December 7, 2023 Florida teen charged with murder in Tampa Halloween shooting that killed 2, injured 16 A 14-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to a Halloween weekend mass shooting in Tampa's Ybor City. The incident resulted in two deaths.
December 7, 2023 Celebrity Cruise staffer accused of abusing children in ship’s youth center: FBI A now-fired Celebrity Cruise crew member, Cris John Pentinio Castor, allegedly sexually abused children in the ship's youth center on a cruise from Florida to the Caribbean.
December 7, 2023 Florida woman, roommate fight off would-be sexual assault: deputies Deputies in Florida arrested a man they say forced his way into a woman's apartment, attempting to sexually assault her before he was chased away.
December 7, 2023 Final version of AP African American studies course ditches CRT, leaves in Kaepernick, Black feminism The recently unveiled final version of the College Board's controversial African American Studies course ditches content dealing with CRT and LGBTQ issues.
December 6, 2023 Florida woman's cold case murder cracked a quarter century later A Florida death row inmate suspected in several murders has been charged in the death of a woman found dead by a boater in a gassy area in December 1998.
December 6, 2023 Florida county schools adding four-day weekend 'mini-breaks' to improve attendance The Pasco County School Board in Florida voted in favor of three four-day weekends in the upcoming 2024-2025 school year calendar during a meeting on Tuesday.
December 6, 2023 Former South Florida chemistry student accused of trying to poison neighbor deported to China Former Florida chemistry student Xuming Li was allegedly caught on video injecting poison under his neighbor's door and is now being deported to China.
December 6, 2023 52 cold-stunned sea turtles flown to Florida from New England for rehabilitation 52 endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles have been flown into Tampa to be dispersed across three wildlife facilities for rehabilitation from "cold stun."
December 6, 2023 Florida man accused of ambushing deputies, using car as weapon, unfit for trial, judge rules A judge ruled that a man accused of intentionally striking two Florida deputies in November was mentally incompetent to proceed in court.
December 6, 2023 Florida’s AG goes to court to battle for public schools’ right to remove books deemed inappropriate Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody defended a Florida school district in a lawsuit alleging free speech rights were violated by book restrictions in school libraries.