Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAPLES, Fla.– A nearly 8-foot alligator was wrangled from a midnight dip in a Florida family's swimming pool this week. Video ...

Taking a dip: File photo. An alligator decided to take a late-night swim in the pool of a Southwest Florida home. (Bob D'Angelo/Cox Media Group) By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --A Florida family had to call authorities for help to evict a late-night trespasser from their backyard pool -- a large alligator. Rob Emhoff said his wife was letting their dog outside ...

The Miccosukee Tribe officials say they are moving forward with their legal battle against the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, arguing that Florida’s acceptance of ...

In December 2025, a video of what appeared to be an alligator hanging out in a coin-filled fountain at a mall spread across Facebook (archived). The post that accompanied the video claimed the video ...

A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by a detainee at Florida’s state-run immigration detention center in the Everglades to stop the DeSantis administration from holding immigrants at ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – M.A.D. D.A.D.S., the community advocacy group known for fighting against crime in Jacksonville for more than 20 years, announced its dissolution on Monday, leaving some members ...

The newly alleged brutality at two Florida prisons might be customary in some third-world dictatorship. It was assumed to be intolerable in America. Reports from two respected organizations describe ...

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office had another unusual encounter with a massive alligator on December 9, 2025, making this the second encounter in two weeks. The sheriff's office noted on their ...

Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the “box” at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights ...

The report claims detainees at Alligator Alcatraz face punitive punishment and unsanitary living conditions. A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis' office called the report a "politically motivated ...

How many Florida deputies does it take to get a 600-pound alligator off the road? At least seven, according to a video from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. Deputies with the sheriff's office ...