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Federal laws bar certain people from buying and possessing guns, including people who use drugs illegally.. While medical marijuana is legal in Florida, its use remains against U.S. law.

The judge said the plaintiffs - parents of children with disabilities - should have pursued administrative claims before the lawsuit, a requirement under a federal law.

Lawyers squared off before U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday in Tampa in the state's challenge of the CDC's conditional sailing order.

The largest-ever federal action concerning the U.S. opioid crisis has only gotten more complicated amid a slew of recent settlements. So here's a brief(ish) explainer breaking it down.

A judge expressed skepticism Monday that a long-running court battle over a Florida boy’s circumcision amounted to a constitutional issue worthy of being…

The case of a Florida woman who fled to avoid her son's circumcision is entering a federal courtroom for the first time.Thirty-one-year-old Heather…

The majority owners of a now-defunct Medicare Advantage plan say they were duped by the plan’s accountants, the ones they claim are responsible for the…

MIAMI - A South Florida woman has pleaded guilty to involvement in several health care fraud schemes that cost the Medicare program an estimated $20…

Rather than run separate summaries on the various misdeeds, here’s a roundup:Broward pediatrician Scott Becker pleaded guilty to money laundering and…

In 1979, a federal court in Tampa granted an injunction that ordered federal health officials to keep secret the amount that Medicare pays doctors. Now…