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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced the appointments of 11 researchers to a reinvigorated task force looking into combating red tide. The most recent…

Health officials have long touted the benefits of breastfeeding.According to The American Academy of Pediatrics, human milk protects against a variety of…

Florida is not doing enough to prevent cancer or care for those who get it, according to a new report from the advocacy arm of the American Cancer…

Weston Mayor Daniel Stermer plans to introduce an ordinance this month banning guns from public facilities in his Broward County city. Thanks to a...

Two female Florida panthers, including one pregnant with two babies, have died after being hit by cars in Southwest Florida last week.The Florida Fish and…

A Homestead detention camp that has housed thousands of undocumented migrant children is emptying out, federal officials said Saturday.Health and Human…

More than two dozen were also injured in the shooting, according to state and local officials. A white man was taken into custody without incident.

Officials named those killed in the attack on Sunday morning; their ages range from 22 to 57. Among them is the suspect's sister. It was the second major mass shooting in the U.S. in under 24 hours.

Winning images in the 2019 competition range from a Mongolian boy with his hunting eagle to the elegant exterior of an Indian observatory.

Prominent Orlando attorney John Morgan continues to put his money behind a proposed constitutional amendment that would gradually raise Florida’s minimum…

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says the revisions will make the landmark conservation law more efficient. Critics say it will hurt endangered plants and animals as they face mounting threats.

The military is spending millions of dollars to clean up water contamination around bases throughout the country. But people living with the...

First it was the heat, and now it's the rain.After enduring a few days of scorching conditions, the Tampa Bay area will have to deal with drenching rains,…

Smog can spike during hot days. A new study finds that the effects of breathing air pollution may be cumulative. Long-term exposure may lead to lung disease, even among people who've never smoked.

Ken Cuccinelli, acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services, says the new rule, which can deny green cards to immigrants who use government benefits, is part of Trump "keeping his promises."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Randy Capps from the Migration Policy Institute about who will be impacted by the Trump administration's "public charge" rule change.

This week on Florida Matters we talk about what communities are doing to keep from releasing sewage and other contaminants into our local waterways. Part…

Florida agriculture leaders met in Gainesville this week to talk about climate change solutions within the industry.The meeting came after a warning from…

South Florida is heading back to school. Palm Beach County students started classes on Monday. Broward and Monroe Counties start Wednesday, and students…

Heading into a critical election year, Florida legislators may have to tighten spending because of a combination of a slowing economy and reverberations…

Four thousand years ago, rising seas decimated huge swaths of mangroves in Florida Bay. Today, seas rising at a far greater rate, combined with...

The Florida Bar has found no probable cause that Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz violated its rules in a tweet he posted about President Donald Trump's…

Americans owe $1.5 trillion dollars in student debt. Some Democratic presidential candidates argue that free tuition is the answer. During a panel…

Bolstered by U.S. and Canadian tourists, Florida’s visitor count continued at a record pace through the second quarter of 2019, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office…

The University of South Florida received the largest financial gift offered to a pharmacy school in the state on Friday, and renamed its school for the…