The Latest Breaking News from Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It’s the constant refrain of escapees from Elmira and East Rutherford: South Florida has no seasons. Not so. Saturday is opening day for Grapefruit League spring-training baseball for five Major League teams in three South Florida ballparks — for fans, it’s Christmas every day.

Jesse Walden and his colleague Dylan Lyons were reporting on shooting allegedly by same attacker when Lyons was killed

The Florida Department of Education this week told school districts to produce detailed information about the programs and materials they use to address some of the state’s most hotly debated subjects.

A judge has acquitted a Florida nursing home administrator of causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after Hurricane Irma in 2017

Florida's H.B. 999 claims to support "viewpoint diversity" and "intellectual rigor." It does just the opposite.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A group of Cuban migrants landed at the Dry Tortugas National Park Thursday, on the same morning Gov. Ron DeSantis blamed the federal government for the border crisis and announced legislation cracking down on illegal immigration.

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The release of Ron DeSantis’ new book Tuesday is sure to spark a fresh round of speculation about the Florida governor’s political future, furthering the widely held belief that — no matter what the Republican leader says publicly — he’ll soon become a candidate for president.

California-based e-bike firm Himiway has launched California and Florida editions of its popular Zebra electric bicycle.

On a recent Saturday morning, the sun shone bright over Supercar Saturdays Florida, a monthly event for exotic car lovers at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida.

Donald Dillbeck claimed the Florida governor “put his foot on our necks” as he was executed by lethal injection for the 1990 murder of mother of two Faye Vann