A man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death is set to be executed in Florida.

Several states already are taking steps to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has handed Republicans their biggest victory yet in the battle to control the House of Representatives and statehouses across the country.

Republicans have scored another victory in the nationwide redistricting battle.

The Supreme Court has weakened a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped combat racial discrimination in voting for over 50 years.

Ron DeSantis is back in the national spotlight as he pushes for a new congressional map in Florida.

Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether a voter-approved redistricting amendment complied with the state's constitutional requirements.

Democrats are celebrating an election win in Virginia that could put them slightly ahead in the national redistricting competition that President Donald Trump triggered in an attempt to preserve his party’s House majority in this year’s midterms.

A Florida man who set his neighbor on fire when she came upon him burglarizing her home has been executed.

Doug Fiefia once worked at Google.

A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.

Hampshire College, which includes documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced it is closing later this year.

A redistricting battle among states has reshaped voting districts for the U.S. House ahead of the November midterm elections.

A proposal for a new Maryland congressional map has officially died with the conclusion of the state's legislative session.

With cowbells ringing in the stands, Bryan Baker was fired up after striking out Pete Crow-Armstrong to give the Tampa Bay Rays a triumphant return to Tropicana Field.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a law allowing Florida leaders to label groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations.

A Florida airport has been cleared to be renamed after President Donald Trump, hours before the president separately revealed plans for a Miami skyscraper planned to house his presidential library.

There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona.

A federal judge has ruled that the immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” must provide people detained there with better access to their attorneys.

As gas prices approach $4 a gallon nationally amid the conflict in Iran, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax.

The execution of a former Florida police officer convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl has been temporarily halted by the Florida Supreme Court.

Florida state Rep.-elect Emily Gregory is the latest face of Democrats' optimism after she won a special legislative election in President Donald Trump's home state House district.

The Trump administration is expanding its growing Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida.

A Florida man has been executed for the murder of a young mother who called 911 seeking help while tied up in her attacker's car.

President Donald Trump says questions about the war in Iran are “easy” compared to efforts to better regulate college sports.

Florida International University has launched an investigation into a group chat linked to a local GOP official that included violent racist slurs, antisemitic comments and misogynistic language.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the enforcement of an executive order issued last year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that designates two Muslim groups as foreign terrorist organizations.

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop has been executed in Florida.

The governing board of the Los Angeles Unified School District will meet in a closed session a day after the FBI served search warrants at the district’s headquarters and the home of its superintendent.

A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner has been put to death in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year.

A partisan battle to redraw U.S. House districts is raging in some states, even though campaigning is underway.

A federal law requires new cars to include technology that detects drunk or impaired driving, but regulators still have not cleared it.

Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune share the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after two days of low scoring.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is optimistic that major leaguers will be able to participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Attorneys say detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” still struggle to reach their lawyers, despite state claims that access problems are fixed.

Oklahoma has carried out its first execution of the year on a man convicted of killing two men in a drive-by shooting.

Chris Gotterup has come a long way in the last year.

A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a 1989 robbery has become the first person executed in Florida this year.

Republicans and Democrats in some states are redrawing U.S. House districts to gain an advantage in the upcoming midterm elections.

North Carolina and South Carolina have become two hot spots for growth in the United States.

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026.

Massive blankets of snow and ice are expected in parts of the U.S. this weekend, with frost and snow flurries possible in Florida.

Detainees have been pepper-sprayed on at least two occasions at a Florida immigration detention center, dubbed “Deportation Depot,” since opening this past September.

U.S. senators are increasingly looking to leave Washington for leadership roles in their home states.

Anti-tax advocates are pushing to eliminate property taxes for homeowners.

Two former detainees at a Florida immigration center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” testified they faced punishment for seeking legal advice.

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas universities and state agencies on Tuesday to halt new H-1B visa petitions until next year.

A man convicted of killing a Tampa Bay-area grocery store owner during a robbery is set to become Florida’s second execution of 2026.

Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon has announced her candidacy for the Florida U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Ashley Moody in the 2026 election.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he owes Indiana Gov. Mike Braun some key lime pie and stone crabs after losing a bet.

