Europe's shiny new $2 billion science lab, Columbus, was anchored to the international space station on Monday by a team of astronauts laboring inside and out.
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A proposal to cap state and local government spending and revenue growth won approval Monday from a state tax committee.
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A Miami member of the powerful commission that can put tax issues directly before voters will ask the panel Monday to approve a multibillion dollar property tax cut plan.
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An Orlando man who set up more than 100 ''shell'' companies to illegally employ undocumented foreign workers was sentenced last week to 18 months in prison followed by two years' supervised release, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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A ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom has closed after a small fire broke out Sunday, sending one woman to the hospital with minor injuries.
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About 200 people gathered in Clearwater on Sunday to protest against the Church of Scientology at its spiritual headquarters.
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Police in Orlando are investigating the shooting deaths of two men on Sunday.
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Shuttle Atlantis' sick German astronaut looked and sounded well Sunday as he helped a crewmate prepare for a spacewalk that should have been his.
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The president of Rwanda and the Saudi Arabian minister of state will speak at Florida State University on Monday as the schools aim to play a part in international politics.
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It still pains Viola Singleton to talk about the storm all these years later. She's 96 years old, is slowed by bad legs and has buried most of her family, including a son who never reached 40. She lives in a nursing home just a few miles from where her worst memories were born.
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(AP) -- The Florida Lottery turns 20 this year, a milestone that is marked by stiffer competition for players' gambling dollars. About 1,000 Vegas-style slot machines were recently installed in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. The tribe plans to add up to 15,000 machines statewide, and could open blackjack and baccarat tables in the coming months.
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Nearly two weeks after Florida voters overwhelmingly approved property-tax portability, some homeowners are rushing to take advantage of it. But implementing the new tax cuts is proving challenging and confusing.
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Authorities say a 3-year-old boy drowned in a neighbor's pond in Bayou George.
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An appellate judge facing ethics charges over a comment he made about a colleague is now facing perjury charges as well.
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Hundreds of fans bid on urinals, chunks of concrete and plastic orange seats Saturday, hoping to take a little piece of the Orange Bowl home with them.
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A former Marine and Clark County resident who was wounded in Iraq has been missing for nearly a week in Florida.
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Space shuttle Atlantis and its astronauts delivered a sparkling new lab to the international space station Saturday, but had to delay installing it by a day because of a crew member's medical problem.
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Standing in a museum dedicated to the son of a slave, Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday appointed state Rep. Frank Peterman Jr. of St. Petersburg to be the next secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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After taking in more than 19 hours of testimony from insurance companies, a special Senate panel now will recommend possible law changes.
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Fred Grider was happy when he walked onto the USS Nashville, switching boats in the Pacific after an operation on Leyte. For one thing, it was his 21st birthday.
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