Crime

The state's Education commissioner threatens to sanction educators who make posts critical of Charlie Kirk, the conservative political activist who was assassinated this week.

Court documents show Pinellas County's state attorney's office concluded “the facts and circumstances revealed do not warrant prosecution at this time.”

Federal prosecutors say two leaders with the Kingdom of God Global Church forced people to work as servants and staff call centers without pay.

Leavitt, who is scheduled to be enshrined in the Bulls' Athletics Hall of Fame in October, is accused of grabbing an ex-girlfriend and taking her Louis Vuitton purse, clutch and wallet during a domestic incident.

Three new criminal charges were filed in March and a civil lawsuit this month against Gabriel Hemenez, former member of the Ignite Life Center and a volunteer at its summer camp.

The interim sheriff is calling for a "forensic audit" of the department following an investigation into that resulted in racketeering charges against Lopez.

Florida may carry out more executions in 2025 than in any other year in recent history. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed nine death warrants so far. Seven have been carried out.

The "critically missing" youths, ages 9 to 17, are receiving treatment and housing after Operation Dragon Eye, a two-week initiative involving federal, state and local law enforcement and organizations.

The suspended player faces charges of sexual abuse involving a girl who was 14 years old at the time.

Michael Bell, 54, is scheduled to die by lethal injection July 15 for the mistaken-revenge killing of two people outside of Jacksonville bar in 1993.

Brown, who played with Tampa Bay during its 2020-21 Super Bowl year, is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier.

Suggs, who was hired by her alma mater in September, is accused of misusing a credit card issued to her when she was CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation.