The Florida Supreme Court sided with Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday in a legal dispute over restoring voting rights to felons with unpaid fines. The court’s advisory opinion — requested by the Republican governor last year — has no immediate legal consequence, but could influence federal judges weighing legal wranglings over the voter-approved ballot measure known as Amendment 4.

A physical therapist killed his wife, three young children and dog in an affluent Florida suburb near Walt Disney World and then left their bodies there for days, authorities said Wednesday. Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson said at news conference that 44-year-old Anthony Todt faces homicide charges for the deaths of his wife, Megan, and their three children whose ages…

Investigators are working to determine whether or not incidents of criminal mischief at ATMs in Hillsborough County, Florida could be connected to three explosions at ATMs in Tampa Bay over the past few months.

A Florida woman found herself behind bars this weekend after police say she was caught making a bomb inside the aisles of a Walmart.

The man who shot several people, killing one, at a zombie-themed festival in Florida more than four years ago was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison.

Miami’s upcoming Super Bowl will mean death for dozens of invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades — and wildlife officials say that’s a good thing. The game’s organizing committee is working with Florida to promote the Python Bowl, a 10-day contest that began Friday that will give out all-terrain vehicles and cash to the hunters who kill the most...

A federal judge said he wants to send a message by ordering a former Mrs. Florida to spend a month in prison for stealing her mother’s Social Security checks. On Thursday, the judge also sentenced 2016 Mrs. Florida Karyn Turk to five months of house arrest and ordered her to do 100 hours of community service in a nursing home....

Police and the family of the 22-year-old woman who was shot while driving on Interstate 95 in Miami are asking for the public’s help in finding a possible suspect in her killing.

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were concealed inside electronic equipment and smuggled from the Philippines to the United States. He avoided customs authorities by placing the lizards in socks, which were sealed with tape and concealed inside electronic equipment and shipped under a false label.

Rod Stewart and his son Sean are facing charges after a New Year’s Eve altercation with a security guard at Palm Beach, Florida, resort, NBC News reported.

A New York man claiming he was “The Sheriff” was arrested on New Year’s Day after investigators said he tried to impersonate a law enforcement officer to get rid of a lien placed against his new home

Volusia County sheriff’s deputies monitoring an Instagram Live feed of a suspect confirmed his location before they surrounded a home and apprehended the suspect with multiple outstanding warrants.

From alligator antics to naked people doing wacky things, Florida did not disappoint in the weird news department this year

The rumors swirled for decades: A dark history long lay buried under the grassy knolls and manicured lawns of a country club in Florida’s capital city. Over the years, neat rows of rectangular depressions along the 7th fairway deepened in the grass, outlining what would be confirmed this month as sunken graves of the slaves who lived and died...

SeaWorld will be changing the centerpiece of its killer whale show at its Orlando theme park in the coming year. NBC affiliate WESH-TV reports the “One Ocean” show will be replaced with the “Orca Encounter” show aimed at featuring more information about conservation and killer whales’ behavior. “This educational presentation reflects our company’s mission to inspire people and protect...

Detectives solved the 1981 murder of a Florida woman by using advanced DNA testing to discover the suspect was the football coach of one of her sons, police said. The Lakeland Police Department said Joseph Clinton Mills, 58, has been arrested on charges he raped and killed Linda Patterson Slaten, on Sept. 4, 1981, when she was 31. Slaten was…

A Florida police captain was shot near a gas station Thursday, prompting a manhunt that ended with the suspect being shot and killed. A sheriff’s helicopter pilot spotted Jayson Colvin hiding under a canoe near a lake. Colvin took off as a SWAT team approached, but officers saw Colvin and a gun battle ensued, said Lake County Sheriff Peyton...

The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will face a death penalty case stemming from the February 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead.

Surveillance footage showed a truck slamming into the car rental center at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport early Thursday. The footage released by the airport showed the white GMC Sierra traveling at a high rate of speed before slamming into the building and crashing into the National Car Rental counter, as a worker who was sipping from a cup moments before ducks…

Two Floridians have been charged with starving their 18-month-old son to death. The child weighed only 17 pounds, according to a Cape Coral police report. Experts said that’s in line with what a 7-month-old should weigh.