Some Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says officers “acted within policy to protect themselves and nearby fans” while fighting with fans during Saturday’s Florida-Georgia game at EverBank Stadium.

A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.

Carson Beck threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns to offset three interceptions and No. 2 Georgia escaped “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” with a 34-20 victory over Florida.

A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice Institute says that extreme heat in unairconditioned cells at a prison near the Florida Everglades has contributed to the deaths of four people and that state officials have failed to take “meaningful action” to mitigate the risk posed to the elderly and disabled inmates in their care.

Texas hospital patients will be asked if they’re in the U.S. legally starting Friday.

Texas hospital patients will be asked if they’re in the U.S. legally starting Friday.

Texas hospital patients will be asked if they’re in the U.S. legally starting Friday.

United Way Worldwide and Paramount Global have announced they will host a benefit to raise funds for those impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

NASA says an astronaut has been released from the hospital after returning from space.

Spirit Airlines is cutting jobs and selling off some jets worth millions of dollars as the budget carrier aims to cut costs amid looming financial struggles and an uncertain future.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months.

The U.S. Postal Service says it has reopened all of its mail processing centers in areas of Florida and North Carolina hit by recent hurricanes.

The Environmental Protection Agency didn't ensure that states submitted accurate estimates of the number of lead pipes they had.

The devastation of Hurricanes Milton and Helene have opened the floodgates for people seeking disaster relief.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is focusing his official office on fighting an abortion rights amendment.

Tiger Woods will be making his debut in the TMRW Golf League the second week of the season after the NFL wild-card weekend.

NFL owners have unanimously approved Jacksonville’s $1_4 billion “stadium of the future."

Florida's government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before voters.

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

Kamala Harris has used an appearance before a largely Black church audience in battleground North Carolina to call out Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the federal government's hurricane response.

Dylan Sampson scored on his third touchdown of the game on a 1-yard run in overtime to give No. 8 Tennessee a 23-17 victory over Florida on Saturday night.

The conservancy that oversees a storied but aging ocean liner and its landlord have resolved a years-old rent dispute.

Major League Baseball spring training facilities on Florida’s west coast appear to have been mostly spared major damage during Hurricane Milton.

Residents in states hit by Hurricane Helene who had coverage through the federal flood insurance program but let it lapse before the storm hit may be able to renew it and still be covered from the impact.

Scientists say human-caused climate change intensified deadly Hurricane Milton’s rainfall by 20 to 30% and strengthened its winds by about 10%.

Florida theme parks including Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld say they’ll open their gates on Friday after shutting down for Hurricane Milton.

Hurricane Milton’s explosive formation stirred high anxiety for Florida less than two weeks after Helene raked the state and much of the Southeast.

A construction crane came crashing down on the building that houses the Tampa Bay Times during the height of Hurricane Milton’s menace across Florida.

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shared stunning timelapse footage of Hurricane Milton from the International Space Station.

A Florida factory that makes IV fluids critical to hospitals nationwide will restart after shutting down while Hurricane Milton tore through the state.

All eyes remain on Florida and Texas is maintaining its commitment to step in and assist our neighbors as the monstrous Hurricane Milton brought a deadly storm surge and strong winds to the area.

The Jacksonville Jaguars plan to arrive to London later than expected Friday because of Hurricane Milton, the team confirmed ahead of Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears.

Hurricane Milton officially made landfall near Siesta Key on Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday evening.

While the Houston Texans are preparing for their Sunday matchup against the New England Patriots, linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair balances preparation and concern for his friends and family who are in the path of Hurricane Milton, not long after dealing with Hurricane Helene in Tampa.

Milton is set to become the second hurricane to strike Florida in two weeks, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency is once again positioning supplies and personnel where they’re needed and coordinating with state and local officials.

As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists are worried it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining industry and other hazardous waste across the peninsula and into vulnerable waterways.

Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes.

The fabric roof over the home of baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays was ripped to shreds after Hurricane Milton came ashore in Florida, bringing wind gusts exceeding 100 mph and flooding parts of the state.

Witness the impacts of Hurricane Milton as the monstrous storm slams into Florida from the Gulf of Mexico this week.

Major Hurricane Milton has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane as of 3 p.m. Wednesday.

Former President Donald Trump has hurled insults at his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the co-hosts of ABC's “The View.”.

The monster Category 5 hurricane is expected to make landfall overnight or- into Thursday morning somewhere along Florida’s Gulf Coast. First responders from Houston are also there, ready to help.

Scientists say human-caused climate change boosted the rainfall of deadly Hurricane Helene by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11%.

Ferocious Hurricane Milton is charging its way across the Gulf Coast with Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, in its sights.

As Hurricane Milton heads for Florida, here is a live radar we have provided to track the monstrous storm.

This afternoon, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that he is sending help to Florida—as the area braces for back-to-back hurricanes. Now, our local Red Cross is asking for volunteers ahead of another extremely dangerous storm.

