A new state Senate bill would expand and codify in Florida law exactly what the agencies could use the aerial technology to do.

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She is not sure how many years she has left, but she is sure of two things she wants to do with them.

Interviews and government records about the case provide significant new details about the nightmarish accident.

A retired handyman who served 16 months in prison quietly ran for public office earlier this month in the small town of McIntosh in Marion County.

Sheriff's Office deputies say the Gainesville man confessed to killing them, though his case has moved slowly these past 12 months in circuit criminal court.

Two new purple signposts commemorating the Memorial Mile were unveiled yesterday by the Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace.

Florida ranks second in the nation for the highest rate of new melanoma cases.

Florida State University professor Wenyan Fan stumbled on an annual cycle of seismic signals that he was able to tie to hurricane season.

It's likely that the storm carried a red tide bloom inland toward Sanibel, Naples and Marco Island.