SpaceX sends cargo to space station from growing Florida launch site

Almost 6,000 pounds of cargo and experiments are en route to the space station after a bright Thursday evening launch from Kennedy Space Center.

Legacy of love: Family shares video of couple's final moments together, after 65 years of marriage

Together to the end, video of Wayne and Marilyn Thibeau in hospice, sharing their final moments, has touched thousands online. Their love and commitment to one another is inspiring total strangers to live their own lives with love.

Florida Red Lobster finds rare 1-in-30-million orange lobster

The brightly-colored orange lobster – now named "Cheddar" after Red Lobster's famous Cheddar Bay Biscuits – has made her forever home at Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach.

'Never too late': 96-year-old Florida woman earns college degree, graduates

"It's never too late." That's the message Violet Edwards wants to share with the world after the 96-year-old South Florida resident earned her college degree, after having to postpone it to focus on her family.

Five child victims located during Polk County undercover child porn sting

Sixteen people were arrested during an undercover child porn sting by the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Suspects included veterans, a former corrections officer, and two Winter Haven friends who created child pornography with three girls they had access to. In total, five child victims were identified.

Florida suspect shot by police after allegedly holding therapist hostage

A Florida man was shot in the head by authorities but survived the incident, officials said, after he allegedly took his social worker hostage and sexually assaulted her for 15 hours.

Video: Man climbs into Orlando Wendy's drive-thru window and steals cash, police say

Police need the community's help in identifying a man they say was caught on camera reaching into an Orlando Wendy's drive-through window and stealing an entire cash drawer from the register.

Florida man tied up with belt after trying to carjack 74-year-old woman, burglarize home, deputies say

A Florida man tried to burglarize a home and later carjack a 74-year-old woman who was sitting in traffic Tuesday morning, but a witness stopped him by tying him up with a belt, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office (MCSO).

Florida man lifts overturned Jeep to rescue toddler after accident

A baby boy is safe after a Florida driver was in the right place at the right time and saved him from an overturned Jeep! 

CDC links Sarasota ice cream maker to deadly listeria outbreak

Officials with the CDC, FDA, and FL Dept. of Health suspected a link between the Sunshine State and nearly 2-dozen listeria cases. Now the CDC says Big Olaf Creamery in Sarasota might be the root of the outbreak.

FDA: Inflatable neck rings can cause injury to swimming infants

Parents of babies, especially those with developmental delays or special needs, are being warned not to use these neck pillow flotation devices.

St. Pete man dies trying to save teen in Lake Michigan

Lifeguards recovered the body of a Florida man Monday after he tried to save the life of a teenager, Indiana conservation officers said.

Officials: 2 hostages rescued after kidnapping overnight in Central Florida; suspect shot, killed

Law enforcement said two women have been rescued and are being treated for their injuries in Central Florida after they were reportedly kidnapped and held hostage by an armed man late Saturday, who led authorities in pursuit and was ultimately killed in a shoot-out with deputies.