BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — One of the pilots of a small plane that crashed last month in South Florida, killing all three people on board, reported only being able to make left turns with the rudder before the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff, according to federal investigators.
The ...
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter.
The attack happened Tuesday afternoon near the mouth of Tiger ...
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press
Citizen activists supporting a public vote on important issues could have to brush up on their reading, writing and arithmetic if they want to get their initiatives on next year's ballot in some states.
A new Arkansas law will bar initiative ballot titles ...
LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — An alligator attacked and killed a woman on a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
The attack occurred near the mouth of Tiger Creek into Lake Kissimmee, south of Orlando, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a news ...
JEROME, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a day earlier, officials said Tuesday.
DNA samples from the bears and the attack scene have been sent to a Gainesville lab for testing to determine if ...
By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America
The family of a U.S. airman who was shot by a Florida sheriff's deputy inside his own home sued the deputy, the sheriff and the owner of the airman's apartment complex on Tuesday, saying they want to ensure people are held accountable for his ...
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a former Florida sheriff's deputy and others for the May 2024 shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson.
Former Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy Eddie Duran ...
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump says he will file a lawsuit against a former Florida sheriff's deputy and others for the May 2024 shooting death of 23-year-old U.S. Senior Airman Roger Fortson.
Former Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy Eddie Duran shot ...
MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida jury has awarded $3 million to a man who was severely injured by a defective airbag in a 2020 crash.
Miami-Dade jurors reached a verdict for Jose Hernandez on Thursday, according to court records. He had filed a lawsuit in 2022 against Takata Airbag Tort ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was pardoned by Donald Trump for his conviction related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, said he met with the president over the weekend in Florida.
Tarrio posted about the ...