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Almost two months after reopening, Universal Orlando is laying off an undisclosed number of workers

The Florida Department of Education announced their Teacher of the Year Tuesday. The winner was Krista Stanley, a 6th grade math teacher in Okeechobee County. The announcement was made on a video news conference with Florida Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran.

Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter blames the team’s coronavirus outbreak on a collective false sense of security that made players lax about social distancing and wearing masks

If you have yet to stumble on the Coral City Camera, a 360-degree underwater camera located along the shoreline of PortMiami, then you probably haven’t met Oval, a tailless doctor fish who may just be the most famous wild fish in the world.

Health officials in the Florida Keys say they’ve confirmed four new cases of Dengue fever

Isaias is expected to be near hurricane strength when it approaches the Carolinas, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.

It’s a price hike that Arnie Palenzuela says he noticed immediately. Parking rates in the City of Fort Lauderdale have increased in some areas. “Where we were spending about $10 a week, now it is going to cost up about $40 to $50 dollars a week to park at the beach,” Palenzuela said. Hourly parking rates throughout the City of…

Fred VanVleet scored a career-high 36 points and made seven 3-pointers, and the defending NBA champion Toronto Raptors added to their strong restart with a 107-103 victory over the Miami Heat

Black women have long been the Democratic Party’s most reliable and loyal voters, but for generations that allegiance didn’t translate to their own political rise

A look at local efforts to curb environmental pollution from plastic waste in South Florida.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is unveiling a public awareness campaign urging Floridians to keep their distance and wear masks as a way to lower the risk of coronavirus infections

The U.S. Navy is investigating a video in which military work dogs attacked a “Colin Kaepernick stand-in” during a demonstration at a Navy Seal Museum fundraiser

Florida’s coastline has been getting hit with strong winds and powerful waves as tropical storm Isaias makes its way up the coast, and some Boca Raton residents were ready to make the most of the weather Sunday morning at the beach. “It’s been fun, a lot of people out here,” said Lee Gahagen, who travelled north from the Keys...

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Isaias has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and it is not expected to regain hurricane strength

Meyers Leonard of the Miami Heat stood for the national anthem before his team played the Denver Nuggets

A group of unemployed people and union members caravanned Friday to the Trump National Doral resort in hopes of getting the attention of lawmakers in Washington, D.C.

The family of a missing mother whose toddler was found alone in South Florida is saying they believe the 21-year-old could have been with a man she was in communication with online.

A Florida man is in police custody after he went on a 40-minute shooting spree on a Tampa highway and city streets

Shanlauie Drayton stood with family and community leaders for a prayer vigil Thursday, honoring the life of her 7-year-old daughter Alana Washington, who was shot and killed in a drive-by outside her home Saturday night.

Tropical Storm Isaias battered Puerto Rico on Thursday as it continued on a forecast track toward the U.S. East Coast, unleashing small landslides and causing widespread flooding and power outages on an island still recovering from previous hurricanes and earthquakes.

All state-supported coronavirus testing sites in Florida will temporarily close for a few days due to the potential impacts of tropical weather.

Florida State University has canceled a continuing service agreement with one of the school’s biggest construction contractors after photos surfaced of one of the company’s co-owners in blackface

Two residents of the Florida Keys have been jailed for failing to quarantine after testing positive for the new coronavirus

A dozen people in Florida have been charged in 11 cases of stealing more than $700,000 in Social Security benefits

Officials in Broward have extended the county’s curfew through the weekend.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis extended a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures until September 1.