Ocala

A 9-year-old boy has been charged with trying to kill his 5-year-old sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife in their Florida apartment.

Venezuela’s crisis quickly escalated Wednesday as an opposition leader backed by the Trump administration declared himself interim president in a direct challenge to embattled socialist Nicolas Maduro, who retaliated by breaking off relations with the United States, his biggest trade partner. For the past two weeks, ever since Maduro took the presidential oath for a second six-year term in the...

Shoppers who arrived at Toy R Us stores across the country for the toy chains liquidation sales were met with signs announcing that it had been postponed “due to circumstances beyond our control.” The liquidation sale was expected to begin Thursday after the company announced last week that it was shuttering its U.S. operations, jeopardizing the jobs of some 30,000...

All Joey Mantia needed to do to qualify for the mass start in the Winter Olympics was to finish at the U.S. Speedskating trials.

In the last speedskating event at the Gangneung Oval, Lee Seung-hoon delivered the Olympic host nation’s first gold medal. Lee won the men’s mass start Saturday, highlighting a strong showing for the South Korean team on the final night of speedskating competition. Kim Bo-reum added a silver for South Korea in the women’s race. Kim was involved in a national...

Bump into a skating teammate on the ice, and besides some black and blue bruises, chances are it ends up being a bunch of laughs, too. Not for Brittany Bowe.

Perhaps no team has more to prove at the Pyeongchang Olympics than the U.S. speedskaters. Limited to one medal four years ago, they were eager to bounce back and show why their sport has produced the most medals for the U.S. in the Winter Games. The men got off to a good start Saturday, sending three skaters going through to...

Erin Jackson surprised herself and almost everyone else at the U.S. speedskating trials, becoming a first-time Olympian after just four months on ice.

Mel Tillis, the affable longtime country star who wrote hits for Kenny Rogers, Ricky Skaggs and many others, and overcame a stutter to sing on dozens of his own singles, has died. A spokesman for Tillis, Don Murry Grubbs, said Tillis died early Sunday at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. He was 85. Grubbs said Tillis battled intestinal...

Police said DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a man who is accused of sexually assaulting four women in a northern Virginia apartment more than 20 years ago.

Police and wildlife officials are still searching for a tan and yellow monocle cobra that escaped from an Ocala, Florida home Monday night. Residents in the area are urged to use caution until the venomous snake has been captured. The monocled cobra is native to Thailand and is considered to be one of the deadliest reptiles.

Police and wildlife officials are still searching for a tan and yellow monocle cobra that escaped from an Ocala, Florida home Monday night. Residents in the area are urged to use caution until the venomous snake has been captured. The monocled cobra is native to Thailand and is considered to be one of the deadliest reptiles.

Police and wildlife officials are still searching for a tan and yellow monocle cobra that escaped from an Ocala, Florida home Monday night. Residents in the area are urged to use caution until the venomous snake has been captured. The monocled cobra is native to Thailand and is considered to be one of the deadliest reptiles.

An annual canine tradition in Philadelphia took place on Thanksgiving with utmost gravitas. The holiday-season kickoff that doesn’t involve football –the National Dog Show — unfolded with breeds of all shapes and sizes parading before a discerning judge. A dog named Charlie emerged as the winner.

A police officer in Ocala has been fired after his arrest on suspicion of having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute.

Two Ocala officials want to repeal the city’s so-called “saggy pants ban,” an ordinance that prohibits anyone on city property from wearing pants that sag well below the waistline and expose undergarments.