Florida News

More Floridians voted for John McCain than Barack Obama on Election Day, but the Democrat sealed his victory in the state by winning more early and absentee votes.

The State Board of Administration will discuss a plan to borrow money from the state's tobacco settlement trust fund to help Florida avoid an unconstitutional budget deficit.

Gov. Charlie Crist wants to give each of Florida's 11 state universities the power to raise tuition by up to 15 percent every year.

The annual Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey shows continuing declines in binge drinking, smoking - both tobacco and marijuana - and most other drug use.

Florida police say they've closed an investigation into the suspicious death of the third husband of a Georgia grandmother who has left a trail of five dead husbands in five states.

Nov 15, 2008 7:51 pm US/Eastern PALM SPRINGS NORTH A 16-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital Saturday after being mauled by a cougar.

Restoring money cut last year to prison education programs and increasing money to programs that would help prepare inmates to re-enter society are some of the top priorities for The Department of Corrections, ...

New University of Florida surveys shows state consumers plan to drastically cut their holiday spending, leaving retailers with their worst holiday season in decades.

Authorities in southwest Florida put new state anti-gang legislation to work when deputies with a special unit arrested 14 individuals they described as gang members, including seven suspects who had ...

Anthony Falzarano, 52, held up a sign Saturday that read "Do not be deceived" and "Homosexuals will not enter the Kingdom of God" to counter the proponents of gay marriage that stood out front of City Hall in ...

COMMUNITY Supreme Court justice to speak at UF today U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is speaking today at the University of Florida.

Hundreds of U.S. and foreign politicians, environmental officials and activists, are gathering in California for a global climate summit.

Gov. Sarah Palin, heralded by some conservatives as the future of the Republican Party, faces some cold political realities in present-day Alaska.

At least 150 Florida teachers have been disciplined in the past three years after being accused of sexual misconduct with students, an Orlando Sentinel review has found.

The U.S. Navy plans to make Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville the new home of a nuclear aircraft carrier.

President Bush aims to help combat the holiday travel crunch at airports with the announcement of steps -- both new and old -- to reduce air traffic congestion and long flight delays.

Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Wells has notified Gov. Charlie Crist he'll retire in March.

Authorities said the body of a diver was found 105 feet underwater in a cave in Marion County.

President-elect Barack Obama's victory in Florida is now official. The state's three-member Elections Canvassing Commission unanimously approved the results on schedule Monday - 13 days after a virtually ...

The sponsor of a law forbidding investment of state funds in companies doing energy business with Iran wants Gov.