On Monday, Tampa police said they are launching a new investigation into how Moore was able to escape. He is now being charged with one count of escape from a juvenile detention facility.

Family and friends of the 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk described his politics as veering left in recent years as he spent large amounts of time scrolling the “dark corners of the internet,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Sunday.

A tropical depression is likely to form by the middle of this week, the National Hurricane Center announced.

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Members of Harvest Sarasota Church and LGBTQ+ community allies spent Sunday afternoon painting a colorful mural on church property in response to the recent removal of pride crosswalks and other street art across Florida.

A man is dead after a drowning that occurred in Polk County on Sunday afternoon.

Dozens of hot sauce, dip, food, and other local vendors descended on Pinellas County this weekend for the 25th annual I Like It HOT! festival at the Largo Event Center.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday.

It will be even drier Monday with dew points in the 50s as rain chances will be slim to none. Lows will be in the upper 60s to around 70 with highs in the low 90s.

A man is dead after a drowning that occurred in Polk County on Sunday afternoon.

An eagle ray and a cobia fish were spotted swimming together in Dunedin on Tuesday.

WFLA Meteorologist Juliana Mejia tracks a tropical wave moving through the Atlantic and discusses the possibility of development over the next week.

Floridians have racked up some serious credit card debt so far this year, a study from WalletHub revealed.