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A nasty rift between the most seriously wounded survivor of the 2018 Parkland school massacre and some families of the 17 murdered has erupted in court.
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Justice Department officials say that 52-year-old Bryan Bishop of Marathon sprayed a chemical irritant at two police officers during the attack on the Capitol.
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Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel has sued the city after officials announced they'd be defunding the independent police watchdog group. The panel believes it can remain in existence, despite a state law aimed at police oversight.
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All four charges in Wednesday’s indictment -- which are third degree felonies -- involve misuse of her notary commission.
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An Ohio prison inmate already convicted of rape and kidnapping pleaded guilty to threatening to kill a Florida judge and sexually assault the judge’s wife and daughter.
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About 30 years have passed since Loran Cole was found guilty of both first-degree murder and sexual battery.
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A coalition of major publishing houses, along with several prominent authors, students, and parents, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Florida public school officials. It challenges the state's controversial 2023 law, which has led to the widespread removal of books from public school libraries.
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Florida can enforce its law banning gender-affirming care for minors and restrictions on adults pending appeal of a federal court ruling that the ban is unconstitutional.
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The Biden administration this week urged a U.S. district judge to toss out a Florida lawsuit challenging a new federal rule that requires more gun sellers to be licensed and run background checks on buyers, disputing state arguments about lost tax revenue from gun shows.
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Attorneys for the state of Florida say the execution of a man with Parkinson’s symptoms should not be delayed. Death row inmate Loran Cole is appealing the state's lethal injection procedures to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Former employee of the Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT), Vincent Burnett, has filed a lawsuit against the county organization for two counts of unlawful retaliation.
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City of Miami voters in 2001 showed outsized support for an independent civilian panel to investigate police misconduct. But the City will soon dissolve the Civilian Investigative Panel to comply with a contentious new state law that bans such police watchdog groups.