Florida officer on leave after pressing knee into man’s neck

June 4, 2020 GMT

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer pressed his knee into the neck of a handcuffed black man a week before the death of

Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81

By MARK KENNEDYMarch 26, 2020 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love...

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Man claiming to be a sheriff accused of impersonating a cop

Associated PressJanuary 3, 2020 GMT

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A New York man claiming he was “The Sheriff" was arrested on New Year's Day after investigators said he tried to impersonate a law enforcement officer to get rid of a lien placed against his new home...

No prison for officer in fatal citizens academy exercise

October 17, 2019 GMT

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida police officer who accidentally shot and killed a woman during a citizens academy exercise will serve no prison time...

Headless gator found on shoulder of Florida road

October 2, 2019 GMT

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife investigators want to know what happened to an alligator found without its head on the side of a roadway...

Lions, tigers and yoga: animal sanctuary has unique program

June 24, 2019 GMT

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Lions and tigers and ... yoga?

An animal sanctuary in Sarasota has begun a unique yoga program amid the enclosures housing some of its 50 big cats...

Pro wrestling interviewer ‘Mean Gene’ Okerlund dies

By JEFF BAENENJanuary 2, 2019 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eugene "Mean Gene" Okerlund, whose deadpan interviews of pro wrestling superstars like "Macho Man" Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan made him a ringside fixture in his own right, has died...

Loud sex sounds interrupt pro tennis match in Florida

April 19, 2017 GMT

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — An outdoor professional tennis match in Florida came to a brief halt amid sounds of loud sex...

Nowhere left to run away to: The final days of the circus

By TAMARA LUSHJanuary 15, 2017 GMT

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Goodbye to death-defying feats — daring young men (and women) on the flying trapeze, whip-wielding lion tamers, human cannonballs...

When pigs fly: Porcine parts, presumably, scatter on highway

November 16, 2016 GMT

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Police say the carcasses of what appeared to be several dead hogs tumbled off a truck in one Florida city, snarling two lanes of a busy interstate during the morning rush hour until the mess could be cleaned up...