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While recent freezing temperatures have unsettled humans across Florida, the waters remain relatively warm for migrating whales, drawing more of the marine mammals to the region, wildlife experts say.

A judge has again delayed the trial of the woman who owned the dogs that fatally mauled an 8-year-old boy in Volusia County last year.

A 14-year-old has been arrested in Deltona in connection with a viral TikTok “door-kicking” challenge that investigators say led to the death of a dog.

A prolonged stretch of cold weather is settling into Central Florida, with overnight temperatures expected to reach or fall below freezing for several days, forecasters said.

Police shot a man outside a bank in Orange City on Tuesday afternoon after a confrontation in the parking lot, authorities said. Officers responded to reports of a man walking through the parking lot with a knife. Witnesses told police the man began stabbing himself and later pulled out a gun and fired when officers approached. Officers returned fire, striking the man, witnesses said.

A disabled U.S. military veteran is urging changes to Florida law after her wheelchair-accessible van was towed from Orlando International Airport, despite displaying a disabled parking permit.

Two people were arrested in Brevard County after a dog was found severely malnourished and near death, authorities said.

An Orange County carjacking suspect pointed a gun at a woman and demanded her car so he could go see his grandmother, deputies said.

An inclusive welcome banner was torn down and set on fire outside a Winter Park church, an act the minister described as vandalism but said would not deter the congregation’s message of acceptance.

A middle school in Seminole County is warning students and parents about the potential legal consequences of misusing artificial intelligence after reports that students created and shared fake AI-generated videos of teachers online.

A 79-year-old woman convicted of killing her terminally ill husband says she felt she had no other choice in a FOX 35 exclusive interview. Ellen Gilland, the 79-year-old woman who shot and killed her terminally ill husband inside a Daytona Beach hospital, is out of prison after serving a year behind bars.

Swan advocates in Orlando are calling for better conditions at Lake Eola following a massive die-off of the birds, saying trash and pollution along the banks have harmed the swans.

Newly released body camera video shows the moment Orange County deputies shot a man who opened fire on them while they were serving a search warrant last month, authorities said.

An 11-year-old boy was shot in the arm during a drive-by shooting Friday afternoon in Mims, authorities said. The shooting occurred along Kennedy Street, near Mims Elementary School.

As Central Florida braces for another surge of cold air this weekend, farmers across the region are taking steps to protect vulnerable crops from freezing temperatures that could last more than a week.

Florida officials released new food safety findings showing traces of arsenic in dozens of popular candy products, expanding a state testing effort that earlier identified elevated toxins in infant formula.