Florida is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States. The state is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida. Florida is the 22nd-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 8th-most densely populated of the U.S. states. Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Miami metropolitan area is Florida's most populous urban area. Tallahassee is the state's capital.
The mother of the unarmed black teen who was shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida in 2012 has formally announced her candidacy to run for local office. (May 20)
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Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, already rehabbing from heel surgery, suffered ankle fractures in a fall on his ranch in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
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The mother of Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton, is running for political office in Florida, seven years after her son’s death. Trayvon was gunned down by George Zimmerman in Florida, sparking national..
Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan says the Trump administration does not plan to send migrants to Florida after reports of such a proposal caused a stir among local and state..
Business Insider reports Customs and Border Patrol officials said they have no plans to send migrant families to Florida, after state officials announced that President Donald Trump's administration..
Wildlife officials have finally captured a large, invasive Asian water monitor that had been running loose in the Florida Keys for more than a year. The Asian water monitor lizard measured 5 feet, 2..
President Donald Trump often visits his Mar-a-Lago resort but it doesn't seem to be helping business. According to Politico, the Florida estate made $22 million in revenue in 2018, almost $3 million..
The Office of Government Ethics recently released new financial disclosures about President Donald Trump. The disclosure revealed that Trump obtained a new 30-year mortgage in 2018. According to..
A recent clash with the National Rifle Association (NRA) has shown some doctors who treat gunshot victims a way to heal their own trauma: through activism against gun violence. Chris Dignam has more.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that Russian hackers breached the election systems of two Florida counties back in 2016. As for which counties, however, he wouldn’t, or couldn’t, say. I’m..
According to Business Insider, "Tiger Woods and his girlfriend Erica Herman have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit... Woods is the owner and Herman the general manager of the golfer's flagship..
According to Newser Police are investigating a shooting near one of President Trump's resorts in Florida that left one person dead and two others injured. Miami Dade Police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta..
The first DNC 2020 Debates are June 6 & 7 in Miami, Florida. How can candidates qualify for the debates? One option: breaking 1 percent in three polls from pollsters approved by the Democratic National..
During President Trump's Florida rally a supporter yelled something crass about migrants. According to Business Insider, he said migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border should be shot. This came after..
President Donald Trump said that China "broke the deal" in trade talks with Washington and would face stiff tariffs if no agreement is reached during a campaign rally in Florida. Rough cut - no..
Reuters reports A Boeing 737-800 passenger jet operated by Russia’s NordStar carrier slid off a runway as it landed on Monday in a heavy snowstorm in the Russian city of Norilsk with 101 passengers..
A team of 16 investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board is being sent to Jacksonville, Florida. That's where a Boeing 737 jet slid of the runway Friday night into the St Johns River...
Reuters reports a team of 16 federal investigators travelled to Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday to investigate why a Boeing jetliner with 143 people on board slid from a runway into a shallow river..
CNN reports that a Boeing 737 plane, coming from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba with 143 people aboard, slid off the runway into St. Johns River in Florida. No fatalities have been reported. All 136 people and..
A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the U.S. outpost at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, slid off a runway into a shallow river in Florida on Friday, while attempting to land at a military base there..
A Boeing jetliner with 143 people aboard from the U.S. outpost at Guantanamo Bay slid off a runway during a thunderstorm into a shallow river in Jacksonville, Florida, on Friday. Rough cut (no reporter..
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan acknowledged that federal officials did alert local leaders of the possibility of sending migrants.
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The Trump administration is standing firm on its immigration policies Sunday. Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, joins CBSN to discuss how the Department of Homeland.. CBS News - Published
The 2019 yearbook of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, includes the photos of more than a dozen therapy and service dogs.
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Florida's new law allowing classroom teachers to carry guns requires training and a psychological test. Could previous mass shooters have passed?
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Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis said he'll fight plans by the Trump administration to fly migrants from the Mexican border to his state. Migrants are already being flown to at least one other state. Nikki.. CBS News - Published
Florida prosecutors are appealing a judge's decision to block them from using video that allegedly shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft engaging in paid sex at a massage parlor
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The National Transportation Safety Board said Tesla's Autopilot system was active when a driver was killed in during a 2018 crash in Florida.
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Hundreds of detained migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border may soon find themselves in South Florida. A Trump administration plan would move as many as 1,000 migrants per month to Broward and Palm.. CBS News - Published
The Trump administration is apparently planning to move hundreds of undocumented immigrants to south Florida. Local officials in Broward and Palm Beach Counties say they have been told to expect plane.. CBS News - Published
A fighter jet crashes into a Southern California warehouse near a busy freeway. Also, the Trump administration is apparently planning to move hundreds of undocumented immigrants from Texas to Florida... CBS News - Published
A Florida law requiring proof that a "habitual drunkard'' was knowingly served alcohol is at the heart of the lawsuit against Tiger Woods and his bar.
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A small airplane made an emergency landing on a Florida highway ramp during rush hour and crashed into a car. News outlets report the plane landed on an Interstate 4 on-ramp just north of Orlando... USATODAY.com - Published
Local leaders demand more information and support from federal government after being told 1,000 immigrants will be flown their way CBS News - Published
Republican and Democratic lawmakers harshly criticized the F.B.I. for declining to publicly identify the two Florida counties that Russian hackers breached in 2016. NYTimes.com - Published
Tesla Model 3 involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida on March 1 was operating on the company's semi-autonomous Autopilot system CBS News - Published
The Los Angeles Sparks re-signed free agent Riquna Williams, who is facing assault charges after fight with her ex-girlfriend at a Florida home
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Comedian Ahmed Ahmed says he's no terrorist, and the Off The Hook Comedy Club in Naples is welcoming him back for an encore performance.
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The parents of a drunk driver who crashed his car and died last December are suing Tiger Woods and his girlfriend over their son's death. Nick Immesberger was a bartender at Woods' flagship restaurant.. CBS News - Published
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he was sworn to secrecy by the F.B.I. and cannot publicly reveal which Florida counties were hacked during the 2016 election. NYTimes.com - Published
Tyrone Crawford pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful assembly, court records show. The charge stems from a March 15 bar fight in Panama City Beach, Fla.
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Hidden-camera footage of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft at a Florida massage parlor cannot be used as evidence in his trial on charges of soliciting prostitution, a judge ruled on Monday in a.. Reuters - Published
Tiger Woods and the GM of his Jupiter, Florida, restaurant face a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a bartender who died in a car crash.
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One person has died and at least one other was injured in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, on Sunday in what local media said is an incident involving rapper NBA Youngboy.
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The Miami Police Department is investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of one person and injuries to two others at the Trump International.
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