The Obama administration’s announcement that it will phase out its contracts with private prison companies has sent the stocks of two publicly traded prison companies plummeting. Both get about half their revenue from the federal government. A third prison company, Management and Training Corp., is a private company. Here’s a …

Pregnant women living in or near Miami's Wynwood neighborhood are afraid to go outside.

Wanted: Volunteers willing to be infected with the Zika virus for science.

Polls show Angela Corey trailing in bid for re-election.

Florida State University student charged with fatally stabbing a couple outside their home and then biting the dead man's face claimed to have had superpowers.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz easily won her South Florida district six times, but a Democratic primary challenge from a Bernie Sanders-backed law professor is making her seventh bid less than a sure bet — and her recent resignation as Democratic National Committee chairwoman hasn’t helped. Tim Canova has raised …

No one was injured after police say a woman tried to hit an officer with a car in Titusville. Titusville Police Chief John Lau tells local media that police received a call of shots fired Thursday evening at an apartment complex. Responding officers saw a vehicle matching the description of …

Democratic leaders want Rep. Alan Grayson to go away. His ex-wife says he's abusive. Ethics questions dog him. Yet the liberal lawmaker is refusing to drop his bid for the U.S. Senate, potentially upending party hopes that moderate Rep. Patrick Murphy will emerge as the nominee against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.

No one will be charged in connection with allegations of sexual abuse and murder at the now-shuttered Dozier School for Boys 60 miles west of Tallahassee, with prosecutors saying the passage of time has erased crucial evidence and left many potential witnesses dead.