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A group of Florida students posed for a photo outside a middle school while holding large letters that spelled out a racial slur.

A Florida deputy is facing a negligence charge after he allegedly shot a man with a stun gun at a gas station earlier this year, setting the gasoline-soaked man on fire and leaving him with severe burns.

A 14-year-old Florida girl was critically injured when a train struck her as she walked along the tracks, police said.

The 26-year-old suffered third-degree burns on over 75 percent of his body during the incident on Feb. 27 at a Wawa gas station in Orlando, the NeJame Law group said in a statement Wednesday.

A Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to Orlando landed with extra baggage after a passenger gave birth mid-flight.

A Florida judge has reluctantly delayed the trial of a woman accused of dressing like a clown and fatally shooting her lover’s wife more than 30 years ago after defense attorneys said they’re having a hard time contacting witnesses. The trial for Sheila Keen-Warren was supposed to begin June 3. But on Tuesday Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer…

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, whose initial conviction in a charity and tax fraud case was tossed out by an appeals court, will plead guilty before a second trial, according to court documents filed Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan scheduled a change of plea hearing Wednesday morning for Brown, a once-powerful Florida Democrat who had previously pleaded not...

Darren Harrison told TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie that he had to act quickly when the pilot of his small plane fell unconscious.

At least six people were injured when a small aircraft caught fire after crashing onto a bridge in Miami Saturday afternoon.

Robert Morgan is being praised as a hero after he helped Darren Harrison — a passenger with no flying experience — land a plane in Florida when the pilot suffered a medical emergency midair.

Students at a central Florida high school are declaring victory after taking their protest to their school board over plans to censor a yearbook page showing a student walkout against the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law.

A passenger with no flying experience managed to land a small plane at an airport in West Palm Beach after the pilot suffered a medical emergency during the flight.

Hundreds of students at a central Florida high school were told they won’t get their yearbooks until they’re censored to cover up images of students holding rainbow flags and a “love is love” sign during a protest of the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. Lyman High School Principal Michael Hunter said in a statement on Monday that “pictures...

A Florida man and a Tennessee couple were identified as the three American tourists who died under mysterious circumstances at a Bahamas resort last week.

Adreian Payne, a former Michigan State basketball standout and NBA player, has died in a shooting. He was 31. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a shooting at 1:34 a.m. Monday when Payne was identified and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Lawrence Dority, 29, was present at the scene, according to the Sheriff’s…

Officials say samples extracted from three U.S. tourists who died at the Sandals Emerald Bay resort in Exuma, Bahamas under mysterious circumstances have been sent to a U.S. lab to expedite results and help authorities understand what happened

World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer Tamara “Sunny” Sytch is accused of killing a man in a traffic accident while driving under the influence in central Florida.

The fight for Congress often dominates midterm elections.

A video released by a Florida sheriff’s department shows dozens of sharks swimming in water off a Florida beach on the Gulf Coast.

The woman’s 64-year-old daughter told police she hadn’t seen her mother in some time.