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Scott Burgett bends down and touches the leafy flower of the hemp plant, rubbing his fingers together.“This is the cherry citrus,” Burgett said. “You can…

Syllables are the building blocks of spoken language. And now a study of brain activity hints at how we extract them from a stream of speech.

Two endangered Florida panthers have been found dead in as many days, bringing the total number of deaths this year to 26.The Florida Fish and Wildlife…

In the first program of its kind in the nation, the West Los Angeles VA has opened its campus to veterans who sleep in their cars. Officials say it's a...

A new report says that one reason has to do with white people's perceptions that they're losing financial dominance as people of color are making gains.

Every spring, a national military family support group called Operation Homefront honors outstanding children whose parents are serving in the military.…

Democrats and gun-control advocates took aim Friday at Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam after the Tampa Bay Times reported that a former employee of...

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments Aug. 28 in a dispute about whether a Broward County sheriff’s deputy could use the state’s “stand your...

The Trump administration's decision to stop defending in court the Obama health law's popular protections for consumers with pre-existing conditions...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal that...

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is proposing a plan to reduce in-person visitation hours. That comes at the same time it rolls out a for...

The Tampa Police Department will host its third Active Shooter Awareness seminar Thursday night.The sessions are modeled after the Department of Homeland…

Minh Duong Dinh was born to Vietnamese parents in the Netherlands, before the family moved to Cape Coral six years ago. His father works for a furniture…

Two people have been hit by lightning in Florida after a severe storm rolled through part of the state.

On the morning of June 12, 2016, police officer Omar Delgado pulled his cruiser up to his two-story townhome in Sanford and sat in silence for 15...

Advocacy organization The Poor People’s Campaign has taken up the cause of calling for a $15 minimum wage. A group advocating for small businesses doesn...

This week on Florida Matters, we hear the story of a recent graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland who survived the February mass…

Florida’s embattled medical marijuana office continues wading through rulemaking—two years after Florida voters approved the system. But the industry is...

Florida residents will soon be able get Amber Alerts in several new ways with a revised notification system on a new platform from the Florida...

Teenagers today struggle with many challenges. But parents and others who work closely with teens also face serious questions that a free weekend…

Seniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland recently celebrated graduation, but they had to do so while still dealing with the trauma from…

With frustration mounting over lawmakers' inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and...

Next school year the Duval County School District could employ double the current number of therapists. That’s part of its plan to strengthen mental...

A big discrepancy between Puerto Rico’s official death toll from Hurricane Maria and lives lost according to Harvard researchers has prompted U.S....

It’s now been two years after the Pulse nightclub mass shooting that left 49 people dead in Orlando. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) says it’s time...