The Latest Breaking News from Florida

In a highly anticipated announcement following a year of tumult on campus, the University of Florida said Thursday it has zeroed in on a national political figure to be its next president: Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska.

Florida's residents are only beginning to pick up the pieces after the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Ian 

Ian is the second-deadliest storm to strike the US in the 21st century

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz calmly told a psychologist he picked Valentine’s Day for his massacre to ruin the holiday for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students forever

A towering amusement ride in central Florida’s tourism district where a Missouri teen fell to his death will be taken down because of the accident

The FreeFall ride at Orlando’s ICON Park has been closed since March accident

Two-term Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska is expected to resign to become president of the University of Florida.

After Hurricane Ian dumped record levels of rain across Florida, rivers flooded, leaving thousands stranded on newly created islands.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Running an election in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian is going to be a monumental challenge for elections officials in the Florida counties hit hardest by the storm as they face poll worker shortages, damaged polling places and voters who lost their homes.