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Walt Disney World says face coverings will be required in certain parts of the park, starting July 30.

Ronnie Blair, now 12 years old and adopted by a Hillsborough detective's family after his own father tried to kill him, says he doesn't want to be defined by the night he nearly died. He loves science, his new siblings, and parents. When he grows up, he wants to become an actor.

A Louisiana man who traveled multiple times to Spring Hill to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online will spend the next 15 years in prison. He was captured after the teen's parents found him hiding in their child's closet -- and he had been living in there for a month.

A male seahorse was brought to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium for buoyancy issues and a few days later gave birth to hundreds of babies.

36 years ago, babysitter Terry McKirchy was sentenced to weekends in jail for three months for shaking a 5-month-old boy so severely that he suffered permanent brain damage. But she now faces a possible life sentence for murder after a medical examiner said the victim succumbed to those injuries at the age of 35, after a life with severe mental and physical disabilities.

A Florida woman has been arrested, accused of locking a non-verbal, autistic child inside a cage.

The final victim of the condo building collapse in South Florida has been identified, a relative said Monday, more than a month after the middle-of-the-night catastrophe that ultimately claimed 98 lives and became the largest non-hurricane related emergency response in state history.

The statewide search for a missing Florida teenager may have come to a tragic end in Tallahassee.

A judge agreed with the jury's recommended life sentence for Ronnie Oneal, who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend and their 9-year-old special needs daughter. Oneal took the stand to testify, telling the victim's mother he was not sorry for what he did.

For her 100th birthday celebration, Naval Station Mayport welcomed Ima aboard her late husband's namesake ship, the USS Delbert D. Black. That's where they learned that it was her birthday wish to fly in a helicopter -- and they made that dream a reality.

The United States sent 613 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, but some states boast more athletes than others.

Estelle Hedaya lived on the sixth floor and quickly connected with fellow former New Yorker Linda March, an adventurous traveler who was renting out the penthouse.

"There's been talk about potentially people advocating at the federal level imposing compulsory masks on kids. We're not doing that in Florida, OK?" DeSantis said. "We need our kids to breathe."

Police are calling a Florida lawn care worker a hero after saving a man's life despite allegedly being yelled at by homeowners to do it somewhere else.

The company could claim more than $570 million in tax breaks over 20 years for the project, which would be among the largest in Florida history for a single corporation, according to documents.

A judge says victims and families who suffered losses in the collapse of a 12-story oceanfront Florida condominium will get a minimum of $150 million in compensation initially.

Bobby Bowden, Florida State’s legendary football coach, announced Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with a terminal medical condition.

A group of teens attempted to steal an SUV, but failed, investigators said. It sparked a chase on I-95 which ended with the young suspects’ getaway vehicle overturning, causing several other crashes -- and it was all caught on camera.