Florida International University has earned top marks when it comes to the top 50 public universities in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report Best College 2025 rankings.

To discuss the changing dynamic of this year’s elections, Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Florida lawmakers Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, and Alex Rizo, a Republican. Carlton Gillespie, of Florida International University; Laralyn Jackson, of the University of Miami; and Liv Caputo, of Florida State University joined Milberg for the TWISF NextGen Roundtable. For the Tell Me Something Good segment, Milberg interviews Miami Northwestern High’s track and field coach Carmen Jackson, who is going to Paris to cheer for a group of her mentees competing in the Olympic Games.

It has been 45 years since notorious serial killer Ted Bundy stood trial in Miami for the murders of two Florida State University college students.

More than 15 million people from Texas to Florida are under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes.

The New York Police Department announced clearing an antiwar encampment on Tuesday night after Columbia University allowed the officers to move in.

The University of Florida and Florida State University warned students who were protesting the Israel-Hamas war with on-campus encampments this week that they could face consequences.

A 73-year-old Miami Beach grandmother was arrested on Monday at Miami International Airport on a warrant related to her former son-in-law’s murder in 2014 in Tallahassee.

A 73-year-old Miami Beach grandmother was arrested on Monday at Miami International Airport on a warrant related to her former son-in-law’s murder in 2014 in Tallahassee.

A Broward County periodontist’s trial for his role in a murder-for-hire plot to kill a Tallahassee attorney in 2014 continued on Wednesday morning in Leon County with the prosecution playing the recordings by FBI agents of his private conversations in 2016.

A Broward County periodontist listened to the testimony on Tuesday in court of the FBI special agents who helped to identify him as a suspect in the murder of a university law professor.

Convicted hitman Luis Rivera was cross-examined Monday in the trial of a South Florida dentist accused of being the mastermind behind a murder-for-hire plot that left a Florida State University professor dead.

Over nine years after Florida State University law professor Dan Markel was murdered in his garage and the hired killers and a woman found guilty of facilitating the hit have been sent to prison, the accused mastermind behind it all — his former brother-in-law — is on trial.

A college student from Cooper City has been crowned Miss Florida Teen USA.

Researchers from Florida State University are investigating how the public perceives the National Hurricane Center’s track forecast cone and they are looking for input from people who live in hurricane-prone areas.

A synagogue in Tallahassee with plenty of ties to South Florida burns to the ground.

Tallahassee higher education campuses and hospitals are seeing large numbers of students and others suffering from influenza.

Former FSU football star Dontavious Jackson says he was almost arrested on a United flight in Miami after a "racist family" began harassing him and then they said he punched them. MIAMI, Fla. – Former linebacker at Florida State University Dontavious Jackson took to Twitter Wednesday night to tell his followers about an experience that happened on a United Airlines flight in Miami. TMZ was the first to report the story after Jackson posted on his Twitter account: “Was just called a “f------ n-----” on a @united flight! @united flight attendants just let it happen! Ad“The officer told me if it wasn’t for the witnesses I would’ve been taken to jail,” Jackson wrote.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Danielle Cohen Higgins was appointed and sworn in as Miami-Dade County’s new commissioner for District 8 on Monday, filling the seat vacated by new mayor Daniella Levine Cava. Cohen Higgins, a civil law attorney, was selected by a 10-1 vote in a special meeting. The process took only about 10 minutes as commissioners decided to make the appointment rather than hold a special election for district residents. Cohen Higgins was considered a frontrunner from the get-go among a list of seven contenders. Relatively drama-freeMiami Dade commission votes 10-1 to appoint Danielle Cohen Higgins to fill D8 seat, left open as predecessor Daniella Levine Cava became county Mayor.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Spring break is an institution in South Florida, but two South Florida institutions of higher learning won’t be having it in 2021. The University of Florida and Florida State University previously said they will also cancel spring break this school year. University of Miami President Julio Frenk said his school’s spring semester will begin a week later than initially scheduled, on Jan. 25, and students will also get two “Wellness Wednesdays” off. “I know it hasn’t been easy, and I can’t promise that it will become any easier anytime soon. FIU has proposed a calendar in which classes would end a week earlier rather than taking a week off for spring break.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State University’s Deputy head coach Chris Thomsen will take over preparing for the next Seminoles game, which is against the Hurricanes in Miami, after head football coach Mike Norvell announced Saturday that he had tested positive for COVID-19. “In our most recent round of COVID testing yesterday, I received a positive result after being negative in our previous two tests this week,” Norvell stated in an FSU news release. “Deputy head coach Chris Thomsen will handle in-person head coaching duties until I am able to return. The coach said the positive result was not expected, however, the school was prepared for the situation. “My result was surprising to me, but we have prepared for a potential positive result among anyone in our program and we will put that plan in place while I am away.

