Florida

The popular Disney College Program remains suspended until further notice, the company announced to its prospective participants on Thursday.

The Florida Department of Health says the number of known cases of COVID-19 in the state rose by 10,109 since yesterday morning as the virus spreads and as more people are tested across the state. The total number of cases in Florida is now 169,106.

A former employee at Walt Disney World is accused of stealing thousands of dollars in what investigators described as a scheme in which she misdirected money issued for theme park ticket refunds into a personal account.

Over the last five years, a Polk County woman pocketed over $768,000 from a Winter Haven church, and used the money during trips to theme parks, for Amazon purchases and a Match.com account, the sheriff announced.

A sheriff in north Florida says he will deputize "every lawful gun owner" in his county if protests turn violent.

A woman is accused of plotting her stepfather's murder. Authorities say Myesha Williams paid a boyfriend to kill her stepfather over an issue involving money.

On Tuesday, SpaceX launched a new U.S. Space Force GPS satellite into orbit atop a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. 

A north Florida school district has voted to install transparent screens in classrooms in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

In an effort to continue talking about social justice and racial inequality, the league will paint the phrase inside both sidelines, a report states.

Those tensions, though, flared two weeks ago during a golf-cart parade for President Donald Trump's birthday in which a man shouted, “White Power,” when confronted by anti-Trump protesters. A video clip of that confrontation in America’s largest retirement community was tweeted approvingly by Trump last weekend and then taken down.

The medical examiner for Pinellas and Pasco County has a warning for people not taking this pandemic seriously.

Prosecutors charging New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with buying sex from massage parlor prostitutes are trying to save their case.

Across Florida, hundreds of doctors are adding their signatures to a letter over the decision to hold the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville. 

He advised residents to continue to be vigilant and avoid crowds if you can. 

Vice President Mike Pence is cancelling a planned "Great American Comeback" bus tour of Florida as the number of coronavirus cases there surges.

The news came minutes after Florida reported nearly 9,000 new coronavirus cases, a new record for daily increases. Officials have said the number of cases is surging among young adults, which could endanger those who are most vulnerable to the virus.

Lt. Col. Simon McKenzie returned to Tampa after being deployed for several months, so he and his wife decided to surprise their kids with a heartwarming photobomb during a photography session.

Air quality across most of the Caribbean fell to record “hazardous” levels and experts who nicknamed the event the “Godzilla dust cloud” warned people to stay indoors and use air filters if they have one.