By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A coalition of voting rights groups is pointing to a voter-approved amendment to argue Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the state constitution when he dismantled a Black congressional district, but if they lose ...
By FREIDA FRISARO and KEN MILLER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A teenager who is accused of stabbing his mother to death in Florida was freed last year after charges were dropped in the fatal shooting of his father in Oklahoma. Sheriff Grady Judd in Polk County, Florida, ...
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A tech billionaire popped out from a SpaceX capsule hundreds of miles above Earth and performed the first private spacewalk Thursday, a high-risk endeavor once reserved for professional astronauts. Tech entrepreneur Jared ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Four Black rights activists were convicted Thursday in Florida federal court of conspiring to act as unregistered Russian agents. Jurors deliberated all day Wednesday and returned the guilty verdicts late Thursday morning, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The conspiracy ...
By STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Democrats made bold claims last week about their chances in a state that has steadily grown more conservative in recent years. But so far they have not matched their words with the kind of money it will take to win ...
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press When Florida's ban on abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy began on May 1, the number of abortions didn't drop as much as it has when other states implemented similar policies, a study released Thursday estimates. The study by the Guttmacher ...
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A mother, grandfather, adult brother and two caregivers in Florida have been charged with the starvation death of a 7-year-old disabled boy who weighed 7 pounds (3.1 kilograms) and had bones poking through his skin when he was ...
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement reached Thursday with students and parents who sued over what they said was an unlawful decision to limit access to dozens of titles containing LGBTQ+ ...
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be detected as quickly. Overheating incidents rose 28% from 2019 to ...
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Panhandle high school football player has died after collapsing during a game, officials said. Port St. Joe High School wide receiver and defensive back Chance Gainer collapsed during Friday night's game at Liberty County High School. The 18-year-old senior ...
