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Hurricane Nicole unearthed what is likely an ancient Native American burial ground along Florida's Treasure Coast.

The Republican Party outspent, out-registered and out-messaged Democrats.

Hurricanes Ian and Nicole closed South Florida schools for many days, and now comes the question of how students will need to make up the time they missed.

NASA left its $4.1 billion Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission to the moon on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center to ride out Hurricane Nicole, noting that it could withstand sustained winds of 85 mph at 60 feet high when vertical at Launch Complex 39-B. Hurricane Nicole ended up testing those safety limits.

With more than 622,000 claims reported, estimated insured losses from Hurricane Ian have increased to $8.7 billion

An appeals court has cleared the way for prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Jamell Demons, the rapper professionally known as YNW Melly, putting the 2018 murder case back on track to be presented to a jury.

NASA said it’s one of the biggest pieces of Challenger ever found in the decades since the accident.

Gov. Ron DeSantis steadfastly focused his reelection campaign on President Joe Biden rather than on his Democratic opponent in Florida. But DeSantis’ runaway victory Tuesday, while crushing to Democrats, felt more like a win over a different rival: former President Donald Trump.

This interactive map shows customers without electrical service throughout Florida due to Tropical Storm Nicole's impact.

Hurricane Nicole weakened to a tropical storm after landfall. It's now on a diagonal course across the Florida peninsula that should bring it to the Gulf of Mexico by evening.. Here's the latest forecast track including the so-called "spaghetti models."

View these webcams to see what live conditions are like on Florida's east coast, where Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday.

The red tsunami generated by Gov. Ron DeSantis, felt everywhere in Florida, was so big that it produced major Republican gains and ended Democratic dominance in once-blue Palm Beach County. The shift was wide and deep. The state’s most populous county, Miami-Dade, also went Republican red. Of the three big South Florida counties, only Broward remained Democratic, but it’s less blue than it’s been in a generation.

This interactive map shows customers without electrical service throughout Florida due to Tropical Storm Nicole's impact.

She was a generous person from humble beginnings who worked her way into the political world of Broward County. In 1985, she made history as the first Black person to serve on the county commission. Friends say she served her community with a full heart, never turning away anyone in need.

The former Hurricane Nicole has weakened to a tropical storm that is expected to take a diagonal path across the Florida peninsula Thursday. Here's the latest forecast track including the so-called "spaghetti models."

Voters kept Tamarac’s incumbent mayor in office Tuesday.

The victors will be sworn in on Nov. 15. Two weeks later, their annual commission salary will jump from $73,400 to $82,100, with another $9,000 a year to cover expenses.

The city's official Christmas tree was actually made up of many smaller trees before 2009. Since then, these families have donated their tall trees to the city.

Hurricane forecasters are monitoring a system near the Caribbean that is increasingly likely to become the next tropical depression.

A former presidential candidate who led a political party in Haiti has been shot to death in the capital. The slaying of Eric Jean Baptiste has stunned many in a country already facing a profound crisis.