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For the millions of people who are still without power across Florida, heat illness can be a concern.

The ten-part documentary by filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick is at times graphic, and people who work with veterans say it may trigger traumatic...

A group of teachers and Florida's teacher union are going to court to stop the state's "Best and Brightest" teacher bonus program.The Florida Education…

It’s the middle of the day in Deland, a city between Orlando and Daytona Beach. Temperatures today are in the 90s.

Dozens of nursing homes continued Thursday to lack electricity or had been evacuated because of Hurricane Irma, as the state grappled with the deaths of...

Carbon monoxide poisoning from generators has reportedly killed five Floridians in the wake of Irma. Here are some ways to prevent exposure to the...

Hurricane Irma’s state-engulfing radar signature and widespread damage will be a hard image to shake, but tourism experts say Florida’s biggest industry...

As if loss of air conditioning and refrigeration weren't bad enough, widespread power outages in hurricane-battered Florida are teaming with structural…

The Pinellas County School Board is expected to vote Tuesday on whether or not to join a legal challenge to a controversial new education law.If approved,…

University of South Florida St. Petersburg Regional Chancellor Sophia Wisniewska is out after four years on the job. USF President Judy Genshaft never…

No, that Facebook post telling you to take a picture of your empty fridge and send it along a form is not correct. Florida Power and Light Company (FPL)...

Authorities say three people suffered injuries in a chemical explosion at a Polk County warehouse.Lakeland Fire Department officials said about 50 people…

Thousands of Florida residents are being urged to evacuate a week after Hurricane Irma's rains are overflowing the Withlacoochee River.Hernando County…

Florida homeowners have more time to update their insurance policies. Governor Rick Scott signed an emergency order to help homeowners in the aftermath...

As Hurricane Irma bore down on South Florida, Kevin Youngman and his family sought shelter at Falcon Cove Middle School in Weston. There, he found...

The nursing home where residents died following a hurricane-induced air conditioning outage was not on the priority list for power restoration,...

The first 911 call from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills didn't sound ominous: A nursing home patient had an abnormal heartbeat.

Maria could be the second major hurricane in as many weeks to threaten the islands of the northeast Caribbean. A Hurricane Warning has been issued for...

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is putting blue plastic sheeting on homes damaged by Hurricane Irma.Right now, the Operation Blue Roof…

With restoration continuing this week after Hurricane Irma, Florida Department of Health officials are warning residents about standing water left by the…

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Monday that the path of Hurricane Irma "could not have been more lethal" to the state's farmers and that…

The outlook is grim again for Florida’s budget drafters—and that’s before considering the cost of Hurricane Irma. State forecasters are warning the...

Irma was an epic storm. It was stronger and bigger than almost all hurricanes on record and lasted longer than any storm on record. From the Lower...

Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc not only on people and buildings, but on nature. Birds were pushed by the winds from the Caribbean into Florida, and the…

With the deaths of nine residents of a Broward County nursing home after Hurricane Irma, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla...