Citizen Property Ready For Hurricane Season
Citizens Property Insurance has closed on a $1 billion bond transfer, which the state-backed insurer said Friday completes its financial preparations for the 2015 hurricane season.
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Citizens Property Insurance has closed on a $1 billion bond transfer, which the state-backed insurer said Friday completes its financial preparations for the 2015 hurricane season.
An appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a state law that allows criminal charges to be filed against suspected drunken drivers who refuse to take breath tests.
The union representing actors who portray several characters at Walt Disney World filed a complaint with a national labor board which challenges a current policy that it says prevents the performers from revealing which figures they portray.
After a decade without an impressive hurricane threatening the state, emergency planners say most people just aren't ready.
Rene Roberge, a Canadian tourist who admitted to traveling to Florida to have sex with an underage boy but turned out to be an undercover detective, was sentenced to more than 10 years in U.S. prison.
As part of his "announcement tour," former Gov. Jeb Bush will be visiting Nevada.
Experts say a South Florida hospital lacks the experience to safely perform pediatric open heart surgeries.
Will Jeb Bush run for president in 2016 or not? We'll know in about a week and a half.
The Miami-Dade Police Department said they arrested a man who exposed himself to a little girl inside a Miami church.
The House has positioned its dramatically streamlined tax-cut package for a vote on Friday.
The state's House quickly approved a series of bills Thursday morning that will set the stage for budget negotiations with the Senate.
Believe it or not, 100 year old technology plays a special role during hurricane season at the National Hurricane Center in west Miami-Dade.
A military investigation has determined that the helicopter pilots that crashed off the Florida coast in March had become disoriented in a thick fog and lost control, failing to switch from visual-based procedures to instrument-based ones.
Miami Gardens Police detectives combed for clues Wednesday in the murder of a 61-year-old employee of Jackson Memorial Hospital who was gunned down Tuesday while mowing his lawn outside his home.
A new and unique South Florida dive site will become a reality this weekend off Deerfield Beach.
Three people, including two minors, were critically injured in a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning near Brownsville, the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said.
It happened around 5 a.m. in the area of 213th Street and 187th Avenue near the Redland.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office is now looking for a white 4-door Cadillac Escalade with possible front-end damage. If you have any information, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-tips.
Hundreds of people marched along Washington Avenue on Sunday in a protest against Florida's order to remove rainbow-painted crosswalks, a move critics say targets LGBTQ+ pride and local control.
CBS News Miami's NEXT Weather meteorologist Dave Warren's weather outlook for South Florida.
A car fire in Fort Lauderdale's Melrose Park spread to a home, forcing a family to flee as firefighters rescued several pets from the blaze.
At Miami's Freedom Tower, ex-Sen. Mel Martinez praised Trump's Cuba stance as anti-embargo activists report facing increased federal scrutiny.
Five people, including two children, safely evacuated the home when the blaze broke out.
Emergency crews raced overnight to prevent a tank holding a volatile industrial chemical from exploding at an aerospace facility in Southern California.
A draft memorandum includes a 60-day ceasefire extension and the halt of fighting on all fronts, sources 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.
A draft memorandum includes a 60-day ceasefire extension and the halt of fighting on all fronts, sources say.
The Justice Department acknowledges it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, calling the information "partisan propaganda."
"I think it's just disrespectful to those that I served with who didn't come back," a veteran suing to stop construction of the arch told CBS News.
Negotiations are "in a very good place," a senior Trump official said, but, a deal to end the Iran war likely will not be signed this weekend.
U.S. officials and negotiators were discussing a process to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sources briefed on the conversations said.
Enrique Tarrio said since President Trump announced the formation of the fund, he has been inundated with calls from others convicted for January 6 related activities.
Commissioners voted to allow the review, saying if that was the only way to move the project - designed to help people with mental illnesses caught in the criminal justice system - then so be it.
Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in planning and orchestrating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
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.
The American Music Awards celebrate fan favorites in the music world and feature performances from multiple artists.
Rob Base, the MC whose lyrics lit up the dancefloor classic "It Takes Two" and got countless people moving worldwide, passed away Friday.
Stephen Colbert hosted "The Late Show" for the final time Thursday night as the franchise came to an end after 33 years.
Lee Mendelson Film Productions alleges the U.S. Department of the Interior illegally used the jazzy tunes in social media posts and a video game.
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert is marking the end of an iconic late-night franchise on CBS.
