A restaurant in downtown Fort Walton Beach was closed Nov. 16 after inspectors found more than 100 rodent droppings and evidence that rodents had been nesting near the ice tea station.

Argentine families of 44 crew members aboard a submarine that has been lost in the South Atlantic for seven days are growing increasingly distressed as experts say that the crew might be reaching a critical period of low oxygen Wednesday.

Eight people were rescued and three remained missing after the plane crashed into the western Pacific Ocean on Wednesday

In a letter to the Okaloosa County Department of Growth Management, Jason Toole of CPH Inc. in Panama City stated that Walmart Management has ended its attempt to build a second store on Richbourg Lane in Crestview.

Three days after her birthday on Jan. 27, the 53-year-old moved into her new two-bedroom apartment in Fort Walton Beach. She said she wakes up every morning so thankful to the people who made her birthday wish come true.

Raised as a girl, he felt more like a boy. He wanted to be called Theo instead of the name he was given at birth. He wrote a detailed letter to teachers to explain which pronouns he preferred and cited school policy on LGBTQ inclusion.

HOLLYWOOD — Authorities say they've captured a 6-foot crocodile that came ashore on a Florida beach.News outlets report that wildlife officers caught the large reptile Monday afternoon on Hollywood Beach.Hollywood spokeswoman Joann Hussey says it was first spotted near the pier in nearby Dania Beach as it drifted south in the Atlantic Ocean. Before the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded, lifeguards were keeping people a safe distance from the [...]

A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of improper conduct, saying he put his hand on her bottom as they posed for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010 — after he had begun his career in the Senate.

ATLANTA — One of the nation's largest domed stadiums collapsed Monday into a pile of jagged concrete and a vast cloud of smoke in a scheduled implosion in downtown Atlanta.Nearly 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of explosives were used to blast the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to smithereens at 7:30 a.m. Onlookers gathered at skyscrapers' windows, at a restaurant atop the city's tallest hotel, in parking lots and on nearby streets to watch the destruction of the landmark stadium. [...]

PBS says it is immediately halting distribution of Charlie Rose's interview program and CBS News suspended him following The Washington Post's report of eight women who accused the veteran newsman of multiple unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate behavior.