'Gator involved' in death of man found in lake at Florida golf course
Police in Florida say a man died searching for Frisbees in a lake at a disc golf course where people are warned by signs to beware of alligators.
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Police in Florida say a man died searching for Frisbees in a lake at a disc golf course where people are warned by signs to beware of alligators.
Playing it safe means more than just knowing how to swim and staying out of the water in dangerous conditions.
When the next state hunting season begins in August, alligators will be targeted around the clock.
A large alligator gatecrashed a game of golf at a Florida country club recently. It's just the latest sighting of a giant gator caught on camera.
Later gator! Some Parkland residents got a wild surprise when an alligator was spotted taking a late-night stroll through their residential neighborhood.
Traffic jams are nothing new in the Sunshine state but what about traffic jams caused by reptiles? Another massive alligator was spotted taking a stroll in the middle of a busy road in Venice.
Final approval of around-the-clock alligator hunting is set to go before the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission when it meets next month in Gainesville.
It wasn't the Easter Bunny captured on video hopping through a Florida neighborhood on Sunday morning, but a very large alligator taking an early morning stroll.
A traffic stop in Collier County took a very 'Florida Man' turn.
A Florida man watched in disbelief when a determined alligator walked across a busy road in Venice and vanished underneath his truck.
A Florida man has died after crashing his car into an 11-foot alligator.
It's a dog eat dog world out there, but on a Lakeland golf course recently, it was an alligator eat alligator world, literally.
The Martin County Sheriff's Office conducted a search in an alligator infested canal in a Florida wilderness preserve after human remains were found in the mouth of a gator.
A nearly 12-foot alligator that swam within inches of a frightened paddleboarder at Silver Springs State Park last September has been killed.
A pair of hunters in north Florida waited three years for permission to try and catch a gator. They finally got it and made a massive catch on their first try.
A homeless Florida woman was rushed to the hospital on Monday morning when she fell into a canal and was attacked by an alligator.
"When you're just trying to take a normal sewer selfie and you get photobombed…..(At least he smiled ????)"
A Florida woman, paddleboarding in a lagoon at Silver Springs State Park, had a scary and potentially dangerous close encounter with a very large alligator and it was all caught on camera.
A 60-year-old Florida man remains hospitalized after being attacked by an alligator.
A Florida family is giving thanks to their dog for alerting them to an unwanted visitor in the middle of the night. It was a seven and a half foot alligator which decided it wanted to hang out on the front porch instead of a nearby canal.
A Homestead man, accused of trying to throw a live alligator onto the roof of a beach side lounge, reportedly told police he was "teaching it a lesson."
Residents of a Winter Garden neighborhood in central Florida are on edge after an alligator attacked and killed a dog being walked by a woman along a trail, wildlife officials said.
An early morning visitor to a Florida post office received quite a surprise when the customer stumbled upon a large alligator wandering in the lobby.
Love is in the air if you're an alligator or crocodile. And that means everyone else has to be on the lookout for amorous alligators and frisky crocs who are more active and visible this time of year and potentially more aggressive. That may be why the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office was called about a giant gator discovered under a parked car at an apartment complex in Tampa on March 31.
Here's a sight you don't see every day. A bull shark and an alligator swimming side-by-side in Vero Beach.
Harjinder Singh, 28, faces three counts of vehicular homicide in addition to immigration violations.
More than 30 firefighters from the county and Hollywood Fire Rescue responded to the fire.
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Jesse Profeta, a senior at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, founded the nonprofit Wheels for Feels.
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Harjinder Singh, 28, faces three counts of vehicular homicide in addition to immigration violations.
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A Maryland ticket broker is accused of illegally purchasing and reselling hundreds of thousands of tickets for profit, including thousands to Taylor Swift's highly-sought Eras Tour.
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Jesse Profeta, a senior at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, founded the nonprofit Wheels for Feels.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
A federal judge tossed out part of a lawsuit brought by detainees at the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in the Florida Everglades, handing a partial victory to the Trump administration.
President Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on Monday as the U.S. pursues a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.
Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "both sides are going to have to make concessions" to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
European leaders will join Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his crucial meeting with President Trump in Washington on Monday.
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A Florida dairy farm was named in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she lost her unborn child after getting sick from drinking raw milk. Her toddler also got sick.
Instagram rolled out a new Map feature that lets users see their friends' locations in real time. Here's why privacy experts are concerned.
The Boar's Head deli meat plant at the heart of a deadly food-poisoning outbreak is set to reopen in the coming months, but recent reports point to ongoing sanitation problems.
A Florida woman was arrested for allegedly impersonating a registered nurse and treating over 4,000 patients without a license.
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Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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A Maryland ticket broker is accused of illegally purchasing and reselling hundreds of thousands of tickets for profit, including thousands to Taylor Swift's highly-sought Eras Tour.
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