A Florida bail bondsman has been charged with human trafficking and racketeering after allegedly offering female inmates bond in exchange for sex.

The Orlando Police Department on Saturday confirmed the identities of the two people killed in a mass shooting early Friday in downtown.

Eight people were shot early Friday in downtown Orlando, according to police.

Voters in a Southern California city are going to decide this November whether residents who aren't U.S. citizens can vote in local elections.

It’s finally here. Florida drivers can now take a sneak peek at the new specialty plates.

Clay County voters will have the chance to begin casting their ballots early in-person starting Tuesday, as the county opens its early voting sites, joining dozens across the state, including Duval and St. Johns counties.

California's reputation as a politically liberal state is being tested in a string of U.S. House districts that are expected to play into control of the chamber.

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake has rattled the Los Angeles area.

A judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence for a Southern California judge to stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife.

The Florida Museum of Black History Task Force recommended St. Augustine to be the new home of Florida’s Black History Museum after hours of discussion on Tuesday.

A state task force in charge of selecting where Florida’s Black History Museum will be located voted Tuesday to move forward with St. Johns County as the recommended location.

St. Johns County was selected as one of the four finalists to be the home of the first Florida Museum of Black History, according to a release.

40-year-old Orange Park woman dies after getting hit by an SUV, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Pulse Nightclub property, the site of one of the country’s worst mass shootings, will be sold to the city of Orlando, News 6 has confirmed.

During the video, Mario Fernandez can be seen sitting handcuffed in the back of a pickup truck, talking with investigators. He was then placed into the back of a patrol car.

Prosecutors say a Southern California judge accused of killing his wife had texted his court clerk and bailiff afterward to say he had shot her.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is reminding Floridians about the dangers of the road after clocking a 16-year-old driving 132 mph along the Interstate 4 Express lanes.

Heavy rain has spawned extreme flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley, killing at least one person and forcing road closures.

New protocols are in place for Jacksonville firefighters facing another challenge on the roads and in homes. Electric car fires are presenting new dangers for first responders

New York City has filed suit against dozens of counties over their refusal to take in new migrants, the latest escalation in an ongoing battle between the city and local leaders across the state.

Michael Sasso has resigned from his position as vice chair of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board, News 6 has confirmed.

Sierra Kennedy, 22, was taken into custody after a search in Orange County on Wednesday

An offshore pipeline involved in a 2021 oil spill that fouled Southern California beaches is being put back in service.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office has asked for records from a state attorney regarding a suspect in the fatal shootings last week of a TV reporter, a 9-year-old girl and a woman.

A 19-year-old Florida man is now facing three first-degree-murder charges related to a shooting that killed a television news reporter, a 9-year-old girl and a 38-year-old woman.

The man accused of shooting five people, killing three Wednesday in the Pine Hills area of Orange County, has pleaded not guilty in the killing of a 38-year-old woman, according to a report from WKMG Click Orlando.

As the country mourns the deaths of three people killed in a shooting spree near Orlando, including a TV news reporter, the father of another reporter killed on the job years back calls the violence “a gut punch.”

Journalist Dylan Lyons was one of five people shot Wednesday in the attack that also killed a 9-year-old girl and left her mother and a photojournalist critically injured.

Authorities say a central Florida television journalist and a little girl were fatally shot near the scene of a fatal shooting from earlier in the day.

Three people are dead after shootings Wednesday, including a 9-year-old girl, and a television journalist who was in a Central Florida neighborhood reporting on a homicide that had occurred earlier in the day, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.

U.S. Census numbers show women make up 51% of the country’s population, but they make up only 12-14% of law enforcement, according to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

A janitor in Orange County was rescued from an inmate holding cell at the Orange County Courthouse after she was accidentally trapped within for nearly three days, according to the sheriff’s office, News4JAX sister station WKMG-TV ClickOrlando reports.

New research shows climate misinformation has been flourishing on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the platform last year.

The Wheel at ICON Park lost power on Saturday evening, and the Orange County Fire Rescue on the scene working to rescue riders from the attraction.

