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UPDATED: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 2:20 PM Gov. Rick Scott has vetoed a part of the state budget that would’ve compensated residents in Lee and Broward...

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an emergency petition on Monday seeking to keep the state's ban on gay marriage in place past Jan. 5.Bondi and…

The daily death toll from COVID-19 in Florida again increased by 60 on Thursday. It was a repeat of Wednesday’s daily increase; the second-largest since…

State health officials recorded the coronavirus-related deaths of 183 people Tuesday, bringing the statewide death toll to 10,717. The greater Tampa Bay region reported 63 deaths Tuesday.

According to state health officials, the number of new positive COVID-19 tests continued to decline Monday, bearing out a downward trend that began at the beginning of the month.

The Florida Department of Health reports 41,923 people have tested positive for the coronavirus; an increase of 941 people since Monday.Ninety-seven of…

The positivity rate for new cases was at its lowest level since the end of January.

We examine the impact COVID-19 has had on students in Florida during a special report starting Sunday afternoon at 3 on WUSF 89.7, followed by a conversation about the series on Florida Matters, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Death figures typically lag a few weeks behind cases, so it’s possible the numbers will start to decline later this month if downward trends for new positive tests continue.

It's the latest honor for Goodman, whose quick thinking was credited with helping to keep the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection from escalating even further.

Mark Finchem was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and is a longstanding member of the right-wing extremist group the Oath Keepers.

Two customers who bought $6 worth of Barilla pasta say they were duped. They thought they were buying products made in Italy. What they got was made in Iowa and New York.

Officials say a 6-year-old boy and a man in his 20s were killed when a Palestinian driver rammed a car into a group of people at a bus stop in a largely ultra-Orthodox Jewish settlement neighborhood.

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has raised $15 million over the past three weeks for its emergency fund. The Entertainment Community Fund has received over $6 million since the WGA went on strike.

More than 1.6 million Hyundais and 1.7 million Kias are at risk of engine compartment fires. Owners of the affected vehicles are urged to park them outside and away from homes and buildings.

Alex Anzalone's parents were at Raymond James Stadium to watch their son in the Lions' 20-6 win over the Bucs. They were among about 50 people affiliated with a Naples-based church who were in Israel when war against Hamas broke out.

The Pinellas County Commission will vote Tuesday on a plan to build a new stadium for the Rays as part of one a redevelopment of the Historic Gas Plant District.

Earlier this week, Taiwanese-American attorney Grace Meng won the Democratic primary for New York's newly redrawn 6th Congressional District. If she wins the general election in November, she'll become New York City's first Asian-American member of Congress.

The National Weather Service warned of increased fire danger in the region due to a combination of critically dry fuels and very low relative humidity.

The Office of Public Counsel, which represents consumers in utility issues, filed a notice that it was appealing regulators' approval of the increases, as did the groups Florida Rising and LULAC Florida.

As USF researchers and government officials, including U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, get ready to tour the grounds of what was once the the Dozier School for…

The New Jersey Democrat cited a lack of money to sustain a campaign that can win the Democratic nomination. His exit reduces the diversity of the field further, as three candidates of color remain.

The widow of Rep. Ron Wright, who died after a COVID-19 diagnosis, will face state Rep. Jake Ellzey, who came in second place. Saturday's special election drew 23 candidates.

"After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage," the couple wrote in a joint statement.

While Americans are booking more international trips, the U.S. remains closed to most international visitors, including Canadians.