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  • Supreme Court: Law protecting builder went too far

    Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature went too far when they created a law on behalf of a developer in an effort to stop a lawsuit filed by a homeowners association, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

  • PETA wants rays tank removed from baseball stadium

    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking the Tampa Bay Rays to remove its rays "touch tank" from Tropicana Field.

  • Fla. Supreme Court won't stop legal challenge

    The Florida Supreme Court, in a sharp rebuke to the Republican-controlled Legislature, refused Thursday to throw out a lawsuit that contends legislators ignored new standards while drawing up legislative districts.

  • Burglary suspect falls through restaurant roof

    A man who deputies say was trying to rob a pharmacy fell through the roof of a strip mall, landing in a Thai restaurant.

  • Fla. man sentenced on night vision export charge

    A Florida man who pleaded guilty to illegally exporting military night vision equipment he sold online has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison.

  • FBI interviews City Council, city employees

    The FBI is interviewing all six Fort Myers City Council members and four city employees regarding a proposed downtown hotel and a complicated land deal that helped a road widening project five years ago.

  • Top law enforcement to discuss Lakeland police

    Lakeland's police chief and the Polk County State Attorney will meet to discuss the troubled Lakeland Police Department, where a widespread investigation into a sex scandal is underway.

  • Jury in Zimmerman trial may consider lesser charge

    In an unmistakable setback for George Zimmerman, the jury at the neighborhood watch captain's second-degree murder trial was given the option Thursday of convicting him on the lesser charge of manslaughter in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

  • Deputies: Man leaves girl in median after crash

    Deputies say a 41-year-old man crashed his SUV into a telephone pole and left a 7-year-old passenger alone in the median before crashing into two more cars stopped at a red light.

  • How states fared on unemployment benefit claims

    U.S. unemployment benefit applications rose 16,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000. Still, that level is consistent with steady hiring. Applications are usually volatile in early July as school shutdowns and brief closures of auto factories lead to temporary layoffs.

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