MIAMI – The State University System of Florida directed public universities on Wednesday to start transitioning to online classes “immediately.”“This directive will be reevaluated as the situation continues to develop,” the state education officials said in a statement about the new strategy to help prevent COVID-19 cases in Florida. The directive includes state universities with students who have returned from spring break, which includes Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida Polytechnic University, and the University of Florida. Public university officials will be encouraging students from other public schools to return home for at least two weeks or to not return to campus. This includes students at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, the University of North Florida, the University of Central Florida, the University of South Florida, and the University of West Florida. Miami Dade College and 27 other public colleges in Florida are following the recommendation of the Florida Department of Education to remain open.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the second time in two years, Florida State has a new football coach. The 38-year-old Texas native has never had a losing season and never won fewer than eight games since becoming a head coach. “I’m humbled and honored for the opportunity to be the head coach at Florida State University, one of the iconic brands in college football,” Norvell said in a statement released by the school. Memphis head coach Mike Norvell celebrates with his team after the Tigers defeated Cincinnati for the American Athletic Conference championship, Dec. 7, 2019, in Memphis, Tennessee. Odell Haggins led the Seminoles to a 2-1 record as interim coach after Taggart was dismissed, helping Florida State to become bowl eligible.

Florida State Seminoles head coach Willie Taggart argues a call during the first half of a rivalry game against the Miami Hurricanes, Nov. 2, 2019, at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State University has fired head football coach Willie Taggart, a day after the Seminoles lost to rival Miami at home. "I spoke to coach Taggart this afternoon to let him know our decision," Coburn said. Longtime assistant coach Odell Haggins will serve as interim head coach. His tenure is the shortest of any head coach since Perry Moss left Florida State after the 1959 season to coach the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State University has fired head football coach Willie Taggart, a day after the Seminoles lost to rival Miami at home. "I spoke to coach Taggart this afternoon to let him know our decision," Coburn said. Longtime assistant coach Odell Haggins will serve as interim head coach. His tenure is the shortest of any head coach since Perry Moss left Florida State after the 1959 season to coach the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Florida State (4-5, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) lost to rival Miami 27-10 on Saturday, falling to 9-12 overall and 6-9 in the ACC.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) - Florida State University fired head football coach Willie Taggart on Sunday, one day after the struggling Seminoles lost 27-10 to its in-state rival, the University of Miami. "I spoke to Coach Taggart this afternoon to let him know of our decision," said Florida State athletics director David Coburn. He was head coach there from 2010-2012 after serving as an assistant from 1999-2006. Florida State had only two full-time coaches from 1976 to 2017 -- Fisher from 2010 to 2019, and legendary coach Bobby Bowden, who served 37 years as head coach. Defensive line coach Odell Haggins, a 26-year veteran of the FSU coaching staff, will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of 2019.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - A five-star basketball recruit from South Florida is headed to Florida State. I am proud to be announcing that next year I will be playing for Coach Hamilton and his staff at Florida State University. But he ultimately settled for longtime Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton and the Seminoles, who have been to the Sweet Sixteen each of the last two seasons. He transferred to Montverde Academy in central Florida for his senior season after University School fired head coach Jim Carr in May. "I am proud to be announcing that next year I will be playing for Coach Hamilton and his staff at Florida State University," Barnes wrote.

