The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is shutting the state’s 175 parks to reduce the potential spreading of the coronavirus.
Author: J.D. Gallop, Florida Today
U.S. Airforce’s X-37B returns to Earth with a ‘boom’ and a new record for spaceflight
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B landed at the Kennedy Space Center overnight after being in orbit for more than two years.
‘My time to get bit’: 13-year-old surfer healing after shark bites leave him with 19 stitches
A Florida teen is home recovering after he was bitten twice by a shark while paddling in from the surf.
Two firefighters went missing Friday on a fishing trip. Their search remains ongoing
The U.S. Coast Guard, along with over a dozen other vessels, are continuing to search for two missing boaters last seen at Port Canaveral on Friday
‘Tragic loss of human potential’: 3 years since 49 people massacred at Pulse, this is how the community is healing
Brevard County residents will recall the lives lost during the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando three years ago
Florida woman recovering after ‘significant’ bite injuries from 8-foot alligator in pond
Nichole A. Tillman, 26, of Melbourne, suffered several injuries that were not life-threatening.An 8-foot gator attacked her while she was wading.
100-year-old man dies after birds crossing the road trigger bizarre crash
The sandhill cranes crossing the busy road in Melbourne, Florida, were not injured.
Police: Florida mom charged after toddler left in car dies of heat stroke
Emily Hartman was charged with aggravated manslaughter by neglect, possession with intent to sell cocaine and possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana.
Sebring, Florida, shooting: Who is Zephen Xaver, suspect accused of killing five at SunTrust Bank
Multiple people were shotwhen a gunman opened fire at a SunTrust bank in Sebring in a “hostage situation,” officials say.