Florida

A 12-year-old boy accidentally shot himself dead after finding a gun at a friend’s house during a sleepover.

A woman died after falling overboard from a cruise ship that was returning to Florida.

A newly released body-camera footage showed an officer shooting and killing a mentally ill man for refusing to drop an axe.

A laundry room dispute led a man to murder his 81-year-old neighbors over the weekend.

A homeless man reportedly broke into a home and killed a puppy with a machete.

Two people are dead and one person is missing after a plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.

A man allegedly attacked and killed a woman who let him stay in her home with a hatchet.

Brian Laundrie's family's request to limit the scope of questioning on a case filed against them by the family of Gabby Petito was denied by a Florida judge on Thursday.

A woman ended up getting arrested after biting his partner over a sex toy use issue.

Hurricane Nicole reportedly made landfall along Florida's east coast after sweeping through the Bahamas.

Part-time Uber driver, Maxwell Frost, 25, won the Orlando-based 10th Congressional District seat over 72-year-old Republican Calvin Wimbish driven by his advocacy for stronger gun control laws.

The civil case filed by Gabby Petito's family against Brian Laundrie's family takes a turn as the Laundries' defense asks the court to limit the scope of questioning allowed.

A recent survey shows that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is strongly supported by the Latino community in Florida, potentially helping him in his bid for the Presidency in 2024.

A 10-year-old Florida girl luckily escaped from a man who tried to kidnap her twice in a week while she was walking to school in her Fort Lauderdale community.

A pregnant woman in Florida was attacked by his boyfriend on Saturday during a trip to the supermarket, only stopping after a witness pulled out a gun.

Two women reportedly died after a truck driver lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into them.

A man reportedly killed his wife and slit his own throat in front of their three young children.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested after he reportedly opened fire on a homeless family sleeping in their car.

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz played himself well into a death sentence based on his jailhouse interviews last week

A woman was charged after she allegedly stabbed her younger sister to death for flirting with her boyfriend.

A man reportedly kidnapped his girlfriend's 1-year-old boy and used the child as a human shield against officers.

An officer reportedly suffered a heart attack and died after breaking up a fight between two high school students.

A skydiver reportedly fell to his death after his parachute malfunctioned while he was skydiving.

An 11-year-old boy reportedly died after falling from the 19th-floor balcony of a Panama City Beach resort.

A man has been reported dead after he went outside his home to drain his pool during Hurricane Ian in Deltona, Florida on Thursday, Sept. 29.

A man has been accused of trying to behead his acquaintance after stabbing the victim 40 times with a pair of scissors inside a convenience store in Punta Gorda, Florida on Monday, Sept. 19. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is being sued by the Venezuelan migrants he sent to Martha's Vineyard for fraud, alleging that he had provided them false information to get them on the plane. 

A man has been accused of brutally killing his ex-wife and her son in front of the victim's grandchildren after an argument erupted between them over lights being left on for an extended amount of time, at their house in Deltona, Florida on Sunday, Sept. 18.

A student has been reported dead after allegedly being shot following boarding the wrong car in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, Sept. 17. 

A 19-year-old teen girl has been reported dead in a car crash after the vehicle's driver allegedly fell asleep and lost control of the wheel on Interstate 4 in Polk County, Florida on Tuesday, Sept. 6.