Google Earth leads to remains of missing Florida man in lake

It took 22 years, but a missing man's remains were finally found thanks to someone who zoomed in on his former Florida neighborhood with Google satellite images and noticed a car submerged in a lake, authorities said.

Florida inmate with ‘history of violent behavior’ captured after escaping state hospital: police

A tattoo-covered Florida inmate “with a history of violent behavior” was recaptured Wednesday, more than 12 hours after he climbed a fence and escaped from a state hospital where he was being treated, authorities said.

Classmates give their own clothing and shoes to student bullied for wearing same clothes

High school students in Tennessee are being praised for their act of kindness to a fellow classmate who had been bullied for weeks for wearing the same clothes each day.

Florida 'psychic' gets prison for scamming woman out of $1.6 million to lift family curse

A South Florida woman who claimed to be a psychic fortune teller has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for taking $1.6 million from a Texas woman to remove a curse from her family.

Endangered sea turtle shot in neck with 3-foot spear off Florida coast

A $5,000 reward is being offered to help find the person who shot an endangered green sea turtle in the neck with a spear off the coast of Florida. 

Florida school finds stowaway in student's backpack: a bearded dragon

It would have made for a very interesting show and tell but this little creature didn't even make it out of its backpack into a Florida classroom.

Woman banned from Disney World after hitting taxi driver over cigarette

Authorities say a woman is banned for life from Walt Disney World in Florida after she hit a taxi driver and then kicked a deputy at the resort.

Cruise ship brings 1,100 Bahamas evacuees to South Florida

More than 1,100 Bahamians have arrived in Palm Beach, Florida, after being evacuated by cruise ship from their hurricane-battered islands.

Man sentenced to 28 years for fatally stabbing man who spat on his BMW

Facing decades in prison, Teddy Baltimore Smith passed on apologizing to the family of the man he killed for spitting on his car. Instead, he chose to blame the victim for provoking him.

American Airlines mechanic allegedly tampered with plane in Miami to delay or cancel flight

An American Airlines employee, allegedly angry over stalled union contract talks with the company, has been accused of disabling the navigation system on a flight slated to take off from Miami over the summer, investigators said Thursday.

Florida woman allegedly let dogs kill duckling, kicked mama duck trying to protect baby

A Florida woman has been arrested after authorities say she let her dogs kill a baby duckling and kicked the mother duck repeatedly as it tried to stop the attack.