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As Duke Energy pleaded guilty Thursday in a North Carolina courtroom to nine criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act, federal prosecutors…

Florida will now be joining several other states in online voter registration, after Governor Rick Scott signed the bill into law Friday.

A new report released by the U.S. Coast Guard says more Floridians are involved in boating accidents than anywhere else in the nation. There were close...

There’s a big legal gray area in Florida when it comes to ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber. Technically they’re operating illegally, but local...

Health care’s a growing industry. But not all health care jobs are created equal. The board that oversees Florida’s universities on Monday will look at...

Compassionate Care Hospice in Lakeland can restart operations soon, as Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill into law, reports the Ledger of Lakeland. The...

It's not just people who flock to the shore during Memorial Day weekend. Audubon Florida is reminding Floridians that birds are also nesting on the…

Author Chris Farrell wants to change the conversation about aging and how we spend the last third or even half of our lives. He's a senior economics…

The new American Fitness Index is out, with some good news and bad news. Five cities fell five or more slots; Washington, D.C., finished first, followed by Minneapolis-St. Paul.

As Gov. Rick Scott's newly created health care commission prepares to meet today to begin sifting through data about hospital funding, the governor's...

Two Valencia College students in Orlando have filed a lawsuit alleging students were "browbeat" into having pelvic ultrasounds performed on them....

The Florida Department of Education says that the math tests taken by nearly 550,000 students won't count this school year.The department sent out a memo…

In a new study, a team of scientists says there’s a definite link between the massive BP oil spill in 2010 and a record number of dolphin deaths along the…

Two years ago, a little boy with a leaky heart valve was rolled into the operating room at Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital in Orlando. Before...

Gov. Rick Scott's hospital commission held its first meeting Wednesday, overwhelmed by mounds of data but intent on determining whether hospitals that...

Among those who will be remembered this Memorial Day is 1st Lt. Ashley White, a member of an all-female, all-Army Cultural Support Team attached to a…

The hurricane planes known affectionately as “Miss Piggy” and “Kermit” are getting new Rolls-Royce engines, new wings and better radar.Every hurricane…

The House and Senate have long been divided about a proposal to expand health coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income Floridians. But when...

It wasn’t until the Maffuccis found themselves living on cups of coffee, and coffee alone, that they finally called a food pantry for help.The couple had…

Air Force Reserve Captain Jamie Brunette is described by friends as a vivacious athlete with a huge smile who loved people and loved to run. Malia…

Police have arrested an 82-year-old Lake Wales man for slashing a woman’s tires because he claimed she was sitting in his favorite bingo seat.Fred Smith…

Last month, This American Life did a story about canvassers who identified a way to go door to door and change people’s minds on issues such as same sex…

The State Department removed Havana from the list following a thawing of relations with the United States.

Humana shares soared well beyond all-time high prices Friday afternoon on speculation that the company, one of the nation's biggest health insurers and...

The Florida House this week sent a bill (HB 269) to Gov. Rick Scott that would allow terminally ill patients to have access to experimental drugs. The...