Florida

America is proud of its first responders and depends on them — but it may come as a surprise that relatively few of them are female.

A man is accused of walking into Bass Pro Shops, grabbing a net, snatching a live tarpon from the pond and leaving the store, deputies said.

A lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges Panera’s lemonade drink caused the death of a Florida man, Dennis Brown, 46, after he went into cardiac arrest when he left the restaurant.

After eight weeks of arguments and testimony, jurors have reached a verdict in the $220 million case against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital that was the premise of the Netflix documentary ‘Take Care of Maya.’

Hundreds of revelers on street of Tampa neighborhood when shooting happened, police say.

A sulcata tortoise in Florida has made a remarkable return home after being missing for over three years. Surprisingly, the tortoise had only traveled five miles from its point of escape.

The former Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call "Don’t Say Gay" was sentenced to six months in federal prison Thursday for defrauding a federal coronavirus relief loan program for small businesses.

A makeshift memorial and flowers lay at the spot where a nearly 14-foot alligator was found with human remains in its mouth. Now, the victim’s daughter is honoring her mother by acknowledging her past and touting her selflessness.  

An Amazon driver is in serious condition after being bitten by a rattlesnake while making a delivery to a Florida home, officials said Tuesday.

A suspect is in custody after crashing into a Walmart store and another building with stolen construction equipment Monday night in Gainesville, according to police.

Plans are underway for an iconic Miami Beach hotel and bar to be replaced with a high-end restaurant and affordable housing units, the building's owner announced.

Ray "Reza" Baluchi was charged with of obstruction of a boarding and violation of a captain of the port order, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

The deadly Category 3 hurricane hit along the coast of the Florida Big Bend near Keaton Beach about 7:45 a.m. local time, posing an immediate threat to lives and properties with 125 mph winds and significant flooding.

At the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida, there’s room for 3,000 horses and other animals to evacuate during a hurricane, free of charge. Over at a smaller equestrian center, the owner said she is preparing as well.

The time to prepare is over and a dire situation is unfolding along Florida’s Gulf Coast as Category 4 Hurricane Idalia continues to rapidly intensify in the Gulf of Mexico. Catastrophic, life-threatening storm surge and destructive winds will pound the state’s Big Bend region as the monster storm nears the coast just hours away from landfall.