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Two Spring Hill men indicted in 2018 home invasion killing of young father in Hernando County· Crime & Courts Swire Breaks Ground on Mandarin Oriental Towers on Brickell Key After Selling More Than $1.7 Billion in Condos· Business & Real Estate Seminole Tribe Sues DraftKings and CEO Jason Robins in Broward, Calling Its Florida Prediction Markets an Illegal Sportsbook· Business & Real Estate Rays await Guardians or White Sox in ALCS after sweeping Yankees; Game 1 Monday at Tropicana Field· Sports Operation Cooked: Undercover Osceola Sting Nets At Least 20 Arrests of Men Accused of Seeking Sex With Children· Crime & Courts Lt. Gov. Jay Collins Says Florida Will Cover School Funding Lost as Immigration Crackdown Shrinks Enrollment· Education John Carlson scores twice, Dennis Hildeby makes 34 saves as Lightning hold off Wild 3-2· Sports Isaias Shuts Pensacola and Okaloosa Airports as Airlines Waive Fees and Tolls Lift on Panhandle Bridges· National News Isaias Brings Surge, Flooding Rain and Tornado Risk to Tallahassee and the Big Bend· Hurricane & Weather FPL Stages 12,000 Workers as Isaias Threatens Long Power Outages in the Panhandle· Hurricane & Weather Federal Jury Convicts Three Naples Men in $30,000 Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting a Man Whose Brother Wanted Him Dead· Crime & Courts Ex-CIA official pleads guilty in $194 million fraud, will forfeit $102 million in Palm Beach and Hobe Sound real estate· National News Two Spring Hill men indicted in 2018 home invasion killing of young father in Hernando County· Crime & Courts Swire Breaks Ground on Mandarin Oriental Towers on Brickell Key After Selling More Than $1.7 Billion in Condos· Business & Real Estate Seminole Tribe Sues DraftKings and CEO Jason Robins in Broward, Calling Its Florida Prediction Markets an Illegal Sportsbook· Business & Real Estate Rays await Guardians or White Sox in ALCS after sweeping Yankees; Game 1 Monday at Tropicana Field· Sports Operation Cooked: Undercover Osceola Sting Nets At Least 20 Arrests of Men Accused of Seeking Sex With Children· Crime & Courts Lt. Gov. Jay Collins Says Florida Will Cover School Funding Lost as Immigration Crackdown Shrinks Enrollment· Education John Carlson scores twice, Dennis Hildeby makes 34 saves as Lightning hold off Wild 3-2· Sports Isaias Shuts Pensacola and Okaloosa Airports as Airlines Waive Fees and Tolls Lift on Panhandle Bridges· National News Isaias Brings Surge, Flooding Rain and Tornado Risk to Tallahassee and the Big Bend· Hurricane & Weather FPL Stages 12,000 Workers as Isaias Threatens Long Power Outages in the Panhandle· Hurricane & Weather Federal Jury Convicts Three Naples Men in $30,000 Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting a Man Whose Brother Wanted Him Dead· Crime & Courts Ex-CIA official pleads guilty in $194 million fraud, will forfeit $102 million in Palm Beach and Hobe Sound real estate· National News

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Florida sets double execution for Oct. 13

Crime & CourtsSouthwest Florida

DeSantis Signs Record-Tying 19th Death Warrant for Inmate Who Killed Charlotte County Cellmate to Reach Death Row

Crime & CourtsCentral Florida

Florida Set to Execute Curtis Beasley, 77, Tonight for 1995 Polk County Hammer Killing

Crime & CourtsTampa Bay

Pinellas Judge Convicts Plastic Surgeon of First-Degree Murder in Attorney's Killing as Death Penalty Phase Nears

Crime & CourtsTampa Bay

Pinellas Judge Finds Plastic Surgeon Tomasz Kosowski Guilty of First-Degree Murder in Attorney's 2023 Killing

Crime & CourtsTampa Bay

Pinellas Judge Finds Former Plastic Surgeon Guilty of Murdering Largo Attorney Steven Cozzi

Crime & CourtsTampa Bay

Pinellas Judge Finds Plastic Surgeon Guilty of Murdering Attorney Whose Body Was Never Found

Crime & CourtsCentral Florida

Two More Florida Execution Dates Set as the State Continues to Lead the Nation

Crime & CourtsTampa Bay

Six Years After the Frostproof Fishing Killings, a Polk County Jury Hears the Capital Case

Crime & CourtsTampa Bay

Capital Murder Trial Opens in the 2020 Frostproof Fishing Killings

Florida Supreme Court Grants Death Row Inmate a Belated Appeal

Crime & CourtsTampa Bay

Sentencing Phase Opens for Man Convicted in the 1993 Killing of 12-Year-Old Jennifer Odom

Florida Set to Carry Out Its 13th Execution of 2026 as the State's Pace Sets Modern Records

Crime & CourtsNortheast Florida

Florida Carries Out Its 13th Execution of 2026

Crime & CourtsSouthwest Florida

DeSantis Signs Death Warrant for Harold Gene Lucas in 1976 Lee County Killing

Crime & CourtsSouth Florida

Handyman Returned to Death Row in 2005 Miami-Dade Waitress Killing

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences in the Jermaine Foster Case

Florida Leads the Nation in Executions in 2026 as More Are Scheduled

Florida Sets a Rare Double Execution for July 28, a First in More Than 60 Years

Editorial & Opinion

Florida's Record-Setting Execution Pace Demands Public Scrutiny

Florida Executes 74-Year-Old for 1982 Broward Killing, Its 10th Execution of the Year

Florida Sets July Execution That Would Make an 80-Year-Old the Oldest Put to Death in State History

Florida Supreme Court Clears Way for Execution in Decades-Old Murder Case

Florida Leads Nation in Executions as 2026 Death Warrants Mount Under DeSantis

Crime & CourtsCentral Florida

DeSantis Signs 10th Death Warrant of 2026 as Florida Sustains Record Execution Pace

Florida Executes Its Oldest Inmate in State History as 2026 Execution Pace Continues

Crime & CourtsCentral Florida

DeSantis Signs 10th Death Warrant of 2026 for Orange County Killer Dusty Ray Spencer

Crime & CourtsCentral Florida

DeSantis Signs 10th Death Warrant of 2026 in Decades-Old Orange County Murder Case

Crime & CourtsNortheast Florida

Florida Carries Out Seventh Execution of 2026 as Pace Accelerates

Crime & CourtsNortheast Florida

Florida Carries Out Seventh Execution of 2026 in the Case of Convicted Double Killer Richard Knight

Florida Executes Richard Knight for 2000 Double Murder in Coral Springs, the State's Seventh Execution of 2026