Florida Senate Pushes For Higher Jobless Benefits
An effort to increase Florida's much-criticized unemployment benefits, boosting the amounts and lengths of payments, continued to advance Thursday in the state Senate.
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An effort to increase Florida's much-criticized unemployment benefits, boosting the amounts and lengths of payments, continued to advance Thursday in the state Senate.
Earth Day is every day at Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder in Key Largo.
Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Yeti. The names are different all over the world, but in Florida, Sasquatch is known as the Skunk Ape. It is elusive, it is mysterious, and Florida's Skunk Ape headquarters is holding a celebration in honor of the mystifying creature.
While describing the circumstances of the case as a "tale of national disgrace," a federal appeals court Thursday ruled against one of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's victims who contended that prosecutors violated her rights.
The Florida Department of Health reported another 6,762 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.
Are you still working from home during the pandemic? WalletHub crunched some data to rank the best and worst states for working from home.
Unemployment claims in Florida increased slightly last week, with an estimated 16,170 new applications submitted, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
A bipartisan proposal to add hiring standards and bolster "use of force" training for police and correctional officers began moving forward Thursday in the House.
Police in Palm Beach County are searching for the person who shot into an apartment and killed a 7-year-old boy who was sleeping inside.
A fireball streaking across the sky Monday night was seen from Tampa to the northwest Bahamas.
The Florida House on Wednesday passed a bill that would allow counties to spend so-called "bed" tax money on efforts to combat flooding, despite concerns from the tourism industry that the change would reduce marketing dollars.
The Florida Senate is poised to deliver one of Gov. Ron DeSantis' top legislative priorities, after spending hours Wednesday considering a controversial proposal that would create a new crime of "mob intimidation," enhance penalties on riot-related offenses and make it harder for municipalities to trim spending on law enforcement.
Earth Day is a year-round mission for the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, dedicated to raising awareness about the human-caused dangers sea turtles face.
The Republican-dominated Florida House on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban transgender females from playing on girls' and women's high-school and college sports teams, with Democrats arguing the measure is purely political.
Susan Chediak is a nurse manager at Broward Health, and her kids are living proof of the impact organ donation can have.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials reported that crews were dispatched to a brush fire near Northwest 137th Avenue and Northwest 25th Street.
You're going to want to stay hydrated and stay cool if you're out and about in South Florida as the region sees triple-digit feels-like temperatures, which could lead to heat-related illnesses.
The second week of testimony is now underway in the trial of Miami real estate development George Pino, who is facing charges in connection to a fatal boat crash in 2022 that claimed the life of a teenager and left another with a lifetime of disabilities. CBS News Miami’s Larry Seward has more.
Fútbol frenzy is well underway across South Florida as Miami gets set to host the first of seven FIFA Men’s World Cup matches. CBS News Miami’s Marybel Rodriguez has all you need to know before heading to tonight’s match at Miami Stadium in Miami Gardens.
Several vehicles were involved in a crash on the Florida’s Turnpike in Doral on Monday, including a Florida Highway Patrol. CBS News Miami’s Betty Nguyen has more details.
Wilkhari Jones is the 3rd and final man sentenced in the 2020 Brownsville shooting that nearly killed Officer Erica Socarras.
North Miami Police identified the driver as Eros Gehrig. Authorities said Gehrig was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license.
The warrant calls for Harold Gene Lucas, 74, to die Sept. 1 by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke.
CBS Miami is hosting a The Price Is Right contestant search at Toyota of Hollywood on Aug. 28.
According to data from the Florida Department of Health, a person from Palm Beach County was reported dead on July 30 after being diagnosed with Vibrio vulnificus.
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.
If confirmed by the full Senate, Dr. Erica Schwartz would become the 22nd director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CBS News has learned that four of the nation's largest Latino civic organizations are joining forces for the first time, combining their voter outreach operations ahead of the crucial 2026 midterms.
President Trump said Todd Blanche will remain acting attorney general as a holdup on his nomination continues.
The Trump administration on Thursday reiterated its view that China's alleged efforts to collect millions of American voter registration files constituted election interference.
President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an $83.3 million defamation judgment the writer E. Jean Carroll won against him.
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
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.
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.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
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.
