A substitute teacher in Florida is facing charges for alleged inappropriate behavior with a student, according to sheriff’s deputies.

Some of the people overflowing with papal pride are members of Pope Leo XIV‘s own family.

Florida International University is moving into its final stage of naming its seventh president.

An alligator killed a 61-year-old woman who was canoeing Tuesday in Lake Kissimmee, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

This week’s Don’t Trash Our Treasure has a concerning update on Florida sea turtles. Though nesting numbers are up, adult turtles continue to face threats due to human pressure.

Miami-Dade County commissioners voted Tuesday to remove fluoride from the county’s drinking water, reversing a decades-old public health measure that local dentists and public officials say has helped prevent tooth decay since 1958.

Police have charged Florida cornerback Dijon Johnson with two felonies, including possession of a firearm, and misdemeanors after his arrest over the weekend while driving a car in Tampa.

The death of two more endangered Florida Panthers has been reported in the last week.

A man has died after encountering a bear in Collier County, Gulf Coast News reported Monday.

The state of Florida has earned top marks, when it comes to the best states in the country, according to a report.

Two endangered Florida panthers have died, after authorities said they were hit by vehicles.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign a statewide ban on water fluoridation into law after holding a press conference in Miami on Tuesday.

Broward Circuit Judge Edward H. Merrigan Jr., who also served as a two-star general in the U.S. Army, has officially retired from military service after more than three decades.

Florida basketball coach Todd Golden has signed a contract extension that raises his annual salary to $6 million.

Former University of Miami defensive back Avantae Williams has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred over the weekend in East Central Florida.

A man has died after encountering a bear in Collier County, Gulf Coast News reported Monday.

Florida voters will now face new hurdles when trying to put proposed laws on the ballot through citizen-led petition drives.

Wednesday is the deadline after which TSA rules will be tightening for travelers when it comes to your ID.

A new reverse osmosis water treatment facility is now open in the Lower Keys, providing a backup supply of drinking water during emergencies and peak demand periods.

Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species — and whether industry had a hand in drafting it.

The Dallas Stars emerged from a seven-game series against Colorado, and the Edmonton Oilers rallied from down 2-0 to eliminate Los Angeles and move on in the NHL playoffs.

Florida lawmakers approved an expansion Friday on the ban on cell phones for elementary and middle school students, and are testing it in high schools.

The Florida Legislature passed the bill dubbed Lucy’s Law late Friday night.

After a Brevard County teacher drew fire for calling a student by a “preferred name,” more teachers are now being investigated, according to the local teachers’ union.

Florida lawmakers have agreed on a budget deal framework, but will have to extend their session to finalize it.

A witness’s video serves as evidence of the chaos behind a property conversion in Fort Lauderdale with links to infamous New York City slumlords with criminal records, and ongoing litigation on behalf of vulnerable seniors and their families.

Guacamole has been spared from tariffs for now.

Florida lawmakers have given final approval to creating new hurdles for getting citizen-driven initiatives on the ballot before voters.

The state of Florida has announced important changes to issuance and renewal of Florida driver licenses and identification cards for non-immigrant individuals.

Cruella de Vil wanted to turn Dalmatian puppies into fur coats.

The Florida Panthers know who they’ll be facing in round two.

Florida lawmakers came together this week to right a wrong after a Broward County man was wrongly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, and spent 34 years in prison.

Police in Pembroke Pines are searching for three people caught on camera stealing hundreds of dollars’ worth of merchandise from a Sephora store inside the Shops at Pembroke Gardens.

Alligator hunters, it’s your time to shine in the Sunshine State.

Three highways, three districts. They actually are hard to miss in a rotation with other digital billboards.

Florida officials are appealing an injunction that freezes a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people who came to the country illegally to enter Florida if they elude immigration authorities.

A Miami man was arrested Tuesday after he fraudulently purchased a 2025 Chevrolet Corvette last month by using the identity of another individual who he didn’t know, authorities said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis announced a program to bring Hope Florida to school districts at an event at Fruitland Park Elementary School in Lake County Wednesday.

As more women and young people run for public office, they’re bringing more than fresh policy ideas to statehouses.

Local 10’s Nicole Perez hosted the 32nd annual Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Annual Mother’s Day Luncheon.

Little Palm Island in the Florida Keys is famous for destinations weddings, now it has an adorable and famous wedding crasher.

Florida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages from developing cavities.

Trooper’s Law, inspired by the Florida dog abandoned during Hurricane Milton evacuations and rescued by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, will head to Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk.

New body camera video obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday shows the moment Miami Beach police arrested a man accused of secretly recording a woman and her two children inside a Forever 21 fitting room on Lincoln Road late last year.

A news conference about fishing in the state of Florida was interrupted on Monday when a protestor started yelling.

Aaron Ekblad and Seth Jones scored third-period goals 11 seconds apart and the Florida Panthers stormed from behind to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the first-round series.

Miami-Dade deputies accused a 35-year-old man who had two open bench warrants of killing a man and speeding away while driving without a license.

Florida’s state bird could change later this year, as bills make their way through the Florida Legislature.

One person has died and at least 10 people were injured in Florida when a recreational boat crashed into a ferry and then left the scene off the Memorial Causeway Bridge.

A questionable transfer of money from a state legal settlement into the private foundation that funds Hope Florida, the welfare program started by Casey DeSantis., has been in the spotlight among Florida lawmakers.

The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone, and for the Miami Dolphins, the team made sure to address both the offensive and defensive sides of the football on the final day.

