Florida

A Florida surfer says he’s thankful to be alive after being attacked by a shark not once, but twice now in his lifetime.

Caleb James Williams was arrested after allegedly brandishing his weapon at two women, ages 71 and 54, police said.

An Orlando-area bail bondsman was arrested and accused of making women have sex with him in exchange for bonding them out of jail after a years-long investigation, according to the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI).

A Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections employee has been fired after a ballot bin and bag fell off the worker’s truck and was found by a passerby.

A Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections employee has been fired after a ballot bin and bag fell off the worker’s truck and was found by a passerby in an incident that was caught on camera.

A Florida woman accused of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase and leaving him in there to suffocate was found guilty of murder on Friday, four years after what she had initially described to authorities as a case of drunken hide-and-seek gone wrong.

A new study shows a Burmese python’s maximal gape is 10.2 inches. The measurements equate to a circumference of 32 inches.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton are drawing attention to the environmental records of Republican Sen. Rick Scott and his Democratic challenger, former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

The Burmese pythons have such large gapes because their lower jawbones are not fused at the front, and their skin is especially elastic.

Megan Garcia says the company’s chatbots encouraged her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer, to take his own life, according to the lawsuit.

Tara Alexis Sykes was taken into custody on Friday and charged with attempted murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse.

The ad encourages people to vote “yes” on a ballot initiative that would override the state’s abortion ban.

Joseph Malinowski was arrested Friday on multiple charges, including failing to appear in court, Tampa police said.

In a sharply worded ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker issued a temporary restraining order calling threats by the Florida Department of Health “unconstitutional coercion.”

Royal Caribbean is facing legal trouble after passengers filed a lawsuit over hidden cameras placed in state rooms by a former employee.

President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Sunday at the devastation inflicted on Florida’s Gulf Coast by Hurricane Milton.

Several people have been detained in connection with the overnight shooting at an events center.

RAW: A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a man who was left clinging to an ice chest in the Gulf of Mexico after his boat was stranded overnight in waters roiled by Hurricane Milton.

Many in Florida are hunkering down as Hurricane Milton makes its way across the state.

Many in Florida are hunkering down as Hurricane Milton makes its way across the state. Jocelyn Moran has the latest.