraging the use of abuse-resistant opioids.

Gov. Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe of Florida sought Monday to increase pressure on state lawmakers to approve a gambling deal with a proposed $1.8…

State corrections officials have hired Centurion of Florida LLC to take over prison health services for more than three-fourths of Florida's 100,000 inm...

Grappling with an issue that is a priority of House leaders, a Senate committee Monday stopped short of supporting the full repeal of a controversial re...