Tropical Storm Nicole lashing Florida with strong winds, heavy rains after landfall

Nicole made landfall along the east coast of Florida as a Category 1 hurricane early Thursday just south of Vero Beach. The system has since downgraded to a tropical storm. 

Nicole whips 100-mph gust at NASA's moon rocket on Kennedy Space Center launch pad

NASA managers decided earlier this week to leave the 322-foot-tall moon rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B, where it has been since the rollout on Nov. 4.

TSA agents find gun smuggled inside raw chicken

After TSA agents found the gun at the checkpoint they posted “we hate to break it to you but stuffing a firearm in your holiday bird for travel is just a baste of time.”

Icon of the Seas: Bookings now open on Royal Caribbean's mega cruise ship, and water park at sea

Royal Caribbeans' newest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, does not set sail until January 2024, but those eager to be among the first to experience the ship and its six water slides, including reportedly the world's tallest slide at sea, can book reservations now.

Person of interest in gruesome deaths of 4 friends in Oklahoma arrested in Florida, police say

A person of interest in a homicide investigation in Oklahoma, where four friends went missing and were later found shot and severely dismembered in a river, was arrested in Central Florida Tuesday, according to police. 

Jury in Parkland shooting penalty trial recommends life in prison for Nikolas Cruz

Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, after the jury said Thursday that it could not unanimously agree that he should be executed.

'Stunned, devastated': Parents of Parkland victims react to shooter's life sentence

"What do we have the death penalty for?" one Parkland parent questioned after the jury could not unanimously agree on a death sentence for shooter Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people.

Artemis l: NASA announces new launch date for moon rocket mission

NASA has announced a new launch date for its next attempt to send the Artemis I rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida to the moon.

Biden to storm-ravaged Florida: 'We're not going to leave'

President Joe Biden has surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild.

SpaceX launches NASA, Japanese, Russian astronaut crew from Florida

Four astronauts from three countries launched on Wednesday with SpaceX on a six-month mission to the International Space Station. 

Florida woman, 21, accused of stabbing sister to death for flirting with her boyfriend

A Central Florida woman is facing a first-degree murder charge for reportedly stabbing her sister to death at an Orlando home, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.