This holiday season, a Lakeland family is wishing to go to North Carolina. It is not for a vacation, but instead an intensive, specialized therapy for a toddler with an “ultra rare” genetic disorder.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida has announced that multiple arrests were made in connection with a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme.
The Tampa Police Department said a death investigation is underway after a man's body was found in an empty lot on Friday morning.
A crash between an ambulance and a Tesla sent four people to the hospital Friday, first responders in Fort Myers said.
A Kentucky family was reunited with their daughter 40 years after her abduction, after a Crime Stoppers tip led investigators to her and her mother.
The founder of Tampa-based Grey Bull rescue is giving chilling details about the rescue of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
A Clearwater medical clinic that provides free health care to uninsured residents marked 30 years of service Friday, celebrating the milestone alongside a faith-based partnership that has helped sustain its mission.
NAPLES, Fla. (WFLA) — A major car crash, along with three others, in Naples killed one man, sent three people to the hospital, and shut down both directions of I-75 for hours Friday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol said it happened just after midnight on southbound I-75 in Collier County. Smoke from prescribed burns and [...]
Democrats on Friday released 19 new photos from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, showing him alongside President Trump and former President Clinton. “These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world,” Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wrote [...]
"The conditions of the ‘box’ ... would likely cause severe physical and psychological pain and suffering," the report read. "Amnesty International considers that the use of the ‘box’ as a form of punishment at 'Alligator Alcatraz' constitutes torture."
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Bay nonprofit Grey Bull Rescue, known for launching recovery missions after natural disasters and rescuing civilians from dangerous environments, said on Thursday that it completed its most "high threat and high stakes" mission yet. Nobel Peace Laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was absent from the Nobel award [...]
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office said an hours-long manhunt ended in the capture of a man who fled from a traffic stop, stole a vehicle and led deputies on a chase through the woods on Dec. 4. According to SJSO, the man, Tomal Rico Bowe, is listed as [...]
The family of an off-duty police officer who was shot and killed in September at a Circle K gas station has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming that the death was preventable.
The Florida Lottery announced Friday that a man won a $1 million prize from a scratch-off ticket he bought at a Winn-Dixie.
An Instagram video co-posted by Steinfeld and Allen showed the couple in a snowy field as Allen kissed Steinfeld's belly.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) on Friday said some of the photos found in the home of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein depict "people engaged in sexual acts."
On Friday, Hillsborough County Public Schools cut the ribbon to a brand-new technical college for both students and adults.
House Republicans on Friday unveiled a health care bill they will bring to a vote next week that includes items that are broadly popular in the party, like cost sharing reductions and reforms to the pharmacy benefit manager industry, but will exclude extension of expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies. House GOP leaders will allow an amendment vote on [...]
"[It's] almost unheard of.”
Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state's schoolchildren, after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis called for the state to become the first in the nation to eliminate all school vaccination requirements.
One person died and two others were injured after a vehicle crash in in Lake Wales on Friday.
A viral video showing a man being discovered hiding in the trunk of a Waymo by a female passenger is raising concerns about the safety of the driverless taxis. The video was originally posted to TikTok under the caption, "I ordered a Waymo for my daughter and a random was in the trunk."
For the second straight week, the Bucs have dropped a gut-wrenching game to a division opponent.
The Bucs now find themselves looking up at the Carolina Panthers in the NFC South standings.
Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a lawsuit against Roblox on Friday, alleging that the company deceived parents by misrepresenting the platform's safety.
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) had a bear of a time on Dec. 11, when officers had to relocate a 200-pound black bear from under a home in Colorado Springs. According to CPW, officers estimated that the female bear was around three years old. Responders temporarily immobilized the bear, retrieved her from [...]
Business was booming for one certain Costco item on Halloween, the company's CFO said.
Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia and Tennessee are joining 12 other states in adding waivers that will redefine what types of food can be purchased with SNAP dollars in 2026.
The frantic scene was caught on camera.
The Florida Board of Governors confirmed the University of South Florida's new president on Friday.
Does it seems like you received more robocalls in 2025 than the year before? According to data released Thursday by the FTC, complaints about the obnoxious phone calls spiked this year, especially in a handful of states.
TAMPA, Fla., (WFLA) — Days after Governor DeSantis laid out a proposal to address AI standards in Florida, President Trump signed an executive order to impose a national AI standard. DeSantis has already publicly pushed back against the new executive order, which would limit states' efforts to establish their own rules. Trump said he wants [...]
SEMINOLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A state trooper made it out unscathed, but his vehicle did not when it was hit while he was conducting a traffic stop on Thursday. The Florida Highway Patrol said it happened on Bay Pines Boulevard, approaching Seahorse Drive, which was the scene of a fatal hit-and-run earlier in the day. [...]
Affordable Care Act subsidies will end in three weeks, more than doubling the premiums for many with health coverage through the 2010 law known as “Obamacare.”
Australian accident investigators on Thursday released dramatic images of a skydiver’s parachute becoming entangled on an airplane’s tail, leaving him dangling at 15,000 feet.
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia was freed from immigration detention on a judge's order Thursday while he fights to stay in the U.S., handing a major victory to the immigrant whose wrongful deportation to a notorious prison in El Salvador made him a flashpoint of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. U.S. District Judge [...]
It's been a Sweetbay, a neighborhood Walmart, and mostly an empty space. But a vote Tuesday approved giving the Sugar Hill Group more time to bring their vision to the Deuces and Midtown corridors.
Two teens are facing charges following a series of arsons in which Cape Coral police said they burned an American flag, a church sign, and other items, causing significant damage at multiple locations.
“We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote and that’s President Xi [Xinping],” Trump said, speaking in the Oval Office.
A Goodwill store had to be evacuated Thursday after someone found a live hand grenade inside a donation bin, according to Palatka police.
The now-infamous raccoon who got drunk after breaking into a Virginia ABC store in Hanover County is apparently a serial offender.
Sweet Tomatoes is planning to make a comeback in Florida.
On St. Armands Circle, things have come a long way since last year. However, it hasn't fully bounced back as a number of storefronts remain shuttered.
Former pool contractor Jordan Hidalgo has been ordered by a Pinellas County judge to serve two years of probation to settle two charges of felony contractor fraud.
You might see them driving around in downtown Tampa. Waymo, the self-driving cars are here.
Tampa police announced Thursday that a man has been charged in connection with a deadly shooting that happened outside a sports bar in Ybor City in September.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office released its completed incident report regarding a man's death after riding Epic Universe's Stardust Racers.
What was a normal task for 86-year-old James Manitaras nearly turned to tragedy Wednesday after he became stranded dangling from his roof.
The St. Petersburg City Council approved an additional $1 million Thursday for the Shore Acres Flood Mitigation Project
Dems fought to save ACA tax credits but the subsidies are now set to expire Jan. 1.