A recent Orange County arrest linked a man accused of being a serial rapist to several incidents in Jacksonville over 20 years ago, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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A video of a black bear was spotted in the express lanes on I-4 in Orlando after a woman captured it on her dashcam during her drive, according to our sister station WKMG.

Epic Universe, Universal Orlando’s newest theme park, will officially open Thursday to the public, after weeks of technical previews among passholders and other guests.

The 32 NFL owners will decide where the Jacksonville Jaguars will play in 2027 in October, according to multiple sources.

Orange County commissioners on Tuesday voted 6-1 to approve investing millions of dollars to attract WWE, UFC and the Jacksonville Jaguars to Central Florida.

Orange County commissioners on Tuesday voted 6-1 to approve investing millions of dollars to attract WWE, UFC and the Jacksonville Jaguars to Central Florida.

Jurors have convicted a Southern California judge of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife while they argued at home while watching TV.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will hold a news conference Monday in Orlando.

According to News4JAX’s sister station in Orlando, WKMG-6, a fire appeared to break out at Disney’s Epcot theme park on Saturday after videos online went viral showing smoke billowing over the France Pavilion.

A Central Florida woman lost a car and $21,000 after discovering the vehicle she bought was reported stolen and had a fake Vehicle Identification Number from another car, according to WKMG in Orlando.

The case of a Southern California judge charged with murder in his wife's fatal shooting has ended in a mistrial.

A former Florida corrections deputy arrested in connection with the disappearance of 72-year-old Jessie Kirk is under a restraining order for allegedly stalking the missing woman’s niece last year, News4JAX’s sister station WKMG reported.

A man linked to two cold case sexual assaults from 2002 through DNA evidence has accepted a plea deal, bringing long-awaited justice for his victims.

Geraldine Thompson, who represented Orange County in the Florida House and Senate for almost 20 years, died Thursday, according to several lawmakers who worked with Thompson throughout her career.

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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after drones collided and fell into a crowd during a holiday show Saturday evening in downtown Orlando, according to the agency.

On Thursday, an Orange County jury ruled the family of Tyre Sampson will be given $310 million, $155 million each to the father and mother, according to our sister station WKMG in Orlando.

The Black pastor of a multiethnic congregation in Anaheim, California, has started a string orchestra for young musicians of color.

A Florida bail bondsman has been charged with human trafficking and racketeering after allegedly offering female inmates bond in exchange for sex.

The Orlando Police Department on Saturday confirmed the identities of the two people killed in a mass shooting early Friday in downtown.

Eight people were shot early Friday in downtown Orlando, according to police.

Voters in a Southern California city are going to decide this November whether residents who aren't U.S. citizens can vote in local elections.

It’s finally here. Florida drivers can now take a sneak peek at the new specialty plates.

Clay County voters will have the chance to begin casting their ballots early in-person starting Tuesday, as the county opens its early voting sites, joining dozens across the state, including Duval and St. Johns counties.

California's reputation as a politically liberal state is being tested in a string of U.S. House districts that are expected to play into control of the chamber.

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake has rattled the Los Angeles area.

A judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence for a Southern California judge to stand trial on a murder charge in the shooting death of his wife.

The Florida Museum of Black History Task Force recommended St. Augustine to be the new home of Florida’s Black History Museum after hours of discussion on Tuesday.

A state task force in charge of selecting where Florida’s Black History Museum will be located voted Tuesday to move forward with St. Johns County as the recommended location.

St. Johns County was selected as one of the four finalists to be the home of the first Florida Museum of Black History, according to a release.

40-year-old Orange Park woman dies after getting hit by an SUV, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Pulse Nightclub property, the site of one of the country’s worst mass shootings, will be sold to the city of Orlando, News 6 has confirmed.

During the video, Mario Fernandez can be seen sitting handcuffed in the back of a pickup truck, talking with investigators. He was then placed into the back of a patrol car.

Prosecutors say a Southern California judge accused of killing his wife had texted his court clerk and bailiff afterward to say he had shot her.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is reminding Floridians about the dangers of the road after clocking a 16-year-old driving 132 mph along the Interstate 4 Express lanes.

Heavy rain has spawned extreme flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley, killing at least one person and forcing road closures.

