Task Force Finds Ways Florida Could Save Billions Every Year
A state task force has found that Florida could save more than $2 billion annually if it would spend taxpayer money more prudently.
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A state task force has found that Florida could save more than $2 billion annually if it would spend taxpayer money more prudently.
Plans to deepen and widen Port Everglades have been given the green light.
President-elect Donald Trump has announced his picks for his communication team as president.
The FBI is helping Tampa Bay area law enforcement in the potential terrorist activities of a 21-year-old man who was arrested after his father was rushed to the hospital due to suspicious fumes in the family home.
A teenager texted his mother from the back of an ambulance after he was injured in a crash, asking her to grab a drug-filled suitcase from the trunk of the car, according to officials.
A deputy patrolling around a Walmart near West Palm Beach found five children living in a car, looking hungry but their parents did not, authorities said.
The family of "The Voice" singer Christina Grimmie, who was fatally shot while signing autographs, has filed a lawsuit which names the promotional company and the Orlando venue where she was gunned down.
Fearing that soliciting for donations could be perceived as buying access to his father, Eric Trump will stop directly raising money for his namesake charity.
Florida leads the nation with 1.3 million residents signing up for 2017 coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act.
Authorities have released new details about a deadly bank shootout between two crooks and two armored truck guards.
A measure to expand how and where concealed-weapons license holders can carry guns may have an easier path through the Senate.
Major League Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez has a long history of doing great things for the youth of South Florida.
It was a fiery scene on the side of I-95. Robert Smith was in a car, unconscious when it burst into flames.
President-elect Donald Trump named a fierce critic of China to lead his newly created White House trade council.
The holidays can bring a lot of cheer and conversation, but sometimes they can sour when hot-button issues are brought up.
A 12-year-old boy died Thursday after a residential fire engulfed a single-family home in Margate, officials confirmed Friday.
The brother of a man who died during an hours-long standoff with Miami police has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident, authorities confirmed Friday.
Two Miami police officers were shot while responding to gunfire in Allapattah, and the barricaded suspect was later found dead after a tense standoff, authorities said.
At Phuc Yea in Miami’s MiMo District, Chef César Zapata and partner Aniece Meinhold blend Colombian, Vietnamese and Cajun influences into a vibrant, speakeasy-style dining experience that’s earned four consecutive Bib Gourmand mentions in the Michelin Guide.
Heavy showers and a Level 1 flash flood risk are expected across Miami-Dade and Broward today, but a fall cold front will bring lower humidity, cooler mornings, and sunny skies by Sunday as South Florida’s dry season officially begins next week.
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.