Former Florida defensive tackle Desmond Watson, a 6-foot-6, 464-pound prospect, is signing with his hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent.

U.S. officials say the wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, after she was flagged in a security check.

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

A lawsuit against Florida’s ban on “lab-grown” meat is still alive after a federal judge tossed four parts of the lawsuit but kept a fifth.

The Trump administration announced Friday it is reinstating student visas that were recently terminated, a move that directly affects dozens of international students at Florida universities.

U.S. representative Frederica Wilson was given a tour of the Krome Detention Facility on Thursday.

Young golfers can play at several South Florida golf courses for $5.

The state legislative investigation involving funding for First Lady Casey DeSantis’ Hope Florida program had an abrupt, surprise end Thursday when the witnesses called to testify about a $10 million money trail declined to show up.

Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the legality of a controversial $10 million donation during a Wednesday visit to Fort Pierce. He was there to announce grants for vocational training that included $4.9 million to Miami Dade College’s aircraft mechanics program.

In Conch Key, Kelly Cordova’s crews are getting traps ready for lobster season.

Karin Colley, who lives in Cape Coral, said that when she walks outside with her dogs sometimes iguanas just scurry by “like a scene from Jurassic Park, where all the dinosaurs are running.”

Florida’s “hanging chads” ballot controversy riveted the nation during the 2000 presidential contest and later prompted Congress to create an independent commission to help states update their voting equipment.

A bill moving through the Florida legislature meant to block development of Florida state park land is heading to the Senate floor.

A “good boy” helped in the rescue of an endangered key deer in Big Pine Key.

Matthew Tkachuk had two power-play goals and an assist in his first game after a two-month absence and the Florida Panthers opened defense of their Stanley Cup title with a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the opener of the teams’ first-round playoff series.

An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday for a young boy out of Miami-Dade County.

Federal officials issued a recall of pork carnitas over a risk of contamination with metal fragments.

SpaceX launched the Bandwagon-3 mission with the Falcon 9 first-stage booster on Monday night at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Student survivors of last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University are urging legislators to block an effort to reverse a law passed in the wake of the 2018 Parkland shooting that raised the state’s gun-buying age from 18 to 21.

Seven Broward County pawn shop employees were arrested Tuesday for allegedly being parted of an organized retail crime ring, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced.

A handful of TGI Fridays restaurants remain open in South Florida as more locations have closed their doors across the country this month.

A USPS worker was arrested earlier this month in Melbourne after she drank alcohol at a house party on her route and was later caught driving the wrong way in traffic, according to a probable cause affidavit.

The Florida Panthers begin their Stanley Cup title defense Tuesday night in familiar territory — on the road against a familiar foe.

A growing number of Republican-led states are taking aim at driver's licenses issued by other states to people in the U.S. illegally.

Students who experienced a shooting at both Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 and Florida State University days ago have sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis demanding he reject a law that would lower the firearm purchase age back to 18 years old.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg was joined by Florida Senator Tina Polska, Florida Senator Ileana Garcia, attorney Mutaqee Akbar and Congressman Jared Moskowitz,

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez lives in South Georgia, and was headed to work in Tallahassee Wednesday when his friend driving the car was pulled over for speeding.

Staff at the Humane Society of Broward County are seeking a new home for Gaia, a 4-year-old, 42-pound dog.

From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros.

There was a sea of garnet and gold during a vigil on Friday after two died and six were injured during a shooting Thursday at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

Transportation Security Administration agents warned that people who do not have a REAL ID, including TSA PreCheck passengers, will not be allowed to board their domestic flights starting May 7.

A family member has identified one of the two men killed Thursday in a mass shooting at Florida State University as Robert Morales.

Detectives identified the 20-year-old gunman who killed two people and injured six others at Florida State University on Thursday as Phoenix Ikner.

When a 20-year-old opened fire at Florida State University Thursday, terrified students barricaded doors and fled across campus, abandoning chemistry notes and even shoes, in a shooting that investigators said killed two men and wounded at least six others.

Joshua Gallagher, a survivor of the 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, was at Florida State University during the fatal shooting on Thursday.

The country’s public safety community marked National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

At least one person has died after a shooting occurred Thursday at Florida State University in Tallahassee, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies joined the list of law enforcement agencies warning the public about text messaging scams.

Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputies released a dashcam video describing it as a Florida Highway Patrol trooper’s “split second away from tragedy.”

A Local 10 News investigation that sparked a criminal probe into a South Florida license plate customization business has now reached a turning point: the Broward County state attorney has declined to file charges.

Just one day after testifying before a state House subcommittee, Hope Florida’s executive director has resigned.

Development such as golf courses, pickleball courts and luxury lodges would be prohibited at Florida state parks under legislation passed Wednesday by the state House following a public outcry against such projects that were pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration.

Jaime Taylor and Anthony Souvenir were both fathers of 1-year-old children. They could have talked about what they had in common, but instead, their meeting, recorded on video, ended in tragedy.

One of Florida’s biggest citrus growers plans to build a 3,000-acre community in southwest Florida, just months after announcing it is abandoning its citrus growing operations at the end of this year’

New video evidence has come to light showing the man who detectives say is a confessed brutal murderer.

The Cats have an opponent.

Lawmakers moved a state bill forward Tuesday aiming to change the school grading system, so it is no longer easier for a school to get an “A” than it is for a student.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a press conference at Pensacola State College on Tuesday.

Governor Ron DeSantis has made the name change official. He signed two bills renaming the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America.”