Florida, California First To Receive New FDA Authorized At-Home COVID-19 Test
Florida is one of two states that will receive the first rapid coronavirus test that can be done entirely at home.
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Florida is one of two states that will receive the first rapid coronavirus test that can be done entirely at home.
Police say a pack of wild dogs fatally mauled a 65-year-old Panhandle man who was just out for a walk.
The Florida Department of Health reports there are 7,925 new cases of COVID-19 statewide. 1,685 of those are in Miami-Dade and 775 in Broward.
Pointing to COVID-19 infection rates, the Florida Board of Bar Examiners will administer the state Bar exam online in February.
Florida students will be able to continue to learn remotely through the second half of the school year as the state grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said Wednesday.
The feel of fall is back in South Florida following the passage of a cold front on Tuesday.
More than 200 sea turtles are back in the ocean.
Planning work to address flooding from rising sea levels, similar to how the state maps out road and bridge projects for five years, is being considered by the new Republican leaders of the Florida House and Senate.
Legislative leaders on Tuesday showed support for limits on lawsuits stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, but they could have a difference of opinion about whether to move ahead with changes to the workers' compensation insurance system.
South Florida's Florida Atlantic University announced they have received a $20 million donation to create an institute for Holocaust and Jewish studies.
Health officials in Florida have reported a steady increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases each day over the past month and a half, though the numbers are nowhere near the peak in July.
A South Florida man who admitted to being on LSD was arrested after authorities said he tackled a Walt Disney World security guard.
Florida mayors, including several from South Florida, are holding a statewide virtual press conference on Wednesday afternoon to urge Governor Ron DeSantis to change the state's approach to COVID-19.
Plaintiffs' attorneys have filed a revised class-action lawsuit against the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and Deloitte Consulting LLP, seeking damages because of major problems with the state's unemployment-compensation system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Florida Department of Health reports there are 7,459 new cases of COVID-19 statewide.
Democrats in Broward County gathered in Sunrise on Monday to discuss the new district maps in the Sunshine State. South Florida is seeing major changes and competition could be heating up in District 20.
It could be quite an active Tuesday afternoon across South Florida due to the risk of severe weather and flash flooding across the region. And while we don’t need flooding or lightning, the precipitation could help crews get the upper hand on the fight against wildfires burning in our area.
CBS News Miami’s newest NEXT Weather Meteorologist Nic Merianos is a bit of a Renaissance man. Not only is he a meteorologist, but he’s also a firefighter and pilot. And as he tells CBS News Miami’s Lauren Pastrana, his love of weather struck him like a lightning bolt when he was a kid.
Fire crews in western Broward are continuing to try and extinguish a massive wildfire called the Max Road Fire, which has burned about 11,000 acres and is about 60% contained.
In Tuesday’s Miami Proud, we’re talking about South Florida's "Alternative Programs" offering to help transform lives and reshape futures across the community.
In one call, a caller is heard screaming through tears while pleading with dispatchers for help, while another repeatedly begs for an ambulance.
The mother, who identified herself only as Chrissy, said the assailant approached them from behind and began yelling at her son.
Investigators say Jaydon Williams, 21, was shot multiple times early Saturday morning at a vacation rental in the 1900 block of Funston Street.
The family has launched an online petition that has gathered more than 600 signatures, urging city officials to install safety improvements.
At George's Restaurant, fans draped in sky blue and white stripes filled the establishment, chanting and cheering throughout the match against Egypt.
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 gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested on drug possession charges in Alabama after police say they pulled him over for erratic driving and found marijuana and meth in his vehicle.
Amid simmering tensions between the U.S. and some NATO allies over Iran and Greenland, President Trump is tightening bonds with Turkey.
Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk's murder case are seeking to convince a judge they have enough evidence to try the man accused of killing him and seek the death penalty.
President Trump held separate calls with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending the war.
These six presidential speeches are some that have most reverberated through the ages, and whose impacts are still felt today.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has avoided talking about both topics with opponents calling him "the most corrupt attorney general Florida has had."
On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration detention center that was the subject of numerous lawsuits as well as allegations of abuse.
The 29-year-old attorney is hoping to stand out from the pack by going after young voters.
More than two decades after voters were promised a new facility to treat people with mental illnesses, rather than warehousing them in the county jail, the Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval on Tuesday to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
Former NFL running back Chris Johnson announced that he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in a "Good Morning America" interview.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
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 Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated to 20 local and national charities ahead of their wedding Friday.
Ticket reseller StubHub abruptly canceled customers' tickets to World Cup matches, costing them thousands of dollars, a lawsuit alleges.
Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.
