UPDATED AT 10:15 A.M. The search continues well into the Wednesday for a 2-year-old boy who was attacked by an alligator and dragged into a lagoon at about 9 p.m.

FBI officials say the man who shot 49 people and wounded dozens of others at an Orlando nightclub this weekend had ties to the first American-born suicide bomber. 

State Sen. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, with other Democratic lawmakers and local officials who have been at ground zero of carnage left Sunday at an Orlando gay nightclub, say they will conduct a press conference Wednesday to announce their tactical proposal to prevent future tragedies.

President Barack ObamaPresident Barack Obama will head to Orlando Thursday to pay respects to the victims' families of an Orlando nightclub shooting which left 49 victims dead and dozens more injured. 

Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, introduced Monday Senate Bill 1726, an Act Relating to Weapons and Firearms, which calls for a prohibition on the possession, sale, transfer or manufacture of high-capacity weapons in Florida. 

Gov. Rick Scott announced the activation of the Florida Disaster Fund to help the survivors and their families in the wake of the terror attack at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday evening.

Former CIA case officer, combat veteran and U.S. Senate hopeful Todd Wilcox, will be setting off on a three-day statewide tour to discuss national security issues with Floridians beginning Tuesday.

Equality Florida, the state's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights group, has raised over $1 million for the families of the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting which left 50 dead and dozens wounded.

U.S. Senate hopeful and former combat veteran Todd Wilcox was inducted into the Army ROTC Hall of Fame in Fort Knox, Kentucky on Friday.

Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Friday that Florida is the top state in the nation in revenue and jobs supported by recreational saltwater fishing in the nation.

During Thursday's White House press briefing a reporter asked Obama Press Secretary Josh Earnest, "Does POTUS have confidence in DWS to retain her position at the end of this cycle?"

District 39 state Sen. Dwight Bullard called on United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday to launch an investigation into the conduct of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi relating to campaign donations solicited from presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

The Coalition Against Rail Expansion in Florida (CARE FL), created by a group of concerned community leaders, organizations and neighbors in the Treasure Coast and north Palm Beach County regions,

For the second consecutive year, Florida received a D for manufacturing and C for logistics, according to a just-released report from Ball State University. 

Former West Palm Beach Commissioner Kimberly Mitchell, daughter of late Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell and former Palm Beach County GOP chief Anita Mitchell, has been appointed executive director