Updated: 5:26 PM Authorities say a man who had been swimming with friends at a central Florida lake was later found dead.

Posted: 3:00 PM Two Florida residents have been arrested and nearly 16 pounds of marijuana has been seized after a traffic stop in south-central Nebraska.

Posted: 11:50 AM The Republican National Convention says it's on schedule for building the event's acoustics, lighting, seating and stage at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

Posted: 11:49 AM Gov. Rick Scott says the state is appealing a federal judge's ruling striking down a Florida law that restricted doctors from talking with patients about gun ownership.

Posted: 3:53 PM CNN chief Jim Walton is quitting, saying the beleaguered news network needs a different leader with a new perspective and plans.

Posted: 3:50 PM The longtime spokesman for fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has died.

Posted: 11:28 AM A jury found CSX Transportation negligent in the 2008 death of a north Florida teenager who was fishing from a railroad bridge.

Posted: 11:25 AM A 28-year-old woman faces child neglect charges after police say she left her 3-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son in her pickup truck while she visited a Tampa strip club.

Posted: 11:24 AM The Florida Highway Patrol says two teens died in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 near Ormond Beach.

Posted: 11:23 AM Police say four men posing as police officers attempted to rob a Tampa jewelry store.

Posted: 11:21 AM The Southern Co. shut down one of the reactors at it Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant in southeast Alabama to fix a diesel generator.

Posted: 1:17 PM Officials are showing off the first phase of the medical partnership school between the University of Georgia and the Georgia Health Sciences University.

Posted: 1:16 PM Authorities say a man fatally shot a door-to-door salesman in a southwest Florida neighborhood.

Posted: 1:15 PM Mobile County authorities are seeking the public's help to find two escaped inmates.

Posted: 1:13 PM The body of a 2-year-old boy was found in a pond near his home hours after he went missing.

Posted: 1:11 PM Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher has told his players they can't use their Twitter accounts for the rest of the year.

Posted: 4:19 PM Funeral arrangements have been set for the stepson of Grammy-winning pop star Usher, three weeks after the child was critically injured in a boating accident.

Posted: 3:48 PM Former Gov. Jeb Bush believes Marco Rubio is ready to be vice president.

Posted: 3:47 PM Seven members of a Tennessee family who were headed to Disney World are now being treated for injuries they sustained in a car crash in Ocala.

Posted: 3:45 PM The Alabama Media Group announced it has chosen Michelle Jones to oversee its community news operations in Mobile.

Posted: 2:19 PM Monica Pearson, who broke barriers by becoming the first African-American and the first woman to anchor the evening news in Atlanta, will deliver her final newscast for WSB-TV as she heads to retirement.

Posted: 11:26 AM A former warrants officer with the Anniston Police Department accused in two shootings has been extradited back to Alabama.

Posted: 11:23 AM St. Petersburg police are investigating after a 59-year-old delivery man died after brawling with another man outside of St. Anthony's Hospital.

Posted: 9:17 AM TROY, Ala. (AP) -- Troy athletic director Steve Dennis will resign this fall. Dennis, who took over in March 2005, said in a statement Tuesday that it's the right time "to explore other opportunities."

Posted: 9:12 AM DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) -- Copper thefts are becoming a growing problem for Alabama farmers.