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Former astronaut Lisa Nowak will consider the possibility of a plea deal during a courtroom appearance in Orlando.

By JIM DAVENPORT A federal judge ruled Tuesday that South Carolina can't issue license plates showing the image of a cross in front of a stained glass window along with the phrase 'I Believe.'U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie said in her ruling that the license plates was unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment ban on ...

Florida's tough prison sentences for juveniles came under scrutiny Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices appeared divided over whether locking up teenagers for life constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

Near New Orleans, a 70-year-old man was feared drowned after trying to help two fishermen whose boat had broken down in the Mississippi River.

Florida, with four of the five most treacherous metropolitan areas for walking, is the most dangerous state in the United States for pedestrians.

Marco Rubio, the conservative Florida Republican who is challenging Gov. Charlie Crist to be the GOP's 2010 Senate nominee, has been endorsed by the anti-tax, pro-limited government Club For Growth.

In response to concerns voiced by the agriculture community and local business owners, State Rep.

Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency on Monday as Tropical Storm Ida approached the Florida Panhandle.

Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.

Tropical Storm Ida could transform into a potent winter-like storm later this week as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico, possibly toward the Florida Panhandle.

D.J. Abernathy, retired Florida pastor and Florida Baptist Convention lobbyist, was injured during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, and he says at least two angels saved him from death.

After Tuesday's elections, Florida looms as the next front in a war between moderates and conservatives that's dividing a Republican Party trying to surge toward the 2010 election.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida State Parks will waive day-use entrance fees for all visitors at Florida's award-winning state parks on Wednesday, November 11 in recognition of Veterans Day.

A bat and a fern found only in Florida may be added to the federal list of endangered and threatened species.

There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed.

The Florida Public Service Commission is planning a self-examination amid complaints the agency has been too cozy with the utilities it regulates, the panel's top staffer told lawmakers.

Orlando police released the names this afternoon of the surviving victims in Friday's deadly mass shooting at a downtown office building.

A bat and a fern found only in Florida may be added to the federal list of endangered and threatened species.

One winner of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $209,361.60, the Florida Lottery said Friday.

Kimpton's new EPIC hotel is celebrating the 25th anniversary of White Party Week in Miami, the world's oldest and largest HIV/AIDS fundraiser, with special hotel rates and a donation from each room booked going to Care Resource, South Florida's oldest and largest HIV/AIDS service organization serving clients in both Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.