Florida

A Florida mom frantically called 911 after finding her 2-year-old daughter alone, crying and locked inside the dark, empty day care. "She managed to push a chair next to the door to stand on it... She got on the chair to say, ‘Mommy.'"

Tampa police say the 4-year-old boy's biological mother and her boyfriend held the child's foster parent at knifepoint outside his West Tampa daycare, then fled to north Florida before they were captured.

A Palm Coast man is accused of beating his nine-year-old son after he and his younger brother made several iPad app purchases.

Firefighters in the Florida Panhandle saved a dog that had become trapped after falling into a 15-foot deep hole. One rescuer climbed down and created a makeshift harness for the friendly pup, then pulled the dog to safety.

Brian Laundrie’s full autopsy and forensic reports were released by the medical examiner, revealing new details about the circumstances around his death.

St. Petersburg police have arrested Willie Earl Capehart, 62, after they say he threw a 14-week-old puppy against a wall while he was supposed to be babysitting.

Troopers say the driver of a Kia will likely face charges after causing a crash that killed a 40-year-old motorcyclist and injured his 8-year-old passenger on Friday afternoon.

Beloved Anclote High School teacher Ciara McKeon, 28, has died of her injuries, one day after she was hit by an SUV in the school's parking lot.

Police say the Florida couple locked their 13-year-old adopted son in a box in their garage for up to 18 hours a day, and made him use a bucket to go to the bathroom. The boy told police he ran away from home "because I feel like no one loves me" -- then pleaded with officers to arrest him because he "would rather be in prison than back at home."

In body cam video released by the sheriff's office, McNeil is heard saying ‘don’t hit me' multiple times as deputies are arresting him.

Bob Saget's cause of death has been revealed exactly one month after the star's shocking death.

Linda Slaten was killed in 1981. Nearly 40 years later, Joseph Mills was charged with her rape and murder. Now, he's finally pleading guilty to keep himself off death row.

A Florida man needed a double-lung transplant to beat COVID-19. David Wilkinson, 50, is now breathing air through two new lungs thanks to an organ donor.

A high school basketball player with Down syndrome makes a buzzer beater game shot with the support and encouragement of his teammates and entire gym. The touching video has gone viral.

"The woman tried to hang on. There was a bystander nearby who tried to help her, but tragically she fell five or six stories below where she died landing on concrete," West Palm Beach police spokesman Mike Jachles said.

Orange County deputies say they carjacked and then killed Uken Cummings on Sunday afternoon as he was leaving the CVS on Powers and Silver Star Road after picking up his prescriptions.

Allen Cadwalader reeled in two .50-caliber M82A1 Barrett sniper rifles from a canal in Miami-Dade County.

Dashcam footage from a June 2021 road rage incident in South Florida shows the moments when a driver fired multiple shots, striking another vehicle several times. But his lawyer says the shooting was justified because his client believed he had been shot at first.