Higher-education leaders Friday backed a plan to form a new accrediting agency that Florida will help fund and oversee with university systems from five other Southern states.

Lawmakers in both parties slammed the revelation, which comes as concerns are being raised about the lack of oversight and transparency over the millions of dollars being spent on the temporary

At least in the short term, the tropics should remain quiet, according to both the National Hurricane Center and AccuWeather.

Florida's Key West voted to reinstate its immigration agreement with ICE just one week after ending it, following threats of penalties from Governor DeSantis's administration.

Drivers must stop at a police DUI checkpoint and hand over any requests from an officer, including license and registration. This driving rule applies all the time, and not just apply at DUI checkpoints. Pedestrians on public sidewalks typically don’t have to give police their ID unless they’re being accused of a crime.

Steven Matthew Wolf was found guilty in the 2018 murder of Michelle Osborne, whose nude body was found by a fisherman in Marathon.

So far, only Florida is putting in $4 million, which was added to the state university system’s budget by the Legislature. A business plan for the commission says it “anticipates the other five founding university systems will dedicate funds, labor or a combination of, that is comparable to Florida’s initial contribution.”

A 12-year-old Fortnite gamer was victimized twice in two days by “swatting” calls, and the culprits were his online competition in New York and Connecticut, according to Florida detectives. The suspects, ages 14 and 15, have been arrested and are facing felony charges, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a July 10 news release.