By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America Hundreds of people who say they suffered physical or sexual abuse at two state-run reform schools in Florida are in line to receive tens of thousands of dollars in restitution from the state, after Florida lawmakers formally apologized for ...
By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Democrats' losses didn't end on Election Day — a second state lawmaker has announced she's switching her party affiliation and joining the Republican caucus. In a post on social media, Rep. Hillary Cassel ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Six former Florida State basketball players sued Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton on Monday, alleging he failed to make good on a promise to get each of them $250,000 in name, image and likeness compensation. The plaintiffs — Darin Green Jr., De'Ante Green, Cam'Ron ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Six former Florida State basketball players sued Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton on Monday, alleging he failed to make good on a promise to get each of them $250,000 in name, image and likeness compensation. The plaintiffs — Darin Green Jr., De'Ante Green, Cam'Ron ...
By JOSH FUNK and JULIE WALKER Associated Press Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida on Saturday when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around rail crossing arms and into the path of a high-speed passenger train after waiting for another train to pass, ...
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KEVIN S. VINEYS Associated Press Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. It's now been two and a half years since the U.S. ...
By STEPHANY MATAT and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Florida condominium owners are looking at higher costs from condo associations in the new year, a consequence of a safety law passed by state lawmakers in 2022. It requires associations to have sufficient reserves to cover ...
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A pizza deliverer in central Florida has been charged with pushing her way into a motel room with an accomplice and stabbing a pregnant woman after a dispute over a tip, authorities said. Brianna Alvelo was charged with stabbing a woman in her motel room in Kissimmee, ...
MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Two people were killed and another was injured in a shooting outside an IHOP restaurant in South Florida on Wednesday, authorities said. The three adults knew each other and there was no threat to the city of Miramar, said Janice McIntosh, a spokeswoman for the Miramar ...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in South Florida won't be tried until September 2025, a federal judge ruled this week. Ryan Routh's trial will begin Sept. 8 instead of the previously scheduled ...
