SILVER SPRINGS, Fla. — This time of year, hundreds of people head to Silver Springs every day to get a glimpse of two main attractions — manatees and monkeys. Both animals make their home in and ...

Tucked away in the heart of Highlands County sits a slice of ancient Florida that time—and most tourists—have forgotten: Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park in Lake Placid. While millions flock to ...

Florida has a secret, and it’s hiding in plain sight along the Atlantic coast between St. Augustine and Daytona Beach. Washington Oaks Gardens State Park in Palm Coast might be the most spectacular ...

Across the United States, people are learning what is and is not functioning on the first day of the government shutdown.

Known as a sky island, Chiricahua National Monument towers over the nearby grassland and offers cooler temperatures throughout the year. This area makes an ideal road trip stop with scenic drives, ...

Gone are the days when women in boardrooms or at the helm of major institutions were a rarity. In assembling our biennial list of the Most Powerful Women in Washington, we had the opposite problem: We ...

Perhaps to soften his prickly culture warrior image, U.S. Rep. Randy Fine filed a bill to authorize a study of the Ocala National Forest with the goal of including it in the national park system and ...

Tucked away in Florida’s Panhandle near the small town of Chipley lies a place that feels almost impossible in the Sunshine State. Falling Waters State Park is home to Florida’s tallest waterfall—a 73 ...

A team of treasure hunters announced this week they had uncovered a load of Spanish coins they estimate is worth $1 million. The treasure had been buried for centuries under the surf and sand along ...

House Democratic leaders say that President Donald Trump will need to be in the room when it comes to any possible agreement to end a government shutdown. A person walks past the headquarters building ...

While Starbucks hasn't provided a full list, dozens of the closing shops have been identified by workers or confirmed through online store hours.

The insult of losing as a two-touchdown favorite to a Florida State team that went 2-10 last season came with a particularly notable injury for Alabama. In the fourth quarter of the No. 8 Crimson Tide ...