Democrats pushed to get a constitutional amendment on New York’s ballot this November because they believed it could energize liberals eager to protect abortion rights.

Police in the suburbs of New York City have made the first arrest under a new local law banning face masks.

A man on Florida’s northeast coast was bitten by a shark this weekend but is now recovering, authorities said Sunday, in the third shark attack in state waters over the past month.

A county legislature outside New York City has voted to to bar transgender female athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams at county-owned facilities after a bid to restrict trans athletes by executive order was thrown out in court.

A new voting rights law in New York is already having a dramatic effect, with lawsuits in several local communities seeking to reverse decades of minority voter disenfranchisement.

A federal judge sentenced a 43-year-old Florida man to 14 months in prison for calling the U.S. Supreme Court and leaving a voicemail threatening to kill Chief Justice John Roberts.

A women’s roller derby league in suburban New York City has thrust itself into the national discussion over the rights of transgender athletes.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi will return to Congress to replace scandal-plagued Republican George Santos.

Voters in New York’s third congressional district will decide who will complete the remaining 11 months of George Santos’ unfinished term.

A Nassau County woman won a $1 million prize after playing the 500X The Cash scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials confirmed Wednesday.

A 9-month-old baby boy died last month in Florida after his teenage mother was accused of putting enough fentanyl into his bottle to kill 10 people, officials confirmed Wednesday.

The FBI has arrested two Florida law enforcement officers on charges of involvement with illegal drugs after both had worked together on a Drug Enforcement Administration task force.

Two men face attempted murder charges for allegedly firing into each other’s vehicles on a busy Florida highway and wounding each other’s daughters.

A Florida sheriff announced his retirement amid criticism that he moved outside the Jacksonville area despite a county charter requiring that he live there.

The accused killer of a Nassau County deputy was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon following a flurry of law enforcement activity near a sports complex west of Callahan, News4Jax reported.

Hundreds of officers were scouring the area trying to find 35-year-old suspect Patrick McDowell, who authorities say shot a deputy in the face and back during a traffic stop early Friday morning in Callahan.

Officials say a sheriff’s deputy is in critical condition following a shooting during a traffic stop in north Florida.

Photos: Nassau County Sheriff's OfficeFERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. - Deputies say a Florida couple arrested on suspicion of cycling under the influence on Friday the 13th didn't let that stop them from having sex in the back of a patrol car. A Nassau County deputy stopped the couple after they were nearly struck by a car they cut off while crossing South Fletcher Avenue. Things took a sordid turn when the arresting deputy noticed the couple had shed their clothes and were starting to have sex in the back of his patrol car. Her blood alcohol content was .06 when she took a breathalyzer three hours later, deputies said. Deputies said Thomas' blood alcohol content was .145, which is nearly twice the legal limit in Florida.

CNN VideoALBANY, N.Y. - New York students may soon have to learn about swastikas and nooses as part of their curriculum. Democratic state Sen. Todd Kaminsky has introduced a measure that requires lessons on hate symbols to be part of the student curriculum in grades six through 12. Kaminsky said the measure is in response to the spike in hate crimes nationwide. Nationwide, the list of hate crimes just keeps getting longer. "The rise of antisemitic and racist acts rights here in Nassau County is deeply troubling," Kaminsky said on Facebook Tuesday.