Florida’s governor suspends executions
Gov. Jeb Bush suspended the death penalty in Florida on Friday after a medical examiner said executioners botched the insertion of needles in the arms of a convicted killer who...
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No cause found for charges in Schiavo’s collapse
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A prosecutor asked by Gov. Jeb Bush to investigate Terri Schiavo's collapse 15 years ago said yesterday that there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Bush, who...
Experts downplay shark attacks
Two shark attacks in three days along the Florida Panhandle left scientists and tourism officials struggling Tuesday to fend off fears that another "Summer of the Shark" was dawning. In...
Jennings surveys hometown: ‘It’s hard’
Buzzing over treetops in a Florida National Guard Black Hawk helicopter, Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings looked down Saturday on Orlando, her hometown that was bruised and battered by Hurricane Charley....
J. Eckerd, 91, built drugstore chain
Jack Eckerd, a philanthropist who left his name on a national empire of drugstores, a Florida college and camps for troubled youths, died Wednesday. He was 91. Mr. Eckerd died...
Abortion foe executed for slayings
Paul Hill, a former minister turned killer, was executed by chemical injection Wednesday at Florida State Prison, becoming the first American put to death for anti-abortion violence. Hill, 49, was...
OPAL LEAVES A SMASHED FLORIDA COAST
The scenes of devastation go on for hundreds of miles along Florida's Gulf Coast-splintered homes, washed-out roads, caved-in condominiums and ravaged beaches left behind by Hurricane Opal. The storm killed...