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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ appointment of Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo was confirmed Wednesday by the Senate, despite objections from Democrats who criticized his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Florida lawmakers opted to consider a bill that would provide a wide range of tax breaks -- but did not include Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to suspend the state's 25-cent/gallon gas tax, arguing that the tax break would go to too many non-Floridians who visit the state.

Former President Donald Trump's new social media app launched Monday morning, a little over a year after he was banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. His "Truth Social" app is only open to a limited number of subscribers who had preordered, but was still Apple's top free app in the U.S.

Trump would face a decision between answering questions under oath or remaining silent and invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination — a tactic he has, in the past, equated with evidence of guilt.

First lady Jill Biden was in Tampa Friday afternoon to tour Moffitt Cancer Center. The visit was part of the Biden administration's Cancer Moonshot, the mission to reduce deaths from cancer by 50-percent over the next 25 years.

Florida lawmakers in the House want to shift $200 million in funding away from the 12 school districts — including Hillsborough and Sarasota — that required students to wear masks last year, defying Gov. DeSantis' executive order banning mask mandates.

The flier, handed out by police in South Florida, was supposed to tell drivers how to resolve their traffic tickets. But a typo in the URL ended up sending people to a website selling Trump 2024 merchandise instead.

Florida failed for nearly three months to pay tens of thousands of health care claims for the state’s sickest and neediest children due to software glitches blamed on the corporate merger of its two largest payment vendors -- leaving families with critically ill children stranded when those payments stopped.

Later this week, the first lady will stop in Tampa to visit the Moffitt Cancer Center as the president is expected to announce an initiative to reduce cancer's death rate in the U.S.

A couple who caught Tom Brady’s last touchdown pass after it was tossed into the crowd is selling the ball at an auction and could make between $500,000- $1 million.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is a household name in the Bay Area, but now he's getting recognition on the national stage after being named "Sheriff of the Year" by the Major County Sheriffs of America.