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A federal appeals court Friday kept on hold a new Florida law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter the state, rejecting arguments by Attorney General James Uthmeier that enforcement should at least temporarily be allowed.
With another potentially active Atlantic hurricane season on the horizon, Florida is preparing for the possibility that the federal government will not respond like it has in the past.
Some of the highlighted bills among the 17 he signed on Thursday include preserving state parks and cracking down on fentanyl distribution to minors.
A South Florida jury has awarded $3 million to a man who was severely injured by a defective airbag in a 2020 crash.
For six years, Gov. Ron DeSantis had a firm grasp on Florida’s legislature. In his second-to-last legislative session, that is not the case.
Three House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots are carefully navigating President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
A measles outbreak across the US, including Florida, does not appear to be slowing down, and now, researchers at the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research are speaking out about how it got here and why it continues to spread.
The police departments of at least three public universities in Florida are seeking agreements with the federal government to carry out immigration enforcement on campus.
A small plane carrying three people crashed Friday morning in South Florida near a major interstate highway and pushed a car onto railroad tracks, officials said.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Thursday in Miami to continue to push for relief for condominium owners.
Police say Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill and his wife were involved in a domestic dispute at their South Florida high-rise condominium, but no charges were filed.
A man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was carjacked on her lunch break has been executed in Florida.
Attorney General Pam Bondi says three alleged MS-13 gang members have been federally charged in connection with a killing a decade ago in Florida.
Florida lawmakers are looking to children to fill low-wage jobs left open by the undocumented immigration crackdown, CNN reports. According to the network, Senate Bill 918 would allow children as young as 14 to work overnight shifts.
Reaction in South Florida to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has been far more muted than in his first term.
A chase across multiple Florida counties ended in the safe return of a kidnapped mother and her two small children. Michael Anthony McNeal, 36, was arrested in connection to the alleged kidnapping.
Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.
While the Florida Panther is considered the state’s official animal, the alligator can easily be seen as the unofficial pick. With over 1 million alligators estimated to live in Florida, the animal is a huge draw for many, with an entire theme park being created to showcase their scaly features. However, one highway in Florida is considered to be among the best places to spot alligators: a stretch of Interstate 75 dubbed “Alligator Alley.”
The St. Johns Country Day girls soccer team barreled into the state championship game for a shot at bringing home another gold medal.
The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on Florida beaches over the weekend.
Governor Ron DeSantis will host a roundtable Thursday morning in Palm Beach.
Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference with environmental officials Thursday morning in South Florida.
Two Florida House Representatives, Hillary Cassel and Susan Valdés, recently announced they were leaving the Democratic Party to join the GOP.
South Carolina, UCLA, Duke and Texas will play in a round-robin tournament in Las Vegas next year during Thanksgiving week.
Attorneys for Shanna Gardner, who is accused of plotting to have her ex-husband, Jared Bridegan, killed in 2022 are expected to argue in court Thursday against the death penalty in her case.
Four individuals defrauded Medicare out of $54.3 million using a healthcare fraud scheme by paying kickbacks and bribes to telemarketers and telemedicine providers to secure orders for unnecessary medical prescriptions, which were billed to Medicare; one location was in Jacksonville.
A string of horse thefts across St. Lucie and Okeechobee Counties have raised concerns over new targeted areas of Florida’s illegal horse meat trade.
Florida basketball coach Todd Golden is acknowledging an ongoing school inquiry and says he is considering “defamation claims,” presumably against his accusers.
A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice Institute says that extreme heat in unairconditioned cells at a prison near the Florida Everglades has contributed to the deaths of four people and that state officials have failed to take “meaningful action” to mitigate the risk posed to the elderly and disabled inmates in their care.
Country Bay Music Festival is returning to Miami for its second year, with organizers hoping the event can earn a permanent spot in the city's music scene alongside events like Ultra and Rolling Loud.
Among the catastrophic threat of pounding rains, severe flooding, life-threatening storm surges and strong winds, lies the additional possibility of tornadoes spinning off from Hurricane Milton.
The puck went into the corner, to the left of Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, with 14 seconds left in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Scientists have moved about about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration.
Jalen Milroe ran for two touchdowns and threw for a pair of fourth-quarter scores to help No. 4 Alabama pull away to beat South Florida 42-16 on Saturday night.
Florida Democrats in Chicago for the DNC are categorizing Tuesday night’s primary election as a big win for Democrats, particularly when it comes to education.
The annual Florida Python Challenge this year begins the competition between hunters to capture the most and longest Burmese pythons.
Rapper and singer Sean Kingston and his mother have been indicted in South Florida on federal charges of committing more than $1 million worth of fraud.
A 19-year-old man was killed by a lightning strike in South Florida Sunday, according to News4JAX partner station WPLG.
