The Latest Breaking News from Fla

ORLANDO, Fla. — On a scorching July afternoon in Orlando, Danette Goad walked around Universal Studios with a backpack full of rocks.

BOCA RATON, Fla. — At West Boca Medical Center, Dr. Cory Harlow sees patients coming into the emergency department with many of the same symptoms they complained of during the early days of COVID in Florida: pneumonia, high fever and shortness of breath,

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Same old story. The Rays went down quietly Friday night, but there is noise in the rear-view mirror.

TAMPA, Fla. — A day after Bucs general manager Jason Licht acknowledged the team needed to learn as much as possible about Kyle Trask this preseason, the former Florida Gators quarterback got an extensive look-see.

TAMPA, Fla. — Florida continues to rebel against the Biden administration’s efforts to protect LGBTQ youth.

TAMPA, Fla. — Federal law enforcement officials appear to be investigating members of the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg for alleged connections to a Russian government official who prosecutors say directed U.S. political groups in a campaign to sow political divisions, spread pro-Russian propaganda and interfere in U.S. elections.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A union representing Broward sheriff’s deputies has filed a bar complaint against Ben Crump, the nationally known civil-rights lawyer, accusing him of bringing up a racial issue where they say none existed in a case involving the rough arrest of a Black teen.

TAMPA, Fla. — As the world continues assessing the sincerity of Rob Gronkowski’s departure from football, Bucs management evidently is approaching it the same way it did with Tom Brady’s retirement announcement.

ORLANDO, Fla. — On the rare occasions when Vero Beach resident Neil Passmore goes out in public, he’s often the only one in a mask.