FLORIDA NEWS

A small group of Cuban Americans launched motorboats from Miami to their homeland to show support for people experiencing hardships on the island.

Firefighters have officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has drawn national attention for bucking federal health-care officials over the handling of the novel coronavirus, but a group of Florida physicians said Thursday the governor’s push to reopen the state and block precautions are a main reason for a sharp increase in the number of residents suffering from COVID-19.

Disney stands to benefit from more than a half billion dollars in tax breaks for building a new regional campus in central Florida.

First-time unemployment claims have gone up in Florida, but the count remains at pre-pandemic levels as employers report being unable to fill openings, most in lower-paying tourism and leisure fields.

The fight to allow felons who are too poor to pay their court-ordered fines and fees continued Thursday in an Atlanta appellate court.

Sheriff's officials in Florida say a man returning home from a doctors appointment found a stranger skinny dipping in his backyard swimming pool.

The Florida Highway Patrol says a 10-year-old girl was hit by a car as she was riding her bicycle across a Florida highway with several other children.

Two police officers from Florida’s Space Coast rescued a driver whose car had plunged off a causeway.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is rebuffing calls for an emergency declaration to address a red tide outbreak in Tampa Bay that’s killed hundreds of tons of fish and other marine life.

Florida’s attorney general, Ashley Moody, tweeted Wednesday that she has tested positive for COVID-19.

Florida and 13 states have reached agreements worth a combined $26 billion with four companies over the damage inflicted by the opioid crisis.

A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag has received an eight-month prison term, the first resolution for a felony case in the Capitol insurrection

Law enforcement officers in Florida, Georgia and three other southern states are planning a crackdown on speeding motorists.

Amid the stench of dead fish, protesters marched Saturday along Florida’s Tampa Bay to call for state assistance in dealing with a growing outbreak of harmful red tide.

A Florida man stole candles from a mall store and sprayed dozens of patrons with bear mace repellent before escaping, police said.

The rate of infections in Jacksonville and three nearby counties is even higher than the state average and surpassing the increases seen in the state’s first coronavirus spike last summer.

Caeleb Dressel could win as many as seven medals in the pool at the Tokyo Olympics.

A South Florida woman is facing criminal charges in the death of a 2-year-old child left in a hot vehicle, police say.

Another victim has been identified in the collapse of a 12-story Florida condominium that killed at least 97 people.

Among the tear-filled, joyous reunions Saturday when the USS Thomas Hudner returned to Mayport, News4Jax captured a very special meeting between a father and son.

Four men were killed while trying to change a tire along a busy Florida interstate when a vehicle veered onto the roadway’s shoulder.

Federal authorities are warning organizers planning to launch a flotilla next week from South Florida to waters near Cuba that they could risk breaking the law.

The state has recovered seven out of ten jobs lost during the pandemic and a new WalletHub survey ranked Florida’s workforce recovery the third fastest in the nation.