A female capybara has arrived at a Florida zoo as part of a breeding program to bolster the population of the large South American rodents.
Florida’s Disaster Preparedness Sales tax holiday ends Friday, which means time is running out to save some money.
Although more rain could trigger additional isolated Florida flooding on Friday, forecasters say the strong, persistent storms that dumped up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) in southern parts of the state appear to have passed.
Catastrophic flash flooding continues in South Florida after three consecutive days of torrential rains, and while it’s too early to tell exactly the totality of damage to vehicles and property, local Insurance experts said the flooding should be a reminder that now is the time to get flood insurance.
A series of storms flowing from the Gulf of Mexico swamped South Florida with flash floods that stalled cars, forced cancellation of dozens of flights and generally made life miserable for tens of thousands of people.
While South Florida is getting slammed with a downpour of showers, Northeast Florida’s lack of rain and high temperatures have led to problems for a Jacksonville agricultural business.
Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance has inundated much of southern Florida, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news conference on Monday morning at a charter school in South Florida.
Rapper and singer Sean Kingston is back in South Florida, where he and his mother are charged with committing more than a million dollars worth of fraud.
Progressive civic groups have challenged how four congressional districts and seven state House districts in South Florida were drawn by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature.
The NCAA has approved a waiver that will allow men’s and women’s basketball programs to pay for unlimited official recruiting visits to help teams deals with roster depletion caused by transfers, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several other Southern and mid-Atlantic states have sprung into action.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said charges are imminent for two teenagers who were on board a boat where they were caught on camera dumping garbage cans into the ocean in South Florida.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating an incident involving a group of boaters that was seen dumping trash into the ocean in South Florida over the weekend, according to WPLG.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday is set to hold a news conference at a drug store in South Florida.
On Thursday, News4JAX got a behind-the-scenes look at Green Dragon Florida's facility where they’re cultivating and processing medical marijuana.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s against a proposed constitutional amendment that would make recreational marijuana legal in Florida.One of the main reasons he’s against it? The smell.
The youngest children of an octogenarian couple who were killed inside their Florida home say they are mystified as to why anyone would harm their parents.
Stanley Cup contenders aren't waiting until the NHL trade deadline day to shore up depth for what they hope is a long playoff run.
Now it’s Houston’s turn at the top of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll.
South Florida rapper Kodak Black has been freed from jail after a federal judge sentenced him to time served for a probation violation, though a drug trafficking case from 2022 remains ongoing.
A measles outbreak at a South Florida elementary school has health officials warning of a rise in cases.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will investigate two crashes involving Florida’s Brightline train that killed three people at the same railroad crossing on the high-speed train’s route between Miami and Orlando.
Police in South Florida say a man fatally shot a 30-year-old Buffalo Bills fan during an altercation near Hard Rock Stadium after the Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins in the final regular season game.
The body of a woman who went missing 12 years ago appears to have been found last week in a minivan submerged in a central Florida retention pond near Walt Disney World.
In a winding and confusing two-hour virtual meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Florida High School Athletic Association’s board of directors voted to get rid of the Suburban-Metro playoff system and go back to an eight-classification, enrollment-based format for the coming years, the latest shift in the ever-changing landscape of sports here.
In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf coast facing a major precipitation deficit.
Florida running back Trevor Etienne, who led the Gators with nine touchdowns and emerged as one of the team’s most dynamic playmakers, has entered the transfer portal.
Climate change is costing all of us more money as more extreme weather events hit the country, according to the National Climate assessment.
The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family has been arrested on charges that she arranged her ex-son-in-law's murder.
U.S. support for Israel's offensive against Hamas is being closely watched in South Florida's Jewish community.
Seminole Tribe leaders on Wednesday announced a plan to roll out sports betting at their casinos in December — a first step in what could be a major expansion of gambling in Florida triggered by a go-ahead from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Seminole Tribe leaders on Wednesday announced a plan to roll out sports betting at their casinos in December — a first step in what could be a major expansion of gambling in Florida triggered by a go-ahead from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Investigators said the company billed Medicaid for thousands of patient trips that never happened. The trips were supposed to help patients receive medical care.
Alabama is turning the offensive reins back over to Jalen Milroe, but the messy quarterback situation has been only part of the problem.
No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in eight years and Georgia remains No. 1.
College football's top statistical performances in Week 1 begins with Colorado's Shedeur Sanders.
A Jacksonville baseball team is heading to the Babe Ruth Cal Ripkin World Series in Ocala after clinching the Southeast Regional Champs title in Tennessee this past weekend.
Communities from Houston to New Orleans are opening cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settle across a broad swath of the U.S. South.
Federal investigators say the swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people, failed to comply with original building codes and standards.
Across Florida, workers didn’t show up at construction sites and tomato fields, and scores of restaurants, shops and other small businesses never opened their doors.
