An Alluring Catch in the Florida Keys Isn’t a Fish. It’s Cocaine.

Plastic-wrapped bricks of drugs floating in the waters of the Florida Keys are common enough that they have a locally flavored nickname: square grouper. This summer, lobster divers plucked a brick of cocaine from the waters off Big Pine Key, about 30 miles …

Florida Democrats try to regain their mojo

Witness speaks out after deadly school bus crash in Florida: "Luckily I had a first aid kit"

A voter’s guide to Florida’s 3 proposed constitutional amendments

Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee. [Photo by Jennifer Hunt/Ocala Gazette] Florida voters will decide three proposed amendments to the state constitution on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. Each needs at least 60% of the vote to pass. All three …

New Mexico State vs Florida International Prediction, Picks & Odds: College Football Week 6

Photo By - Reuters Connect. FIU head coach Willie Simmons reacts from the sideline. Weekday CUSA is back, and Florida International is set to make history on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) at Pitbull Stadium in Miami when the Panthers become the first- …

Florida ranks second in school book removals nationwide, report says

Credit: Image via Adobe Florida, once the nation’s leader in the movement to rid schools of books that some consider offensive, inappropriate or just too gay, is now trailing the state of Texas in book bans. The Sunshine State this year ranked second to …

Newest voters in Central Florida skewed blue ahead of Oct. 5 deadline

In the five weeks ahead of Florida’s Oct. 5 deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 3 General Election, tens of thousands of voters joined the rolls across the state, including more than 25,000 voters in Central Florida. The Florida Department of State …

Orange state attorney Worrell pursues criminal investigation of Hope Florida

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is actively pursuing her own criminal investigation of the Hope Florida scandal, after a Tallahassee-area grand jury found that $10 million of Medicaid settlement funds were improperly diverted for political …

Sunshine Genetics newborn screening program launches in Florida as first two families enroll

The Sunshine Genetics Newborn Screening program officially launched last week with its first two enrollees. FOX 13’s Kellie Cowan reports.  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida has launched a newborn genomic screening pilot program designed to test babies for more …

Florida’s Affordability Advantage Is Gone: Inside the Sharp Drop in East Coast Migration to Miami

For decades, South Florida drew waves of retirees and working families from high-priced East Coast cities with the promise of cheaper living, but today that affordability advantage is gone. Soaring expenses have caught would-be movers' attention, …