Residents in Tampa Bay, Florida were confounded after seeing what seemed to be an explosion in the sky around Thursday's sunset.

FOX 13's Kylie Jones reports on a new bill in the Florida State Senate that would make it a third-degree felony to abandon a restrained animal outside during a natural disaster after a dog was found abandoned on the side of the highway before Hurricane Milton.

A federal judge sentenced a Florida lawyer on Thursday to nine years in prison after he sexually abused children in Cambodia, prosecutors said.

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Some of the legislation that was passed to block vaccine mandates from impacting Floridians is set to expire in June. TAMPA, Fla. - Governor Ron DeSantis made an appearance in Tampa on Wednesday afternoon. He held a news conference at Harpoon Harry’s about another piece of legislation that concerns vaccine mandates.

After a case of measles was confirmed at a high school in Miami-Dade County, school officials said that they are taking the necessary precautions to prevent the spread.

According to real estate brokerage Redfin, Florida’s housing market has reached a new peak, with over 172,000 homes available. Of these listings, over 24,000 are in the Tampa Bay area, and more than 17,500 come from Orlando. Geel says that local sales have been slow.

A gambler bet hundreds of dollars on a popular slot machine in Florida, then won a huge jackpot. Now she’s $1.5 million richer. The visitor sat at a Dragon Link slot at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, the casino said in a March 4 Facebook post.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s attorney general announced Tuesday that his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, days after they returned to the U.S.