The hearing will test the legal strategy behind the new map, which ignores a state constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering.

Every part of Florida has been in some level of drought for the last three months, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

The U.S. military says the remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday issued a temporary ban on importing sloths into the state, following public outcry that arose over dozens of animal deaths connected to Sloth World, a now-canceled attraction previously planned in Orlando. The temporary ban expires on July 10.

The detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is reported to shut down in June. Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has not officially heard anything from the federal government on the closure.

Ortiz, a retired Orlando police officer and U.S. Marine veteran, may be able to carve out a position as the centrist choice in contrast to the progressive State Rep. Anna Eskamani.

Orlando ranks at the bottom among metros nationwide in affordable housing stock for its poorest residents. Volunteers say sleeping bans are making the unhoused harder to find and less willing to talk.

Bulgaria was not among the favorites to win. But performer Dara's catchy, banging anthem bested 24 other nations at the 70th edition of the international singing extravaganza.

Health officials are working to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the DRC of a virus strain with no known vaccine.

The splashy nighttime phenomenon will be best observed on Saturday and Sunday nights

A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and controversial rescue effort after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany's Baltic Sea coast, Danish authorities said Saturday.

In Sri Lanka, the islanders revere elephants. But for farmers, there's rising tension that's leading to more fatal encounters — for both humans and hungry pachyderms.

President Trump's troop withdrawal threat rattles residents of a small Bavarian town reliant on U.S. military personnel and their families for both income and friendships built over decades.