Daytona 500: 10 fast facts about 'The Great American Race'

The 65th running of the Daytona 500 is Sunday. Here are some quick facts about the race, and a look at some of its most memorable moments.

Massive fire burns hundreds of plastic containers at plant nursery in Kissimmee

More than 70 firefighters responded to a raging fire at a nursery in Kissimmee, Florida, on Thursday morning where nearly five acres of plastic planters caught fire, sending plumes of smoke into the air.

Watch: Tampa woman fights off attacker inside gym at apartment complex

Surveillance video caught the moments a stranger started attacking a Tampa woman and her efforts to fight back inside an apartment complex gym.

'Burn after reading': Gabby Petito's parents say letter from Brian Laundrie's mom offered to help bury body

Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote a letter that said she, "would bring a shovel to help bury a body," according to a request filed Tuesday by the lawyers for Gabby Petito’s family; the letter's envelope said, "Burn after reading." 

Tampa rapper arrested for young mother's murder days after being acquitted of recording studio double-murder

Billy Adams walked from Tampa court a free man on Jan. 27. Three days later, police say he shot and killed a pregnant 22-year-old and left her body outside the vehicle where her toddler was sleeping.

Ferrari left hanging in elevator shaft after Florida dealership's car lift malfunctions

A car elevator malfunction at a Ferrari dealership in South Florida left a pricey sports car damaged — and provided a challenge for responding fire rescue crews.

10 injured in Lakeland shooting, investigators search for vehicle involved

Investigators say 10 people were injured in a Lakeland shooting, and they are now searching for the vehicle involved and the shooters. 

Florida woman arrested for defrauding Holocaust survivor of $2.8 million in romance scam

The DOJ says Peaches Stergo met the 87-year-old man on a dating website and used the money she took from him to buy a home, cars, gold coins, Rolex watches, jewelry, and expensive clothes.

'Pillowcase rapist' who terrorized Florida women in 1980s convicted in attack

One of South Florida's most notorious criminals, a man known as the "pillowcase rapist" who investigators say terrorized more than four dozen women in the 1980s, has been convicted in one of the attacks. He faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced in March.

Gabby Petito's parents granted request to add Laundrie family lawyer to case against Brian's parents

A Sarasota judge has agreed to add Brian Laundrie’s former family lawyer as a co-defendant in a lawsuit against Brian’s parents for damages related to the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito. 

Police in Florida looking for 'pooping perpetrator'

Authorities say the man stole multiple items, including alcohol, from a restaurant and defecated on the floor before leaving.