Florida lawmakers and DeSantis could have a way to update state laws to change references from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The Legislature regularly passes what are known as "reviser's bills" that do such things as change terms in laws.

After President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf America, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis jumped on the idea. In an order he issued about this week’s winter storm,

President Donald Trump is renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. But how will that change go into effect – and will everyone call it that?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida police officer is without a job after accidentally firing a man’s gun during a traffic stop. On Dec. 13, 2024, a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer stopped a vehicle for running a red light. Two other officers, including one identified as M. Cardwell, responded to the traffic stop.

A Florida police officer has been fired after she accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop. Officer Shaun Lowry, of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, stopped driver Jason Arrington for running a red light around 5:10 p.

A police department in Florida is moving to fire an officer after she accidentally shot a man with his own gun during a routine traffic stop last month. Officer Mindy Cardwell was called to assist with a traffic stop on Dec.

Not only did Florida get record snowfall, but it was colder in Pensacola this morning than it was in Anchorage, Alaska.

A rare winter storm warning is in effect across North Florida and the Panhandle as bitter cold temperatures, along with snow, are expected to arrive. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency Sunday ahead of what some forecasters have said has the potential to be one of the worst storms in Gulf Coast history.

Here’s where snow fell in Florida, how much snow the Sunshine State got this week and what the coldest day in Florida history was.