FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A pair of South Florida wildfires that torched thousands of acres in the Everglades over the weekend spread Monday as fire crews worked to contain them. The Florida Forest Service posted on Facebook that the growing fires were producing smoky conditions with ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of killing two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh will face the death penalty if convicted, prosecutors indicated Friday. The Hillsborough State Attorney's Office filed a notice to seek the death penalty a day after a grand jury indicted ...
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the immigration detention center known as " Alligator Alcatraz " always was meant to be temporary. His comments came on the same day that The New York Times reported state and federal officials were in early talks about ...
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press A council meant to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency proposed Thursday a series of long-awaited changes to the disaster recovery body that stop short of the administration's promises to dismantle it, but could reduce the number of ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Firefighters worked through the night to extinguish a blaze at a laboratory on the University of South Florida campus in St. Petersburg and officials said Sunday that the building could be a total loss. The fire Saturday night prompted evacuations and sent up ...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A body found in Tampa Bay has been identified as the second missing University of South Florida doctoral student from Bangladesh, a sheriff said Friday. He described their killings as "a monstrous crime" and said a motive was still ...
By BILL BARROW Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — With President Donald Trump's poll numbers fading, beleaguered Florida Democrats hoped this year would be an opportunity to gain ground in the state. But now they're looking at the possibility of losing up to four U.S. House seats ...
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The FBI is investigating the death of a truck driver whose body and semitrailer were found in different areas of southeastern Georgia hours after he was last seen alive at a Florida rest stop. Alejandro Jacomino Gonzalez, 41, went ...
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Before the words were even written on a Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, some states already were taking steps to respond to it. Wednesday's ruling significantly limits the use of race when drawing ...
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The behavior of a suspect in the murders of two University of South Florida students from Bangladesh worsened over time from marijuana use, family members told deputies after his arrest three years ago for punching his brother in the ...
