After seven seconds: Chicago 1, Florida 0.

Fresh off the release of a new album called “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” The Weeknd has announced a massive North American stadium tour.

Florida coach Todd Golden is ready to move on, with any potential legal response to come after the season.

President Donald Trump’s administration is offering buyouts to federal employees to quickly reduce the government workforce.

An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.

Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to environmental changes.

President Donald Trump-endorsed candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their Republican primaries in the special elections to replace former Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, notching wins in reliably conservative districts.

The University of Florida has cleared men’s basketball coach Todd Golden following a four-month Title IX investigation into allegations of sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and stalking.

Republicans are eager to find replacements for former GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz in Tuesday’s special congressional primaries in Florida to add some breathing room to their slender majority in the U.S. House, but control of the chamber isn’t on the line.

Southern cities largely unfamiliar with snow and ice are getting creative in their efforts to clean up from this week's winter storm.

New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera and his wife are accused in a lawsuit of failing to protect a young girl who was sexually abused by an older child during a summer camp trip sponsored by their church.

The winter weather system that brought measurable snowfall to San Antonio went on to batter the Deep South on Tuesday, coating parts of the Gulf Coast with record-breaking snowfall.

Scientists have detected cosmic waves that sound like chirping birds in an unexpected place.

The winter storm spreading snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States has broken records, treating the region to unaccustomed perils and seasonal joy.

Frigid temperatures engulfed Texas and other parts of the South ahead of a rare winter storm expected to bring heavy snow and disruptive ice accumulations to the region.

Blue Origin has launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight.

California, Illinois and New York are shrinking.

U.S. flags at President-elect Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club are back to flying at full height.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling state lawmakers into a special session to help carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s promises for a swift crackdown on immigration.

After he was found in contempt twice in one week, Rudy Giuliani faces another treacherous week ahead at a trial to determine whether his Florida condominium and three World Series rings must be turned over to two Georgia election workers.

Carson Beck is pushing his NFL plans back a year and has committed to play next season at Miami.

President-elect Donald Trump hosted 22 of the nation’s 27 Republican governors for dinner at his Florida club, looking to help drive the agenda in conservative-run states after he takes office in 11 days.

A federal judge in New York City has found Rudy Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to information requests in a $148 million defamation judgment against him.

President-elect Donald Trump is promising to replace the head of the National Archives.

Fewer than 1 in 1,000 U.S. adolescents with commercial insurance received gender-affirming medications during a recent five-year period.

President-elect Donald Trump made an appearance with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who was visiting his Mar-a-Lago club.

Koby Brea scored 23 points and hit seven 3-pointers off the bench to lead No. 10 Kentucky over No. 6 Florida 106-100, handing the Gators their first loss of the season.

Hundreds of people who say they suffered physical or sexual abuse at two state-run reform schools in Florida are in line to receive tens of thousands of dollars in restitution from the state, after Florida lawmakers formally apologized for the horrors they endured as children more than 50 years ago.

President-elect Donald Trump says he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.

Three firefighters and a dozen passengers have been injured in Florida after a fire truck drove around the crossing arms into the path of a high-speed passenger train after waiting for a freight train to pass.

Texas added nearly 563,000 residents within the last year, new U.S. Census Bureau estimates show.

Florida authorities say they're pursuing a criminal case against a man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump for a car crash that occurred after his arrest.

President-elect Donald Trump has held a wide-ranging news conference in which he took questions from reporters for the first time since winning the election.

UNLV is reaching into the Southeastern Conference to keep momentum going for its 24th-ranked football team by hiring former Florida and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen on Thursday.

A man accused of murder in Kissimmee, Florida, was arrested in San Antonio, according to an SAPD arrest report obtained by KSAT.

Two luxury real estate brokers and their brother have been charged in a federal indictment with sex trafficking.

The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios has died when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine manufactured by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office between 1988 and 1990.

The Southeastern Conference championship game will not feature another mascot showdown.

The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, is reemerging with a campaign to back President-elect Donald Trump's imperiled Cabinet selections.

In 2024, U.S. photographers captured glimpses of humanity, ranging from a deeply divisive presidential election, to hurricanes and fires that ravaged communities, to campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Authorities fear a woman in western Pennsylvania who disappeared while looking for her cat may have been swallowed by a sinkhole caused by mine subsidence.

Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration says he's withdrawing his name from consideration.

Baker Mayfield is hoping the NCAA doesn’t outlaw flag planting.

It was flag day in college football.

Donald Trump dined on Wednesday with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.

Princely Umanmielen’s return to the Swamp ended with a police escort.

DJ Lagway threw two touchdown passes, Montrell Johnson ran for 127 yards and a score, and Florida upset No. 9 Mississippi 24-17 on Saturday to knock the Rebels out of College Football Playoff contention.

