A resort building ten minutes from Disney World collapsed and another sank into the ground as a 60-foot wide sinkhole opened underneath early this morning.

A South Miami man has apparently confessed to murdering his wife in a Facebook post that was followed shortly by a gruesome photo of the woman's body.

Israel Hernandez had only managed to scribble a tiny letter "R" — the initial of his nickname, "Reefa" — on the wall of an abandoned graffiti-and-poster-littered McDonald's last Tuesday morning, when he was spotted by the cops and took off.

A summer camp in Florida that offers its kids the chance to participate in a real-life version of the Hunger Games is lifting some eyebrows around the world.

By far the most viral story of this past weekend is Florida mommyblogger Katie Vyktoriah's terrifying tale of bigotry encountered at a local Walmart.

Finally some good news out of Florida — lawmakers have agreed to hold hearings on the "Stand Your Ground" law.

A Christian puppeteer who regularly used his long-running Christian Television Network show to warn children about the sin of pornography was sentenced this week to 20 years behind bars for possession of child pornography.

Tony Bennett announced his resignation as Florida's education commissioner on Thursday, plagued by a scandal that followed him from his previous position as head of education in Indiana, where he lost his re-election bid last November. Bennett's resignation came three days after he was accused of changing the grade of an Indiana charter school founded by a Republican who had donated over $130,000 to his campaign.

At least 15 people went missing after a series of explosions Monday night at a propane gas plant in Tavares, Florida. A Lake County Sheriff's Office spokesman initially said “a lot” of people were believed to have been killed, but all 15 missing workers were eventually found alive, though seven were injured.

A veteran police officer was forced to resign last week after an internal affairs investigation revealed she had used police department equipment to post nude photos of herself online as part of a virtual sex game.

Deputies in Florida's Escambia County have some explaining to do after they allegedly shot an unarmed man for grabbing a box of cigarettes out of his own car outside his own house.

Just days after she and five other women acquitted George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin, juror B29, who calls herself "Maddy," said in an interview with ABC News that Zimmerman "got away with murder," and that she feels she owes an apology to Martin's parents.

More like Fahrenheit 450-dumb. A fake Florida firefighter was arrested after he set fire to a library in the hopes of joining the real firefighters who came to put out the blaze.

Going above and beyond the call of duty normally earns an employee praise from his or her superiors, but one daycare teacher in Florida says she was fired for doing more than was required by her job description.

While some entertainers have dedicated songs or moments of silence to Trayvon Martin in the aftermath of George Zimmerman's acquittal, living legend Stevie Wonder went a step further — by boycotting the entire state of Florida.

A mere two days after finding George Zimmerman innocent of the murder of Trayvon Martin, juror B37 in the case has signed on with a prominent literary agent, as a prelude to a book deal. This juror is a woman who hates the media and went into the trial mistakenly believing there were "riots" over the case.

While most Americans were out drinking, barbecuing, and setting off fireworks on July Fourth, more than a dozen employees at an Italian restaurant in Florida were finding out they'd all been fired, via a text message from their boss.

Making the rounds in the days leading up to the Zimmerman verdict was the story of Marissa Alexander, a Florida woman now serving up to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot in the area of her abusive husband, who was in her home against her wishes.

A reader of mine sent me this photo last night. As the murder trial of George Zimmerman wheezes to its conclusion, the TV networks dutifully pipe in live pool video from the courtroom, as if it is force-fed to them and they have no choice but to excrete it, soft and undigested, into our living rooms, bedrooms, offices. Sometimes, the pool recorder or the networks' producers don't switch to a mundane image of lawyers being lawyerly quite fast enough, and we get to see snippets of the human cruelty, stupidity, and frailty that occasion trials such as this.

The jury in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin will also be allowed to consider manslaughter charges, judge Debra Nelson ruled today. The judge has yet to rule on the prosecution's request that the jury also consider charges of third-degree felony murder—on the grounds that Zimmerman's violent confrontation with an unarmed teenager was an act of child abuse. UPDATE: The third-degree felony murder charges have now been ruled out.