Fifteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to death in eight states during the remainder of 2025.

Elmo, Abby Cadabby and the rest of the “Sesame Street” gang will get some high-profile help as they travel down a new road.

Florida is continuing its rapid pace of executions this year, with one convicted killer set to die this week and another on June 10 who would be the sixth person put to death by the state in 2025.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for his fifth career playoff shutout, Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett scored and the Florida Panthers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 on Sunday night in Game 4 to even the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

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.

A teenager was arrested on Thursday morning in Brooklyn, New York over threats made towards Uvalde and San Antonio campuses and students, the Uvalde police department said in a news release.

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

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.

Guacamole has been spared from tariffs for now.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Florida students who were traumatized by the 2018 Parkland school shooting — and last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University — are urging lawmakers in the Republican-controlled statehouse not to roll back gun restrictions they passed in the wake of the killing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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.

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.

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.

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.

From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros.

U.S. Coast Guard crews are still searching for five people missing after a boat capsized off Florida’s Atlantic Coast.

President Donald Trump was in Miami for his latest appearance at a sports event as he watched UFC fighters and was joined by several Cabinet members and top administration officials.

Animal lovers now have a place to hang out with the “it” animals of the moment.

The Final Fours held in the Alamodome have always been exciting. San Antonio has hosted some classic college basketball games and Monday’s championship between Florida and Houston had fans on the edge of their seats all night long.

Florida is a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the 2024-25 season after winning the national championship.

After a comeback win against Houston inside the Alamodome, the Florida Gators took a trip down the San Antonio River Walk to celebrate its third national title.

A thrill-a-minute NCAA title for the Florida Gators in San Antonio has reminded us all of what’s so good about the games these college athletes play.

The 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship game started with both teams trading baskets like body blows.

The end of national championship game was gritty and ugly, just the way Houston usually likes it.

Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton’s own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer.

Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton’s own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer.

The University of Houston men’s basketball team is set to face the University of Florida in the NCAA Men’s Final Four National Championship, riding high after a thrilling 14-point comeback against Duke University.

After the University of Houston Cougars rallied from a 14-point deficit with eight minutes to play against Duke in Saturday night’s Final Four matchup, the Florida Gators understand how tough it is to beat Houston.

Whoever said there were no great underdog stories left in March Madness, or that the title would go to whoever spends the most money — or amasses the best collection of big names from the transfer portal — clearly never checked out Houston.

Alijah Martin never really liked talking too much about his first Final Four experience because of the heartbreaking ending with Florida Atlantic two years ago.

A tentative deal has been reached in the House in the fight over proxy voting for new parents.

Florida has gone from being picked to finish sixth in the rugged Southeastern Conference to playing for national championship.

On the second day of the 2025 Men’s Final Four weekend, the excitement continued as the two winning teams advanced to compete for the championship title.

Florida takes the win against Auburn 78-73 in the NCAA Men’s Final Four semifinal game. The Gators will advance to seek their third national championship on Monday, April 7.

Two All-Americans, one chance to give their their team a chance to win a national championship.

Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points and Florida beat Southeastern Conference rival Auburn 79-73 in the Final Four on Saturday night, sending the Gators to the national championship game for the first time since their titles in 2006 and 2007.

Downtown San Antonio is filled with excitement as the 2025 NCAA Men’s Final Four takes over this weekend.

With the 2025 NCAA Men’s Final Four officially kicking off on Saturday evening, all four teams—Auburn, Duke, Florida, and Houston—held open practices on Friday for fans and the media at the Alamodome.

Auburn and Florida are the last two standing of a record 14 Southeastern Conference teams that made the NCAA Tournament.

Auburn’s season began with some real turbulence on its first trip.

Final Four features all No. 1 seeds for the second time in history; the last time was in the 2008 Final Four in San Antonio.

Three spring elections have provided early warning signs to Republicans and President Donald Trump.

A handful of elections in Florida and Wisconsin have become key tests of President Donald Trump’s political standing just over two months into his second term in the White House.

A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles.

At least four states are considering giving college athletes tax breaks on endorsement income.

Fittingly for an NCAA Tournament in which big schools from big conferences took record numbers of spots in the first week, then hogged them all for the second week, the Final Four will bring four teams seeded No. 1 to the sport’s biggest stage to play for the title.

