Regulators Eye Group Fighting FPL Rate Hike
As Florida Power & Light began pursuing an increase in base electric rates this year, a new group, Floridians Against Increased Rates, emerged to oppose the utility.
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As Florida Power & Light began pursuing an increase in base electric rates this year, a new group, Floridians Against Increased Rates, emerged to oppose the utility.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says there's an important step adults can take to protect children who are too young to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Prosecutors in Lakeland said they may never know why former Marine Bryan Riley reportedly killed four people he didn't know, including a mother holding her infant son, on Sunday during a shooting spree.
The man then engaged in a firefight with law enforcement officers before he was taken into custody, and he later attempted to take a gun from an officer at a hospital, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.
Millions of families around the world are coming together to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Larry remains a Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday with sustained winds of 120 mph.
The US Coast Guard announced Saturday it had repatriated 35 Cubans found at sea to the island nation.
With committee meetings starting this month in advance of the 2022 legislative session, the Florida Senate is not planning to limit public access as the state continues battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Jacksonville store that inspired the famous Lynyrd Skynyrd lyrics "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" was demolished.
It's already time to start thinking about flu season. With COVID-19 cases once again on the rise, doctors are concerned hospitals could be overwhelmed by both flu and coronavirus cases. That's why they hope you'll get your flu shot this fall.
Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at ensuring money for affordable housing continue adding petition signatures as they try to get on the November 2022 ballot.
Florida is in the grip of its deadliest wave of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a disaster driven by the highly contagious delta variant.
Confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz cannot be called derogatory terms such as "animal" or "that thing" by prosecutors or their witnesses at his upcoming trial, but calling the killings "a massacre" is legitimate, the judge has ruled.
The latest number from the CDC revealed Florida had its worst surge in pandemic history. Yet those numbers could still increase.
A single-engine plane ended upside down Friday afternoon at Fort Lauderdale's Executive Airport.
The child is said to be 5-years-old, according to fire officials.
Dina B had the fortunate of meeting Dolly and she tells us about it, as well as what Dolly Parton means to so many people.
Storms and showers across South Florida will provide some relief from the heat.
In south Florida, the affordability crisis is hitting those with chronic conditions who have higher medical bills especially hard.
The MDSO said the suspect, identified as Raimiero Rios, 40, of Homestead, voluntarily turned himself in to police on Monday night.
Florida will begin issuing newly designed driver licenses and ID cards featuring enhanced security measures and symbols of the state's history and wildlife.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to designate more than 90 groups as terrorist organizations, including CAIR.
Federal prosecutors in Texas have charged a Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot by an ICE agent earlier this month with assaulting a federal officer.
The death penalty phase begins for Alberto Sierra, who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and her two young daughters in 2012.
Curtis Wilkie Beasley, 77, is scheduled to become the 16th person executed in Florida this year after he was convicted of killing Carolyn Monfort in 1995.
A South Florida man has reunited with his wife after a federal judge ordered his immediate release following eight months in ICE detention.
An FIU expert says the timing of the Army's Cuba planning message may be tied to South Florida political interests.
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
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.
Campaign finance records and tax filings raise questions about how $5 million moved through Secure Florida's Future.
Florida voters deserve to hear the candidates address property taxes, insurance, the economy, education, health care, and other major issues facing the state.
Rodriguez criticized Salazar's response to Trump's immigration policies and said she has failed to address the cost of living.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
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.
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.
Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding in "Saved By The Bell," has died. He was 75.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
The price hikes for new subscribers are effective immediately. Existing subscribers' plans will go up next month.