Narin An is the surprise first-round leader at the richest-paying event on the LPGA Tour.

LPGA Tour purses keep getting bigger.

Harry Potter fans anticipating the third attraction based on the popular book and movie franchise at Universal Orlando Resort learned that the fictional setting for the ride will be the British Ministry of Magic.

Donald Trump Jr. says any pushback from the Washington establishment around his father’s unconventional choices for Cabinet proves they are just the kind of disruptors that voters are demanding.

LSU coach Brian Kelly was caught on camera screaming at one player and getting yelled at by another.

DJ Lagway threw for a touchdown and set up another with a long completion in his return from a strained left hamstring, and Florida upset No. 21 LSU 27-16 on Saturday to give the Gators their first series victory since 2018.

Not long ago, Polk County’s biggest draw was citrus.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 24 saves in his 300th NHL win, and the Tampa Bay Lightning stopped Winnipeg’s seven-game win streak with a 4-1 victory over the Jets.

Charley Hull ended a two-year drought by winning in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago.

The last words Michelle Reed heard from her 6-year-old adopted son in early November were: “Mom, come get me.”.

Spirit Airlines says it won’t announce its quarterly financial results on time because the company is focused on talks with bond holders to restructure its debt.

Control of the U.S. House rests on just over a dozen races where winners have not yet been determined.

After four “challenging” days, Florida basketball coach Todd Golden welcomed the reception he got when he took the court to face Grambling State.

Florida basketball coach Todd Golden is acknowledging an ongoing school inquiry and says he is considering “defamation claims,” presumably against his accusers.

Quinn Ewers passed for 333 yards and five touchdowns as No. 5 Texas rolled over struggling Florida 49-17.

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that his inaugural committee will be chaired by Florida real estate investor Steven Witkoff and former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

The leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says a worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors to avoid homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.

According to a report by the school’s student newspaper, Florida men's basketball coach Todd Golden is facing allegations of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, stalking and cyberstalking multiple women — including students — over the past 12 months.

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won't say which one of them got sick.

Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.

The movement to legalize recreational marijuana has run into a wall of resistance.

The parent company of Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social lost $19.2 million in the last quarter, according to an earnings report released on the same day he won back the presidency.

A strong across-the-board showing by Donald Trump helped propel the Republican former president to victory in Florida, once a preeminent swing state that has increasingly slipped out of Democrats’ grasp.

Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida’s abortion measure and he's getting testy about it.

A costly campaign to legalize marijuana has failed in Florida, falling short of the supermajority needed for passage.

Some Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.

Florida voters rejected ballot measures to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says officers “acted within policy to protect themselves and nearby fans” while fighting with fans during Saturday’s Florida-Georgia game at EverBank Stadium.

A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.

Carson Beck threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns to offset three interceptions and No. 2 Georgia escaped “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” with a 34-20 victory over Florida.

A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice Institute says that extreme heat in unairconditioned cells at a prison near the Florida Everglades has contributed to the deaths of four people and that state officials have failed to take “meaningful action” to mitigate the risk posed to the elderly and disabled inmates in their care.

Texas hospital patients will be asked if they’re in the U.S. legally starting Friday.

United Way Worldwide and Paramount Global have announced they will host a benefit to raise funds for those impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

This week on Texas Eats, David Elder checks out San Antonio's newest mini golf entertainment venue, PopStroke.

NASA says an astronaut has been released from the hospital after returning from space.

Spirit Airlines is cutting jobs and selling off some jets worth millions of dollars as the budget carrier aims to cut costs amid looming financial struggles and an uncertain future.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months.

The U.S. Postal Service says it has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina hit by recent hurricanes.

The Environmental Protection Agency didn't ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of lead pipes they had.

The devastation of Hurricanes Milton and Helene have opened the floodgates for people seeking disaster relief.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is focusing his official office on fighting an abortion rights amendment.

Tiger Woods will be making his debut in the TMRW Golf League the second week of the season after the NFL wild-card weekend.

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NFL owners have unanimously approved Jacksonville’s $1_4 billion “stadium of the future."

Florida's government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before voters.

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

Kamala Harris has used an appearance before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the federal government's hurricane response.

Dylan Sampson scored his third touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run in overtime to give No. 8 Tennessee a 23-17 victory over Florida on Saturday night.

The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute.

Major League Baseball spring training facilities on Florida’s west coast appear to have been mostly spared major damage during Hurricane Milton.

Residents in states hit by Hurricane Helene who had coverage through the federal flood insurance program but let it lapse before the storm hit may be able to renew it and still be covered from the impact.

Mare e Monte on Huebner Road near Floyd Curl Drive added a new key lime pie to their menu for the next two weeks.