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Ben Pickman of The Athletic says the 2025 WNBA season brings superstar debuts, rising rivalries and major questions about pay for athletes.

Sarasota County commissioners ended their final budget workshop Tuesday with little progress on curbing spending, despite earlier vows to rein in ballooning budgets.

In one of the most segregated U.S. regions — New York's suburbs — voters of color are waging an unprecedented redistricting fight with an emerging tool for protecting voting rights at the local level.

This was destined to be a Christmas-y week on the Billboard Hot 100.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill that prohibits Florida's government agencies from releasing photos, video or audio that record the killing of a person…

A federal appeals court has ruled that the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers is not entitled to damages from BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.At issue…

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida has been indicted after a federal investigation into a fraudulent charity with ties to the congresswoman.Brown was…

Bernard Ebbers, who as the once-swaggering CEO of WorldCom oversaw the largest corporate fraud in U.S. history, wept in court Wednesday after a judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison -- the toughest sentence yet in the string of recent corporate scandals.

The Producers began as a 1968 film and became a Broadway hit in 2001. This Christmas, a new film version opens. Stars Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane talk about the move from stage to screen.

Rep. James Buchanan of Sarasota - who is the son of veteran Congressman Vern Buchanan - now has Democratic opposition in his race for re-election.

Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, many users have fled the platform. Among those packing their bags and heading out? Members of Black Twitter.

Authorities say social media posts bolstered their investigation into a video of a shark being dragged behind a speeding boat in Florida.Three men were…

A lawyer from South Florida with ties to the state's medical marijuana industry has won the Florida Democratic primary for agriculture commissioner.Nikki…

A Florida man suspected of igniting several marine flares in a mall corridor has been arrested.The Lakeland Ledger reports 31-year-old Patrick Joseph…

Florida's state-created property insurer is probably going to raise its rates again.The board that oversees Citizens Property Insurance will vote Tuesday…

A Democratic candidate for Florida's attorney general is filing a lawsuit that contends that Gov. Rick Scott isn't following the law that requires him to…

Florida's orange crop this season is 16 percent smaller than last season.The final estimate released Tuesday showed that Florida produced 81.5 million…

An outgoing state utility regulator is landing a new job to head Florida's parks system after the old director was abruptly demoted.The Department of…

Duke Energy Florida asked state regulators on Thursday to approve a rate increase of about 8.5 percent that would take effect in 2018, according to a…

Author James Traub talks about Kofi Annan's legacy at the U.N. The secretary-general gives his farewell speech in Independence, Mo., on Monday.

Can classical music get down and party? Some jazz musicians sure think so.

Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski has instituted a statewide hiring freeze in an attempt to prepare for the economic crunch brought on by his state's crippled Prudhoe Bay oil pipelines.

Federal law requires public schools to accommodate special needs students.

This new setting isn’t announced through in-app notifications, rather it is automatically enabled unless users turn it off.

The future of healthcare for millions of people will get a key vote at the Capitol on Thursday.