Florida

The Florida teenager who was fatally electrocuted while trying to escape a car fire following a crash has been identified as a local high school senior and cadet lieutenant in the U.S. Navy’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program, according to a local affiliate report. Valentina Tomashosky, 17, was killed Sunday after exiting her car […]

The federal investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., involving possible sex trafficking could break wide open now that Gaetz’s associate Joel Greenberg appears ready to cut a deal in a case of his own. But who is Greenberg? His case has been reported to have led to the Gaetz investigation, but now Greenberg’s attorney believes […]

A 17-year-old girl died Sunday during a strong storm that swept through central Florida, damaging homes and businesses. The woman was driving in Spring Hill, north of Tampa, when her car struck a downed power line, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The girl stopped and the car caught fire. She climbed out of the car […]

U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday she found the sexual misconduct allegations against fellow Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz “sickening” — but declined to comment further against one of her most staunch critics amid an ongoing investigation. During an appearance Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” Cheney, who represents Wyoming and was the most high-profile House […]

A Tornado warning has been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) for Florida’s capital of Tallahassee. In a series of tweets, the agency warned residents to take shelter and that the warning was in effect until noon ET. BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL THREATENS ALABAMA, TORNADO REPORTED IN MISSISSIPPI AS SEVERE STORMS HIT SOUTH “The strong line of storms moving […]

The Florida Police Benevolent Association (PBA) is celebrating a precedent-setting victory after an appeals court ruled this week that the identities of officers who have been involved in fatal police shootings can be protected under Marsy’s Law if they were threatened with deadly force.  Florida’s First District Court of Appeals (DCA) ruled Tuesday that Marsy’s Law does […]

A Florida man was sentenced to prison Thursday, nearly three years after he crashed into a mother and 1-year-old daughter, killing both, according to reports.  Cameron Herrin, now 21, was allegedly racing with a fellow student in Tampa in his brand-new Ford Mustang — a high-school graduation present — when he slammed into Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt, 24, who was pushing […]

Miami Beach officially ended its 8 p.m. curfew after weeks of spring break celebrations that strained law enforcement and local patience. County commissioners voted Tuesday to lift the weekend curfew that was in place since March when fights, gunfire and property damage were rampant across Miami Beach, a popular spring break destination. The original curfew […]

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office recently responded to a call regarding a 10-foot, 2-inch alligator spotted under a parked car in Tampa, Florida. Deputies and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) responded to the March 31 call at 8:45 a.m. and dispatched a “contracted nuisance alligator trapper” to transport the animal to an alligator farm, according to a Facebook […]

Bob Kent, one of the men Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., claims was behind an extortion attempt in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct involving underage girls, admits that he asked Gaetz’s father for $25 million — but insists it was not extortion. In an interview on SiriusXM’s The Michael Smerconish Program Monday, Kent said he needed money to help locate […]