MIAMI

Miami priest reflective as he marks a special anniversary

A monsignor, expelled from Cuba as a young priest, looks back on a half-century of serving his church and h...

HOUSE DISTRICT 91

In House District 91 race, Democrats search for candidate

While Democrats struggle to find a viable candidate for a hotly contested open house seat, Republicans are ...

South Florida has plenty of Fourth of July events

Itstarted at first light, with 5Ks and Peace Walks, and didn't stop till long after dark, with the grand fi...

Patriotic women earn medals after decades of unrecognition

HOLLYWOOD

Woman walking on I-95 ramp in Hollywood is killed by car

A 26-year-old woman died Saturday morning when she was hit by a car while walking along an Interstate 95 ra...

FORT LAUDERDALE

Man detained in Fort Lauderdale bank robbery was customer

A man quietly walked into a Fort Lauderdale Citibank on Friday morning, showed a teller a note implying he ...

TRANSPORTATION

Tri-Rail pushes ahead with parking projects despite budget woes

Tri-Rail has completed one parking lot in Pompano Beach, is planning to open a new one in West Palm Beach a...

Gov. Charlie Crist resumes gambling talks with Seminoles

Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe of Florida began negotiating a new gambling compact Wednesday tha...

VENTURE CAPITAL

Herbert Venture Partners office to be near UF

The University of Florida's efforts to bolster its biotechnology brand got a boost earlier this month with ...

THE KEYS

Northbound lane of U.S. 1 in Florida Keys reopens

The northbound lane of the 18-Mile Stretch connecting Key Largo to the mainland is now open after being clo...

FLORIDA PAIN CLINICS

Prescription drug overdose deaths soar in Florida

Fatal overdoses from prescription drugs jumped again in 2008 -- a trend fueled by Florida's abundance of st...

MIAMI

Bond sale for stadium falls short

A higher-than expected interest rate left the county $6 million short in funding for a new baseball stadium...

INSURANCE

Many of the new companies in Florida are unregulated

New property insurance companies coming to Florida may not be available to typical homeowners.

ENVIRONMENT

U.S. money going for reefs

Federal stimulus money will go to help restore coral reefs.

Crist's high court pick puts him in political center

Charlie Crist seated his fourth Supreme Court nominee, burnishing his reputation as a center-leaning governor

GOVERNMENT SPENDING

Senator criticizes Florida's privatization initiatives

A state senator is renewing his criticism of privatization over a no-bid contract.

OTHER LEGISLATION

Boost in tuition set for 11 Florida colleges

Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday signed into law one of his top priorities of 2009: a bill that allows all 11 s...

LAND DEVELOPMENT

Crist signs controversial growth-management bill

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed a controversial growth management bill that some say will stimulate the s...

TALLAHASSEE

Florida officials' salaries to be cut 2 percent

Though Gov. Charlie Crist bragged state worker pay wouldn't be cut, his salary and that of a thousand other...

Another indictment for former House Speaker Ray Sansom

A grand jury investigating Ray Sansom's ties to a Panhandle college issued a second round of indictments We...

LEGISLATURE

Gov. Charlie Crist: Florida budget is best it can be

Gov. Charlie Crist signed the state budget and vetoed only two items -- but broke a no-new-tax pledge.

2 escape injury in South Fla. boat explosion

Authorities say a boat owner and his passenger escaped without injuries when an explosion occurred on a 20-...

Boy, 11, hit in apparent drive-by shooting

Deputies in Volusia County are investigating an apparent drive-by shooting near DeLand that left a young bo...

Woman, 26, killed walking on I-95 ramp

Authorities say a woman was killed when she walked on an Interstate 95 ramp in South Florida and was struck...

1 dead, several hurt in Fla. lightning strike

A lightning strike at a Fourth of July gathering in central Florida killed one person and 18 others were ta...

In NYC, biggest fireworks show in US lights up sky

Fireworks lit the night sky above New York with a kaleidoscope of colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air o...

1 dead, 18 hurt in Fla. lightning strike

Officials say one person was killed in a lightning strike at a Fourth of July gathering in central Florida ...

Deputies find dead manatee in Tampa

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says deputies have discovered a dead manatee in Tampa Bay.