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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during the Republican presidential primary debate that he would “stand of the side of life” if he were elected president, but he did not clearly state whether he would support federal abortion restrictions.

State lawmakers put a town in Central Florida on notice after it began pushing a divisive program to encourage local business owners to post anti-hate crime signs — in a town with zero hate crimes.

Florida shoppers can no longer buy hurricane-themed cakes from Publix, as the company wants to avoid downplaying natural disasters.

A Florida teen rescued a 21-month-old baby in Fort Lauderdale who was strapped into a car seat and left on the pavement in the summer heat, WESH reported this week.

The Mount Dora City Council unanimously approved a divisive program that seeks to encourage local business owners to display opposition to hate crime stickers in a city that has no hate crimes.

Police made several arrests after a woman in her 40s was kidnapped, bound, and held in a dog cage in Orange County, Florida, on Saturday.

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that he appreciated working with The Walt Disney Company and would like them to “drop the lawsuit” they have against the state of Florida.

Twenty-five-year-old Charles Gregory was enjoying a fishing trip early Friday off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida, when he found himself in dire need of help.

A 49-year-old convicted felon in Putnam County, Florida, has now been arrested 25 times, the latest coming after authorities tracked him down on Friday.

A Florida golfer has been arrested on a manslaughter charge regarding the death of a man who was 87 years old at the Glenview County Club in The Villages.

Former President Donald Trump told Breitbart News that his one-time chief rival for the GOP nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is “crashing badly” out of second place in the race.

Robert Bigelow, the biggest individual donor supporting the presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), told Reuters he would not be donating any more money unless DeSantis makes a more moderate shift and attracts new major donors.

A Florida State University professor has been fired for “faking data” to prove that the legacy of lynching “makes whites want longer sentences for blacks” as part of his long-running work on “systemic racism.” Six of the professor’s studies have since been retracted.

The mother of an infant whose body was found floating off the Florida coast in 2018 will spend the next 14 years in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday, WPTV reported.

A Florida deputy is receiving praise for a “badass” moment of heroism caught on tape, as he jumped on a runaway boat traveling over 40 miles per hour after its driver fell off.

A man was arrested after his wife’s body was found dismembered and packed in suitcases and bags, having been dumped in a Delray Beach, Florida, waterway.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has invited Vice President Kamala Harris to meet with him following ongoing controversy over a black history curriculum approved by the Florida Department of Education.

Seven illegal aliens are among 19 men arrested for allegedly committing child sex crimes in Bay County, Florida.

Researchers suggest that leprosy has become endemic in the southeastern United States, with Central Florida accounting for 20 percent of cases.

Rep. John James (R-MI) slammed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for attacking black Republicans who expressed concern with Florida’s education standards that purport to teach students about the “personal benefit” enslaved Americans received under slavery.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” guest host Ali Velshi and National Education Association (NEA) President Becky Pringle criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for a provision in the state’s social studies standards about “how slaves developed skills

“There is no silver lining” in slavery, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said on Thursday in reaction to Florida’s new African American history curriculum, which states that “instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

A Florida man was arrested for spraying a woman in the face with a garden hose as she passed by his home, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO).

The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) is defending the state’s newly approved black history program, asserting it is “based on truth” and “builds on our continued efforts since 2019 to teach our students unbiased African American history.”

The Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum championed by many left-wing advocates includes language similar to that which Democrats have seized upon to claim that Florida’s own history curriculum is “pro-slavery.”

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said it is a “disgrace” that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) office criticized Rep. Byron Donalds’ (R-FL) conservative record after he expressed minor concern with Florida’s education standards that purport to teach students about the “personal benefit” enslaved Americans received under slavery.

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that Florida’s history standards are an instance where Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “is showing people every day why he is ill-prepared to be president

On Tuesday’s “Megyn Kelly Show,” Dr. William Allen — one of the authors of Florida’s social studies standards — defended the provision that instruction will include “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit” and argued

Dr. William Allen, a black scholar who was among the 13 experts who crafted Florida’s history standards for public schools, is firing back at claims by Vice President Kamala Harris that the curriculum is pro-slavery.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Dr. William Allen — one of the authors of Florida’s social studies standards — fired back at criticism of one provision that instruction will include “how slaves developed skills which,

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said Monday on her show “Deadline” that she was “sick and sad and angry” over “wildly racist ” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R-FL) “whitewashed new education standards.”

A homeless Florida man is charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to a tent at a homeless encampment with a person inside of it. 

Ana Navarro told her co-host Monday on ABC’s “The View” that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is trying to “whitewash slavery.” When asked about Florida’s new education curriculum that teaches some black people benefitted from skills they learned as slaves, DeSantis said, “I

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), his competitor for the GOP nomination, started the current controversy over how slavery is taught in Florida schools for a “political advantage.”

A Florida man accused of removing his ankle monitor was rearrested the day after being freed from prison.

Florida authorities discovered human remains belonging to a female adult inside three suitcases floating in intracoastal waters off Delray Beach.