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It’s been just over a month since University of South Florida student veteran Kiersten Downs dipped her bicycle’s rear wheel into the Pacific Ocean – a…

It happened shortly after 11 a.m. A semi-truck hauling sand had a mechanical failure, crashing into a car and the center barrier, closing down several…

Video reports show smoke billowing from Flight 214 and it appears to have broken into at least two large pieces. Images from the scene also show many passengers walking away from the crippled jet.

SANFORD, Fla. — Trayvon Martin's fatal shooting garnered worldwide attention when the man who fatally shot him wasn't arrested for weeks – a backlash…

So you want to start a business in Florida? You're not alone.Floridians are more entrepreneurial than the United States as a whole, according to the 2012…

The Florida Lottery says it topped $5 billion in sales for the first time during the fiscal year that ended June 30.The department made the announcement…

Even as the people of Lac-Mégantic whose homes weren't destroyed return, dozens of their neighbors remain missing. The town was devastated Saturday when a freight train derailed and tank cars filled with oil exploded.

The search for Florida's next lieutenant governor will be an inside job.The Tampa Bay Times reports that Governor Rick Scott said on Monday that the…

SANFORD, Fla. -- George Zimmerman's attorney says the defense will likely wrap up its case in the neighborhood watch volunteer's second-degree murder…

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on NPR's Code Switch blog, which explores race, culture and ethnicity.One gray spring afternoon last year,…

When most people hear the phrase "occupational health and safety," they probably think of OSHA, the federal government organization that regulates…

Tampa Police have found a homeless woman who left Tampa General Hospital this past weekend before she had learned that she has tuberculosis.The Tampa Bay…

As the high-profile trial of the man accused in the death of Trayvon Martin nears its end, race hasn't been talked about in the courtroom. But the issue is running through the case, legal experts tell NPR.

Appearing in the same Boston federal courtroom as many of the victims of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty to 30 counts Wednesday, including using a weapon of mass destruction in the bombings, which killed three people and wounded more than 260.

Twenty bodies have been recovered so far. Authorities hold out little hope that any of the 30 other people missing after Saturday's train derailments and explosions are still alive.

Are you a traditional consumer of media, a social consumer or a lurker? Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute's "Sense-Making Project" said that the…

Allegations of sexual impropriety in the Lakeland, Florida police department (LPD) have shaken the police department and the community.A State Attorney's…

It's a special day and a special offer for active-duty military, veterans and their families at the Tampa Museum of Art, 120 W Gasparilla PlazaTampa,…

Though he was found not guilty of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman is "now going to feel what it's like to be a black man in America," writes a young African-American in a Facebook post that's gone viral.

Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton said they were "devastated" by the verdict. "How can you let the killer of an unarmed teen go free?" Tracy asked of the jury.

Stevie Wonder's message is about 5,000 signatures short of being signed, sealed and delivered to Tallahassee.A day after George Zimmerman's acquittal in…

Jenna Conti, also known as Eden Sirene, wants to show off her fins at her local pools. But rules are rules, the community board says. And the rules say no fins in the pool.

Florida legislators this year diverted state money from medical research studies in order to give $30 million to cancer centers, no-strings-attached, says…

Since the Zimmerman verdict, countless black men have recounted stories of being treated with suspicion — a list that now includes both the president and the attorney general.

More mental health programs are needed for male veterans who are living with Military Sexual Trauma (MST) according to a top psychologist and researcher…