Florida 'Good Samaritan' discovers $150,000 worth of cocaine washed-up on shoreline, hands it to authorities

The Florida Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine Joint Rules/Legislative Committee advanced a rule that would effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state. 

Luke Bryan is trying to quiet down the backlash he’s been receiving after inviting Ron DeSantis on stage during a Florida concert over the weekend.

Luke Bryan responded to backlash after Florida governor Ron DeSantis made an appearance at his Friday, October 28, concert in Jacksonville.

The trial for a Florida woman accused in the state’s infamous "Killer Clown" case from 1990 has been delayed yet again as defense attorneys successfully sought time to examine newly discovered information about other clown sightings from that time, court papers show. Jury selection in the trial for the decades-old case involving accused killer Sheila Keen Warren was scheduled to start this week after previously being postponed a half-dozen times.

Two fathers have been accused of shooting each other's daughters during the course of a road rage altercation in Florida this week.  William Hale, 36, and Frank Allison, 43, have both been charged with attempted murder following a driving dispute that resulted in the two drivers allegedly firing shots at each other that struck the other person's daughter, WOFL-TV reported. The Nassau County Sheriff's Office says both parties were speeding and "brake checking each other" and seemingly were playing a "cat and mouse game" while driving erratically along US Highway 1 in Nassau County, Florida.

Democratic pollster Fernand Amandi called Florida the "MAGA Republican capital of the confederacy" during the latest episode of MSNBC’s "The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross." The frequent MSNBC guest offered his incendiary claim as part of a panel discussion about a recent Anti-Defamation League report detailing how many of America’s domestic extremists, including those who trespassed on Capitol grounds on January 6, are from Florida. The segment clearly aimed at demonizing the Republican stronghold state governed by possible 2024 contender Ron DeSantis, a strategy that host Tiffany Cross has routinely employed on her show.

Dan Grieb, 45 years old, was looking for a way to change his life.  After waking up one morning and facing the fact that he was overweight and needed to do something about it, he decided to embrace a compelling new challenge.  Grieb of Orlando, Florida, joined "America’s Newsroom" on Friday morning to discuss the journey he took to a healthier lifestyle — and how that decision led him to coach others.  "I woke up one day … I was 120 pounds overweight. I was a good husband and a good dad and just didn’t believe I could have it all," he said.  Dan Grieb joined "America's Newsroom" on Oct.

Rain will clear the Northeast today making way for a nice weekend.   Rain still forecast in the Northeast (Credit: Fox News) A blast of cold air from Canada will bring some measurable snow for the upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Snow expected in the Midwest, Great Lakes  (Credit: Fox News) Wet weather will be moving into the Southwest and southern Texas over the next few days.   Wet weather is moving into the Southwest (Credit: Fox News) Some isolated flooding will be possible.   The Texas futuretrack (Credit: Fox News) Warm temperatures will hang around the South and the Northwest through the weekend.  Thunderstorms will hamper recovery efforts in Florida (Credit: Fox News) Showers and thunderstorms will hamper recovery efforts for sections of Florida.  Janice Dean joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in January 2004 where she currently serves as senior meteorologist for the network.

Multiple schools went into lockdown across counties in Florida on Tuesday morning as police responded to false calls of active shooters. Police dispatches in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Orange counties received 911-calls on Tuesday morning reporting mass shootings and gunmen wearing body armor.

A Florida K-9 captured a man wanted for kidnapping out of Massachusetts after sniffing out the suspect from under a pile of clothes and garbage, authorities said. K-9 Gator, with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, located David Hallaman, 31, hiding from deputies inside a laundry room, Sheriff Wayne Ivey said Friday. "This is Brevard County, and we don’t play," Ivey said in a video posted to the agency’s social media.

A shooting in Florida left seven people shot with one dead outside a bar. The shooting happened outside the LIT Cigar & Martini Lounge in Tampa, Florida, just before 3 a.m. on Sunday when a large fight broke out, according to FOX 13.

It's possible Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz talked himself into a death sentence. Prosecutors played video last week at Cruz's penalty trial of jailhouse interviews he did this year with two of their mental health experts. In frank and sometimes graphic detail, he answered their questions about his massacre of 17 people at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb.

A Florida man has been arrested after investigators said he opened fire on a homeless family of five who were sleeping in their car at a park in Tampa last week. Christopher Stamat Jr., 21, is facing six felony charges following the shooting that unfolded around 4:30 a.m.

A 15-year-old in Florida is facing charges after video shows him body slamming a school resource officer who was attempting to break up a fight between two other students. St. Cloud police said SRO Ball was trying to break up a fight between two male students at St.

Florida police arrested six looters in Fort Meyers on Saturday for allegedly stealing high-end sneakers and other items from an outlet mall. According to Lee County's Sheriff's Office, Carlos Reyes Carmenates, 33, Mirna Abstengo Quesada, 33, Roberto Didier Enamorado Reyes, 30, Daymase Varona Reyes, 35, Alain Banzo Dieguez, 19, and a Hispanic teenager who is 14 years old traveled from Broadway Avenue to the outlets.  Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno referenced the incident Saturday during a briefing on Hurricane Ian recovery efforts alongside Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Homeowners in southwest Florida who are continuing to grapple with the devastation or loss of their homes have been appealing in growing numbers for help from Samaritan's Purse, Fox News Digital is told by the organization. Samaritan’s Purse, as of late Friday night, received more than 2,270 requests for help in just seven days, the organization shared with Fox News Digital.  The North Carolina-based international Christian relief and evangelism organization had already mobilized 1,100 volunteers from 26 states. "And we have another 2,900 volunteers on the way," the organization told Fox News Digital via email late Friday night.

The U.S. Coast Guard sent 55 Cubans located off the coast of Florida back to their home country on Wednesday. In a news release, the USCG said the crew of USCGC William Trump made the repatriations after the following interdictions off Florida's coast over the past week: – Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a "rustic vessel" approximately 50 miles south of Boca Chica around 12:10 p.m.

New York Post revealed that construction on the Miami mansion that Bündchen, 42, and Brady, 45, was halted because of Hurricane Ian. The two had aimed to build a forever home in Miami's Indian Creek Country Club community for themselves and their children.  The total cost of the house is set to be near $30 million, as they paid $17 million for the land and an additional $10.

In news shared first with Fox News Digital, Rev. Franklin Graham, the CEO of Samaritan's Purse, said that he is personally traveling down to Florida on Thursday, Oct. 6, to help and encourage the victims of Hurricane Ian — many of whom have lost everything.