An Orange County pet store has been ordered to pay $85,000 to consumers after the Florida attorney general’s office said customers were deceived and sold sick or dying puppies, News4JAX sister station WKMG-TV News 6 reports.

A man convicted of raping and stabbing a woman in Duval County more than three decades ago is now accused of sexual assault, again.

A registered sexual predator considered a “brutal rapist” after a woman was found mutilated has been arrested, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Ballot measures to build more affordable housing and protect tenants from soaring rent increases were plentiful and fared well in last week’s midterm elections.

One person died and two others were missing in a raging stream channel as a powerful storm pounded California with rain and snow on Tuesday, raising fears of flash flooding and concerns that the weather could keep people from Election Day voting.

Cities and counties across the country are pushing measures aimed at stabilizing or controlling rents at a time when housing prices are skyrocketing.

Lee County deputies arrested seven Osceola County men, accused of looting in Fort Myers after the area and its residents faced Hurricane Ian.

A federal agency has given a Texas oil company approval to repair a pipeline that ruptured a year ago and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude off the Southern California coast.

A California woman has been charged with killing a man by ramming her car into him after accusing him of trying to run over a cat in the street.

Val Demings wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida primary election.

U.S. Rep. Val Demings easily won the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Marco Rubio this fall.

Ballots haven’t even been printed yet, but already a group of landlords, apartment managers and real estate agents in Florida are trying to stop voters from deciding on a measure that would implement rent control for a year in the theme park hub that has been one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the U.S. The Florida Apartment Association and the Florida Association of Realtors last week sued Orange County, Florida in an attempt to halt a ballot initiative aimed at limiting how much...

New York state health officials have issued a more urgent call for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the virus.

Deputies released information to public before Saget’s wife was informed, reports show.

A 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from an Orlando thrill ride in March was nearly 100 pounds over the weight limit of the attraction, according to an autopsy report released by the Orlando medical examiner’s office Monday.

The father of a man shot and killed at a gas station on Saturday, tells News4JAX, his son has never been in trouble.

The alert for the missing child was issued Sunday evening.

Two Florida theme parks have announced plans to build affordable housing in the Orlando area, where it has become increasingly difficult for lower wage workers to find places to live.

Attorneys representing the family of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from the Orlando FreeFall attraction visited the ride Tuesday morning.

Walt Disney World announced May 27 as the opening date for the long-awaited “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.”

State investigators released nearly 200 pages of records Monday evening, detailing exactly how attendants were supposed to operate Orlando FreeFall.

Workers at ICON Park can be heard in a viral video discussing safety measures after a teen fell to his death late Thursday from an Orlando thrill ride.

A 14-year-old boy died late Thursday in a fall from a thrill ride in the Orlando tourist district, deputies said.

In its heyday the Hazel Wright pipe organ was heard by millions worldwide through the “Hour of Power” Christian TV program, broadcast from Southern California's iconic Crystal Cathedral.

More than a dozen self-proclaimed Nazis yelled antisemitic slogans outside a Florida shopping plaza and waved a swastika flag from a highway overpass over the weekend.

The mayor of one of Florida’s largest counties is blasting Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying he has been missing in action during the latest wave of COVID-19.

Zillow Group says it will stop buying and selling homes, citing the unpredictability of forecasting housing prices.

Two of Florida’s largest school districts are easing up on their masks requirement this week.

The mayor of the Florida county that's home to the nation’s biggest theme park resorts is lifting a pandemic-related state of emergency order.

A Florida battalion chief has been fired for refusing to discipline workers who hadn’t gotten a COVID-19 vaccine in violation of a requirement for county employees.

Orange County deputies are asking for help finding a missing 19-year-old woman who was last seen Friday evening, WKMG reported.

Employees of a Florida county where vaccination for COVID-19 is now required for all workers won’t be fired for refusing to get the shots.

An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question.

Officials are offering new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren threatened by COVID-19.

Authorities searching for a man who fled into the woods after crashing his car and fighting a Florida Highway Patrol trooper near Orlando.

