Employees of one rural Florida school district are starting the new school year by attending sensitivity classes.
Environmental officials hope turtle nests were safe from Tropical Storm Fay.
A man accused in Florida of threatening to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is set to enter a plea in federal court.
No tickets matched the four winning numbers plus the Mega Ball number, so the jackpot rolled over to an estimated $1.6 million in the Mega Money game, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday.
A total of 26 couples registered their domestic partnerships in Miami-Dade County on the first day registration was available.
Officials say a 4-year-old boy playing with a cigarette lighter set fire to a bedroom in a Tampa apartment. No one was injured.
A federal grand jury has charged seven people with selling nearly $8 million worth of stolen merchandise from drug stores like Walgreens, Target, CVS and Rite-Aid.
Authorities say a 1-year-old girl was found wandering in the street in Bradenton after her mother left her home alone.
One winner of the "Fantasy 5" game will collect $187,780.64, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday.
A man who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty Wednesday to threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
