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In the 1950's, a group of African-Americans painted elaborate Florida natural landscapes they sold as an alternative to working in the fields.Local…

The Dali Museum will getting a bit more than 15 minutes of fame beginning in January. That's when an exhibition showcasing the works of Andy Warhol go on…

Florida student scores improved on a key national standardized test, including some of the largest eighth grade reading and math gains in the country.But…

As the NFL investigates, a player who was with the team in recent years writes that "the most outlandish lie" is that Dolphins coaches didn't know what was happening. If Richie Incognito had been hazing teammate Jonathan Martin it would have been known, writes Lydon Murtha.

There was no shortage of stories reporting on the arrests of a 12-year-old girl and 14-year-old girl in Polk County in connection with the suicide of…

Standing at the water’s edge on Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay campus, Nicholas Ogle shows a crowd of teenagers what looks like a giant,…

Barrel-chested Leo Thalassites squints like Clint Eastwood, hops around like Jackie Chan and has been an active cop for nearly six decades. He is 86 years…

In the past decade, Florida’s citrus industry has taken a biological beating.

At age 26, he was the youngest member of Congress when he took office in 2001, but after a decade in Washington, Adam Putnam of Polk County said he wanted…

You might soon be able to go 75 on I-75.Two Florida state senators want to let motorists drive faster on the state's highways.Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St.…

The Republican Party of Florida hasn't wasted any time in attacking Democrat Alex Sink, who has just announced she will run for the congressional seat of…

Members of the local Filipino community are reaching out to help their fellow countrymen devastated by the super-typhoon that struck the island…

A Pasco County man is facing charges that he impersonated a law enforcement officer during an attempt to get discounted doughnuts.Pasco County sheriff's…

Residents of several Dunedin homes have been evacuated due to a possible sinkhole that opened in a backyard early Thursday.Dunedin Deputy Fire Chief Trip…

Alarm for Florida's polluted waterways is reaching Tallahassee and Washington. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi declared the problem during a…

The owner of the Miami Dolphins says he will meet Wednesday with the player who has accused teammates of harassment. Frank Deford says the allegations represent just the most recent disgrace for football.

It's been said that automated vehicles are the car of the future - and always will be. But technology has been advancing so much recently that it won't…

JazzSet host Dee Dee Bridgewater loves WUSF's news, information... and especially all that jazz."Hi, I'm Dee Dee Bridgewater, host of JazzSet. A great…

At Busch Gardens in Tampa Friday morning, Gov. Rick Scott said more people than ever are visiting Florida. From July through September, Florida welcomed…

Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry is hosting "I Love Africa," a fair trade African marketplace Saturday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 17. The event…

It's a mystery: What caused him to fall from a small plane flying over the Atlantic near Miami? Now one important clue. His body appears to have been found.

Charlie Crist has to close a sale.The one-time Republican governor now wants to become governor as a Democrat.But he needs to convince Democrats he’s now…

Anxious mice calm down when they get an infusion of gut microbes from mellow mice. That has scientists wondering if gut microbes play a role in the human brain, too. Research on that is only just beginning. But it's intriguing to think there could be a real truth to the phrase "gut feelings."

It was 50 years ago today that President John F. Kennedy became the first sitting president to visit Tampa.Kennedy’s plane landed at MacDill Air Force…

The former Neighborhood Watch volunteer acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin allegedly threatened his girlfriend with a gun.