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Federal authorities say a small plane has crashed into a Florida home.

A 64-year-old pilot was killed when his plane crashed through the roof of a Florida home Saturday afternoon.

Another Boston billionaire is among the hundreds of alleged johns facing charges in a massive prostitution and human trafficking sting operation in South ...

Florida managed to pull out a close 64-60 win over Missouri, surviving a sloppy game but keeping its NCAA Tournament hopes alive and well.

The Orchids of Asia Day Spa was an open secret around southeast Florida, well known for blending the opulent with the sordid. Online reviews on a site called ...

Warning: This mentions suicide and may be disturbing to some readers.

FOREST ACRES, SC (WIS) - The suspect wanted in the Feb. 5 armed robbery of a South Carolina credit union has been arrested in Florida, according to jail ...

Two people were aboard the small plane that crashed into a Central Florida home on Saturday. Polk County Sheriff's Office is at the scene. The FAA will ...

A newly-tested rape kit linked a registered sex offender living in Florida to the 2006 rape of a 12-year-old girl in Seattle.

Firefly Aerospace announced agreements Feb. 22 to build a new factory for producing and launching its rockets from Florida's Space Coast.

Florida State (7-0) swept the double header and series against Youngstown State with gorilla-ball in Game 1 (24-2) and great work out of the bullpen, along with ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order suspending Port Richey Mayor Dale Glen Massad , a day after the mayor was arrested for allegedly firing ...

A Florida man has been charged after his 87-year-old grandmother died and authorities said her bed was filled with live maggots.

VERO BEACH, Fl (KKTV) - A Colorado Springs man is now tied to a sex trafficking investigation in Florida. It's part of the same sting that's brought allegations ...

The red tide that has been devastating Florida since November 2017 is no longer detected in waters, officials said Wednesday.

The No. 16 Florida State Seminoles can't keep pace with the No. 8 North Carolina Tar Heel in the second half, fall 77-59 at the Dean E. Smith Center.

A church in Plantation, Fla., has a way to boost the number of members. It holds a dog-friendly *service* Saturdays.

South Florida will host the UFC Octagon on April 27, as a stacked card heads to the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida for UFC Fight Night on ESPN. Seven bouts ...

Johnny DelPrete, the longtime boyfriend of LPGA star Jessica Korda, was arrested in Stuart, Florida, as part of a human trafficking investigation involving several ...

Perhaps there is a lesson in Thursday night's launch from Florida.

Three takeaways and notes from the University of Houston's 71-59 win over South Florida:

A massive sex trafficking bust spanning multiple Florida cities resulted in nearly 50 arrests and 175 warrants being issued, authorities said.

The Georgia gymnastics team had one of its best night of the season on Friday, as it scored a 197.450. That score was good enough to top the No. 3 Florida ...

Recently bankrupt grocery chain Winn-Dixie will close two more Central Florida stores next month, part of a wave across the region. A store in Orlando at 5732 ...

NEW YORK — John Childs, the founder of Waltham, Mass.-based private equity firm J.W. Childs Associates, was charged with solicitation of prostitution as part ...

A former Greenville deputy was arrested in the same sting in Florida that led to charges against Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots.

Marcus Tate, of University School in Fort Lauderdale, has picked up considerable interest from Power 5 football programs. The Florida State Seminoles are the ...

The population of non-native rhesus macaque monkeys, some of which carry Herpes B is growing out of control, according to researchers at the University of ...

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis gave more than $27000 in a grant to the Wausau Volunteer Fire Department.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has retracted 169 appointments made by former Gov. Rick Scott before leaving office. The move effectively undoes a series of last-minute ...

It's been a wild 12 months for the SEC, but after all of the dust settles, the Florida men (above) and Texas A&M women are projected to repeat as champions of ...

Anti-human trafficking advocates credit a shift in approach and attitudes toward sex work in the Tampa Bay area for setting a statewide precedent that may have ...

Theoretically, Visit Florida's taxpayer-funded gravy train runs out Oct. 1. After receiving hundreds of millions of public dollars, the state's tourism-promotion ...

A Florida firefighter is back to work after being electrocuted and then brought back to life in December.

The Miami Hurricanes, under first-year head coach Manny Diaz, are getting back on track with recruiting South Florida's top high school football players.

A 15-year study by entomologists found that, when living apart from the unsavory bug it mimics, the viceroy butterfly becomes yucky, making biologists rethink ...

Some leading Florida Democrats are furious with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for declining to call disputed Venezuelan leader Nicolas ...

It's been nearly two year's since state lawmakers passed the law implementing medical marijuana, but significant concerns remain over a lack of research, ...

The remains of Jabez Spann were found over the weekend in Manatee County, about 23 miles from where he vanished from in Sarasota, Florida.

