Kiera Wilmot, a 16-year-old Florida high school student who was arrested last month for what was essentially a failed science experiment, won't face criminal charges.
The latest leak from the Sanford Police Department shows not how scary and threatening Trayvon Martin allegedly was to George Zimmerman (that was yesterday), but rather that prosecutors may have blocked an investigator in his attempt to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter.
Florida is not alone. Twenty-three other states now allow people to stand their ground. Most of these laws were passed after Florida's. (A few states never had a duty to retreat to begin with.)
You'd think Mitt Romney had a good night last night if you just looked at the numbers. But you're probably not just reading the numbers.
The Republican Party fears it might have accidentally destroyed its village in order to save it.
Even if he loses the Florida primary Tuesday, Gingrich predicts the nomination contest will go one for another "six or eight months… unless Romney drops out earlier."
Mitt Romney doesn't seem like the kind of guy who'd like trash talk, but he's indulging in quite a bit of it in Florida.
According to a new study, the introduction of non-native snakes into southern Florida swamps has devastated the population of small mammals, almost completely wiping out some vulnerable species
With polls showing Mitt Romney on track for a convincing victory in Tuesday’s Republican primary in this state, the one silver lining for Newt Gingrich may be the acceleration of a sorting-out process that is driving more prominent conservatives toward the former House speaker as a parade of establishment GOP leaders rally around Romney.
A brushfire's smoke combines with fog on a Gainesville highway, turning the stretch of road into a mile-long deathtrap.
It cost a lot of money for Mitt Romney to regain his lead in Florida polls from Newt Gingrich.
So, remember earlier this week when Newt Gingrich got in a huff about people being told not to clap and cheer at debates? Turns out that only applies to his supporters.
Among the highlights: Romney and Gingrich fought over space exploration, and who you think won that exchange depends on whether you're on Team Stingy Old Man or Team 9-Year-Old Boy.
The crowds at Newt Gingrich's rallies are big, loud, and happy, while Mitt Romney's events are more subdued. Yet polls seem to show the opposite -- that Romney's gaining while Gingrich has peaked. What gives? Our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Newt Gingrich pulled a Spanish-language radio ad that called Mitt Romney "anti-immigrant" on Wednesday, but what's surprising is not that the ad aired, but that he gave Gingrich so much material to work with.
Winning Our Future, Newt Gingrich's Super PAC, will spend a whopping $6 million on ads in Florida ahead of the primary to highlight Mitt Romney's Massachusetts health care law.
Romney's unfavorability rating has jumped sharply in January -- and among independents, it's now 51 percent. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.
Mitt Romney finally did what conservatives were begging him to do -- he aggressively attacked the surging Gingrich in Monday's debate. But it wasn't enough to get rid of a sense of dread in the GOP: now Newt Gingrich may be the nominee.
With recent national polls showing Newt Gingrich catching up with the Republican frontrunner, Mitt Romney is opening a new round of attacks which use what's known about Newt's skeletons -- mostly from his post-Congress career as a pseudo-lobbyist -- to make people afraid of what else is out there.
Mitt Romney sells himself as an expert in crisis management -- he turned around the 2002 Olympics -- and now he has to prove it by managing the crisis that is Newt Gingrich.
Federal authorities say they've arrested an "Islamic extremist" who they allege tried to buy weapons to attack sites around Tampa, Florida, using vehicle bombs, assault rifles, and grenades that an F.B.I. agent disabled before selling to him.
It seems like a hundred polls are released every day now that the Iowa caucuses are less than a month away. Here's our guide to which ones matter and why.
Asked, "Do you think the Republicans are intentionally stalling efforts to jumpstart the economy to insure [sic] that Barack Obama is not re-elected?" a poll found that 34 percent of Florida conservatives said yes.
In a new poll of Jewish voters in Florida he beats Perry 82-2
She faces a hard deadline to run in October -- and tough poll numbers
Forecasts show the storm may become a Category 3 today
A bit of a letdown after speculation that Jeb Bush Sr. would be giving him the thumbs up
A rumor is born, furiously debated, and dies in the space of an hour
Perry can attack Romney and raise cash without entering the race thanks to Texas law
She hasn't been seen since July 17 thanks to a mixup between state officials
Michelle was in Hollywood while Barack was in Miami
State lawmakers are trying to ruin everybody's fun
The Wall Street Journal bares all the facts about nudist resorts
Rep. David Rivera's press secretary tries to purge her boss' many controversies
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