New protocols are in place for Jacksonville firefighters facing another challenge on the roads and in homes. Electric car fires are presenting new dangers for first responders

New York City has filed suit against dozens of counties over their refusal to take in new migrants, the latest escalation in an ongoing battle between the city and local leaders across the state.

Michael Sasso has resigned from his position as vice chair of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board, News 6 has confirmed.

Sierra Kennedy, 22, was taken into custody after a search in Orange County on Wednesday

An offshore pipeline involved in a 2021 oil spill that fouled Southern California beaches is being put back in service.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office has asked for records from a state attorney regarding a suspect in the fatal shootings last week of a TV reporter, a 9-year-old girl and a woman.

A 19-year-old Florida man is now facing three first-degree-murder charges related to a shooting that killed a television news reporter, a 9-year-old girl and a 38-year-old woman.

The man accused of shooting five people, killing three Wednesday in the Pine Hills area of Orange County, has pleaded not guilty in the killing of a 38-year-old woman, according to a report from WKMG Click Orlando.

As the country mourns the deaths of three people killed in a shooting spree near Orlando, including a TV news reporter, the father of another reporter killed on the job years back calls the violence “a gut punch.”

Journalist Dylan Lyons was one of five people shot Wednesday in the attack that also killed a 9-year-old girl and left her mother and a photojournalist critically injured.

Authorities say a central Florida television journalist and a little girl were fatally shot near the scene of a fatal shooting from earlier in the day.

Three people are dead after shootings Wednesday, including a 9-year-old girl, and a television journalist who was in a Central Florida neighborhood reporting on a homicide that had occurred earlier in the day, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.

U.S. Census numbers show women make up 51% of the country’s population, but they make up only 12-14% of law enforcement, according to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

A janitor in Orange County was rescued from an inmate holding cell at the Orange County Courthouse after she was accidentally trapped within for nearly three days, according to the sheriff’s office, News4JAX sister station WKMG-TV ClickOrlando reports.

New research shows climate misinformation has been flourishing on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the platform last year.

The Wheel at ICON Park lost power on Saturday evening, and the Orange County Fire Rescue on the scene working to rescue riders from the attraction.

An Orange County pet store has been ordered to pay $85,000 to consumers after the Florida attorney general’s office said customers were deceived and sold sick or dying puppies, News4JAX sister station WKMG-TV News 6 reports.

A man convicted of raping and stabbing a woman in Duval County more than three decades ago is now accused of sexual assault, again.

A registered sexual predator considered a “brutal rapist” after a woman was found mutilated has been arrested, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Ballot measures to build more affordable housing and protect tenants from soaring rent increases were plentiful and fared well in last week’s midterm elections.

One person died and two others were missing in a raging stream channel as a powerful storm pounded California with rain and snow on Tuesday, raising fears of flash flooding and concerns that the weather could keep people from Election Day voting.

Cities and counties across the country are pushing measures aimed at stabilizing or controlling rents at a time when housing prices are skyrocketing.

Lee County deputies arrested seven Osceola County men, accused of looting in Fort Myers after the area and its residents faced Hurricane Ian.

A federal agency has given a Texas oil company approval to repair a pipeline that ruptured a year ago and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude off the Southern California coast.

A California woman has been charged with killing a man by ramming her car into him after accusing him of trying to run over a cat in the street.

Val Demings wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Florida primary election.

U.S. Rep. Val Demings easily won the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Marco Rubio this fall.

Ballots haven’t even been printed yet, but already a group of landlords, apartment managers and real estate agents in Florida are trying to stop voters from deciding on a measure that would implement rent control for a year in the theme park hub that has been one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the U.S. The Florida Apartment Association and the Florida Association of Realtors last week sued Orange County, Florida in an attempt to halt a ballot initiative aimed at limiting how much...

New York state health officials have issued a more urgent call for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the virus.

Deputies released information to public before Saget’s wife was informed, reports show.

A 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from an Orlando thrill ride in March was nearly 100 pounds over the weight limit of the attraction, according to an autopsy report released by the Orlando medical examiner’s office Monday.

The father of a man shot and killed at a gas station on Saturday, tells News4JAX, his son has never been in trouble.

The alert for the missing child was issued Sunday evening.

