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Fisherman reels in $1.7 million worth of cocaine off Florida coast
Police in Florida are trying to find the rightful owner of over 55 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $1.7 million, that were found along the Atlantic coastline.
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16 people hospitalized after 2 airboats collide in Florida Everglades
More than a dozen people were hospitalized after two airboats collided off Tamiami Trail in Collier County Friday afternoon.
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Florida lawmakers propose rolling back gun control laws passed after Parkland shooting
Republican state lawmakers in Florida have filed two bills that would roll back gun control measures passed in the wake of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
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Armed suspect hiding in bathtub was shot and killed by deputies in Florida
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released the body-worn camera footage of a shooting that occurred on Saturday.
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Tyler Perry Studios president dies in plane crash in Florida
The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios has died when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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Family of Missouri teen who fell to his death on Orlando free-fall ride gets $310 million verdict
A Florida jury delivered a $310 million verdict Thursday to the family of Tyre Sampson, the Missouri teen who plunged to his death while on a free-fall ride at an amusement park two years ago.
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Bodycam shows Florida officers rescuing 3-year-old submerged in lake
Police body camera footage shows the moments Lauderhill Police officers rescued a 3-year-old who was submerged in a cold lake.
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5 things to know about Gov. Ron DeSantis
Here’s what you need to know about the governor of Florida.
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Chad Chronister, Donald Trump's pick to run the DEA, withdraws name from consideration
Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Drug Enforcement Administration says he’s withdrawing his name from consideration.
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TikTok influencer arrested for second alleged shoplifting at same Target store
A TikTok influencer has been arrested for a second time after police said she shoplifted hundreds of dollars worth of items from a Florida Target store where she was accused of a similar crime.
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Golfer brutally beaten to death with clubs at course in Florida, police say
A man is facing a murder charge after police said he brutally attacked another man with a golf club at a course in Palm Beach Gardens.
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White Florida woman gets 25 years in prison for fatally shooting Black neighbor
A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for her manslaughter conviction.
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Florida man suspected of human trafficking accused of stealing Ferrari worth hundreds of thousands
A convicted felon is back behind bars, suspected of human trafficking. In a separate, unrelated case, the same man is accused of stealing a Ferrari worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Matt Gaetz says he doesn't plan to rejoin Congress after withdrawing name for attorney general
There was a question about whether he’d want to be sworn into the next Congress.
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‘Elon Musk impersonator' accused of defrauding $250,000 from elderly woman in Florida, police say
A Florida man who allegedly impersonated billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Facebook defrauded an elderly woman out of at least a quarter of a million dollars, police said.
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Florida man allegedly had AR-15, silencers and list of Jewish and Black targets
A Florida man arrested on suspicion of weapons violations on Halloween had a list of targets that included a congressman and locations he associated with Jewish and Black people, prosecutors allege.
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Hacker accesses sealed testimony of woman alleging Matt Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17
The file that was hacked Monday included the testimony of the woman who alleges she had sex with Gaetz when she was 17 in 2017, and the testimony of a second woman who said she witnessed the encounter, a source told NBC News.
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Florida woman uses ‘botox' to explain age in fraudulent hurricane aid, police say
The 44-year-old woman in Bradenton, Florida, an area which had been affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton, is accused of using her mother’s name and information to submit a claim for almost $8,000.
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Head found on Florida beach was swimmer who drowned after saving sister
The head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne belonged to a 19-year-old swimmer who disappeared after saving his sister’s life in Miami Beach last weekend, authorities said.
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Florida beach worker makes gruesome discovery after human head washes ashore
A human head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne this week belonged to a man whose identity remains unknown, police said.