It may be tougher to find Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine in Florida.

As coronavirus cases continue to soar, two Florida mayors are announcing mask and vaccine mandates and defying the governor who is firmly opposed to any pandemic restrictions.

A Southern California man charged with the murder of a 6-year-old boy in a road rage incident has been ordered held without bail.

A Southern California man has been charged with murder and shooting at an occupied vehicle over a road rage attack that killed a 6-year-old boy on a freeway.

Farm Share will be distributing food at six events this week in Northeast Florida.

A supervisor in the Orange County Sheriff’s Office retired amid an internal investigation into a Facebook post that shared a video from a page that supports white supremacist beliefs.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida is temporarily suspending Johnson & Johnson vaccinations because a half-dozen people developed blood clots after getting the shot.

Florida colleges and universities could be required to issue campus-wide surveys gauging “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” under a measure passed Wednesday by the Senate.

The gunman who killed four people and critically wounded a fifth at a Southern California office building knew all the victims personally or through business dealings.

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)BEIJING — Sinovac said on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac is safe and effective in children ages 3-17. State-owned Sinopharm, who has two COVID-19 vaccines, is also investigating the effectiveness of its vaccines in children. The House vote came just before the state health department reported that more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered within the state. State officials say about 2.9 million vaccine doses have been given to about 1.1 million people so far in Arizona. ___LISBON, Portugal — Portugal resumed administering AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, a week after temporarily halting its use.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma. Steven Rembert, 49, of Orange County, was sentenced Monday in Orlando federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in December to disaster assistance fraud. In September 2017, Rembert falsified records concerning his primary residence when submitting an application for assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to an indictment. Hurricane Irma struck Florida in September 2017, causing about $50 billion in damage throughout the state.

Roberto Clemente was the first Latino to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The legacy of Roberto Clemente is still treasured today, proven nearly 50 years after his death. In fact, the Orange County School Board unanimously voted to rename the facility Roberto Clemente Middle on Sept. 21, coincidentally during Hispanic Heritage Month. Becoming baseball’s most prominent Afro-LatinoRoberto Clemente started his Major League Baseball career with the Pittsburg Pirates. The son of a sugarcane worker, Clemente began his professional baseball career just after finishing high school.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Two women who dressed up to make themselves appear as older adults to get coronavirus vaccinations were turned away and issued trespass warnings in Orlando, officials said. Dr. Raul Pino, state health officer in Orange County — where Orlando is located — said the women disguised themselves on Wednesday with bonnets, gloves and glasses. It appeared that the women had gotten the first shot, but it was unclear where. The women were 35 and 45 years old, officials said in a news release. Pino said the Health Department’s investigation will try to determine where they were vaccinated earlier and how they managed to get an appointment.

California is revamping its vaccine delivery system to give the state more control over who gets the shots following intense criticism of a slow and scattered rollout by counties. Counties, which have been leading the vaccine effort along with hospital and health care systems, were cautious about what to expect and said they need more information. At the same time, confused residents are clamoring for more information and frustrated by eligibility rules that vary by county and by hospital system. She also asked what paperwork essential workers would need to present to get a vaccine from the state. Allowing the state to seek an equitable distribution of the vaccine will allow counties to focus on getting as many people inoculated as possible.

(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)BEIJING — China says it is now treating more than 1,000 people for COVID-19 as numbers of cases continue to surge in the country’s north. ___AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has distributed more than 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. State health officials say Texas had more than 14,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals and its death toll has passed 30,000. ___COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina will now allow medical students, retired nurses and other qualified professionals to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. ___MADRID — Spain reported 35,878 confirmed coronavirus cases and 201 new deaths from the coronavirus.

