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The Orlando Sentinel editorial board took a firm stance against what it claimed was "intimidation" and "bullying" by the DeSantis administration over its investigation into a charity connected to the governor's wife.

The board reported that it received an unsigned cease-and-desist letter from the Florida Department of Children and Families demanding that reporter Jeffrey Schweers stop his "reporting for a story about funding flowing through Hope Florida, the nonprofit spearheaded by the governor’s wife, Casey."

The letter accused Schweers of "trying to 'harass and intentionally cause distress to foster families by threats and coercion' to get them to talk to him for the story."...

A Florida woman was sentenced on Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison, with all time suspended if she completes the terms of her probation, for her part in burning down a landmark 3,500-year-old cypress tree in 2012 so she could see the drugs she was using in the dark.

A Florida man claims he was showing a friend how to clean a gun when he discharged the weapon and struck a 12-year-old girl in a passing car, then accidentally shot himself.

A Florida man is under investigation after he told Orlando police that he accidentally shot himself during a road rage incident on Monday.

A gun-wielding Florida man was taken to the hospital by police after a Taser dart pierced his eyeball. According to the Orlando Sentinel, officers used the stun gun on James Rodriguez, 22, outside a sports bar in downtown Orlando called One Eyed Jack's.

A controversial Florida pastor was arrested before he planned to burn almost 3,000 copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, US media reported.