FLORIDA

Police in Florida believe a toddler found in a Bradenton canal died from drowning.

Florida has by far the highest number of shark attacks in the world.

In pregnant women, Listeriosis can cause miscarriage stillbirth and pre-mature delivery.

Meningococcal disease can "quickly become deadly."

Andrew Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee who ran against Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2018, has been indicted by federal prosecutors on allegations of fraud related to a three-year wire fraud scheme.

When the victim, who was forced to drive at gunpoint by the kidnappers, noticed a police patrol and began driving erratically hoping to get pulled over for a traffic violation.

Foster Thorbjornsen told his followers on Facebook that, while he was out on a walk near his home Monday, he spotted an alligator floating in a lake about 20 feet from shore.

"While these inmates put our deputy in danger, there were others who did the right thing by coming to her aid, and for that, I am grateful," Sheriff Chad Chronister said.

“This is Florida. You got to expect to see a gator or you’re not having any fun,” a witness said.

"I think his intentions were to commit a terrorist act, a hate crime," West Palm Beach Deputy Chief Rick Morris said. "These people are not heroes that are doing the shooting. They're criminals. Some of them are terrorists."

The girl allegedly pulled the weapon out of the purse and fired two rounds at the victim who was fighting with her own mother.

A Florida man died after his car swerved off a highway and plunged into a pond infested with alligators.

Images shared by local media showed snipers lying on their stomachs with guns trained on the water as alligators swam around the pond.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is no stranger to signing unorthodox legislation into law which wins him favor with many conservative voters in the state.

The baby was sucking on a pacifier covered in fecal matter and had sores on their groin and thighs, officers said.

The victim, due to her "diminished mental capacity," often entered the rooms of other residents at the nursing home, police said.

Major airlines and the FAA will meet to attempt to find ways to improve air traffic.

Florida has announced the largest ban in its own history of math textbooks, largely on the grounds that they were including topics associated with critical race theory.

Police located Saige Stiles, 15, after a search spanning 11 hours.

The victim alerted a fellow passenger by showing a message on her phone.

The disease is preventable via the meningococcal conjugate vaccine.