A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery is set to become Florida’s first execution of 2026.

Officials in about one-third of the states have considered revising their U.S. House districts since President Donald Trump called for mid-decade redistricting.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling for a special session in April for Florida’s legislature to redraw congressional districts.

College football Hall of Famer Urban Meyer has been appointed to the board of trustees at New College in Sarasota.

Florida’s Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death.

A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”.

A judge in Miami has dismissed a complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

A man convicted of killing a man and his girlfriend during a 1987 home invasion has been put to death in Florida.

Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state’s schoolchildren.

Gov_ Ron DeSantis has labeled the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a "foreign terrorist organization."

A man convicted of killing a woman during a home invasion robbery has been executed in Florida.

Democrat Eileen Higgins has won the Miami mayor’s race over a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month.

Democrats are hoping to win a race for Miami mayor after decades out of power.

Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state’s coast.

Florida is poised to join the wave of states debating how they might reshape congressional voting districts, as political parties grapple for an edge in next year’s midterm elections.

A federal judge in Florida wants civil rights attorneys and lawyers for the U.S. and Florida to hammer out a settlement in a lawsuit over whether detainees at an immigration center in the Everglades are getting adequate access to attorneys.

A man convicted of raping and fatally beating his former manager at a Florida convenience store has become executed.

A federal judge in Florida is pushing for a resolution in a lawsuit over detainees' access to attorneys at an immigration detention center in the Everglades.

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings is scheduled to be put to death in December.

Critics are warning that Florida's new social studies standards rehabilitate aspects of McCarthyism and the anti-communist Red Scare.

A man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl he abducted from her bedroom has been executed in Florida.

A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during home invasion robbery is scheduled to be put to death in December.

A man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor has put to death in a record 15th execution this year in Florida.

A man convicted of raping and fatally beating his former manager at a Florida convenience store is scheduled to be put to death in November.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers.

Florida officials have been accused of failing to disclose their application for federal reimbursement for an immigration detention center in the Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

A man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond has become the 14th person executed in Florida this year.

A man convicted of raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in central Florida is scheduled to be put to death in November.

Mike Greenwell, an outfielder who played 12 seasons with the Boston Red Sox and finished second in the 1988 American League MVP voting, has died.

The Florida city of St. Petersburg, long a bastion of LGBTQ+ rights and mindful of its racially segregated past, is considering approval of two flags recognizing those issues after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because of supposedly political messages.

A rainbow-colored crosswalk celebrating the contributions of Miami Beach's LGBTQ+ community has been removed from the city’s iconic Ocean Drive.

U.S. government lawyers say detainees at the Florida Everglades immigration detention center, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," likely include people who have never been in removal proceedings.

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk.

The expression ‘stay woke’ started out as an affirmation for African Americans.

Florida officials have agreed to set aside nearly three acres of prime real estate in downtown Miami for the future presidential library of President Donald Trump.

A man convicted of fatally stabbing a married couple during a robbery has been put to death in Florida's record 13th execution this year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has set an execution date for Norman Mearle Grim Jr., convicted of sexually battering and killing his neighbor in 1998.

A charter school network backed by a billionaire hedge fund manager announced Thursday that it is expanding in Miami.

A campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida is delaying its push to get the issue on the ballot until 2028.

The decision about whether to keep Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night ABC show depends on far more than his jokes.

A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire has been put to death.

Authorities are investigating the motive behind the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college.

A Florida man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond in 1996 is scheduled to be put to death in October under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who continues to set a record pace for executions.

Florida residents could be a step closer to being able to openly carry guns in public.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a dilemma over the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades.

Florida has a plan to drop school vaccine mandates.

Dr_ Joseph Ladapo, a Nigerian-born physician with impeccable U_S_ medical credentials, says that requiring vaccinations for diseases like measles, polio and chickenpox amounts to government-imposed “slavery.”.

Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash involving one of its own has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric.

Missouri has become the third state to embrace a mid-decade redesign of its U.S. House districts in a quest for partisan advantage.