Laws will take effect next week that will add benefits for first responders who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder and impose harsher penalties on people who abuse animals, along with 19 other measures signed by Gov. Rick Scott after the 2018 legislative session.

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her office will be in Las Vegas the next few days to help victims of the nation's latest mass killing.