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Starting later this year, Brightline will run 16 daily round trips between Miami and Orlando. -
Tropical Storm Bret is growing stronger as it takes aim at islands in the eastern Caribbean that are bracing for torrential rainfall, landslides and flooding. -
The White House says President Joe Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S. lawfully. -
At least nine states are considering legislation related to school start times, up from four the previous year. Florida lawmakers approved such a law this past week. -
Officials in Port St Lucie have canceled a gay pride parade and restricted other pride events to people 21 years and older, in anticipation of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a bill meant to keep children out of drag shows. -
It came at the start of the 2023 legislative session, in which the Republican supermajority is expected to rubber stamp much of DeSantis' agenda. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis is questioning the actions of State Attorney Monique Worrell over how she handled cases involving a suspect charged with fatally shooting a TV reporter, a 9-year-old girl and a woman in Orlando. -
The Washington jury deliberated for about 12 hours over three days before delivering their guilty verdict against David Moerschel of Punta Gorda, Joseph Hackett of Sarasota and two others. -
His administration is requiring state universities to provide information from the past five years about services they have provided to people with gender dysphoria. -
The bill directs Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to rescind his August 2021 memorandum imposing the vaccine mandate.
