TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Following the latest Legislative session in Florida, nearly 30 new state laws took effect on Wednesday. Many of these laws either establish new crimes or impose harsher penalties ...

More than two dozen new laws are set to take effect in Florida on Oct. 1 as the state looks to address a number of issues. TAMPA, Fla. — More than two dozen new laws are set to take effect in Florida ...

Authorities on Sept. 26 announced that it was Robert Eugene Brashers who committed the 1991 crime featured in the HBO Max documentary "The Yogurt Shop Murders." And Sept 29, detectives and others held ...

A Florida nurse was sentenced to two years in prison after her husband caught her having sex with his son last year. Alexis Von Yates was on a sofa with her then-15-year-old stepson late at night ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife's sister and parents and setting their house on fire is scheduled to put to death Wednesday, which would be a record 12th ...

A Florida nurse whose husband walked in on her having sex with his 15-year-old son has been sentenced to two years in prison — with the boy’s mom angrily calling the stepmom an “incestuous pedophile.” ...

This photo provided by Florida Corrections Department shows Samuel Lee Smithers. (Florida Corrections Department via AP) This photo provided by Florida Corrections Department shows Samuel Lee Smithers ...

A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and then setting their house on fire is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday evening STARKE, Fla. -- A Florida man ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife's sister and parents and setting their house on fire was put to death Wednesday evening in what was a record 12th execution in ...

Two Tallahassee women were sentenced for stealing funds from the Florida Prepaid College Program. The women used their positions at a contracted company to access accounts and redirect refund checks.

Florida is expanding its immigration detention capacity with federal assistance at a state-run facility. But detainees at state-run facilities like "Deportation Depot" often do not appear in the ...