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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward high school teacher has been fired, after being accused of having inappropriate discussions and interactions with students, including allegedly showing them a phallic-shaped gum wrapper.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Newly released records from Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed that his public safety czar, Larry Keefe, communicated with a Destin-based contractor hired to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts using a private email account with the call name “Clarice Starling.”

TAMPA, Fla. — The blast of frigid air that swept across the United States over the past week officially has brought the coldest Christmas to the Tampa Bay area in more than 30 years.

TAMPA, Fla. — He would wait each week in a tunnel near the players’ locker room after football games at Notre Dame Stadium. His spine cruelly curved, his arms and legs forever hindered by nerve disease, the boy in the wheelchair was hard to miss. And easy to ignore.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — She gave birth in secret, perhaps in a hotel bathroom, entirely alone.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Keep an eye on Dolphins punter Thomas Morstead during Sunday’s game against Green Bay. He won’t be hard to spot. He’ll be the guy constantly running up and down the sideline, 30 or 40 yards at a time, while the Dolphins have the ball. Or he’ll…

In a season defined by narrow losses, Missouri saved one more for the 2022 finale, falling to Wake Forest, 27-17, in Friday’s Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa, Fla. The loss extended Mizzou’s bowl drought another year and means Eli Drinkwitz will have to wait until his fourth season to produce his…

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic picked up two victories Friday at Amway Center.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida is now the fastest-growing state in the Union, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s estimates.