A 12-year-old girl died this morning after she was thrown from a vehicle on an Interstate 75 overpass and plummeted to the busy U.S. 301 beneath, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

August 13, 2009

Reeling from the worst attack ever aimed at homosexuals in Israel, members of the country's gay community and their supporters rallied Sunday in the heart of Tel Aviv a day after a masked gunman killed two people at a center for gay youth and escaped. ...more

August 3, 2009

An 18-year-old Lutz man was arrested on rape charges over the weekend after he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl who was taking a shower in his hotel room in Treasure Island. ...more

July 27, 2009

A 15-year-old girl died Tuesday after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool in the Lake Bernadette subdivision, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 22, 2009

WAVERLY, Ohio (AP) — Three people have been accused of letting rats bite a 6-week-old girl and chew off her toes at their cluttered Ohio mobile home. ...more

July 21, 2009

A 15-year-old girl died Tuesday after being found unresponsive in a swimming pool in the Lake Bernadette subdivision, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 21, 2009

It began with a prayer and ended a block away with candles on a sidewalk, the tiny flames twinkling in the breeze. More than 70 Jackson Heights residents gathered Thursday for a vigil in memory of Britney Mills, the 11-year-old girl who died at a city pool on July 9. ...more

July 17, 2009

A third man has been accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl, according to Clearwater Public Safety officials. ...more

July 16, 2009

A 22-year-old shrimper told a Pasco County deputy he was dating a 14-year-old girl. ...more

July 11, 2009

Though an autopsy on an 11-year-old girl who died at a city pool was performed Thursday, there will be no results for at least six weeks, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office said. ...more

July 10, 2009