Florida Students FSA Test Scores Fall In COVID Slide
Florida students' scores on standardized tests statewide dipped in 2021 as schools dealt with COVID-19 and all of its effects.
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Florida students' scores on standardized tests statewide dipped in 2021 as schools dealt with COVID-19 and all of its effects.
A deputy and his K9 partner with the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office in Florida teamed up for a sweet gender reveal earlier this week.
Federal stimulus money to help the state's seaports will mostly go to the largest facilities, which each have cruise operations that are just starting to get back on the water during the coronavirus pandemic.
Miami Mayor Frances Suarez is making a major announcement regarding cryptocurrency.
On Thursday, the board of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority approved the distribution of the cashback rebate under the Frequent Drivers Rewards Program.
Federal stimulus money to help the state's seaports will mostly go to the largest facilities, including PortMiami and Port Everglades, which each have cruise operations that are just starting to get back on the water during the coronavirus pandemic.
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has begun to release regular reports on COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations.
Get ready to shop till you drop starting this weekend as the Florida launches its annual Back-To-School Sales Tax Holiday, before students head back to school.
Florida reported 16,038 new COVID-19 cases to the federal government on Tuesday, the highest number of new cases since Jan. 15, federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show.
The presidents of Florida's 12 state universities are asking students returning to campus for the fall semester to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
It is the time of year when people can head to the water to catch their limit for lobster mini season. It officially kicked off at 12:01 Wednesday morning.
The Centers for Disease Control announced on Tuesday that fully vaccinated people in communities with substantial or high COVID transmission should once again wear face masks in some indoor public settings.
A Lauderhill mother charged in the deaths of her two daughters whose bodies were found floating in a canal last month has pleaded not guilty.
Grab your tickle stick. Florida's two-day lobster mini season officially gets underway Wednesday night.
Forty years ago today, Adam Walsh went missing. His disappearance forever changed how authorities handled missing kid cases as Florida became the first state to set up a clearing house for missing children.
New report finds Champlain Towers South began failing weeks before the June 2021 collapse. Federal investigators say the garage column and pool deck connections gave way, setting off the tragedy that killed 98 people.
The heat and humidity are sticking around in South Florida, and that's leading to concerns of heat-related illnesses as temperatures soar across the region.
Former Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho has resigned as the head of the Los Angeles Unified School District nearly four months after federal agents raided his home and district headquarters.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office has identified the two people who were killed at a home in southwest Miami-Dade on Friday.
Crews are expected to begin breaking down Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" and permanently closing the immigration detention center. CBS News Miami's Ivan Taylor has the report.
eBay has agreed to pay a large settlement after a Massachusetts couple was the victim of a bizarre harassment campaign.
The men scheduled to be executed Tuesday include a former police officer, and an 80 year old man.
Thursday is expected to be a scorcher across South Florida and will likely be the warmest day of the week.
CBS Miami is hosting a The Price Is Right contestant search at Toyota of Hollywood on Aug. 28.
Police said they found a man in a vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
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 federal judge ordered U.S. immigration authorities to release a key witness in the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston.
President Trump is delivering a eulogy for Sen. Lindsey Graham, his one-time opponent for the presidency and later, his close ally.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul released more than a thousand pages of journal entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, teeing up what is likely to be a contentious hearing on Wednesday.
A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that halted President Trump's efforts to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
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.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Tenisha Warner sat down for an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" before a lawsuit over her late husband's estate became public, and discussed her grief and raising her daughter alone.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
