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.
Jury selection is underway in Miami for four men charged in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. The high-profile case draws international attention as Moïse’s widow prepares to testify.
The war with Iran enters its second week, causing oil prices to swing wildly and South Florida gas prices to spike by nearly a dollar in days. Drivers scramble for bargains as frustration mounts at the pump.
President Trump reveals Secretary of State Marco Rubio is negotiating with Cuban leaders, as reports suggest a major U.S.-Cuba economic agreement—possibly easing restrictions—could be announced soon.
As President Trump holds a press conference in Doral on Iran, Cuba, and his call with Putin, crowds gather at a local Venezuelan hotspot amid tight security, celebrating Maduro’s capture and hoping for a visit from the President.
The DEA is boosting agents and reorganizing operations in Florida after crackdowns along the southern border and Caribbean pushed traffickers to move more drugs through the state, driving up cocaine prices and intensifying the fight against fentanyl overdoses.
Temperatures will soar to around 90 degrees Thursday afternoon, but it will feel hotter when you factor in the humidity.
James Ernest Hitchcock was convicted of raping, beating and killing his step-niece in 1976.
A ceremony will be held at Miami International Airport ahead of the first flight on Thursday morning.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
An 18-year-old content creator is suing popular online creator Braden Peters, known to his followers as "Clavicular," and the allegations in the complaint are disturbing.
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.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
The budget blueprint is the first step in Republicans' two-pronged plan to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
Former Florida governor and U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is running for mayor of his hometown of St. Petersburg.
Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, sources say.
President Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Wednesday about Ukraine and Iran.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
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.
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.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Michael Tilson Thomas, the 12-time Grammy Award winning composer and famed conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony for a quarter century, has died.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West being denied entry into the U.K. has raised questions over the star's upcoming performance in Italy.
