4 hours agoFlorida adds 10,109 COVID-19 cases; Duval, 4 neighboring counties also show daily record increases
5 hours agoVideo: Florida police laugh after shooting rubber bulletsNewly released body camera footage shows Florida police officers laughing and celebrating after shooting protesters with rubber bullets during a May protest against polic...
20 hours agoFlorida felons seeking voting rights back face court setbackA federal appellate court has delivered a setback to Florida felons seeking to have their voting rights restored.
21 hours ago2 corrections contractors die from coronavirus complicationsTwo employees of contractors who work with the Florida Department of Corrections have died of complications related to COVID-19, state officials confirmed on Wednesday.
1 day agoFlorida governor signs abortion parental consent billGirls under the age of 18 will have to get a parent’s permission before having an abortion under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
1 day agoFlorida governor’s order on evictions, foreclosures extended through JulyGov. Ron DeSantis late Tuesday extended until Aug. 1 an executive order that seeks to help prevent foreclosures and evictions amid job losses and financial problems cause...
1 day agoFlorida streak of 5,000+ daily cases of COVID-19 continuesThe testing and trend lines for coronavirus cases in Florida and around greater Jacksonville are still way too high and predicted to stay there for the near future.
1 day agoFlorida doctor: Infections will rise for weeks to comeAs Florida enters the height of summer tourist season, the state’s largest cities and counties have halted business re-openings, closed beaches and mandated masks, hoping...
1 day agoElections officials face ‘dynamic and changing’ situationFace shields, temperature checks and disposable pens are just some of the safeguards Florida officials plan to employ to combat COVID-19, as they brace for elections in A...
Florida governor signs into law bill to speed up recountsFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill that allows local elections officials across the state to use a secondary system to speed up recounts and verify the ...
Miami’s Black officers conflicted about protests, loyaltiesDuring the first demonstrations in downtown Miami against police brutality toward Blacks, hundreds of protesters marched through the streets as squads of officers ringed ...
Gov. DeSantis signs 15 bills, budget awaits actionGov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday signed 15 bills from this year’s legislative session, including a measure aimed at helping protect firefighters from cancer-causing chemical...
Hospital bed availability varies by countyAbout 76 percent of the state’s hospital beds and about 79 percent of adult intensive-care unit beds were occupied Friday as Florida faces a continuing surge in COVID-19 ...
DDJ youth, worker COVID-19 cases total 174Florida’s juvenile-justice system has had 85 COVID-19 cases involving youths and 89 involving workers after substantial increases during the past month, according to numb...
2 more Florida inmates die from COVID-19 complicationsAs the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida skyrockets, Department of Corrections officials reported Friday that two more state inmates have died of complications from the...
2 furloughed Disney World musicians keep playing and playingIn mid-March, when Disney World was supposed to be closing for two weeks, professional musicians Kathy and Jeff Thomas decided to start playing from theit home.
DeSantis announces $250M to help Floridians pay rent & mortgagesMore than 2,500 Floridians would already be facing eviction if not for the moratorium put in place by the governor.
Parkland parents appeal mental health rulingsParents of victims in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have gone to the Florida Supreme Court in disputes about alleged negligence by a ment...
Hepatitis A cases continue to mountFlorida had 56 cases of hepatitis A during the first three weeks of June, bringing its total to 661 this year, according to new data posted on the state Department of Hea...
Florida COVID-19 inmate deaths increase to 21The number of Florida inmates who have died from COVID-19 has climbed to 21, while nearly 1,800 prisoners have tested positive for the disease, the Florida Department of ...
Florida university reopening plans given green lightAs Gov. Ron DeSantis increasingly points to young adults as the source for a spike in coronavirus cases in Florida, public universities across the state are moving forwar...
Judge weighs battle over Florida unemployment systemAfter four hours of arguments Monday, a judge will decide whether to move forward with a potential class-action lawsuit stemming from massive problems in Florida’s unempl...
2nd presidential debate moves from Michigan to FloridaThe nonpartisan commission that sponsors presidential debates says a debate that had been scheduled to be held in Michigan will now take place in Florida.
Florida inmate fatally beaten while handcuffedThe Miami Herald is reporting that an inmate at a Florida prison has died after being beaten by a correction’s officer.
Florida bar’s alcohol license suspended after patrons, employees test positive for COVID-19The alcohol license has been suspended at a UCF-area bar after patrons and employees tested positive for the coronavirus.
Florida universities to lay out plans for reopening campusesPreparing to present plans Tuesday to the university system’s Board of Governors, leaders of state universities have finalized details of how they will reopen campuses fo...
Former Florida State football player wants stadium renamed A former Florida State football player has launched a drive to rename the university's stadium, asserting in a petition that the man it is named for, Doak S. Campbell, wa...
Justices turn down appeal in murder of Maddie CliftonMore than two decades after an 8-year-old girl was murdered in Jacksonville, the Florida Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal by a man convicted in the high-prof...
Appeal rejected in murder of Jordan DavisThe Florida Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up an appeal by a man convicted in the high-profile shooting death of a teen in a Jacksonville convenience-store parki...
