Archive for the ‘Pensacola News’ Category

MIAMI (AP) -- To the southeast of Earl in the Atlantic, Fiona is weakening and has become a tropical depression as it heads toward Bermuda.

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- A Manatee County teen has been found guilty of fatally shooting another teen armed with a bat.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Charlie Crist has directed state transportation secretary to check for Holocaust involvement by companies bidding for Florida's high-speed rail contract.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- State economists say Florida's budget gap for the next fiscal year will drop by more than half.

MIAMI (AP) -- A federal appellate court has upheld a Florida law that prohibits funding for academic and research travel to nations that are considered "sponsors of terrorism."

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The captain of a Haitian smuggling voyage that ended when the boat capsized, killing at least nine people, has been sentenced to 14 years and four months in prison.