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Five people were injured in a boating accident on Friday in Pompano Beach, fire rescue officials said.
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Five people were injured in a boating accident on Friday in Pompano Beach, fire rescue officials said.
With a crowd to greet them, the Fletcher family celebrated a new beginning in a beautiful new house – and it's mortgage free.
The Florida Senate on Friday held a moment of silence for Virgil Riley Runnels Jr., a professional wrestler better known as Dusty Rhodes and "The American Dream."
An endangered Florida panther, struck by a car earlier this week on U.S. 41., was transferred to an animal hospital in Naples where it died after surgery to repair a broken leg.
The Senate has finalized an approximately $400 million tax-cut package which they'll vote on early next week, the final week of the special legislative session.
Lawmakers have agreed on a formula to divvy up about $2 billion in local, state and federal funding for hospitals that care for large numbers of low-income patients.
In wrapping up his trip to Europe, Jeb Bush gave reporters a preview of his 'big announcement' on Monday in which he'll formally announce his presidential candidacy.
Governor Rick Scott has approved a plan that will lead to adding a memorial in the Capitol Complex to 241 members of the military who were killed more than three decades ago in a bombing in Beirut, Lebanon.
An appeals court has ruled that a Florida law is unconstitutional because it imposes a higher tax rate on satellite-television companies than on their cable-TV competitors.
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday signed 48 bills, including a measure sure to earn him some political heartburn.
House leaders backed off a request for tens of millions of dollars in bonding for education and environmental projects Thursday, removing one of the stumbling blocks to a final deal on a state spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1.
A day after Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill requiring a 24-hour waiting period before Florida women can have abortions, abortion-rights advocates quickly challenged the constitutionality of the law.
Single mothers have a new supporter, Jeb Bush.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is midway through his Europe trip – and the potential presidential candidate is presumably showcasing his foreign policy skills.
The state's annual back to school sales tax holiday could be 10 days longer this year.
A Miami Gardens woman was reunited with her father in October after two weeks of uncertainty following a monster hurricane in Jamaica. She described the moment at Montego Bay Airport as overwhelming gratitude, saying she feared the outcome could have been different. Her father called it the worst storm he had ever experienced.
Sweetwater police announced an arrest at Dolphin Mall ahead of the holiday shopping season. Court documents show an undercover officer witnessed a parking lot transaction from about 10 feet away, leading officers to move in and arrest a 24-year-old man on two felony counts related to counterfeit goods.
Authorities are investigating a double shooting in northwest Miami-Dade late Friday. Deputies responded to Northwest 28th Street near 32nd Avenue, where two men were found wounded. Rescue crews reported one victim was shot in the head and the other in the chest. Both were rushed to the hospital. The shooting has blocked off Northwest 28th Street between 31st and 32nd avenues as investigators continue to gather information. Officials said updates will be provided once the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office releases more details.
CBS News Miami's Marybel Rodriguez has more on what the stepmother revealed during Friday's hearing.
Officials said the cocaine was packed in 1,000 packages and carry a street value of around $28 million.
A mistrial was declared in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial Friday, but the judge granted her attorney an emergency stay. Follow along for live updates from Plymouth Superior Court.
Romanian prosecutors have indicted social media influencer Andrew Tate on charges including trafficking minors and money laundering.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
South Florida has been included in a Level 1 flash flood threat on Friday due to the risk of heavy rain and storms.
A judge indicated the Lindsay Clancy murder trial would end in a mistrial Friday, then gave the defense a one-hour delay to make a plea to the state's highest court.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Tania Rosa Rodriguez, 57, applied for naturalization in 2017 and was granted citizenship in 2018.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Gilbert is running for the seat that Frederica Wilson is retiring from.
The winner of the Florida Democratic primary now has her eyes set on the Senate seat currently held by Republican Ashley Moody.
In a statement, Moody attempted to distance herself from the affair, suggesting the blame rests with the Governor and his Administration.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
Federal officials issued a public health alert for meat products containing jalapeños that may be linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across at least 27 states.
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.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.
The international airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal by Tennessee's governor.
Stella Parton said her sister Dolly told her "that if there was no hope for her, she would still allow her medical team to try experimental drugs in the hope of helping others in the future."
Tim Curry was known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
President Trump said that he would be "lowering the American flag" throughout the nation for one week in Dolly Parton's honor.
