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A security guard is being held on multiple charges after allegedly firing his gun at two people during a confrontation in a Tampa parking garage.Tampa…

A Florida congresswoman indicted on fraud charges is telling supporters she's being "persecuted" by federal authorities because she's black.U.S. Rep.…

A federal appeals court Monday said a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to block health officials from cutting off Medicare and Medicaid...

Florida has no plans to stop offering kosher meals to prisoners, but corrections officials don't want a federal judge telling them they have to keep...

The statistics are familiar; most startups don't make it. But job growth and innovation are the life blood of a thriving community. On Florida Matters, we…

Honoring the five officers who were killed last week, the president spoke about strains on police and race relations. Former President George W. Bush also called for unity.

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge spanning Tampa Bay is now open following a tanker truck fire.Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Steve Gaskins said in an email that…

Authorities say a woman fatally shot her mother when she accidentally discharged a gun that one of her teenage children brought into their home in…

Three officers were killed and three were injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday. The three slain officers and the suspect — a Marine veteran — have been identified.

A University of South Florida student who came to the United States from Mexico when she was 6 years old is in Cleveland this week, working and studying…

Florida wildlife officials are asking the public for their help in deciding rules for venomous reptiles.

Employees of the Ledger of Lakeland newspaper are trying to form a union after repeated staff cutbacks and no raises for eight years.Reporters,…

With all the hoopla going on during the Republican National Convention, it can be difficult to figure out how true some of those speeches are. So WUSF's…

Jay Thompson is from Chicago where live storytelling is a big deal. That's one of the cities that regularly hosts events such as The Moth, where true…

Following a spate of high-profile shooting deaths nationwide, a gun-rights group Tuesday endorsed a Republican congressional candidate in a conservative...

The University of South Florida men's basketball program is under NCAA investigation for possible academic fraud issues.Assistant coach Oliver Antigua,…

Computers are essential to the operations of airlines. And Wednesday afternoon, a glitch at Southwest Airlines grounded departures across the country,…

A second possible non-travel related case of Zika virus was announced today in Broward County, health officials said.

With Florida poised to again play a key role in the presidential race, Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi took the stage Wednesday at the…

Presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton visited Tampa Friday, in the wind up to her party's convention in Philadelphia.Several thousand people waited in long…

Health officials think two people in Miami may have contracted the virus from local mosquitoes. So they're spraying pesticide to help stop the virus from spreading into Florida's mosquito population.

President Obama praised Wasserman Schultz's service, saying that "her leadership of the DNC has meant that we had someone who brought Democrats together."

While investigations regarding what might be the nation's first locally acquired cases of Zika in Miami-Dade and Broward counties continue, public...

Stephanie White clutches a stack of photos as images of her slain son air on television news accounts of a deadly nightclub shooting in Florida.Her son…

Nearly a year after the expiration of a high-stakes gambling agreement, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and state regulators made pitches last week in a…