Posted: 12:57 PM The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four fishermen who had jumped into a life raft after their boat caught fire.

Posted: 4:12 PM The ex-neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin is again asking for a new judge.

Posted: 4:10 PM A Florida prosecutor is urging jurors to reject the insanity defense for a 17-year-old boy accused in the kicking and stomping attack on a girl outside a middle school.

Posted: 4:09 PM A Tampa Bay area man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a fatal drunken driving crash.

Posted: 2:06 PM Georgia and Florida residents living along the St. Marys River were hit by the same tropical storm last month, but only those from one state will be eligible for a federal disaster declaration.

Posted: 2:05 PM A Florida law that requires anyone caught with illegal drugs in their possession to prove their innocence has been upheld by the state Supreme Court.

Posted: 2:04 PM Following Gov. Nathan Deal's lead, Georgia's community health commissioner says the agency is holding off on a wholesale overhaul of the state's Medicaid program because of uncertainty at the federal level.

Posted: 11:35 AM U.S. authorities say a man suspected in a north Florida cattle theft has been arrested in Mexico.

Posted: 11:34 AM Initial tests show a possible link between a skull found under a house in Jasper and the case of two elderly women who've been missing for years.

Posted: 11:31 AM A teenager accused of hindering prosecution in a triple homicide in Auburn has received the maximum 20-year sentence in a separate killing in Montgomery.

Posted: 11:29 AM State child welfare authorities are introducing a new plan aimed at recruiting 1,200 more foster parents for some of the 20,000 children now in foster care across Florida.

Updated: 5:32 PM A district judge has sent a capital murder and assault charges against Desmonte Leonard to a grand jury.

Posted: 2:38 PM A federal grand jury has indicted four Florida Panhandle residents on charges of filing fraudulent claims to a fund created to compensate victims of the 2010 BP oil spill.

Posted: 2:32 PM Police in Montgomery say a man survived jumping off an overpass onto Interstate 85 during rush hour.

Posted: 2:30 PM Authorities in Mobile say they need help solving the slaying of a woman who was shot to death after yelling at a speeding car to slow down.

Posted: 2:28 PM The woman known as "Octomom" is facing a lawsuit after backing out of a deal to strip at a South Florida club.

Posted: 10:43 AM A Florida teenager has lost his right arm below the elbow to an attacking alligator.

Posted: 10:42 AM New research by an Auburn University professor and other scientists suggests that the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill could have significant impacts on microscopic life that might not become apparent for years.

Posted: 10:40 AM Officials in Montgomery want to rename the Rosa L. Parks Avenue Branch Library.

Posted: 10:36 AM A man accused of killing three people at a party in Auburn wants the state to pay for a private investigator to help him prepare his case.

Posted: 10:35 AM FedEx Corp. is planning a new distribution center for its ground shipping operation in southwest Georgia.

Posted: 4:32 PM Panhandle investigators are trying to find out why an Alabama woman's body was moved after her death.

Posted: 4:21 PM Authorities say three people are facing charges following a brawl at a central Florida courthouse.

Posted: 4:18 PM The man convicted in one of Georgia's most infamous cases of murder and sexual assault is seeking another trial 26 years after he was condemned to death.

Posted: 2:56 PM A Florida teenager is blaming his near-fatal 2010 assault on a girl at a middle school on mental illness triggered by the suicide of his brother a few months earlier.