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Busch Gardens' Falcon's Fury is finally open. After testing that took months, the tallest free-standing drop tower in North America is now giving people…

Six Florida groups have been awarded a total of $4.7 million in federal Healthy Start grants aimed at improved maternal health and lower infant...

A man being sought in connection with four deaths in Pasco County was taken into custody early Friday morning in Tampa.The Tampa Bay Times says Adam Matos…

A mid-level disturbance will almost guarantee periods of heavy rain for parts of the state this weekend, especially Friday and Saturday afternoon where...

The private plane left Rochester, N.Y. at 8:45 a.m. EDT and lost contact with air traffic controllers at 10 a.m. EDT. Fighter jets intercepted it, but broke off when the plane entered Cuban airspace.

Florida officials have announced plans to file an appeal to a federal judge’s ruling finding Florida’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. Department of...

There's no doubt in anybody's mind that the beheadings of American journalists by ISIS extremists is news.But the distribution of videos of those…

Lily Eskelsen Garcia is the first Latina elected to lead the country’s largest union – the National Education Association.Thursday was her fourth day on…

Escalating unrest in the Ukraine is adding urgency to NASA’s decision on the space craft that will replace the shuttle.The space agency is expected to…

Two days before the fall semester recently started at the University of South Florida, William Garrison was walking through the main Library on the Tampa…

The University of South Florida has been awarded by far the largest grant in the state to hire "navigators" who help uninsured people sign up for health...

This morning, Florida officials recognized the 16th annual Missing Children’s Day at the state Capitol. Last year, Florida law enforcement officers...

Both sides on November's referendum to replace property taxes with a sales tax hike in Pinellas County are gearing up their campaigns. The opposition has…

University of Miami president Donna Shalala says she’s stepping down next year from the job she’s held since 2001. 

Shalala came to the university...

Governor Rick Scott is promising a billion dollar tax cut over the next two years.Scott campaigned for re-election Monday in Winter Park and Kissimmee.In…

Looking over the state of U.S. science funding these days, it's hard not to get depressed. But the BoldlyGo Institute challenges us to remember that the stakes are too high to give up.

This November, voters in Florida will decide whether or not to legalize medical marijuana. Recently, The Ledger of Lakeland hosted a forum on Amendment 2.…

State regulators have hurriedly released a revamped framework for Florida's new medical-marijuana industry, making minor changes after a legislative panel…

U.S. News and World Report has tallied up the data on nearly 1,800 colleges and universities around the country and issued its 2015 Best College Rankings.…

Florida legislators are signing off on a long list of projects that are intended to aid the quality of several of the state's springs.Money is now flowing…

The Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission heard lots of public comment from taxi drivers and ride-sharing service supporters alike at a…

In an ordinary house on an ordinary street near Orlando live some extraordinary children. To stay alive, they depend on machines and tubes and the...

Attorneys for Michael Dunn will have to wait a little longer to find out if his second murder trial will stay in Jacksonville.

While sunscreen is essential in protecting South Florida beach goers' skin, a new study from the Spanish National Research Council shows the skin...

NASA has finished building the crew module of its newest spacecraft- Orion.The spacecraft was moved out of the Kennedy Space Center facility Thursday…