Deputies: Winter Park woman faces murder charge after zipping boyfriend in suitcase

A Florida woman has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge after detectives said her boyfriend died after being zipped into a suitcase and left inside for hours. 

South Florida mother accused of trying to murder baby, 2 children

Hialeah officers arrested 31-year-old Ailenys Carmenate on Saturday after they said she attempted to suffocate a 6-month-old infant and then choke two older children in her home.

Florida girl who needed 'extremely rare' blood donations during cancer battle is now in remission

Four-year-old Zainab Mughal made headlines and set off a worldwide search for blood donors with an extremely rare blood type during her battle with an aggressive form of cancer called neuroblastoma.

Bystanders save driver from sinking car in Boca Raton canal

Some good Samaritans jumped into unknown waters to help a woman who drove her vehicle into a canal while having an epileptic seizure  Sunday, February 23.

Investigators still hope to find convicted murderer who escaped from Florida prison 30 years ago

Thirty years ago, a convicted murderer pulled off a disappearing act. A man who beat his girlfriend to death concealed himself inside a prison delivery truck, rode right off the prison grounds in Polk City, Florida and out of the grasp of the justice system. It wasn’t his first jail escape – but it was his most successful one.

Report: Florida teacher washed out student’s mouth with hand sanitizer

Six students told Palm Beach County school district officials that the teacher grabbed a bottle of hand sanitizer and pumped it into the student’s mouth, an investigative report said.

Women who died inside Mercedes that rolled off Florida ferry were found embracing: report

Two women who died inside a submerged Mercedes-Benz that rolled off a Florida ferry Tuesday were found embracing in the back seat of the car, according to a report.

6-year-old girl held at Jacksonville mental health facility for two days under Florida's Baker Act

A six-year-old girl who allegedly acted out in her special-needs class on February 4 was held at a mental health center in Jacksonville, Florida, without seeing her mother for two days, according to the Florida Times-Union.

Report: George Zimmerman sues Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg over tweets

Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the killing of teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, reportedly filed a lawsuit in Florida this week against Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Washington Times reports.

2 women killed when car fell off South Florida ferry

The bodies of two women were discovered in a car that rolled off a ferry into a deep shipping channel off the coast of South Florida.

Racing team for Ryan Newman says he is 'awake and speaking' at the hospital

Newman was leading in the final lap when he was caught in the back by another racer's bumper, sending him right into a wall. His car flipped, rolled, and was hit on the driver's side by another car before finally skidding across the finish line with his roof engulfed in flames.

Florida homeowner finds human remains in jars underneath home, police say

Police said that the remains were brought to the home by the woman's ex-husband, who was a pathologist and used the remains in his research.