A second body was recovered Thursday as crews continued searching the Gulf of Mexico for a family missing off southwest Florida, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. Cape Coral Fire and Rescue found the body Thursday morning, about 4 miles from where searchers found another body Wednesday, a Coast Guard news release said. Authorities have not released the identity of either body.
Read More »Sheriff: Suspect In Florida Priest Slaying Moved To New Jail
Steven James Murray, in jail on charges of kidnapping and killing St. Augustine priest, Rev. Rene Wayne Robert, gets moved to a third jail after attempted suicide.
Read More »Rubio Expected To Seek Re-Election To Senate Seat
Sen. Marco Rubio expected to run for re-election to his Florida Senate seat.
Read More »Florida Reviews Suggestions To Replace Confederate Statue
Mary McLeod Bethune is top choice to replace a Confederate general's statue that represents Florida in the U.S. Capitol.
Read More »Tim Tebow Visits Friend Shot In Orlando Nightclub
Former University of Florida and NFL football player Tim Tebow visits his high school teammate, Rodney Sumter, in the hospital after his friend was shot in the Orlando Pulse shooting.
Read More »Attorney General Tells Orlando’s Gays: ‘We Stand With You’
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is visiting Orlando to meet with prosecutors, first responders and families of the victims of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The trip Tuesday comes as the Justice Department continues investigating the June 12 massacre at the Pulse nightclub, in which 49 people died and dozens were wounded. Federal investigators who have conducted hundreds of interviews haven't ruled out charges against others in connection with the shooting and say they're still trying to determine why Omar Mateen, who died in a gun battle with police, picked as his target a popular gay nightclub.
Read More »Pulse Center Has Helped 600 Victims, Families
City officials say that starting Monday an agency will be at the assistance center to help survivors and victims' family members apply for unemployment benefits from the state.
Read More »Trump Backtracks on Guns-In-Clubs Statement
Donald Trump is backtracking from his contention that victims of the Orlando massacre should have been allowed to carry arms into the nightclub where they were attacked.
Read More »Orlando Tourism: No Mass Cancellations Now But Future Unsure
It remains to be seen whether recent events will the city's status as the top tourist destination in the U.S.
Read More »Obama Embraces Orlando Families, Appeals For Gun Controls
The president spent roughly two hours talking privately with victims' families and survivors of the attack in a gay dance club.
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