BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) -- A double-decker bus caught fire on Interstate-595 in Broward County on Friday, snarling afternoon traffic. The bus caught fire in the westbound lanes of the highway near Nob Hill Road, according to NBC affiliate WTVJ. It is not known what started the fire or if anyone was injured. This is a developing story. Stay up to date on the latest from News Channel 8 on-air and on the go with the free  WFLA News Channel 8 mobile app ..read more

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man questioned about his role earlier this month in the fatal carjacking of a woman in central Florida told investigators that he was paid to kidnap her and deliver her to someone, according to court documents filed Thursday. Jordanish Torres-Garcia told investigators that he was the masked man in a hoodie seen in a video jumping out of a vehicle at a traffic light in suburban Orlando and pointing a semi-automatic rifle at Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas, who was stopped in front of his vehicle at the stoplight, according to an affidavit filed Thurs ..read more

MIAMI (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested a Cuban man after he was caught illegally voting multiple times, according to a release. Friday, the FDLE said Lazaro Valle-Villar, "a six-time convicted felon" in Miami-Dade County, filled out two voter registration applications in February 2020 and November 2021 while falsely stating he was a citizen of the United States ..read more

SURFSIDE, Fla. (WFLA) — Gisele Bündchen, supermodel and ex-wife of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, was pulled over by the Surfside Police Department on Wednesday. Body camera video from the traffic stop shows Bündchen visibly upset, but not because she was pulled over. She said she was upset because the paparazzi were following her. "I was just trying to stay away from that guy," Bündchen told the officer. "He's right there in that gray car ..read more

At least 17 people died in Florida over a decade following a physical encounter with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. Three of the fatal incidents occurred in Orlando. Others were reported across the state, from Tallahassee to Tampa to West Palm Beach. Two incidents involved drugs administered by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue paramedics ..read more

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- Kassy Brewer lives in a beautiful waterfront home in St. Petersburg. She and her husband bought what they thought would be their forever home five years ago and signed on with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. "We originally had the insurance for $5,000 a year," she explained. Then, they were dropped. "We went to another insurance policy, and that company went under," Brewer explained. "Then we went to our third policy." It will now cost her $20,000 a year for her flood and homeowners insurance combined. "If it goes up anymore, what will that mean for you and your ..read more

(The Hill) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday his state “will not comply” with recently unveiled changes to Title IX by the Biden administration. “Florida rejects [President Biden’s] attempt to rewrite Title IX,” DeSantis said in a video posted to the social platform X. “We will not comply, and we will fight back.” “We are not gonna let Joe Biden try to inject men into women's activities,” DeSantis continued. “We are not gonna let Joe Biden undermine the rights of parents, and we are not gonna let Joe Biden abuse his constitutional authority to try to impose these policies on us her ..read more

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man decided to put on his best dress to steal a boat on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Glades County Sheriff's Office. Just after 3 p.m., deputies were investigating a stolen boat in the Old Caloosa Lodge area in Lakeport, just west of Lake Okeechobee ..read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing’s first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just over a week before their scheduled liftoff. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will serve as test pilots for Boeing’s Starliner capsule, which is making its debut with crew after years of delay. They flew from Houston into Kennedy Space Center on Thursday. Due to blast off May 6 atop an Atlas rocket, the Starliner will fly to the International Space Station for a weeklong shakedown cruise. Boeing is trying to catch up to SpaceX, which has been launching astr ..read more

(The Hill) -- Weather forecasters at the University of Pennsylvania predicted a record hurricane season for 2024 on Thursday, a “hyperactive” season that could threaten the Gulf Coast. The UPenn forecast predicts between 27-39 named tropical storms, with the best estimate of 33 storms, the most of any forecast in the 15-year history of the project. An average season usually has about half that number. “We’ve seen many hyperactive seasons over the past decade, and in just about all cases, like our prediction for this year, the activity is substantially driven by ever-warmer conditions in the tr ..read more