Posted: 11:24 AM Officials say an exotic pest is killing hundreds of trees in the Tampa Bay-area.

Posted: 10:41 AM Authorities say they've arrested a teenager in a shooting death after he went to a hospital in Mobile seeking treatment.

Posted: 10:40 AM Military authorities are designating the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base as a stand-a-lone headquarters.

Posted: 10:37 AM The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour's final flight to California has been postponed because of weather along the flight route.

Posted: 5:29 PM A Florida man arrested after a nationwide search for the "Bucket List Bandit" has been ordered held in an Oklahoma jail.

Posted: 5:27 PM Two of the three siblings accused of robbing a Valdosta bank during a cross-country crime spree that started in Florida and ended with a shootout in Colorado plan to enter into plea deals with prosecutors.

Posted: 5:24 PM A Miami police officer stopped after a state trooper clocked him going 120 miles per hour on Florida's Turnpike has been fired.

Posted: 5:22 PM The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has halted distribution of controlled substances such as oxycodone painkillers at a Walgreens Corp. center in Florida.

Posted: 12:27 PM Most of Alabama's request for $9.4 million in federal assistance following Hurricane Isaac would pay for beach repair or sand removal.

Posted: 10:41 AM The University of Texas has issued an alert on its website ordering an evacuation "due to threats on campus."

Posted: 10:39 AM Federal prosecutors have charged five men with raping and pimping out teenage girls in Atlanta-area hotels.

Posted: 10:38 AM Police say a street sweeper was crushed to death while trying to unclog his machine in the parking lot of Jacksonville's Regency Square Mall.

Posted: 10:37 AM Funeral services are being held for an officer who died while leading President Barack Obama's motorcade.

Posted: 10:35 AM Authorities say a 15-year-old boy shot three friends with a pellet gun after they refused to smoke synthetic marijuana.

Posted: 10:30 AM When an Ohio woman packed her bags for a Disney vacation, her cat didn't want to stay behind.

Posted: 10:27 AM Investigators say the poor condition of a car that struck and killed a 4-year-old girl near Bradenton contributed to the accident.

Posted: 10:26 AM Scientists, fishery experts and government officials will discuss the state of the Gulf of Mexico during a two-day meeting in St. Pete Beach.

Posted: 10:24 AM Authorities say a Florida Gulf Coast University student died after jumping from a third-floor balcony at an apartment complex.

Posted: 8:06 AM A Florida Panhandle man has been sentenced to life in prison for a shooting that left one teen dead and another injured.

Posted: 2:38 PM The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has suspended two central Florida CVS stores from selling controlled substances as part of prescription drug diversion investigation.

Posted: 9:55 AM A 42-year-old woman was arrested and charged with repeatedly stabbing her 7-year-old son.

Posted: 9:54 AM Authorities say a person on a motorcycle was struck and killed by a school bus in central Florida.

Posted: 9:53 AM Reflection over Sept. 11 quickly past, the race for the White House is returning to fierce form, with negative ads free to fly again and the candidates spreading out from Florida to Ohio to Nevada.

Posted: 11:31 AM Authorities have arrested a taxi driver who they say ripped off tourists at Disney hotels.

Posted: 11:29 AM Florida A&M University is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed against the university by the family of a drum major who died last November after a hazing ritual.