Wendi Adelson and Daniel Markel were in the midst of a bitter custody battle when the Florida State University law professor was fatally shot in July 2014. Katherine Magbanua and Sigfredo Garcia have been charged in the fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel in 2014. "So Wendi's brother, Charlie Adelson, has made references to hiring a hit man to kill Dan Markel," Cappleman told the jury. "Charlie Adelson had a sister in Tallahassee, Wendi Adelson, and Wendi Adelson had a problem," Cappleman said. Wendi Adelson.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of two South Florida residents charged in the 2014 shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and solicitation to commit first-degree murder. WTXL Luis Rivera pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2014 killing of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Investigators reviewed Magbanua's bank accounts and noticed "a significant increase in cash deposits after Markel's murder." "Investigators believe that Magbanua is supported financially by Charlie Adelson and has received numerous benefits from the Adelsons since Markel's murder," the complaint said.

Hurricane Dorian is days away from striking Florida and could be a monster storm by landfall. (CNN) - Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 3 major storm and is still gathering strength as it moves toward Florida, where it could make landfall as soon as late Monday as a Category 4 hurricane. "I live in a mobile home, so I stand to be homeless," she told CNN. In the meantime, Dorian is expected to "remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane," the center said, with potentially "life-threatening storm surge." Florida State University had been scheduled to play its season-opening game off campus, in Jacksonville near the Atlantic coast.

(CNN) - Florida State University now gets to have its college football season opener at home, thanks to Hurricane Dorian. Saturday's game between FSU and Boise State will now be played in Tallahassee at noon, city officials announced Thursday. "This decision was based solely on the safety of our citizens and people that may be traveling to our city," Curry told reporters. Having the game in Jacksonville would put "too many lives at risk," he said. Though Hurricane Dorian is still about four days out from its expected landfall along Florida's Atlantic Coast, the center could pause at sea before it hits.

The Seminoles haven't played in Jacksonville since beating West Virginia in the 2010 Gator Bowl. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Hurricane season has a way of interfering with the beginning of football season, whether we're talking college or pro. As Hurricane Dorian continues moving toward the east coast of Florida, preparations are underway, as residents want to be ready for any and all potential situations. Those preparations include this weekend's upcoming college football slate. Officials from Florida State University say the Seminoles' season-opening game against Boise State is still on for now, though the school continues to monitor Hurricane Dorian.

The University of Florida ranked 16th and Florida State University ranked 18th on the 2020 list released Tuesday. Florida made the top party school list for a 27th consecutive year. Syracuse University topped the list for the 2019-20 academic year, followed by the University of Alabama, University of Delaware, West Virginia University and Tulane University. The University of California-Santa Barbara, Colgate University, Wake Forest University, Bucknell University and University of Rhode Island round out the top 10. 18 Florida State University Tallahassee, Fla. No.

Police investigate the brutal attacks that claimed the lives of two Chi Omega sorority sisters at Florida State University on the morning of Jan. 15, 1978.. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

There are many great stadiums in college football, but here are 10 that should be on every fan's bucket list. Tiger Stadium, Louisiana State UniversityRic Tapia via APLouisiana State University fans who pack Tiger Stadium are so loud that they once caused an earthquake. There are few places tougher to play on a Saturday than Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium. Florida State also went 10 years without a loss at home, owning a 54-game unbeaten streak from 1991-2001. Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field, Mississippi State UniversityAP Photo/Jim LyleAlthough Mississippi State is not traditionally regarded as fielding an elite college football program, there is no denying the mystique that radiates from the second oldest on-campus stadium in the country.

An Amber Alert was issued for Casen Page (left), 5, and Caden Page (right), 6 months. Authorities say their father, Joseph Page (center), abducted them. According to the Holmes County Sheriff's Office, Joseph Page fled with his two sons after falsely identifying himself as a deputy to their babysitter. Deputies said Page, 25, forced his way inside by striking the homeowner with the door and then drove off with his sons, Casen Page, 5 and Caden Page, 6 months. Authorities said Jackson County Sheriff's Office deputies took Page into custody.

Ron DeSantis to serve as Broward County sheriff after Scott Israel was suspended Friday. Prior to working for the Coral Springs Police Department, Tony was employed by the Florida Department of Corrections and Florida Highway Patrol. "I have served you once before, often times in the dark, away from the public light, simply doing my job to enforce the laws of this great state," Tony said. A native of Philadelphia, Tony came to the Sunshine State to attend Florida State University, where he played football under legendary head coach Bobby Bowden. He becomes the first black sheriff in Broward County history.