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Tanya Fox ignored evacuation warnings three years ago when Hurricane Matthew pummeled the Bahamas with its Category 4 fury – and survived in a nearby…

Florida's only Democrat elected to statewide office turned her focus Thursday to energy conservation, as Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried unveiled a…

With his execution scheduled for Nov. 7, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal from a Death Row inmate convicted in the 1985 murder of…

As a child, Willie Ito spent nearly three years in a Japanese American internment camp. At StoryCorps, he tells his son how he went from doodling on Sears catalogs to animating for Walt Disney.

When the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 in Wednesday night’s American League wild-card game, the focus quickly turned away from their…

UPDATED: Education Reform Now has acknowledged its report was inaccurate and has reissued the report with an apology. Read more here . South Florida...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a showdown about one of his highest-profile decisions: the ouster of Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, whose fate now rests…

A Democratic senator wants to require high-school students to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Initial reporting can leave lasting impressions after a hurricane — and that can be really damaging to a tourism destination.

A report recently released by the United Nations's International Panel on Climate Change finds that oceans around the world are in trouble. More than...

President Donald Trump is pledging to protect Medicare. The president visited The Villages in central Florida – a collection of communities for...

Last year, after Hurricane Michael wrought havoc in the Panhandle, school officials began raising concerns about an emergent mental health crisis among...

Vaping has attracted a new generation to nicotine, and is fueling a dangerous outbreak of lung disease. If you're a parent of a teen you're probably worried. But what should you say to your kids?

Walt Disney World park-goers were stuck for hours aboard the Florida resort's newly launched aerial cable car system Saturday night, prompting…

Officials say Florida trappers have captured a record-setting python as part of a growing effort that encourages hunters to remove the invasive snakes…

Fans still have the opportunity to see if the Tampa Bay Rays can stay alive today in their American League Division Series against the Houston…

Therapists in Tampa are once again able to conduct the controversial procedure known as conversion therapy after a federal judge struck down a city ban on…

For the next several weeks, WUSF News and The Zest podcast are collaborating on a special reporting project on honey bees. SPECIAL REPORT: The Buzz On…

More than 2,000 people recently attended a funeral for a veteran because they didn't want him to be buried alone, but a Florida newspaper reports that the…

A state task force examining ways to fix Florida’s dirty water narrowed its recommendations on Monday by suggesting tighter rules for septic tanks and...

On Sept. 16, Tulare County in California announced the nation’s seventh death from vaping-related illness. Its advisory warned about “the dangerous...

Minority women believe it’s their time to be role models in the male-dominated STEM field and a $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation is…

Immigration advocates say 7,200 Florida children could be harmed if their parents lose Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – or DACA - benefits that…

Calling the process “an administrative nightmare,” a federal judge on Tuesday urged the Florida Legislature to revamp a state law aimed at carrying out a…

The Tampa Bay Rays never doubted themselves, even with Justin Verlander looking to end their season.Willy Adames homered and made a sensational relay…