When was the last time a hurricane made a direct landfall on the mainland United States as a Category 5?

With Hurricane Milton threatening Florida, the need for blood donations has become urgent due to potential disruptions in blood drives leading to shortages.

The Atlantic hurricane season brings heavy rain, strong wind, storm surge and sometimes catastrophic damage to locations from the Caribbean islands and Central America, all the way up through the United States and into Canada.

The NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week.

The Small Business Administration could run out of money to fund disaster loans in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation.

President Joe Biden is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to stay at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Chief Meteorologist Anthony Yanez answers a question that has some people puzzled

Vice President Kamala Harris is calling former President Donald Trump “incredibly irresponsible” for spreading falsehoods about the federal response to Hurricane Helene’s destruction.

Cleanup from Hurricane Milton is underway as residents are returning home after the storm barreled across Florida.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Milton has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were hitting golf balls into a lake and some people couldn’t figure out why.

What lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the bottom of the world's largest freshwater system.

Hurricane Helene killed scores of people when it struck Florida late last week and then plowed through the Southeast as one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history.

Hurricane Helene roared through six states last week, leaving a 500-mile path of devastation in its wake.

A man who authorities say spent 12 hours camped outside Donald Trump’s golf course before Secret Service spotted him with a rifle has pleaded not guilty to federal charges including attempted assassination.

Shedeur Sanders threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns to help Colorado match its victory total for all of last season with a 48-21 rout of UCF.

A single landfalling hurricane has the potential to set up a community for years. In the Florida Big Bend, many small communities have seen not one, not two, but three landfilling hurricanes in the past 13 months.

The death toll continues to rise after now tropical storm Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend last night as a Category 4 hurricane. Millions are still without power in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas as we continue to track flash flooding warnings, tornado threats and reports that people in Georgia are trapped inside buildings and homes. I’m also just getting word that more than two dozen people are trapped on the roof of the Unicoi County Hospital in Tennessee.

Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night.

Tangled piles of nail-spiked lumber and displaced boats littered the streets.

Appalachian State’s home football game against Liberty in Boone, North Carolina, scheduled for Saturday was canceled because of the impacts of severe weather on the area from Tropical Storm Helene.

Massive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia.

Abortion-rights groups are courting Latino voters through door-knocking and Spanish-language ads.

Hurricane Helene is here and all people who evacuated from their homes can do is watch. Literally.

As Hurricane Helene continues to strengthen while quickly moving towards the Florida Big Bend, people who chose to ride out the storm are making their final preparations.

A Florida man's lawsuit has temporarily stopped Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball from being sold after saying it was stolen from him moments after he secured it.

Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida’s northwestern coast and then continue on to torment parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee with heavy rain, flash floods and gusty winds.

Through the day today, Helene is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane before making landfall Thursday.

As Florida residents brace themselves for Hurricane Helene, which is expected to strengthen into a destructive storm, CenterPoint Energy says it's deploying dozens of internal and contract resources to assist in any emergency responses and recovery efforts.

They’re simply known as ‘Hurricane Hunters,’ but the work done by the men and women of the 403rd Airlift Wing is much more than just a thrilling ride.

Florida is making preparations ahead of the storm, and help from Texas is also on the way.

This front steers Helene away from Houston

Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.

This front steers Helene away from Houston

Scientists have moved about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration.

Florida coach Billy Napier is on the verge of being fired.

SpaceX faces $633,000 in fines for alleged safety violations during two Florida launches last year.

Florida law enforcement officials will launch their own criminal investigation into the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that will run parallel to the federal probe.

A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he’s posting the mugshot of any offender on social media.

Florida State has asked a judge to decide key parts of its lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference without a trial, hoping for a quicker resolution and path to a possible exit from the league.

Nick Saban has a message for Tua Tagovailoa: Listen to experts, then decide what happens next.

Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will start asking patients' immigration status in November.

A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement with students and parents.

The Houston Food Bank is standing by to assist their food bank network in Louisiana.

Florida Democrats have been boldly proclaiming that Florida is in play for this year's November elections, but their campaign spending hasn't matched those claims.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have been declared divorced and single by a judge in Florida.

All eyes have been on the Gulf this week with Francine now expected to make landfall in Louisiana Wednesday.

Kyle Tucker was instantly inserted into the lineup, batting 4th, but will not play the field. The Astros star right fielder has been out since June 3 after fouling a ball off his shin.

No one should be surprised if Florida fires coach Billy Napier during the opening month of the season.

A 13-foot (4-meter) Burmese python was confiscated from an upstate New York man who was keeping the still-growing snake in a small tank.

Donald Trump now says he will vote no on a Florida ballot measure that would repeal the state’s six-week abortion ban, a day after he seemed to indicate he would vote in favor of the measure.

Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for families.

Voters across the U.S. aren't just casting ballots this fall for president and other top offices.