South Florida Local News

Donald Dillbeck was executed Thursday for the murder of a Tallahassee woman in a parking lot more than 30 years ago. It was the state's first execution since 2019.

The reporter who was among those killed in Wednesday’s shootings near Orlando is being remembered as a “shining star” who did well in his classes at the South Florida high school he attended.

An affidavit detailing the killing of Nathacha Augustin revealed some details but not the alleged motive of suspect Keith Melvin Moses.

Florida House analysts estimate that a proposal to make all students eligible for taxpayer-funded vouchers would cost $209.6 million next year, while critics say that dramatically underestimates potential costs.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced legislation Thursday that will increase the penalties for human smuggling while cracking down on paths to employment, education and obtaining legal identification for undocumented immigrants.

Spectrum News 13 announced the names of their two TV journalists who were shot while covering a homicide case in Orange County on Wednesday.

NASA leaders sounded a warning bell about funding by Congress that could threaten the pace of the Artemis lunar missions.

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation at the request of the attorney for a man who was arrested in North Carolina while driving the car of a dead Lyft driver from Florida and who is also charged with murder in a separate case.

Orange County Sheriff John Mina said at a news conference that the journalist for Spectrum News 13 was among four people who were shot near the crime scene.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to block Thursday’s scheduled execution of convicted murderer Donald David Dillbeck, setting the stage for Florida to put an inmate to death for the first time since 2019.

A proposed ban on people driving with their dogs’ heads outside car windows drew a swift backlash within days of its introduction that sponsoring state Sen. Lauren Book, of Broward, now plans to remove, or significantly change, that provision in comprehensive animal-welfare legislation.

A Leon County circuit judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed after Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration sparked a controversy in September by flying about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Food and Drug Administration officials issued guidance that says consumers aren’t confused by the difference

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody asked a federal judge on Wednesday to scrap a 2016 ruling that prevented the state from cutting off public money to abortion providers for health services unrelated to abortion.

A Boynton Beach teen was shot to death Tuesday night after meeting two men in a West Palm Beach park. The attack was “not random,” according to West Palm Beach police.

A Palm Beach art dealer pleaded guilty to laundering money in a scheme that sold counterfeit artwork attributed to Andy Warhol, federal officials said. Daniel Elie Bouaziz will be sentenced in May.

Samuel Joeckel, an English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University, learned last week that his contract renewal has been delayed pending a review of his racial justice unit after a parent complained to the university's president.

A man who police say was driving the car of a dead South Florida Lyft driver was charged with murder and other counts Tuesday in a separate case.

Gov. Ron DeSantis-inspired push to make it easier for prominent people to sue media outlets for defamation, setting the stage for a potential First Amendment clash in the courts.

For the first time, an Arab country is sending an astronaut to the International Space Station for an extended stay on SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission set to launch from Kennedy Space Center this weekend.