Courts / Law

Owners of two pari-mutuel facilities contended that allowing people to place sports bets while off tribal property violated federal laws.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office now has a full-time squad of 12 deputies targeting human trafficking.

Acevedo's attorney said the city’s politicians wanted him gone because he accused them of corruption.

Nikolas Cruz's legal team will focus on the trial's penalty phase, where they hope to secure 17 consecutive life sentences instead of the death penalty for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school deaths.

President Joe Biden says the rule will be released “soon,” though he did not give a specific date. Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state will contest it immediately to protect the jobs of Floridians.

One lawmaker says he’d like to work with others on legislation that would give officers more leeway to intervene in youth cases based on information posted online before a shooting takes place.

Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo, a star in law enforcement circles, appears to be out of a job after six months. He's had a rocky tenure, clashing with city leaders who he says are meddling.

Robert DuBoise was freed in 2020 after DNA evidence cleared him in the 1983 rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman in Tampa.

The state keeps coming after school districts over mask mandates. School districts are going after the state in court. Plus, redrawing political districts across the state.

GOP legislators said the changes were necessary to ensure election security and prevent fraud in future elections.

The law enhances penalties and creates new crimes in protests that turn violent.

They are seeking an injunction against the executive order while an appeal of a lower-court ruling moves forward.