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A spacewalking astronaut added to the millions of pieces of junk orbiting the Earth on Friday, losing a small mirror on his sleeve as soon as he emerged from the International Space Station for battery work.

In an extraordinary act of solidarity with NASCAR’s only Black driver, dozens of drivers pushed the car belonging to Bubba Wallace to the front of the field before Monday’s race as FBI agents nearby tried to find out who left a noose in his garage stall over the weekend.

Federal authorities on Monday confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only Black full-time driver who successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag at its venues earlier this month.

Hospitals in Florida's Palm Beach County are running out of intensive care unit beds as the number of novel coronavirus cases in the area rises, according to state health data.

Jacksonville, Florida, has been selected to host the celebration marking President Donald Trump’s acceptance of his party’s nomination for reelection, the Republican National Committee chairwoman said Thursday.

Two middle school girls in Florida planned to go on a stabbing spree and kill several students Tuesday

Frontier Airlines said a woman had to be escorted off a flight bound for Cleveland Tuesday night due to a squirrel.

A Florida gas station owner says she is battling a bizarre problem – customers using the microwave to heat urine.

When Dhimitri Andoni saw a vehicle swerve and then get stuck on the I-275 median Thursday night in St. Petersburg, Fla., he pulled over to the shoulder to help.

A community alpaca in Florida has died after someone repeatedly fed the animal Doritos, Cheese Nips, and peanuts, according to officials at Creekside Animal Hospital.

Myrtle Beach experienced a waterspout Monday that briefly became a tornado as it reached the beach. Video shot by Chris Rivers and shared on his YouTube channel Outrageous Weather showed people watching the waterspout, then running for cover as it came to shore.

Woody and Buzz Lightyear brought big crowds on Saturday, the official opening date for Disney World's newest land.

Witnesses say rapper XXXTentacion was shot in Florida and did not appear to have a pulse Monday.

A Florida deputy subdued a hammer-wielding suspect inside a grocery store on Thursday by throwing two cans of Bush's baked beans at him, according to The Panama City News Herald.

Florida police arrested a woman named Crystal Methvin for possession of crystal meth Saturday morning. St. Augustine police said they arrested Methvin, 40, and her friend, Douglas Nickerson, 41, after getting an anonymous complaint about an unlicensed driver.

A Florida high school agriculture teacher has been accused of drowning wild animals in a trash can as students watched and participated, CBS reports. The animals included a raccoon that had eaten one of the chickens the class was raising.

A judge in Broward County, Fla., who was due to retire June 30 won't be showing up for work between now and then, and not by choice.

Kennecia Posey, 26, was in a vehicle stopped by Fort Pierce police last month after the vehicle was swerving in the roadway.

A Florida high-school student who didn't wear a bra one day this week says school administrators told her to cover her nipples because they were distracting her classmates.