Lawmakers in several states are wrestling with the contentious idea, including Florida, where the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland are being mourned.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida tells The Associated Press that deputies discovered "multiple guns and ammunition" after searching the student's home.

TALLAHASSEE — The Latest on the deadly Florida school shooting (all times local):2:30 p.m.Vice President Mike Pence says the administration is putting "renewed energy" into making schools safe.Pence spoke Wednesday at the meeting of the National Space Council at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He took a moment to talk about the terrible school attack last week.He says he will be returning to Washington to join the president for "a [...]

Some large law enforcement agencies have recently abandoned the routine tests out of concern that officers could be exposed to opioids that can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled.

A strong supporter of gun rights, Trump has nonetheless indicated in recent days that he is willing to consider ideas not in keeping with National Rifle Association orthodoxy.

The Rev. Billy Graham, dubbed "America's Pastor" and the "Protestant Pope," died Wednesday at his North Carolina home at age 99 after achieving a level of influence and reach no other evangelist is likely ever to match.

The report produced by jurors, known as a presentment, will remain sealed for at least 15 days to give any person named in the document an opportunity to object to its findings.

OKALOOSA ISLAND — A dead manatee that washed ashore on the Santa Rosa Sound side of Okaloosa Island has been decomposing at the shoreline for at least two weeks.The manatee, which is 5 to 6 feet long and at one point probably weighed about 400 pounds, is at the edge of a public waterfront lot amid several homes at the west end of the island near Eglin Air Foce Base's property. The animal was first reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation [...]

SHALIMAR — Unanticipated delays have led to changes in the completion dates of two of the three Okaloosa County beach access projects.Last September the County Commission approved paying the Floridian Construction and Development Co. of Destin a little more than $1.7 million in bed tax money to improve accesses No. 4, 5 and 6 on Okaloosa Island.The projects include building elevated [...]

Keith Simons died of what police said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.