Earth Day: Positive Results For Florida's Water Restoration Efforts
More than a thousand lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water in Florida that were nearly dried up have been restored thanks to a massive decades-long conservation effort.
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More than a thousand lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water in Florida that were nearly dried up have been restored thanks to a massive decades-long conservation effort.
An attorney for Broward County Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie said he plans to plead not guilty to a charge of perjury in an official proceeding.
The 17 people who were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were remembered on Thursday as the House unanimously passed a school safety bill that aims to build on a law that addressed the Parkland massacre.
In celebration of Earth Day, staff from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle back to the ocean off Marathon Thursday.
New research exploring COVID-19 transmission suggests you may not want to linger after flushing a public toilet.
And you thought alligators, pythons, and sharks were the only thing you had to watch out for in Florida.
Civil-rights attorneys are challenging a new set of state laws that establish a crime of "mob intimidation" and enhance penalties for riot-related violence and looting, arguing in a federal lawsuit that the measures unconstitutionally "seek to arrest the peaceful expression of free speech."
With Sen. Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, planning to run in a special election for Congress, Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, was chosen Wednesday to serve as the next leader of Florida Senate Democrats.
A bill that would expand a list of legal holidays in Florida is headed back to the House, after the Senate on Wednesday added two days linked to the end of slavery.
President Joe Biden's pick to be NASA administrator, former Sen. Bill Nelson, testified in front of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee in a hearing for his confirmation.
A Celebration of Life was held Wednesday morning for the late Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings, who passed away on April 6, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 84.
The Florida Department of Health reported another 5,571 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday.
The Florida House resoundingly approved a consumer privacy bill on Wednesday, giving the public an opportunity to regain ownership of the personal data collected by companies and the right to sue companies for mishandling information in a marketplace where consumers themselves have become lucrative commodities.
The US Department of Agriculture has announced that it is extending Universal Free Lunch through the 2021-2022 school year.
The Florida House on Wednesday passed a wide-ranging higher education bill that, in part, would protect colleges and universities from coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Senator Chuck Schumer has introduced legislation to designate the Pride flag as a congressionally authorized flag, aiming to ensure it can be flown anywhere in the country. The move follows the removal of an LGBTQ flag from the Stonewall National Monument by the Trump administration. Schumer says the bill would shield the symbol from political interference and honor the legacy of the LGBTQ rights movement.
The Miami Hurricanes baseball team kicked off their season in dominating fashion, sweeping Lehigh and setting a new program record with a 15-run inning. Highlights include Daniel Cuvet’s first homer of the season and Fabio Peralta’s bases-clearing triple. Coach JT Arteaga says the sweep sets a strong tone for the team’s revenge tour ahead.
In the years since the school shooting, Florida has tightened gun restrictions, then loosened them.
Police in Sunrise are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred just before 1 a.m. on Northwest 11th Street near Sunrise Boulevard. Authorities say an argument between two people who knew each other escalated into gunfire, leaving one person dead at the scene. The investigation is ongoing.
Rapper-turned-activist Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell says he’s running for Congress, hoping to represent Florida’s 20th District. Campbell resigned as Miami Edison High’s football coach to focus on the campaign. The current seat holder, Sheila McCormick, faces federal charges over disaster fund overpayments. Campbell is embracing his past as an artist and says he’s ready for a fun, authentic campaign.
Eugene de Kock testified that one of the police officers implicated in the killings had asked him to help assist with a cover-up.
Collectively, the senior class has been awarded more than $20 million in scholarship offers.
A U.S. Park Police officer was seriously wounded in an ambush shooting in Washington, law enforcement officials said. The officer was targeted, they said.
A large explosion at a Valero oil refinery near the Texas Gulf coast shot plumes of smoke into the air and forced some nearby residents to shelter in place.
Miami Beach woman sues city, mayor, and police chief, claiming First Amendment violation after officers visited her home over a Facebook post criticizing the mayor.
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.
Former Florida Rep. David Rivera went on trial Monday over allegations he secretly lobbied for Venezuela's government during the first Trump administration.
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.
President Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will assist TSA agents at airports as delays and security staffing shortages continue to worsen.
In a 54 to 37 vote, two Democrats voted with all Republicans in attendance to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination. A final confirmation vote is expected in the coming days.
Most Republicans, especially MAGA, continue to support the US action and express a lot of confidence in Trump personally.
Wasserman Schultz pushed back against the suggestion that the United States was led into this war by Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
In advance of the trial, CBS News Miami spoke to Miami Herald federal courts reporter Jay Weaver about what Rubio is expected to say when he takes the stand.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
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.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Local reports estimate that roughly 40,000 people gathered across central Seoul to watch K-pop band BTS reunite.
CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting, citing "challenging economic realities."
Bodycam video footage of Justin Timberlake's June 2024 DWI arrest on Long Island was released to the media Friday.
Chuck Norris' family said his death at 86 was sudden, but did not share any details on the cause.
ABC has canceled its already filmed season of "The Bachelorette" starring Taylor Frankie Paul after video surfaced of a 2023 incident in which she was charged with assault.
