Florida lawmakers and DeSantis could have a way to update state laws to change references from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The Legislature regularly passes what are known as "reviser's bills" that do such things as change terms in laws.

After President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about this week’s winter storm,

After President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida police officer is without a job after accidentally firing a man’s gun during a traffic stop. On Dec. 13, 2024, a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer stopped a vehicle for running a red light. Two other officers, including one identified as M. Cardwell, responded to the traffic stop.

A Florida police officer has been fired after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop. Officer Shaun Lowry, of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, stopped driver Jason Arrington for running a red light around 5:10 p.

A police department in Florida is moving to fire an officer after she accidentally shot a man with his own gun during a routine traffic stop last month. Officer Mindy Cardwell was called to assist with a traffic stop on Dec.

A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.

On Tuesday, a historic winter storm left regions of the South blanketed in snow, including Florida, Texas and Louisiana.

Snow, sleet and freezing rain are set to fall across parts of southern Texas, southern Georgia and northern Florida as the storm heads east Tuesday.