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Free orange juice will continue to be available to travelers at Florida welcome centers as the Department of Citrus squeezes staff to help the embattled industry.

A small Florida bank will issue the first U.S. credit card intended for use in Cuba. That could make it easier for Americans to travel and work on an island largely cut off from the U.S. financial system, the bank announced Tuesday. Pompano Beach-based Stonegate Bank says its Mastercard will be available Wednesday.

The gunman who carried out the Orlando massacre early Sunday in a gay nightclub passed all of the legally required background checks for his weapons,

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission considering four options to about the future management of Florida black bears,

The governor called the shooting "an attack on our state and entire nation."

State Sen. Gwen Margolis will retire come November, ending her 40-year-long political career. She announced the decision via email after the Miami Herald reported that she had dismissed her five opponents during a meeting with local democrats.

Florida Carry challenges 30-year-old concealed-weapons law in Florida Supreme Court on behalf of Fort. Pierce man.

Florida Carry, a gun rights group, wants a different judge to preside over their lawsuit against FSU. The group said that the judge had donated significant mounts of money to the school in the past, and was partial to the university.

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case focused on whether the state's new death penalty law is constitutional.