Florida GOP voter edge continues to expand
The Republican Party of Florida in June continued to expand its voter-registration advantage over the Florida Democratic Party.
The Republican Party of Florida in June continued to expand its voter-registration advantage over the Florida Democratic Party.
Disney has asked a Florida judge to toss out a lawsuit filed by a board governing Disney World that is made up of Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees.
State and national media organizations and open-government advocacy groups this week urged an appeals court to reject arguments that "executive privilege" shields Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration from releasing records.
For more than five years, the bloodstained halls and classrooms where 17 people died at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has remained locked away and mostly untouched — not even the victims' families were allowed inside.
After a federal judge rejected an earlier version of the case, attorneys for Florida A&M University students this week filed a revised lawsuit alleging that the historically Black university "remains separate and unequal" to other schools in the state.
Florida officials are thinking about charging the parents of children who have drowned.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure that will overhaul the state's alimony laws, after three vetoes of similar bills and a decade of emotional clashes over the issue.
Florida medical boards on Friday approved rules related to providing treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone-replacement therapy to transgender children and adults, carrying out part of a new law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Florida Department of Health on Monday issued a statewide "mosquito-borne illness" advisory after four cases of malaria were confirmed in Sarasota County.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and a revamped Central Florida special district sought Monday to scuttle a federal lawsuit in which Walt Disney Parks and Resorts contends its constitutional rights have been violated amid a long-running feud with DeSantis.
A white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in Central Florida has been formally charged with manslaughter and assault.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday formally received a controversial measure that includes eliminating permanent alimony — the Legislature's fourth attempt in recent years at rewriting the state's alimony laws.
A state appeals court Wednesday upheld the firing of a Florida Department of Corrections officer for using medical marijuana, pointing to a federal law and a job requirement that he be able to use guns.
The race to replace former state Rep. Juan Alfonso Fernandez-Barquin, R-Miami-Dade County, has quickly heated up.
Reports of severe storms and a possible tornado were reported in Walton County Monday.
It's an effort to provide school safety data to parents and schools across Florida. It was launched Thursday during the "Safe Schools for Alex Pickleball Tournament Fundraiser in Coconut Creek.
Martini Bar at CityPlace Doral reopened Thursday night to raise money for the daughter of the security guard who died in a shooting earlier this month.
Miami-Dade police are investigating a shooting that took the life of a father of four Thursday afternoon in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Miami Beach resident Parker Andrew Edmonds faces child porn charges.
Six years ago, protests erupted against the left-wing Nicaraguan government, with political unrest leading to arrests, represssion and a major exodus of Nicaraguans to South Florida. On Thursday, Miami-Dade County declared April 18 as a day for Nicaraguan freedom. One refugee spoke to CBS News Miami's Ivan Taylor, saying the migration will continue if democracy doesn't prevail.
Israel launched at least one missile strike at Iran early Friday morning, U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News, in apparent retaliation for last weekend's drone and missile attack.
This year marks six years since thousands of Nicaraguans saw massive anti-government demonstrations in their homeland.
Miami-Dade police are investigating a shooting that took the life of a father of four Thursday afternoon in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Broward has to replace two water treatment plants that serve about 250,000 customers and that could mean higher water bills for customers.
In November, voters in Florida will decide if recreational use of marijuana should be legal in the state.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
It's Back-To-School and that also means back to the lunch room, as breakfast and lunch are free to all Miami-Dade public school students again this year.
Israel launched at least one missile strike at Iran early Friday morning, U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News, in apparent retaliation for last weekend's drone and missile attack.
Cuba's deputy foreign minister tells CBS News that his country is willing to accommodate more than one deportation flight per month.
Details of his trip to Tampa have not been released
House Speaker Mike Johnson is including the TikTok divest-or-ban bill in an aid package for Ukraine and Israel.
Twelve people have been selected to serve as jurors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York, filling out the panel on the third day of proceedings.
Jim DeFede talks to the CEO of Trulieve, the cannabis company that spent $40 million to gather the signatures to get the measure on the ballot.
Jim DeFede goes one-on-one with the political and community activist and former rap superstar, who talks about making a run for the Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick's seat.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede speaks to attorneys about Rundle's tenure as Miami-Dade State Attorney.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede talks to State Senator Lauren Book about what the Florida Supreme Court has to say about the subject.
Jim DeFede speaks with the head of Florida Decides Healthcare, who is working to get a constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid on the ballot in 2026.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume the Infinite Herbs basil sold at Trader Joe's after 12 people were sickened.
Organic option is best when buying certain produce, especially blueberries, nonprofit group says in analysis of chemical residues.
The $872 million most likely excludes any amount UnitedHealth may have paid to hackers in ransom.
George Schappell and sister Lori, of Reading, Pa., were the world's oldest conjoined twins, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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One consumer reported suffering a dental injury after eating Trader Joe's Chicken, Lentil & Caramelized Onion Pilaf product.
The company will keep its name and headquarters in Pittsburgh, but the United Steelworkers union voiced opposition to the deal.
For customers of SmileDirectClub, they were greeted with a message that they had shut down when logging on to its website.
CBP officials say the individually wrapped pink packages have an estimated resale value of more than $19,000.
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died.
The 2024 Latin Grammys will return home to Miami — where the organization is headquartered.
O.J. Simpson's longtime lawyer in Las Vegas says the end came quickly.
The new single, titled "Primrose Hill", was recently released by James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon, who are both musicians themselves.
ABBA, Blondie and The Notorious B.I.G. are entering America's audio canon.