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Was Judge Hannah Dugan trying to obstruct a proceeding or trying to run her courtroom when ICE agents came to arrest an undocumented immigrant? A federal jury will decide

A search for two missing Oklahoma teenagers and a convicted sex offender ended within hours on Monday when police found seven bodies, including five teenagers, on a rural property.

Volunteers from Sarasota’s Mote Marine Laboratory found first sea turtle nest reported this year Tuesday on Casey Key,

A huge sinkhole that seemed stable for 15 years suddenly began expanding about a week ago, growing by several acres and leaving nearby residents terrified that it will take them and their homes.

Florida lawmakers this month passed a record $117 billion budget that covers more than 500 pages and includes high-profile issues such as money for schools, health care, environmental projects and road construction.But also tucked inside the spending plan are more than 1,500 projects pushed by individual lawmakers and fine print that details how tax dollars must be used. The budget, which will take effect July 1, still needs approval from Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has line-item veto power.

If Florida’s iconic strawberry industry is going to survive climate change brought on by carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions, those involved must be willing to embrace major changes in how nearly everything is done – and quickly. That’s according to University of Florida agricultural researchers working with the Environmental Defense Fund, who have issued a new report detailing the grave threat global warming is posing to the state’s $400 million strawberry industry

On June 12, 1963, Evers was assassinated at his home in Jackson, Miss., by a Ku Klux Klan member. While other leaders pushed for equality across the U.S., Evers focused on his native Mississippi.

Mayor Jody Jones estimates 90 percent of the residential structures were destroyed in California's Camp Fire. Crews search for those who may have perished in neighborhoods now marked by silence.

For those who have survived the deadly fires in Northern and Southern California, the escape was just the beginning. Now they face the daunting task of rebuilding the lives they made.

President Biden approved Vermont's emergency declaration Tuesday morning as rescue teams in that state braced for more rain and flooding from a storm that left a trail of damage across the Northeast.