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Florida lawmakers are heading back to Tallahassee for a budget-focused special session after failing to pass a spending plan during the regular session for the second year in a row. Here's the timeline and process.
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The city says maintaining the strict care guidelines of the swans during an upcoming construction project would be “increasingly difficult.”
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Implementing the new map will cost an estimated $400,000 for Orange County alone, but pending litigation could see the state return to the previous map for the midterms.
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Sloth World’s owners were legally permitted by the state to possess captive wildlife. But permit holders aren’t required to report animal illness or death to the state. Lawmakers want to see that changed.
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The proposal from the Florida Department of Education would require state colleges to check all students admitted into an institution are citizens or legally allowed to be in the country. It would affect 28 public state colleges.
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A new partisan voting map is facing growing outcry and litigation from nonpartisan groups and community leaders who see voter protections eroding.
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AdventHealth nurses reported that Black pediatric patients needed different kinds of shampoo to care for their hair. The hospital listened.
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The county bought the River Bend Ranch property with $20 million from the voter-approved Volusia Forever program.
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Dozens of sloths were captured from the wild and shipped to Florida for the now-canceled attraction. At least 34 of those sloths are now dead.
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The remains of a U.S. soldier who went missing during military drills in Morocco were recovered in the Atlantic Ocean, the army said. Military teams are searching for a second missing soldier.
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One of the 17 Americans tested "mildly" positive for the virus during the U.S. return flight. A French woman has also tested positive — she was was among five French passengers repatriated to Paris.
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The relatives of Hussein Asasa described to NPR how they were forced to exhume and rebury their father when Israeli settlers interfered with his grave.
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Iran delivered its response to Pakistani mediators on Sunday, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.
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The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) Consumers and farmers stand to benefit from the "Standard of Excellence" program.
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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party suffered major losses in local elections held across Britain last week. So far, Starmer has rejected calls for his resignation.
