Higher-education leaders Friday backed a plan to form a new accrediting agency that Florida will help fund and oversee with university systems from five other Southern states.

A member of the iconic Backstreet Boys has filed a lawsuit against a Florida sheriff’s office alleging that the agency is not properly protecting the singer’s private beachfront property. According to News 13, Brian Littrell filed the lawsuit against the Walton County Sheriff‘s Office on June 19.

Environmental groups Friday gave formal notice that they could sue federal and state agencies over alleged violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act at an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.

Conservation groups are to file a legal complaint against government agencies alleging the destructive effects of "Alligator Alcatraz."

NBA free agent Malik Beasley, who is under a federal investigation regarding gambling allegations, is the defendant in a lawsuit filed by his former agency.

The Center for Biological Diversity put federal and state agencies on notice for violating federal laws while constructing an immigrant detention center in the Everglades. Agencies have 60 days to comply or the group will file suit.

After a breakout season, Malik Beasley’s career faces collapse amid lawsuits, debt, and federal investigation.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.