College prep week: How to make your application stand out among the rest

It is officially college application season and thousands of high-school students are looking for ways to make their college applications stand out.

Signatures piling up for pot initiative

Racing to try to get on the November 2020 ballot, a political committee backing a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana had submitted more than 57,000 petition signatures to the state Division of Elections as of Wednesday, records show.

Democratic presidential hopefuls feel pressure to raise enough funds to sustain campaigns

With less than three months to go until the first-in-the-nation caucuses in Iowa, 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are feeling the heat to raise enough money to keep their campaigns alive. 

Changing wind brings red tide threat back to Florida

Our upcoming cold fronts later this week and next week may bring back the red tide to the southwest coast of Florida.  The past few weeks, a persistent easterly wind has helped in blowing the harmful marine algae, Karenia brevis, offshore.

New strain of HIV detected for the first time in 19 years

A team of scientists discovered a new strain of HIV for the first time in 19 years and published the findings Wednesday.

Family shaken by second apparent accident resulting in death of a child at Plant City home

A Plant City family is in shock after a child died after being accidentally run over by his mother on their property Tuesday night. Another accident resulted in the death of a child back in 2015.

SWAT officers surprise boy hit by truck on Halloween

Dominick dressed up as a SWAT officer for Halloween, but while he was trick-or-treating, he was hit by a truck and had to be hospitalized for several days. When Pasco SWAT officers heard his story, they knew just the way to cheer him up.

Sen. Kamala Harris introduces new bill to make school days longer

U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) announced a new bill on Wednesday, the Family Friendly Schools Act, to make school days longer by a total of three hours. 

Bizarre road rage incident with angry mom dubbed 'Kidz Bop Karen' goes viral

A New Jersey woman is “still processing” the dramatic moment when an enraged driver stuck her head in her car last week, spitting out a profanity-laced rant that's since gone viral and earned the angry woman the name “Kidz Bop Karen.”

Florida Power & Light customers to see lower bills in 2020

Florida Power & Light (FPL) has announced that customers will see a decrease in their bill in 2020.