TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday said the state moved a 10,000-person base camp it had set up at the Tampa Bay Rays stadium to help with the post-storm recovery after it became clear that Hurricane Milton would pose a threat to the structure, located in St. Petersburg.

Ultimately, the Category 3 storm ripped off large swaths...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Firefighters rushed to free people trapped in rubble in Palm Beach County on Wednesday after a tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton left a trail of destruction in the region.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue says at least 40 units of firefighters went to help people Wednesday afternoon while one of the tornadoes still was ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 600,000 Central Florida customers are without power Thursday morning, after high winds from Hurricane Milton brought down utility lines throughout the region.

Volusia and Lake counties had the highest rate of outages in the region, with more than half of utility customers left in the dark after the storm roared ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado voters will decide in the November election whether to extend the effective length of prison sentences for people convicted of certain violent offenses.

Proposition 128 is one of two criminal justice-related measures on the state ballot, with the other, Proposition 130, requiring the state to set aside $350 million in new ...Read more

DENVER — An assistant chief in the Denver Fire Department was fired last month after he brought an AR-15 rifle to a public park and loaded the gun during a mental health crisis in March, according to a disciplinary letter obtained by The Denver Post on Wednesday.

The city of Denver fired former Assistant Chief James Hart on Sept. 3 — six ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado would create an excise tax on firearms and ammunition, primarily to pay for victim services, if voters approve Proposition KK in the November election.

The ballot measure is the result of one of the slew of firearm-related bills passed by the state legislature this year. The bill to refer the measure to voters, House Bill ...Read more

MIAMI — Hurricanes have always happened, at least for as long as we have records. But two major hurricanes in just two weeks, both hitting the Florida Gulf Coast, is highly unusual if not quite unprecedented. In 2004, two major hurricanes, Frances and Jeanne, made landfall 21 days apart in the exact same spot, Hutchinson Island.

But on barely...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that while Hurricane Milton has been destructive, it could have been a lot worse, as the state focused efforts on recovery hours after the storm moved away from the state.

Speaking from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, he said no official deaths have been reported yet, but ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key on the Florida Gulf Coast on Wednesday night as a major Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds as the state endured an assault of at least 19 tornadoes that resulted in multiple deaths. It never lost hurricane strength as it crossed the state exiting near Cape Canaveral on Thursday ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The couple arrived at the Chase Bank in Palmdale as planned. It was early February and they were there to withdraw $200,000. Nearby, a private security guard stood watch, occasionally sending text messages on her cellphone.

As the couple made their way across the parking lot that day, they were approached by two armed men, who ...Read more

Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs on Wednesday accused the government of waging a campaign to leak evidence — including the 2016 video that shows him assaulting singer Cassie, his former girlfriend — and damaging the hip-hop mogul's right to a fair trial.

Combs' lead attorneys said in a court filing that they might seek to have the video, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that while Hurricane Milton has been destructive, it could have been a lot worse, as the state focused efforts on recovery hours after the storm moved away from the state.

Speaking from the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, he said no official deaths have been reported yet, but ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton ripped off large swaths of Tropicana Field’s roof late Wednesday, as the powerful storm tore through the Tampa Bay region.

Tattered pieces of the roof blew in the wind, shining under the exposed purple and white interior lights. The stadium’s catwalk was clearly visible from Interstate 275 — one of the ...Read more

A sculpture of the Virgin Mary showing her giving birth to Jesus was recently attacked and beheaded. Called “Crowning” by the artist Esther Strauss, the sculpture had been part of a temporary exhibition of art outside the Catholic St. Mary Cathedral in Linz, Austria.

The sculpture was controversial for its explicit depiction of ...Read more

Polls show that LGBTQ rights will likely factor into most Americans’ pick for president this November as they choose between former Republican President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat.

A March 2024 survey by independent pollster PRRI found that 68% of voters will take LGBTQ rights into consideration at the...Read more