U.S. safety investigators say electric vehicle fires pose risks to first responders, and manufacturers have inadequate guidelines to keep them safe. (Orange County Sheriffs Department/National Transportation Safety Board via AP)DETROIT – Electric vehicle fires pose safety risks to first responders and guidelines from manufacturers about how to deal with them have been inadequate, according to U.S. investigators. There are also gaps in industry safety standards and research on high-voltage lithium-ion battery fires, especially in high-speed, severe crashes, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. And it's asking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to include the availability of an emergency response guide when it calculates five-star vehicle safety scores. The NTSB started investigating battery fires after crashes and fires in Lake Forest and Mountain View, California, and in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in 2017 and 2018.

But the decision perplexed some county officials who say they don’t even have enough doses right now to vaccinate those who were already eligible. California has received more than 2.4 million vaccine doses as of Monday, but only a third of them have been used. This is about life and death,” Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez said. So can you send us 4 million doses?”About 375 miles (600 kilometers) to the north, Santa Clara County officials made their pitch to Gov. Santa Clara County wants at least 85% of its eligible residents vaccinated by Aug. 1.

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)TOKYO — Japan’s daily coronavirus cases have exceeded 3,000 for the first time while the government delays stricter measures for fear of hurting the economy ahead of the holiday season. ___SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. has reached a record 3,309 daily coronavirus deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. ___PHOENIX — Arizona reported 8,076 confirmed coronavirus cases, one of the state’s largest daily total. Italy has registered 1.8 million confirmed cases and more than 63,000 confirmed deaths, sixth highest in the world. He says the latest outbreak at Orange County jails had 74 confirmed cases, 75 tests pending and more inmates waiting to be tested.

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)LOS ANGELES – It had been over two decades since a Republican captured a Democratic-held congressional district in California. The stunning victories have California GOP leaders talking about a comeback after years of teetering on the brink of irrelevance in the heavily Democratic state. Still, California Republicans all too familiar with Election Day misery now see a template to make further inroads. Young Kim defeated Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros in a rematch in the Democratic-leaning 39th District, anchored in Orange County. In Orange County “voters saw a different face to the Republican Party in Steel and Kim,” she said.

The fire grew to more than 11 square miles (29 square kilometers) and blanketed a wide area with smoke and ash. Scientists have said climate change has made California much drier, meaning trees and other plants are more flammable. A few miles to the north, a blaze near Corona Municipal Airport shut down State Route 71 and had residents getting ready to flee. More than 6,500 square miles (16,835 square kilometers) have been scorched, a total larger than the combined area of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Virtually all of Northern California is in severe or extreme drought while nearly all of Southern California is abnormally dry or worse.

Even though the city’s name brings images of a jolly fellow in red, elves, reindeer and ho, ho, hos, the city’s most notable mascot is Swampy, the world’s largest gator. Swampy is the world’s largest alligator-shaped building measures just over 200 feet can be seen and photographed at Jungle Adventures Nature Animal Park. There’s Fort Christmas Historical Park, a recreation of the Second Seminole War’s Fort Christmas. Head to the Fort Christmas Folk School -- a nonprofit school dedicated to teaching folk arts. Budget around two and a half hours for travel and a couple of hours to enjoy your day in Christmas.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Disney CEO Bob Chapek told investors they are seeing high demand and strong attendance at the parks in Orlando, as first reported by ClickOrlando. Chapek said they are now allowing the parks to have up to 35 percent of total capacity each day, which is up from 25 percent. Additionally, Thursday was the release of Disney’s fourth quarter and full fiscal year earnings. Disney’s quarter four revenues were over 14.7 billion, that’s down 23 percent from last year. The report shows Disney’s fiscal year revenue was 65.3 billion, down about 6 percent from last year.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The number of people hospitalized with “primary” diagnoses of COVID-19 has substantially increased during the past two weeks, topping 2,900 on Monday, according to numbers posted on the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration website. The total of 2,902 hospitalizations late Monday afternoon was up from 2,777 on Sunday. It also was up from 2,474 a week earlier and 2,252 two weeks earlier, numbers compiled daily by The News Service of Florida show. The increase in hospitalizations has come as the state has seen thousands of new COVID-19 cases each day. Miami-Dade County had the most people hospitalized late Monday afternoon at 402.

