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This year's Florida orange crop is approaching the fruit's lowest harvest in 24 years.The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday released its citrus…

Coast Guard crews are responding to a second grounded barge near Longboat Key from a tugboat that was buffeted by heavy weather Tuesday.Here's the news…

State health care regulators showed up unannounced for a third time at a federal Veterans Administration Hospital in Florida and asked to view patient…

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn made a lot of specific promises when he ran for that office, from improved parks and public spaces to incentives to get police...

A car smashed into an Orlando-area day care Wednesday, killing a child and injuring 14 others, at least 12 of them children, authorities said.Arnold…

Playwright Nilo Cruz already has a 2003 Pulitzer Prize for his drama, Anna in the Tropics, which was set in Tampa's Ybor City. Now he's thinking about…

A pension reform proposal is now heading to the House floor, while its Senate companion just cleared its first official committee. While both now...

The House and Senate could be headed toward a collision at the end of the legislative session about major health-care issues, including the continued…

Florida legislators are divided over what type of additional tax breaks to offer residents this year.The Florida House has already passed a bill that…

It’s not your father’s VA anymore as evidenced by just one look inside the Department of Veterans’ Affairs new Polytrauma and Rehabilitation Center at…

Today, the Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department of Hillsborough County celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Environmental Lands Acquisition and…

Craig Remsburg's son, Army Ranger Cory Remsburg, was serving in Afghanistan when he was wounded by a roadside bomb in 2009. Since then it has been the family's mission to get Cory back to health.

The future of one of the largest wooden structures in the world will be decided Tuesday. Belleview Biltmore hotel near Clearwater is up for demolition if…

The Tampa Bay Times has won a Pulitzer Prize for an investigation into the squalid conditions of Hillsborough County's homeless housing program.The Times'…

Is a measure aiming to tweak Florida’s Stand Your Ground law dead this year? While some believe that effort is over, others—including the law’s main...

One bill that some say would preempt local rules has anti-tobacco groups demanding it to be killed. The health advocates say the measure banning the...

Although Florida lawmakers filed more than 1,800 bills this year, most measures were not destined to become laws. Some were too controversial in an...

Florida legislators with extra money to spend are trying to steer taxpayer funds to everything from gun ranges and a military museum to a course designed…

Haider Ali Khan, patriarch of the now-defunct Quality Health Plans Inc., has been arrested and charged with more than a dozen felonies involving health...

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson wants Florida to be ready if and when a hurricane strikes.That's why during a recent Senate Armed Services committee hearing,…

Today, most kids may recognize the names Leonardo and Michelangelo from a group of turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles who take their names from the…

Sunday marks the 4th anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Even though most of the visible oil is gone, the effects of chemical…

The Pulitzer Prizes honoring excellence in journalism were handed out last week -- including the Public Service award to The Washington Post and The…

The Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe has no permanent members, but it's hosting tens of thousands of worshippers today –- it's across the street from Walt Disney World.

More than 36,000 runners and an estimated 1 million spectators are going to be on and along the streets for the 118th marathon — the first since last year's bombings.