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Florida Senate Tees Up 6-Week Abortion Bill
Florida Senate (TFP File Photo)
The Florida Senate could start moving forward Monday with a controversial proposal that would prevent abortions af [...]
WATCH: New Jersey Man Arrested After Threat To Murder Florida Sheriff Who Took Stand Against Neo-Nazi
Sheriff Chitwood (Source: VSO)
A New Jersey man who made an anonymous online threat to kill a sheriff in Florida has been arrested.
According t [...]
FBI Searching For Victims Of Retired Michigan School Teacher Who Molested Mentally Disabled Child On Plane
Rex Dale Phelps Source: FBI
A 71-year-old retired teacher in Michigan is in jail after being accused of criminal sexual conduct with a mentally di [...]
Deputies Arrest Nursing Home Employees For Battery On 2 Elderly Residents
Aneisha Xitavia Hall and Rosa Edwards
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - On Tuesday, deputies began an investigation after a report that two employees batte [...]
LISTEN: South Dakota Woman Arrested Falsely Claiming She Was Raped In Florida On I-75
Renee Dawn Skoglund, 30 (Source: HCSO)
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has arrested a woman for falsifying a [...]
Lawmakers Look To Curb Catalytic Converter Thefts In Florida
Catalytic converter theft in Winter Haven (TFP File Photo)
The Florida House and Senate are speeding toward trying to curb thefts of vehicle catal [...]
Florida Man Arrested For Cutting Fellow Liveaboard After Boat Drifts Into His
Scott Alan King (MCSO)
A 70-year-old Florida man was arrested Monday for attacking a fellow liveaboard with a knife. There were no life-threatenin [...]
Florida Lawmakers Back Lower Threshold In Death Penalty Cases
Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz (TFP File)
As the state carries out the death penalty again after a more than three-year pause, a Florida Hou [...]
Florida Republican Senate President Opposes Lower Gun Buying Age
Handgun (Source: Unsplash)
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, said Wednesday she does not support a proposal to lower the minimum age [...]
Florida First Lady DeSantis Hosts A Women of Faith Breakfast Reception, Discuss Hope Florida
First Lady Casey DeSantis Hosts a Women of Faith Breakfast Reception to Discuss Hope Florida (Provided Photo)
First Lady Casey DeSantis welcomed f [...]