The Latest Breaking News from Fla

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For the first time since the U.S. declared polio officially eradicated in 1979, Floridians are concerned about their odds of getting the disease.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Joe Maddon is managing just fine in his first summer without pro baseball in 47 years.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s 7,444 recorded manatees deaths in the last dozen years nearly matches the number thought to be surviving today.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Kenny Pickett took a big step toward becoming the No. 2 quarterback — and who knows what’s else — with a strong but surprisingly brief showing in the Steelers’ 16-15 comeback victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa made his preseason debut Saturday night at Hard Rock Stadium.

ORLANDO, Fla. — As the news broke earlier this week about the Big Ten’s landmark TV deal that will reportedly net the league nearly $8 billion over seven years, I started humming the old Hank Williams classic "Move It On Over" in which the late, great country music legend tells…

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continued tracking what it’s calling Potential Tropical Cyclone Four in the Gulf of Mexico warning it could form into the season’s next tropical storm on Saturday while also keeping an eye on a new potential system in the Atlantic.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Parts of Texas and Mexico remain under tropical storm warnings Saturday even though chances for a system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico to make landfall as a tropical storm are decreasing, forecasters said.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Drew Rasmussen wasn’t going to threaten perfection for a second straight start, as he walked Kansas City catcher MJ Melendez to open Saturday’s game at Tropicana Field.

TAMPA, Fla. — On the eve of Tuesday’s primary elections, the issues and storylines dominating Florida politics show how much can change in two years.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Keyontae Johnson has a new home and new hope for his basketball future.