Two Florida theme parks have announced plans to build affordable housing in the Orlando area, where it has become increasingly difficult for lower wage workers to find places to live.

Attorneys representing the family of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from the Orlando FreeFall attraction visited the ride Tuesday morning.

Walt Disney World announced May 27 as the opening date for the long-awaited “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.”

State investigators released nearly 200 pages of records Monday evening, detailing exactly how attendants were supposed to operate Orlando FreeFall.

Workers at ICON Park can be heard in a viral video discussing safety measures after a teen fell to his death late Thursday from an Orlando thrill ride.

A 14-year-old boy died late Thursday in a fall from a thrill ride in the Orlando tourist district, deputies said.

In its heyday the Hazel Wright pipe organ was heard by millions worldwide through the “Hour of Power” Christian TV program, broadcast from Southern California's iconic Crystal Cathedral.

More than a dozen self-proclaimed Nazis yelled antisemitic slogans outside a Florida shopping plaza and waved a swastika flag from a highway overpass over the weekend.

The mayor of one of Florida’s largest counties is blasting Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying he has been missing in action during the latest wave of COVID-19.

Zillow Group says it will stop buying and selling homes, citing the unpredictability of forecasting housing prices.

Two of Florida’s largest school districts are easing up on their masks requirement this week.

The mayor of the Florida county that's home to the nation’s biggest theme park resorts is lifting a pandemic-related state of emergency order.

A Florida battalion chief has been fired for refusing to discipline workers who hadn’t gotten a COVID-19 vaccine in violation of a requirement for county employees.

Orange County deputies are asking for help finding a missing 19-year-old woman who was last seen Friday evening, WKMG reported.

Employees of a Florida county where vaccination for COVID-19 is now required for all workers won’t be fired for refusing to get the shots.

An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question.

Officials are offering new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren threatened by COVID-19.

Authorities searching for a man who fled into the woods after crashing his car and fighting a Florida Highway Patrol trooper near Orlando.

It may be tougher to find Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine in Florida.

As coronavirus cases continue to soar, two Florida mayors are announcing mask and vaccine mandates and defying the governor who is firmly opposed to any pandemic restrictions.

A Southern California man charged with the murder of a 6-year-old boy in a road rage incident has been ordered held without bail.

A Southern California man has been charged with murder and shooting at an occupied vehicle over a road rage attack that killed a 6-year-old boy on a freeway.

Farm Share will be distributing food at six events this week in Northeast Florida.

A supervisor in the Orange County Sheriff’s Office retired amid an internal investigation into a Facebook post that shared a video from a page that supports white supremacist beliefs.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida is temporarily suspending Johnson & Johnson vaccinations because a half-dozen people developed blood clots after getting the shot.

Florida colleges and universities could be required to issue campus-wide surveys gauging “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” under a measure passed Wednesday by the Senate.

The gunman who killed four people and critically wounded a fifth at a Southern California office building knew all the victims personally or through business dealings.

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)BEIJING — Sinovac said on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac is safe and effective in children ages 3-17. State-owned Sinopharm, who has two COVID-19 vaccines, is also investigating the effectiveness of its vaccines in children. The House vote came just before the state health department reported that more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered within the state. State officials say about 2.9 million vaccine doses have been given to about 1.1 million people so far in Arizona. ___LISBON, Portugal — Portugal resumed administering AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, a week after temporarily halting its use.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for lying about damage caused by Hurricane Irma. Steven Rembert, 49, of Orange County, was sentenced Monday in Orlando federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in December to disaster assistance fraud. In September 2017, Rembert falsified records concerning his primary residence when submitting an application for assistance to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to an indictment. Hurricane Irma struck Florida in September 2017, causing about $50 billion in damage throughout the state.

Roberto Clemente was the first Latino to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The legacy of Roberto Clemente is still treasured today, proven nearly 50 years after his death. In fact, the Orange County School Board unanimously voted to rename the facility Roberto Clemente Middle on Sept. 21, coincidentally during Hispanic Heritage Month. Becoming baseball’s most prominent Afro-LatinoRoberto Clemente started his Major League Baseball career with the Pittsburg Pirates. The son of a sugarcane worker, Clemente began his professional baseball career just after finishing high school.