The city of Jacksonville says the construction work is the first step in making a permanent pedestrian connection from the Main Street Bridge to the new Riverfront Plaza.

Two Northeast Florida school districts that were millions of dollars in the red say they have balanced their budgets before the new school year begins. Duval County Schools closed a projected $100 million shortfall and St. Johns County Schools erased a $23 million deficit.

The girl was reported missing Friday afternoon before she was located safe several hours later.

Authorities say a heavy-lift helicopter battling a Utah wildfire has crashed and an uncontained blaze in Oregon killed a bulldozer operator.

Families in Charlton County are learning high school students won’t be starting classes on Monday as planned.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is confirming that he’s staying on the nation’s highest court for another term.

Hundreds of Duval County Public Schools students could face bus service impacts when school starts Monday as contract negotiations between Durham School Services and its drivers’ union continue.

As temperatures climb, some JEA customers say their bills are climbing right along with them.

A $48 million incentive package for Gateway Jax’s Publix-anchored Block N7 project is headed back to the drawing board, according to a report from News4JAX news partner the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Mississippi does not top the list of hotly contested U.S. Senate races this fall.

A federal judge has sided with the Virginia NAACP in its lawsuit against a county school board’s reinstatement of Confederate military names to two schools, saying the decision discriminates against Black students.

Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is zeroing in on her psychiatric care before she killed her three children.

A Miami Beach man is facing an attempted murder charge after deputies said he cut off the air supply to an 18-year-old diver who was in the water searching for lobsters, according to a report from News4JAX partner station WPLG in Miami.

The Senate has confirmed Cameron Hamilton as head of the embattled Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The Senate has approved a punishing Russian sanctions bill that was a top priority for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The head of the influential Armenian Apostolic Church has appeared in court for a trial on criminal charges in the latest confrontation with the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Two St. Johns County teenagers are facing felony charges after a tip to FortifyFL led investigators to what officials described as homemade firearms, explosive components and plans to commit an armed robbery.

The U.S. Army says it’s opening up test ranges to private companies developing missiles and drones.

Surveillance video shows a gunman at an In-N-Out Burger in Idaho killing one of three victims by firing through a drive-up window, before shooting more people outside the fast-food chain restaurant.

Strong-to-severe thunderstorms will bring more widespread rain today, starting along the coast and moving inland.