The 2025 NCAA Final Four in San Antonio features all four No. 1 seeds: Houston, Auburn, Florida, and Duke.

Walter Clayton Jr. rescued top-seeded Florida with two late 3-pointers, and the Gators rallied from nine points down late to reach the Final Four with an 84-79 victory over Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament’s West Region final.

President Donald Trump has spent nearly every weekend in Florida since starting his second term.

An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can fire two board members of independent labor agencies from their respective posts in the federal government.

Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations.

Tuesday’s special elections to replace Florida’s Republican former U.S. Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz will be held in GOP strongholds.

Will Richard scored 15 points, Alijah Martin added 14 points and seven rebounds, and top-seeded Florida played a steady second half to run away from No. 4 seed Maryland and into the NCAA Tournament’s West Region final with an 87-71 win.

The White House has pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

A bill that would relax restrictions on working hours for Florida teenagers is moving through the state Legislature amid an ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration.

Washington is roiled by the news that one of President Donald Trump’s top aides added a journalist to a group chat discussing military plans.

Walter Clayton Jr. and Florida ended UConn’s pursuit of a third straight national championship, with Clayton burying two key 3-pointers in the final three minutes of a scintillating 77-75 victory for the top-seeded Gators in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he gulped the Tiffany & Co. jewelry worth nearly $770,000 during his arrest on the side of a highway in the Florida Panhandle.

Tobacco Road is the center of the NCAA Tournament this week with three women’s first-round sites at Duke, North Carolina and N.

The handful of remaining perfect brackets in the NCAA Tournament busted out on Sunday, ending the hopes of millions against exceptionally long odds.

A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs has been executed.

A Florida man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for bombing a sculpture in San Antonio, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

TCEQ's Office of Public Interest Counsel has officially recommended denying a wastewater permit for a Florida-based corporation planning to develop nearly 3,000 homes and a wastewater plant in northwest Bexar County.

And then there were 1s.

March Madness brackets have been revealed.

A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.

Walter Clayton Jr. scored 22 points, and No. 4 Florida pulled away from No. 5 Alabama for a 104-82 victory in the Southeastern Conference Tournament semifinals.

Several states are considering moves to change how they compensate people incarcerated after wrongful convictions.

The replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station.

The largest urban counties in the U.S. kept growing last year because of immigrants.

Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.

As near temperatures climbed to near records in parts of the central United States, a potent storm system was setting up to wallop the nation later.

Duke has ended Auburn’s eight-week stay at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll.

Air Force fighter jets on Sunday intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near President Donald Trump’s Florida home, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since Trump took office on Jan. 20.

President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when Trump’s on-again-off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent.

It wasn’t that long ago that Alex Condon was a point guard.

A Florida sheriff says there are “no signs of an active shooter” and no injuries after police responded to a report of gunshots at the Corry Station, a Navy installation in Pensacola.

Alex Condon had 27 points and10 rebounds to lead No. 5 Florida to a 99-94 win over No. 7 Alabama on Wednesday night.

Florida’s attorney general says his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania.

A government watchdog wants more than 5,000 probationary employees to be reinstated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The State Department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump.

Miami Beach broke up with spring break last year and city leaders still aren’t interested in couples counseling.

The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers have acquired defenseman Seth Jones in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks.

The Florida Man Games are back for Round 2, as teams from around the state gather to prove they have what it takes to join the ranks of the world’s worst superhero.

New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else.

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have arrived in the U.S. from Romania after authorities lifted travel restrictions on the siblings, who have millions of online followers.

The warmer conditions have kept mosquitoes, cockroaches and ticks active, setting the stage for a significant "pest surge" this spring. Experts predict a rise in bites, infestations, and health issues related to pests in the coming months as our temperatures continue to be warmer over the next month.

Georgia fans showed it’s possible to storm the court for a postgame celebration — and to be polite at the same time.

Georgia guard Blue Cain sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with 47 seconds remaining after No. 3 Florida took its first lead by scoring 13 unanswered points, and the Bulldogs beat the Gators 88-83.

The Justice Department has concluded that a military veteran’s presidential pardon for charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol also extends to his separate conviction for illegally possessing stolen grenades and classified information.

The aspirations of Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis have long been a topic of discussion in Tallahassee.

Police in Washington, D.