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Visit Florida’s preliminary estimate was that 143.3 million tourists came to the state last year. The fourth quarter of 2025 saw record numbers with an estimated 33.5 million visitors.

The bill contains wide-ranging changes to the state election code, including new proof-of-citizenship requirements when registering to vote, reductions to the kind of photo identification cards that can be used at polling locations,

Smoke from a large wildfire closed a 57-mile stretch of Interstate 75, also known as Alligator Alley, Wednesday night.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Alex Condon scored 23 points, Boogie Fland had 22 and No. 7 Florida beat Texas 84-71 Wednesday night for its eighth consecutive victory. Florida (22-6, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) has won seven straight SEC road games.

Despite a contentious debate, the House voted along party lines to pass the bill, making October 14th the "Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance" and designating a portion of SW 107th Avenue as "Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue.

If the couple being tested is not the baby's biological parents, a group of "less than 20" already-identified couples will be tested.

Attorneys for Melvin Trotter had long argued he was intellectually disabled, but he was put to death by lethal injection for a 1986 Palmetto killing.