Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will replace Marco Rubio, who is likely to be President-elect Donald Trump's first cabinet member to be confirmed. Moody promised to help Trump enact his agenda. DeSantis also said Moody will work to cut spending and look to help the legislature with checks and balances on federal agencies in the executive branch.

A young father gunned down at a neighborhood basketball court, now the man accused of pulling the trigger was arrested Wednesday after he admitted to deputies he shot the teens, even though they were unarmed...

Residents in Tampa Bay were confounded after seeing what seemed to be an explosion in the sky around Thursday's sunset.

Video of the Starship debris in Highlands County (Credit: Zachary Updike via WFLA Report It)

Residents in Tampa Bay were confounded after seeing what seemed to be an explosion in the sky around Thursday's sunset.

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Residents in Tampa Bay were confounded after seeing what appeared to be an explosion in the sky around Thursday's sunset.

SpaceX lost contact with its Starship during its eighth test flight Thursday.

Police Chief Vance Monroe let the community know Thursday he recognizes the situation at an American Legion Post Tuesday afternoon looked bad while acknowledging that, though officers followed policy, everything will be under review.

SpaceX lost contact with its Starship during its eighth test flight Thursday.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump told journalists in the Oval Office he’s looking at revoking the temporary protected status of refugees from the country that’s at war.

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