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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now were hidden from view, including one that may have formed a mere 350 million years after the cosmic-creating Big Bang.

A retail building devoted to selling fireworks is up in flames in Melbourne.

White sharks, just like snowbirds, have started heading south for the weather. They’re turning toward Florida’s waters after spending the summer off Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, hunting seals and tuna.

NASA officials said the Orion spacecraft traveled to its farthest distance from Earth on Monday, two days after breaking a record set by Apollo 13.

A Florida judge accepted an insanity plea from a former college student who killed a Florida couple in their garage six years ago and then chewed on one victim’s face. The deal means he will be sent to a secure mental hospital and cannot be released without a judge's order.

Two people were shot late Sunday after an argument with the driver of another vehicle on Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale.

Florida Supreme Court Justice Jamie Grosshans has recused herself from cases that contend six candidates for appointments to two appeals courts do not meet residency requirements.

A court has rejected an attempt by the Moms for Liberty to block restrictions the Brevard County School Board placed on public comment.

A man and a woman were shot across from the bus terminal in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The woman, identified as a transient resident of the city, later died.

State-level law enforcement units including one in Florida created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.

A 76-year-old passenger was killed when a vehicle being test driven by an 86-year-old man turned into the path of a car just outside the Florida car dealership.

Sophie Reeder went missing in 2017 at age 15 after leaving her father's home late one night. First treated like a runaway, powerful evidence surfaced that she had fallen prey to a sex trafficker. But her family believes the Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s handling of Sophie's case diminished the chance she’d ever be found.