The Latest Breaking News from Florida

A few months ago, Orange County, Florida, commissioners wrestled with a tough decision: Whether to ban the retail sale of cats, dogs and rabbits as pets. Commissioners heard hours of testimony that included photos of sick and dying animals — including some that sold for thousands of dollars — and…

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk-owned SpaceX on Tuesday successfully launched 49 more Starlink satellites to earth’s low orbit from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

MIAMI — A longtime political strategist paid for more than half a million dollars in misleading mailers promoting no-party candidates in three key Florida state Senate races in 2020, according to court records released by the Miami-Dade County state attorney’s office Tuesday as part of a public corruption probe.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has become the newest member of the House

MIAMI — A scarce monoclonal antibody for people who cannot build immunity from COVID-19 vaccines will be prioritized for distribution to Florida hospitals with large numbers of organ transplant and cancer patients, the Florida Department of Health said on Tuesday, signaling a change in strategy more than three weeks after…

Matt Urey and Lauren Barham spent their honeymoon in a coma in hospitals 1,000km apart after suffering catastrophic burn injuries in the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption. They tell Bevan Hurley the disaster was a failure ‘from top to bottom’.

A central Florida health official has been put on administrative leave as state officials investigate whether he tried to compel employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in violation of state law

Florida’s congressional Democrats ask the Justice Department to investigate voter suppression

MIAMI — Florida on Tuesday reported 111,621 cases and 365 new deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after not reporting data during the long holiday weekend, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.