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Forecasters say Tropical Storm Peter has formed over the Atlantic Ocean early Sunday.

A Utah county sheriff said Friday detectives have determined there is no connection between the disappearance of a Florida woman who went missing during a cross-country trip with her boyfriend and a still-unsolved slaying of two women who were fatally shot.

The state Department of Health added 75,906 new COVID-19 cases this week, bringing the state’s total to nearly 3.5 million since the pandemic began. But deaths from the August surge continue to rise.

Florida’s unemployment rate dropped by a tenth of a percent in August, down to 5 percent.

Officials say eight central Florida sheriff’s deputies have been cleared of wrongdoing in a shootout with two children.

Health officials say the state of Florida has surpassed 50,000 coronavirus deaths since the pandemic began.

The 22-year-old blogger has documented her country-wide travels on Instagram and TikTok for the last two years.

Tax watchdogs are sounding the alarm about a provision in President Joe Biden’s proposed tax plan that they’re calling a “hurricane tax.”

Florida will start issuing $5,000 fines Thursday to businesses, schools and government agencies that require people to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.

A federal judge has declined to block a ban imposed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to prevent mandating masks for Florida school students amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

This week, county-level COVID-19 deaths statistics have been made available for the first time since Florida shut down its daily COVID-19 dashboard in June.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans Tuesday to end the Florida Standards Assessments, also known as FSA, testing for students across the state, a move applauded by the state's largest teachers union.

The Emu was reunited with his family. We are sure it was an “emutional” reunion.

Officials say three students at a South Florida junior high school have been arrested and charged with making threats on social media to shoot up their school.

The University of Florida is among the top five public universities in the nation, according to the annual rankings released Monday by U.S. News & World Report.

The state's mandate ban is in effect, but some school districts with mandates say they're not changing their policies.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened local governments with $5,000 fines per violation for requiring their employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus that has overrun hospitals across the state.

“It’s extremely disappointing,” Vonzel Hudson, a Jaguars fan, said. “Heartbreaking. Especially when you know you have the number one draft and he’s supposed to put up big numbers.”

A special ceremony was held Monday in Tallahassee to mark Florida Missing Children’s Day.

A Florida man has been arrested on charges he exposed himself at various toll collectors over a week’s span.

Officials say a 59-year-old man drowned while visiting Daytona Beach.

A 70-year-old man has been accused of slamming a child to the ground at a playground after yelling that kids were making too much noise.

Three Republican presidential prospects have sharply condemned President Joe Biden’s handling of the end of the war in Afghanistan.