Tropical Storm Nestor forms, threatening US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Nestor formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, threatening the northern Gulf Coast with rising seawater, high winds and heavy rains.

Rare crocodile snapped up outside Englewood home

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office says an Animal Resources officer trapped a croc, which was about 6 feet long, and turned it over to Florida Fish & Wildlife for relocation.

Florida man who thought he had a bad sunburn on leg nearly dies from flesh-eating bacteria

A Pennsylvania native who recently moved to Pensacola, Florida, with his fiancee will need to learn to walk again after nearly losing his leg to a flesh-eating bacteria.

Five years after giving birth to victim's child, nanny sentenced to 20 years

Once a live-in nanny, Merissa Mowry was sentenced to 20 years for sexually battering the child for whom she was supposed to care, resulting in the birth of another child.

Florida man accused of not informing sex partners of HIV status

A Florida man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is accused of having sex with multiple partners without informing them of his infection.

Space station's 2 women prep for first all-female spacewalk

NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will make "HERstory," as NASA is calling it, with the first all-female spacewalk. All four men aboard the International Space Station will remain inside, as Koch and Meir go out to replace a broken battery charger.

Next G-7 to be held at Trump National Doral in Miami, White House announces

The White House said Thursday it has chosen President Donald Trump's golf resort, Trump National Doral, in Miami as the site for next year's Group of Seven summit.

Jury selection in South Florida school shooting set for Jan. 27

A judge issued an order Thursday to begin jury selection on Jan. 27 in a trial involving the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people and wounded 17 others.

Florida woman allegedly attacks boyfriend with metal detector for watching porn, claims she did ‘God’s work’

A 77-year-old Florida woman was arrested for allegedly attacking her boyfriend with a metal detector after discovering him watching a television show that the woman believed to be pornography.

Boy, 2, can't believe mom would leave for work without kissing him goodbye, viral video shows

A mom in Jacksonville, Fla., recently shared footage of her 2-year-old son complaining about how she rushed off to work without giving him a kiss goodbye — and the adorable video is going viral.

'I like killing people': Triple murder suspect went on violent spree from Tennessee to Winter Haven

After an overnight manhunt, Stanley Eric Mossburg, a suspect wanted for an out-of-state murder and a double murder in Winter Haven, was arrested after he barricaded himself inside a home, deputies said.

Kittens saved from a soggy nightmare

Cold, wet, and frightened, three young kittens are pulled from a dank storm drain, and win over the hearts of their rescuers.

Wounded Warriors go scuba diving

Once a year Operation Outdoor Freedom takes a group of wounded vets lobster diving. For these wounded warriors it gives them a chance to bond with their fellow vets and helps them cope with life after the military.

94-year-old Venice man killed his wife, who was suffering from dementia, police say

Wayne Juhlin allegedly told detectives he wanted to use the gun to take his own life after killing his wife, but the gun malfunctioned. After, he dialed 911.