Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined a growing conservative push to restrict access to the procedure ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could roll back abortion rights in America.

An undercover human trafficking investigation led to the arrest of more than 100 people Wednesday, including several Disney theme park employees and a retired judge.

Political commentator Bill Maher, who is extremely critical of religion, has expressed support for Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, which bans teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity with young children.

Florida pastor Paul Dyal and two of his church members have been charged with capital sexual battery in a case where authorities say the abuse dates back at least 30 years.

The debate over whether to deter or accommodate migrant minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents has pitted Florida’s Catholic governor against the state’s highest-ranking Roman Catholic.

George Davis, pastor of the 6,000-member Impact Church in Jacksonville, Fla., reports that six church members died from COVID within a 10-day span.

Local and out-of-state ministries are coming together to pray for and provide aid to those impacted by the partial collapse of a Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Fla.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill requiring public school teachers in grades K-12 to observe at least one minute of silence at the beginning of the first class period of every day.