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Families, parrots and the Jungle Island Experience is getting a makeover.
The family of a man brutally murdered back in 2011 will speak for the first time since two major arrests in the case.
New research finds yoga can be the best prescription for millions of Americans suffering from chronic lower back pain.
Fidget spinners have become the hot toy of the summer, but now there are reports that they may present a choking hazard.
A low-pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico could be the first storm to threaten Florida during the 2017 hurricane season.
An adult female loggerhead sea turtle, discovered in an oceanside residential pool in Islamorada Monday, has been rescued and released off the Florida Keys.
There has been a lot of concern over voter hacking in Florida.
Warnings remain in effect for several of the Windward Islands as a tropical disturbance heads their way.
A 14-year-old girl reported missing, prompting and Amber Alert, was found Monday.
Six men have been charged in two separate cattle thefts at a Florida pasture, and authorities are trying to find eight missing cows.
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday morning hadn't formally received a bill that will give him $85 million to try to boost economic development.
A new government study found shootings kill or injure at last 19 U.S. children each day with boys, teens and blacks at most risk.
The Florida Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man convicted of murdering a five-year-old girl whose body was found in a South Florida canal.
Move over New York, Atlanta and Seattle, the best place in the country for video gamers is in Orlando.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump's revamped Cuba policy is about empowering the country's people, rather than its military regime.
The Archdiocese of Miami clarified that Archbishop Thomas Wenski’s recent resignation letter to the pope is a standard procedure required after turning 75, and he has no plans to step down unless the pope decides otherwise.
The FBI says it thwarted an ISIS-inspired terrorist plot planned for this weekend in Dearborn and Inkster, where suspects reportedly trained with an AK-47 and referenced “Pumpkin Day” in online chats.
Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer sharply rebuked 21-year-old Kevin Brito Rios, a Miami Dade College senior charged with vehicular homicide after police say he was driving 50 miles over the speed limit in Hialeah when he crashed head-on into another car, killing its driver.
Two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to tap emergency funds to keep SNAP benefits flowing during the shutdown, easing fears among South Florida families who rely on the program for food assistance.
Following a humiliating 28-6 loss to the Ravens, the Miami Dolphins and longtime general manager Chris Grier have agreed to part ways — a move many frustrated fans had been demanding for weeks.
Officials are warning that there is a moderate risk of heat-related health illnesses on Saturday for most of South Florida
The Florida House and Senate approved the major mid-decade redrawing of the state's 28 congressional districts Wednesday
Police arrested a man for allegedly incinerating his dead wife at the zoo where he worked, officials said, following the discovery of human remains.
Deputies responded to reports of a crash with injuries in the area of 107th Avenue and northwest 33rd Street just after 2:30 a.m.
Hundreds of foreign doctors about to complete training in the U.S. will have to leave the country if the federal government doesn't rapidly process their visa waiver applications, immigration attorneys say.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Hundreds of foreign doctors about to complete training in the U.S. will have to leave the country if the federal government doesn't rapidly process their visa waiver applications, immigration attorneys say.
The Trump administration is proposing wastewater testing to try to ferret out data on illegal drug use in real time, according to a draft of a new drug control strategy obtained by CBS News. It also proposes using AI to track threats.
Seven seconds passed between when the alleged gunman at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner — carrying a shotgun initially concealed by a jacket — first encountered federal law enforcement and when he was subdued, sources told CBS News.
Test strips cost about $1 each and can be used to check drugs for dangerous contaminants, including fentanyl and xylazine.
President Trump picked Dr. Nicole Saphier as his new nominee for surgeon general, and blamed Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy for Casey Mean's nomination stalling in the Senate.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
