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A class action lawsuit against the Polk County Sheriff and the agency's treatment of juvenile detainees is underway in federal court in Tampa.The Southern…

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that eight of 10 people will be able to use the government's health care…

The Florida Board of Governors has officially designated Marshall Criser to head the state’s public university system. Criser’s appointment comes after...

Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist is leading Republican Gov. Rick Scott by 7 points in a poll released Thursday, but the lead is much closer than…

John Petrila's health policy class at the University of South Florida is full of undergraduate students glued to their smartphones, tablets and laptops....

The sexual assault case involving Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston has devolved into a series of conflicting claims, first with a statement…

Florida Republican Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and received a year's probation, said…

After a bumpy summer, there are signs that the state's economic recovery is picking up once again.Florida released new jobless numbers Friday that showed…

Four days before his assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited Tampa, greeted by thousands of people lining his…

The mother of a Lakeland girl who committed suicide after complaining about being bullied said Monday that she will push lawmakers to pass new…

George Zimmerman had five guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition with him when deputies arrested him earlier this month on domestic violence charges,…

This weekend the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be honoring a significant figure in the history of the Seminole tribe.She escaped her captors on a journey…

With temperatures dropping into the 30s tonight, officials in Hillsborough and Pasco counties are opening cold-weather shelters. TBO.com says the…

People come from all over the world to savor the food and wine of Tampa’s Bern’s Steak House. Now, after a great meal, they’ll have a place to lay their…

Saint Leo University has formed a polling institute, the first of its kind for the state of Florida.The institute will address both state and national…

Highlights magazine salutes Talk of the Nationwith this "Check... and Double Check" game featuring Neal Conan.

A federal grand jury indicted Dzohkhar Tsarnaev on 30 counts, including using a weapon of mass destruction and killing four people. U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz says Tsarnaev could face a punishment of life in prison, or possibly the death penalty.

An overhaul of high school graduation standards, an attempt to ban bongs and additional restrictions on abortion are on a long list of new Florida laws…

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s officials are calling Saturday's killing of Fred William Turner, Jr. on Interstate 4 an apparent case of mistaken…

Whether they’re offering predatory car loans or trying to sell burial services at the VA National Cemeteries – there are scammers who prey on active-duty…

Jurors in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial heard testimony Monday from the first investigator to interview him after he fatally shot…

The 19 "hotshots" who were killed while fighting a wildfire over the weekend were remembered on Monday in Prescott, Ariz. The simple tolling of a bell and the reading of their names brought home the sad story. Meanwhile, the fire they were fighting continues to burn.

Since its launch in 2003, GALEX photographed nebulae and spiral galaxies, and "used its ultraviolet vision to study hundreds of millions of galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic time," NASA says.

Laughter -- it's good for what ails you.That was the conclusion of a 2010 study by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.…

Local businessman and philanthropist Olin Mott has died at the age of 92.Mott, who dropped out of school after sixth grade to sell peanuts to help support…