Florida

More than 100 people are facing charges after the latest undercover operation targeting human trafficking in Polk County. Investigators are colorfully calling it, “Operation Santa’s Naughty List.”

The Gary Sinise Foundation hosted the 14th annual Snowball Express event, a five-day, all expenses paid retreat for more than 1,700 family members of our fallen military heroes.

Henry Harvey and another customer got into a verbal argument, which turned physical when Harvey punched the victim in the head, police say.

According to the Florida Lottery, Ursula Honderick bought the winning $1,000,000 GOLD RUSH CLASSIC scratch-off ticket on Monday from the Publix at 950 Blanding Boulevard in Orange Park. 

There was a tad too much body spray discharged on a school bus in Parrish, Florida.

The daughter of a missing veteran with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is asking the community to help her find her father, Robert Ford. 

A Florida sheriff personally escorted a man into jail for failing to provide enough food for his “extremely emaciated” dog, warning neglectful pet owners that “if this is how you treat your dog … this is how we treat you.”

To honor the memory of a UPS driver who was killed Thursday in a kidnapping and police pursuit that ended in gunfire, UPS drivers across the country will be pausing on their routes for a moment of silence at 5 p.m. ET Monday. 

The Dade City Police Department paid off layaway accounts being held at the local Walmart.

Chicago Bears linebacker Khalil Mack is delivering Christmas cheer to residents of his Florida hometown by paying off all the holiday layaway accounts at a local Walmart.

The Saudi gunman who killed three people at the Pensacola naval base had apparently gone on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast U.S. support of Israel and accuse America of being anti-Muslim, a U.S. official said Sunday as the FBI confirmed it is operating on the assumption the attack was an act of terrorism.

Authorities investigating the attack are reportedly focused on finding several unaccounted for Saudi nationals linked to the shooting.

"It was like the Old West," the Miami Herald quoted Joe Merino, the stepfather on one of the victims, as saying. "I'm going to be the voice for my son. This is not going to be swept under the rug."

The U.S. Navy has identified the three sailors who died in the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday.

An innocent bystander was on his way home from work when he got stuck in traffic. He was fatally shot during the shootout.

The Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a U.S. naval base hosted a dinner party beforehand where he watched videos of mass shootings, a U.S. official told The Associated Press.

St. Petersburg native Mohammed Haitham was one of the three victims killed in Friday's shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola, the US Navy confirmed.

A banana that was duct taped to a wall in an art gallery in Miami -- a "work of art" that had already sold for $120,000 -- was taken down and eaten by a man on Saturday.

Joshua Watson had just graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and looked forward to a military career as a pilot. On Saturday, he was being hailed a hero, as his family recounted how the 23-year-old — in his last minutes of life — led first responders to an active shooter at the Pensacola naval base.

A Disney cruise worker is accused of repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl at his home.