DNA analysis contributes to murder charges in 1993 killing of Tampa-area girl, authorities say
A Florida man has been charged with murder in the 1993 death of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom, a Tampa-area girl who had disappeared after getting off her school bus, authorities said Thursday.
2023-07-28 14:45
College Board responds to comparisons between its AP course and Florida's Black history curriculum
The College Board said Thursday it "resolutely" disagrees with any notion that enslavement was beneficial for African Americans -- a statement coming after some people compared the contents of its Advanced Placement course on African American Studies with Florida's recently approved Black history curriculum.
2023-07-28 10:53
Police release reconstructed images of an unidentified woman whose remains were found in 3 suitcases along a Florida beach
Police in Florida have released reconstructed photos of an unidentified woman whose remains were found in suitcases along the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach earlier this month.
2023-07-28 03:45
5 Palm Beach County school employees arrested for alleged failure to report student's sexual assault
Five Florida school system employees were arrested and charged with failure to report suspected child abuse after being made aware of the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old student in 2021, according to criminal complaints in the case.
2023-07-28 02:51
The seawater temperatures in Florida are at hot tub levels
The warming waters threaten marine life and ocean ecosystems including by bleaching coral reefs.
2023-07-26 19:48
Florida ocean temps surge to 100 degrees as mass coral bleaching event is found in some reefs
An urgent rescue operation is underway to save Florida coral species from extinction as a mass bleaching event and die-off from unprecedented water temperatures spreads across the Florida Keys.
2023-07-26 03:15
Florida court reprimands judge over Parkland school shooting trial actions
By Nate Raymond Florida's top court has publicly reprimanded the judge who presided over the trial of Nikolas
2023-07-25 23:18
Rap Video Filmed in Florida A&M Locker Room Leads to Suspension of All Football Activities
A weird situation.
2023-07-23 00:29
Harris accuses 'so-called leaders' of pushing propaganda and waging culture wars in fiery Florida speech
Vice President Kamala Harris went headfirst into flashpoint culture war issues Friday when she slammed Florida Republicans for the state Board of Education's newly approved set of standards for teaching Black history, accusing "so-called leaders" of pushing propaganda and willfully misleading children.
2023-07-22 05:58
Florida family found guilty of selling bleach product as Covid-19 'cure-all'
A federal jury in Miami on Wednesday found a Florida family guilty of defrauding the United States by distributing a toxic bleaching agent as a Covid-19 cure, according to court records.
2023-07-22 02:27
Florida's new black history curriculum 'sanitized', say critics
The revised standards for black history lessons suggest some received "personal benefit" from slavery.
2023-07-21 07:59
Florida 10-month-old dies after being left in hot car that reached 133 degrees
A Florida woman has been arrested for aggravated manslaughter of a child after a 10-month-old she was caring for was found unresponsive in a car that had reached an internal temperate of over 133 degrees, according to an arrest report from the Baker County Sheriff's office.
2023-07-21 00:19