In Northern California, the easing of winds allowed Pacific Gas & Electric to begin restoring power after the largest of five safety shutoffs this year. Nearly two dozen wildfires were reported in Northern California Sunday night and Monday but all were rapidly contained without serious damage. However, once the winds ease, the weather should remain calm through the weekend, Quinlan said. Scientists have said climate change has made California much drier, meaning trees and other plants are more flammable. Associated Press writer Amy Taxin in Orange County, California, contributed to this report.

In a report to the state Public Utilities Commission, Southern California Edison said it was investigating whether its electrical equipment caused the blaze. However, the utility had reduced that to under 16,500 as winds eased temporarily Monday night. Fire officials said PG&E transmission lines sparked that fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes and caused nearly 100,000 people to flee. While the biggest fires in California have been fully or significantly contained, more than 5,000 firefighters remain committed to 20 blazes, state fire officials said. Associated Press writer Amy Taxin in Orange County, California contributed to this report.

Dr. Raul Pino, health officer for Florida Department of Health in Orange County, said half of the 30 attendees at a recent Sweet 16 party in the Orlando area came down with the virus. Last month, an Orange County high school closed for two weeks after students who had attended a birthday party tested positive for the virus. In recent days, the county's positivity rate has crossed into the 6% range after being in the 5% range. Maintaining the positivity rate around 5% makes it possible to contact trace and isolate people, keeping the virus under control, Pino said. Florida reported 3,689 new coronavirus cases on Friday, raising the statewide total since March to 771,780 cases.

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)LOS ANGELES – California's chief elections official on Monday ordered Republicans to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from churches, gun shops and other locations and Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned those behind the “vote tampering" could face prosecution. Republicans have set up their drop boxes at churches, gas stations and gun shops in at least three California counties. He said these unofficial drop boxes lack those protections, making them vulnerable to tampering. Officials in Ventura County also said Monday that they had received reports of groups promoting unofficial ballot drop boxes. ___Taxin reported from Orange County, California.

And GOP candidates need to win back suburbanites who recoiled from the Trump agenda in 2018 and helped return the House to Democratic control. But Issa’s once strongly Republican district became increasingly friendly for Democrats and he nearly lost his seat in 2016 before deciding not to run in 2018. Democratic Rep. Harley Rouda captured the district in an upset of longtime Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in 2018, as suburban voters nationally rejected the Trump label. First-term Democratic Rep. Gil Cisneros is looking to hold off Young Kim, the Republican he narrowly defeated two years ago to snatch the seat long held by Republican Rep. Ed Royce. Kim, a former legislator who was born in South Korea and grew up in Guam, has depicted the congressman as subservient to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – About three hours after Florida authorities issued an Amber Alert for an 11-year-old from Apopka on Saturday night, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement canceled the alert. No details of how and where the girl was located, but the FDLE tweeted just before 11 p.m.: “The child was found safe. Thank you for sharing!”

Ron DeSantis on Monday named Jamie Grosshans, a judge on the 5th District Court of Appeal, to the Florida Supreme Court. DeSantis missed a noon request to appoint a justice to the Florida Supreme Court Court. He announced Grosshans just after 5 p.m.At 11:38 a.m., an email titled the ‘Governor’s Daily Digest’ promised an announcement about the future of the Supreme Court. “I told him that we have a great judge down here in Florida who was going to be on the Supreme Court. “Sometimes life doesn’t work out the way we planned, but who am I to complain, you know.

(AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)LOS ANGELES Republican candidates eager for a turnaround in heavily Democratic California are spotlighting what they see as a dire threat to families and communities their own states policies. If Joe Biden says hes fighting for the soul of America, Republican candidates say they are fighting for the soul of California. Yet, in an election year that could produce a record Democratic turnout in California, Republican chances of gaining ground are uncertain at best. The California Republican Party was once a national powerhouse, and Orange County was a foundation block in the conservative revolution that sent the former California Gov. The numbers are witnessed at the ballot box: The GOP hasnt won a statewide election since 2006 and George H.W.