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The defense team for the Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter is casting suspicion on the man who found the toddler's remains, alleging he could have played a role in the little girl's death.

The man accused of killing one person and wounding five others in a shooting at an Orlando office where he once worked made his first appearance in court Saturday, and was ordered held without bond.

Police are searching for a gunman who shot at least eight people at a high-rise office building in Orlando, Fla., Friday morning.

A key investor with convicted swindler Bernie Madoff drowned in his swimming pool Sunday afternoon, police said.

The mother of a 7-year-old Florida girl found slain in a landfill praised the hard work of authorities combing through evidence ...

Somer Thompson was last seen alive walking along the sidewalk in front of a vacant house, and authorities said Friday that they're searching for anyone who saw what happened to the 7-year-old after that.

Authorities say they have not identified a child's body they found Wednesday in a landfill while searching for a missing 7-year-old girl. Family members were hopeful the girl is still alive, though neighbors in the girl's community feared the worst....

Investigators have no clues three days after a 7-year-old girl vanished on her way home from school, a sheriff in north Florida ...

Police say a Florida man who thought there was an intruder in his house shot and killed his fiancee the day before they were to get married.

Florida coach Urban Meyer said Wednesday that everybody would probably have to wait until game time before knowing if Tim Tebow would play Saturday against LSU.