Posted: 1:28 PM - The Florida Supreme Court is siding with public defenders who believe they should be able to reject cases if they don't have the budget and lawyers to adequately represent poor people charged with crimes.
Posted: 12:31 PM - The Florida Department of Health-Gadsden’s Population Based Services: Prevention and Education Program cordially invites the Gadsden County community to participate in Get Going Gadsden 2013.
Posted: 11:33 AM - A north Florida man faces charges after fatally shooting a red-bellied woodpecker that was eating the plums from his trees.
Updated: 12:11 PM - The father of a Chechen immigrant shot by U.S. law enforcement agents in Florida while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombings suspect says he regrets allowing his son to go to the United States.
Posted: 11:23 AM - A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is showing a big drop in teen birth rates that some experts say is startling.
Updated: 11:12 AM - Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed 911.
Posted: 10:55 AM - A strong odor coming from a nearby home prompted a neighbor to call authorities. It turned out someone had abandoned 40 animals inside the Pasco County home.
Posted: 10:48 AM - A woman is being held without bond after authorities say she broke into her ex-boyfriend's central Florida home and threatened to cut off the heads of their three small children.
Posted: 10:37 AM - Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering.
Posted: 05/22/2013 - Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the U.S. armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged.
Updated: 05/23/2013 - Wildlife officials are investigating an online video that shows a man jumping on two manatees.
Posted: 05/22/2013 - The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified 23 of 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 children.
Posted: 05/22/2013 - The Internal Revenue Service has hit the Miccosukee Indians with a $170 million bill for failing to report and withhold taxes from its distribution of gambling profits to tribal members.
Updated: 05/22/2013 - The homes on either side of the Seffner house where a sinkhole opened under a man's bedroom are being demolished.
Posted: 05/22/2013 - Authorities say a 1-year-old girl who was in the back seat of a car when it was stolen outside a daycare center near Atlanta has been found safe.
Posted: 05/22/2013 - Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.
Updated: 05/22/2013 - The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion.
Updated: 05/22/2013 - Emotional video of woman finding dog buried alive in rubble after tornado destroys her home.
Posted: 05/22/2013 - The state Highway Patrol says up to 30 people have been injured in a crash between a commercial bus and a car on Interstate 75 in northwest Ohio.
