The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades. The proposal is scheduled for a vote next month before the…
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - There's a pesky problem in a wide stretch of the Atlantic Ocean that's likely to wash up on some beaches later this year: Seaweed. Lots of it. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is a…
The Associated Press MULBERRY, Fla. (AP) - A Florida baby is safe after being found abandoned outdoors about an hour after being born. The Polk County sheriff's office said the girl was wrapped in a blanket and still attached to…
By TERRY SPENCER and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reiterated the state's rejection of a proposed nationwide advanced African American studies course, saying it pushes a political agenda. At a Monday press…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Manatee deaths dropped in 2022 from a record high the year before, but Florida wildlife officials said Wednesday that chronic starvation caused by water pollution remains a major concern. Preliminary statistics show 800 recorded manatee…
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a sweeping property insurance bill. How much and when it will work to stabilize the stormy market is another question. One of the key goals…
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday along the east coast of Florida and was downgraded to a tropical storm, but it was still battering a large area of the storm-weary state with…
The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - Subtropical Storm Nicole began strengthening and transitioning into a tropical storm as it churns toward the northwestern Bahamas and Florida’s Atlantic coastline. Jack Bevin, a senior forecaster at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, says…
The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Ian caused as much as $1.8 billion in damages to Florida agriculture last month. A preliminary estimate released Monday by the Florida Department of Agriculture says the Category 4 storm caused between…
MIAMI (AP) - More than 230 pythons were removed from the Florida Everglades as part of an annual competition to eliminate the invasive species from the South Florida wetlands preserve. Florida wildlife officials said Thursday that 1,000 hunters from 32…
By JAY REEVES Associated Press FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what’s left of both a major shrimping fleet and a lifestyle battered by Hurricane…
By REBECCA SANTANA and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) - Christine Barrett and her family had to climb on top of their kitchen cabinets because of flooding that surged into their house during Hurricane Ian. They put…
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is traveling to hurricane-ravaged Florida with a pledge that federal, state and local governments will work as one to help rebuild homes, businesses and lives. Biden plans to put politics on mute for now…
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers Florida’s home insurance market was already on shaky ground. It now faces an even mightier struggle after the damage caused by Hurricane Ian. Wind and storm-surge losses from the hurricane could…
By WVUA 23 News Student Reporter Emily Benito TUSCALOOSA - Hurricane categorizations may not be as informational as you think. Hurricanes and tropical storms have categories based solely on wind speed. This…
FORT MYERS, Fla. - A vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son has been sentenced to life in prison. Sheila O’Leary was sentenced Monday in Lee County, Florida. She was convicted in June of…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Police have identified five family members who died in a murder-suicide at a central Florida home. An Orlando Police Department statement issued Wednesday identified the family’s 45-year-old father as the suspect. The victims included his 39-year-old…
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - A Florida woman interrupted an uninvited guest in her bathroom on Saturday night. Michelle Reynolds told WSVN that she went downstairs to make herself a snack. After putting some popcorn in the microwave, she went to…
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man is facing several charges after deputies used a taser to stop him as he tried to avoid arrest by fleeing on a riding lawn mower. The Okaloosa County sheriff’s office was trying to…
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The White House is slamming Florida Republicans over a proposal to ban discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state's schools. A White House spokesperson weighed in on the…
