Authorities are searching for Aizon and Akachi Turner, who are believed to be with their mother, who does not have custody of the boys.

Outdoor space: Directly behind the main house is an in-ground swimming pool surrounded by a stone patio. The guesthouse, known as the Boathouse, has its own kitchen, and the other house, known as the Gate House, has two bedrooms and its own driveway. A detached garage holds two cars.

In the second of two lawsuits challenging practices at the facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” civil rights attorneys sought a preliminary injunction to ensure that detainees at the facility have confidential access to their lawyers, which they say hasn’t happened. Florida officials dispute that claim.

A fisherman removed a hook from a shark’s mouth on a Florida beach and was posing for a photo when the animal whipped around and bit him. The 47-year-old and his buddies were shark fishing from a beach the evening of Aug. 16 on the island of Cayo Costa, which is only accessible by boat, Boca Grande Fire Chief C.W. Blosser told McClatchy News.

The Florida Department of Health said this month that Keely Farms Dairy, a farm in New Smyrna Beach, was tied to 21 infections from raw milk consumption.

The elusive rainbow snake is a nonvenomous species, whose population has declined in recent decades, according to the wildlife commission.

In his sophomore season, the signal-caller will try to lead Florida to its first College Football Playoff appearance.

What do you do when getting some R & R at a Florida beach town? Hit the beach, of course. But a new shop on Anna Maria Island, near Bradenton on Florida’s Gulf Coast, might bring you inside for a bit. Who can resist chocolate as it spins on a wheel? Or the taffy stretched on a machine that was built in 1910.