Florida authorities say four children were confined in a semi-truck sleeper cab for more than six years while suffering sexual abuse, beatings and severe neglect. Two caregivers now face multiple felony charges.

A proposed western Indian River County hospital, Indiantown’s data-center fight, Florida’s property-tax ballot battle, the $40 trillion national debt and renewed U.S.-Iran fighting lead today’s brief.

A 36-year-old man sought after a machete attack in Fellsmere has been taken into custody after a search involving Fellsmere Police, Indian River County sheriff’s deputies and the sheriff’s helicopter.

UPDATE: On Day 4 of deliberations, the Lindsay Clancy jury told the judge it could not reach a unanimous verdict. The judge sent jurors back to continue deliberating, and no verdict has been reached.

Florida has revoked permits for automated license plate readers on state highway rights-of-way, giving local agencies 30 days to remove the devices as Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes back against what he warns could become a surveillance state.

Florida’s Flock camera fight leads today’s IRC Media News Brief, alongside Dolly’s remnants, the battle over mail voting, renewed U.S.-Iran strikes and a deadly Grand Canyon flash flood.

President Trump’s Lake America rename has reached the map debate, giving the U.S. a newly named lake to go with the Gulf of America — and reopening an ironic national argument over changing historic names.

President Trump says a historic agreement with Venezuela will give the U.S. majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves—a deal that could strengthen American energy security, expand supply and eventually help drive down costs for American families.

Nearly six months after gunfire erupted during a fugitive arrest in Vero Beach, a federal grand jury has indicted Thomas Earl Steffens on 11 counts, including five counts of attempted murder of a federal officer.

More than 270 people are dead and over 1,300 remain missing after a massive glacial ice-and-rock collapse unleashed catastrophic flooding across the Nepal-Tibet border region.

Florida is moving to eliminate four school vaccine requirements as state leaders push to return more medical decisions to parents. Here’s what’s changing — and what will still remain mandatory.

KEARNS, Utah — One man is dead and two others are critically injured following a shooting outside a funeral Monday morning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Kearns, Utah.
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Ghislaine Maxwell tried to use newly released Epstein files to overturn her sex trafficking conviction. A federal judge rejected the effort — finding that relevant material did not clear Maxwell and instead incriminated her or reinforced the rulings she challenged.

A group of investors is exploring what could become Indian River County’s third hospital near State Road 60 and 66th Avenue, bringing a major healthcare facility closer to the county’s fast-growing western communities.

The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office is mourning 20-year-old Civilian Corrections Assistant Cassi Taylor, who was killed in a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 95. Taylor was the daughter of Indian River County Deputy Scott Burke.

An armed suspect remains sought in Fellsmere, Florida’s Flock pullback continues, the FAA proposes new Mar-a-Lago flight restrictions, Congress moves to avert a shutdown and U.S.-Iran fighting escalates.

Florida’s Flock pullback expands as at least 13 counties suspend, discontinue or move to end use, while a four-month outdoor sales-tax holiday begins and national politics and world events shape the September 1 morning news.

A Treasure Coast surf community once planned around a Wavegarden lagoon is being scrapped as the developer seeks rezoning for a potential data center, highlighting Florida’s growing debate over water, power and infrastructure.

New Treasury licenses and fresh details clarify how Trump’s Venezuela oil deal could move forward, including 17 fields, 65+ billion barrels tied to the agreement and a 1.5 million-barrel-per-day target.

Vero Beach water and sewer rates are climbing as Florida's septic mandates push Indian River County toward costly infrastructure changes. For local homeowners, the debate increasingly comes down to affordability, property taxes, liberty and who pays.

For the first time in more than 35 years, Norway has a new monarch. King Harald V has died at 89, passing the crown to his son, King Haakon VIII.

As prayers pour in for influencer “Mama-A” and her children, far less attention has centered on Landon Dunn, the 20-year-old U.S. Marine killed when a preliminary report says Rushing was driving the wrong way on I-85.

Tim Curry, the legendary actor behind Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Wadsworth, Pennywise and countless other unforgettable characters, has died at 80. We look back at the extraordinary stage, screen and voice career that made him a pop-culture icon.