The extension of the program aims to reduce drowning, which is the leading cause of accidental deaths in Florida kids between 1 and 4 years old.

A new location of OCA, Opportunity, Community and Ability, is coming to Longwood that serves youth and adults with special needs.

State law requires all county correctional facilities to temporarily house ICE detainees.

A swamp fire in Lake County is under control but is expected to spew smoke for a few weeks.

The Osceola County elections supervisor said new maps, which are being decided at a special legislative session next week, could strain counties, confuse voters, and reduce turnout.

Small and local businesses in Orlando will get an advantage when bidding on city contracts under policy approved Monday. The initiative follows a similar Orange County program.

The U.S. Forest Service is expected to decide soon on the request from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

The second-in-command of the RSS, a Hindu nationalist organization in India, rarely speaks to the Western press. Here's what he said about his group's controversial history.

The bronze sculpture is on display inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art as part of a new exhibition on the impact and cultural importance of statues.

Authorities have filed murder charges against the roommate of a Bangladeshi doctoral student who disappeared with his girlfriend from the University of South Florida.

Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released hours after the Justice Department said it would allow firing squads for federal executions.

Gunfire and explosions have rocked Mali's capital Bamako and other key cities in one of the most significant coordinated attacks in years, as armed groups, including jihadist insurgents and separatist rebels exploit worsening insecurity in the Sahel region.

Two runners in this week's Boston Marathon stopped to help a racer who had collapsed just short of the finish line. NPR's Scott Simon says their generosity is its own kind of "personal best."