Sources: BBC
SpaceX successfully launches the United Arab Emirates Space Agency's communications satellite Thuraya 4-NGS via a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, United States. 2025-01-3
The office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that it is sending drones and weapons to Israel to support its fight against Hamas. 2023-10-26
The legislature for the U.S. state of Florida votes to strip Walt Disney World of its ability to self-govern by dissolving the Reedy Creek Improvement District, in apparent retaliation for Disney's actions during and following the passage of HB 1557, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. 2022-04-21
A 14-year old boy dies after falling off a drop tower ride at ICON Park, which is near International Drive in Orlando, Florida. 2022-03-24
U.S. Republican Representative Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-03-18
Subtropical Storm Alberto, the first named Atlantic storm of 2018, makes landfall on the west coast of Florida, United States. 2018-05-29
The NRA is suing Florida after it passed a gun control law which would raise the minimum age for purchasing guns from 18 to 21. 2018-03-10
A Sabal Trail Transmission Pipeline protester who was seen firing a high powered rifle at the pipeline construction site in Florida was chased by police until his car crashed. The suspect was shot and killed by a deputy after he tried to engage police in a gunfight. 2017-02-26
A court hears that two British men shot dead in the U.S. state of Florida last April were found with their shirts off and trousers round their thighs. 2012-03-22
George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, dies after suffering a massive heart attack in Florida. 2010-07-13