FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff's deputy mistook the sound of an acorn hitting his patrol vehicle for a gunshot and fired multiple times at the SUV where a handcuffed Black man was sitting in the backseat, officials said.
The man, who was being questioned about stealing his ...
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press
Workers who help bring Disneyland's beloved characters to life — including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Cinderella — are looking to unionize.
Labor organizers announced the campaign Tuesday, saying performers want better safety conditions and scheduling ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Restrictions on after-hour drop boxes may make it inconvenient to return ballots outside business hours, but they don't keep Floridians from voting, a federal judge has ruled.
Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker previously had ruled that restrictions in Florida's ...
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Seeking to turn legal problems into political gain, former President Donald Trump arrived Monday to a crowd of supporters at a federal courthouse in Florida for a closed hearing in the criminal case charging ...
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley is challenging Donald Trump to debate. Trump is challenging Joe Biden to debate. And Biden is laughing Trump off, at least publicly.
But there are real questions about whether any of them will confront ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A wayward kangaroo was corralled safely by sheriff's deputies Thursday after it was spotted hopping around the pool area of a Florida apartment complex.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office released video and still photos of the kangaroo, including some footage shot ...
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's attorney general is expected to ask the state Supreme Court to keep an abortion-rights measure off November's ballot on Wednesday, saying it misleads voters and could be used to expand abortion rights in the ...
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A deputy shot and killed a man Tuesday after he took people hostage and claimed to have a bomb at a Florida bank, authorities said.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to a Bank of America branch in Fort Myers shortly before noon, Sheriff Carmine Marceno said ...
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school districts could opt to allow volunteer chaplains in schools under a bill approved Tuesday by a Senate committee.
Supporters of the legislation said it will provide another resource for children during ...
By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adorable, furry baby Hoffman's two-toed sloth has made its debut at zoo in Florida.
Zookeepers at the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society have been monitoring the baby sloth and its mother, Wilbur, ...