“Allow us to sell and ship spirits directly to consumers after they visit our distilleries.” Share this: Facebook · Twitter · Print · Email. By. Guest Author. on. February ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Floridians just can't behave themselves. The Sunshine State was ranked as the second most sinful state in the U.S., according to a new ...

Following Amazon's decision earlier this month to scrap plans to build a second headquarters in New York City, Florida Sen. Rick Scott seized the moment and ...

A Florida golfer says she hit a ball and the alligator jumped up and caught it.

Since landing an offer from the Florida Gators last year, Largo (Fla.) Pinellas Park three-star linebacker Alvin Mathis has made a... ">247Sports · CBS Sports ...

Joanne Sadowsky was playing golf on Saturday at the Bonita National Golf Club in Florida when she hit a bad shot and an alligator jumped up and caught the ...

Dozens of snails were discovered outside a home in Lee County, Florida.

Florida first responders save the lives of three people who thought they were taking cocaine...but ended up snorting deadly fentanyl instead.

BRADENTON, Fla. — A year ago at Prep Baseball Report's 2018 Florida Preseason Classic, a large contingent of scouts, national crosscheckers and scouting ...

Arnold Abbott, a fierce advocate for the homeless population in South Florida, has died at the age of 94.

Florida is expected later this month to approve a statewide ban on a common practice used by fishermen of dumping of bloody fish guts off its iconic beaches to ...

Only months after its concert series in September 2019, the Christian music outreach “Rock the Universe” returned in February to Universal Studios in Orlando ...

A trial should begin in early 2020 for the suspect in a Florida high school massacre that left 17 people dead last year, a judge said at a hearing Thursday.

MARTIN COUNTY — Records related to the arrests of two women in connection with spas that investigators named in a human trafficking and paid-sex case ...

Brian Corley, the Pasco County Supervisor of Election, shared in a tweet that Port Richey Mayor Dale Massad (pictured) resigned from his position on Friday.

Even when he's not topping the University of Cincinnati men's basketball team in scoring, Jarron Cumberland is often driving the Bearcats bus to victory.

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling has police chiefs and sheriffs across Florida asking their lawyers whether they need to change how they seize people's ...

Student, 11, was arrested on 4 February for creating a disruption in the classroom, the Lakeland police department said.

Mike Williams went missing days before Christmas in 2000. After his mom, Cheryl, pushed for an investigation, a police probe led to his wife's conviction.

A giant python in the Florida Everglades met its demise earlier this week when an alligator decided to make the serpent its next meal.

Argentine top seed Juan Martin del Potro joins Britain's Dan Evans in the Delray Beach Open quarter-finals.

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — A Hudson Valley man was killed when the bicycle he was riding on a sidewalk was struck by a car that veered off a road after a crash, ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Large parts of the investigation into what officials say are illicit spas and paid-sex operations represent new territory for law enforcement ...

A group of work-release inmates helped a Florida couple after they accidentally locked their baby inside their SUV on Thursday.

Florida's governor says he wants to cut health care costs by bringing prescription drugs from Canada to Florida.

A 78-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in Florida in connection with the 1979 cold case death of his wife, Muskego police said.

There was only one jackpot winner in Thursday night's Fantasy 5 drawing by the Florida Lottery. It was sold in South Florida and is worth more than $190000.

The bill would hamstring future referenda to raise teacher wages.

The Florida house where Roger Stone was arrested in a dramatic predawn raid by the FBI in January is now up for rent. The longtime associate of President ...

As much as we would all like to marinate in the euphoria from Wednesday night's win, it's time to move on. Florida State comes to town tomorrow and, quite ...

Storm's assault through Panhandle has left growers moving away from traditional farming towards alternatives like hemp and hops.

Hundreds of people have been arrested in South Florida and the Treasure Coast in connection with a massive human trafficking and prostitution sting related to ...

A sixth-grade student in Lakeland, Fla., who had refused to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance throughout the school year, was arrested this month after he ...

Florida's cornerback situation could have turned into something much different last season if not for one thing: Trey Dean's decision to enroll early the previous ...

*Fresh* from entering the medical marijuana market, Florida envisions taking a healthy slice of the anticipated $22 billion market in hemp.

Roger Stone today is sitting in a D.C. federal court begging a judge not to crack down on him for being, well, Roger Stone. The Fort Lauderdale resident was ...

A newborn became JetBlue's youngest customer ever when the baby was born on a flight from Puerto Rico to Fort Lauderdale on Friday.

Penn State coach James Franklin got big news on Wednesday when former Florida State wide receiver George Campbell announced on Instagram that he will ...

A judge ruled that federal prosecutors, including U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, then the Miami U.S. Attorney, broke the law when they signed a plea ...

Florida State officially hired Houston offensive line coach and run game coordinator Randy Clements as its new offensive line coach Thursday afternoon. “Randy ...