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Otis Anderson Jr., a former UCF running back who spent time at an NFL training camp with the Los Angeles Rams, was allegedly shot and killed Monday by his own father in Jacksonville, Florida.

A man was injured by a jaguar at a Florida zoo after climbing over a barrier and moving too close to the animal’s enclosure, officials said. The attack occurred Wednesday at the Range of the Jaguar display at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, the Florida Times-Union reported. The man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, zoo officials said. The man climbed over...

At least 80 photos — all featuring female students deemed to have violated the dress code — were edited. Riley and Zoe’s mothers said the school did not contact them about the changes prior to the yearbook coming out and were later informed the modifications were done as part of “modesty editing.”

UFC 261 returned a sense of normalcy to the sports world with a packed house, a raucous crowd and another victory for Kamaru Usman

A Florida woman whose image went viral when she deliberately coughed on a customer at a Pier 1 store last year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has been sentenced to 30 days in jail

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is canceling part of the Republican National Convention which was set to be held in Jacksonville, Florida, as coronavirus cases continue to climb in the state. The president confirmed he still intends to hold part of the convention in North Carolina at the end of August.

President Donald Trump has scrapped plans for a four-night Republican National Convention scheduled for Florida next month, citing a “flare-up” of the coronavirus

Authorities in Jacksonville, Florida, are investigating after motorists saw a startling scene Saturday morning as they drove along a Florida interstate: a mannequin dressed in a police uniform dangling from a rope at an overpass.

A Florida health care worker and 15 of her friends tested positive for COVID-19 after gathering for a birthday celebration at a newly-reopened pub in Jacksonville. Erika Crisp told WJXT that after months of staying home and “doing everything the right way” because of the coronavirus pandemic, she and her friends decided to go to Lynch’s Irish Pub on June…

Jacksonville, Florida, has been picked to host the GOP celebration marking President Donald Trump’s acceptance of his party’s nomination to run for reelection, the Republican National Committee chairwoman said Thursday.

Florida’s governor has given the green light for some beaches and parks to reopen if it can be done safely after being closed because of the coronavirus

A Jacksonville-based U.S. Coast Guard crew intercepted over 12,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, worth over $165 million. While on routine patrol earlier this month, the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crew interdicted a self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel in international waters that was carrying approximately six tons of cocaine and four suspected drug smugglers, officials said in a statement....

A Florida boy who used the money he’d been saving for a birthday trip to Disney World to buy supplies for Hurricane Dorian evacuees is going to Orlando after the theme park surprised him with a free trip.

Staff at the Orange Park Medical Center near Jacksonville, Florida, shared adorable photos of newborns who were delivered during this year’s hurricane season.

A Florida man parked his Smart car in his kitchen to protect it from Hurricane Dorian.

The U.S. Coast Guard and a number of other law enforcement agencies are in a “race against time” to find two missing firefighters — including one from Fairfax County, Virginia — as the search for the men stretches into a sixth day.

The man said he was returning from active duty and wanted to keep the missile launcher as a souvenir.

The team placed Norton on their reserved/non-football injury list Sunday, ending his season as the team prepares for the start of training camp this week.

Kendrick Norton, who played his college football at the University of Miami, is in critical condition at Ryder Trauma Center but is expected to live after being one of two people hospitalized.

Conspiracy theorists took to social media in a flurry of excitement Wednesday after a mysterious flying object resembling an orange fireball streaked across the Florida sky.