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Updated at 2:12 a.m. TuesdayMichael gained new strength over warm tropical waters amid fears it would swiftly intensify into a major hurricane before…

Michael became a hurricane Monday morning and is expected to strengthen before striking the Florida Panhandle later this week.However, AAA does not…

With Hurricane Michael expected to blast Florida this week, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday expanded a state of emergency to include 35 counties and asked...

Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women. One reason may be that they face economic and cultural barriers to taking the medications that can prevent recurrence.

Florida's voters threatened by Hurricane Michael will get an extra day to register to vote ahead of the state's closely-watched races for governor and…

Paramedics in Sarasota County are turning away from opioids to treat patients in pain.Instead, they will primarily use nitrous oxide also known as…

The Gulf Coast of Florida is already feeling impacts of Hurricane Michael with minor coastal flooding due to storm surge and high tide.Flooding and some…

Updated 5:30 p.m.The National Hurricane Center says Michael has lost some power, but it remains a dangerous Category 3 storm as it approaches an area…

The group Florida Realtors has poured $6.6 million into its political committee aimed at Amendment 2’s passage.

With a new Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood is planning for a more difficult legal landscape for abortion rights. Abortion rights opponents see an opportunity they haven't had in decades.

Days after ending a turbulent Supreme Court confirmation fight, the Senate turned back to health care — with a battle squarely aimed at coloring next...

A federal judge has rejected a request from the Florida Democratic Party to force the state to extend a voter-registration deadline because of Hurricane…

The Sarasota County Commission has rejected a preemptive ban on recreational marijuana because of an error found in the ordinance.In May, the County…

An agency pilot program aims to bypass regulations that can make it hard for veterans to get cutting-edge medical treatment.

A year after Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida’s citrus industry, growers are on pace to slightly surpass their production from two years ago.

Local and state officials held a ceremonial ribbon cutting Friday to celebrate the TECO Line Streetcar System going fare-free for the next three years.In…

Seven companies and four men are facing charges, accused of roles in a $1 billion telemedicine fraud scheme that deceived tens of thousands of patients...

People ages 65 and older and those with qualifying disabilities have until December 7 to choose between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage which...

People in the Florida Panhandle desperately need help — in the form of cash, food and cleaning supplies — after Hurricane Michael smashed ashore as a...

The 2018 General Election ballot will feature 12 constitutional amendments after the Florida Supreme Court struck Amendment 8 from the ballot in…

Fall officially began three weeks ago, but it certainly doesn’t feel like it in Florida this week. Not even close! Whatever that was over the weekend –…

Prosecutors are trying to determine whether a Florida city commissioner should be charged in the fatal shooting of a man he accused of shoplifting a…

According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, one in five veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.But…

Pot sales begin today in Canada, which is only the second country after Uruguay to legalize the drug for recreational use.

One cellphone company says it already had begun crediting customers for the lack of service due to outages in Florida counties hit by Hurricane Michael.