Posted: 11:48 AM The lawyer for a man accused of gunning down a volunteer during a prayer service at a Georgia megachurch says the issue of his client's mental competency must be addressed.

Posted: 10:20 AM Two high school teachers have been arrested in central Florida after a 12-year-old boy said he was burned by a cigarette lighter while in their care.

Posted: 10:19 AM Julie Moreno has been named the new president and publisher of the Tallahassee Democrat.

Posted: 10:15 AM A suburban Atlanta health system has announced its purchase of key assets of a bankrupt health care think tank created by former U.S. House speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

Posted: 10:14 AM Wildlife officers have a message for boaters: slow down for migrating manatees in Florida.

Posted: 10:13 AM University of Florida researchers are still working on strategies for controlling crazy ants found so far in 20 Florida counties, but they're offering some preliminary advice.

Posted: 5:29 PM A county schools superintendent in southwestern Georgia whose district was embroiled in a test cheating scandal is set to leave his position next month.

Posted: 5:24 PM State and federal authorities have broken up a Florida ring accused of selling fish and wildlife illegally purchased from poachers and unlicensed hunters and fishermen.

Posted: 2:03 PM Senate Garrett Richter will be incoming Senate President Don Gaetz' top lieutenant.

Posted: 2:00 PM Governor Rick Scott says he wants Florida's top elections official to find out why some counties had long lines and ballot-counting delays in this year's voting.

Posted: 10:02 AM Alachua County health officials say they've detected three human cases of West Nile virus.

Posted: 9:59 AM A Florida socialite linked to the sex scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus called police for what she termed diplomatic protection after the news media gathered outside her home.

Updated: 9:36 AM UAB Medicine says it's going to quit hiring anyone who uses tobacco starting next year.

Posted: 9:34 AM Authorities say a 19-year-old woman, accused of trying to steal a newborn from a Riverdale hospital, has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and false imprisonment.

Posted: 9:32 AM An environmental group is asking state officials to force a textile factory to stop discharges into the Ogeechee River.

Updated: 9:33 AM A Dale County man who killed his stepmother before turning the gun on himself is going to prison.

Updated: 9:43 PM A homeless man spent the night in a southwest Florida jail after a police officer accused him of stealing by charging his cell phone at a public park.

Posted: 1:55 PM Conservationists are on the lookout for endangered right whales arriving along the southern Atlantic coast, where the giant sea mammals migrate each winter to give birth to their calves.

Updated: 9:41 PM A coalition of advocacy groups is calling on Gov. Rick Scott and lawmakers to appoint a task force that can review problems from Florida's election.

Posted: 10:01 AM It's been four weeks and a jury still hasn't been selected in the murder trial of a southwest Florida man accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife at a day care center.

Posted: 10:00 AM Firefighters have rescued a dog that fell into a septic tank in Pasco County.

Posted: 9:58 AM Authorities say some students are recovering from their injuries after an experiment to make a model volcano erupt led to an explosion in an Atlanta classroom.

Posted: 9:57 AM Authorities say a man was shot after confronting a burglary suspect at a Tuscaloosa business.

Posted: 9:56 AM Investigators are trying to find out who killed a high school student whose body was found along a hiking trail in central Florida.

Posted: 2:51 PM Labor unions and other liberal groups are urging that Florida expand early voting days and sites.