Florida Schools Ordered To Reopen In August
Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Monday ordered public schools to reopen in August and offer "the full panoply of services" to students and families.
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Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran on Monday ordered public schools to reopen in August and offer "the full panoply of services" to students and families.
The doors to Disney will be back open soon. Two theme parks, Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom, are set to reopen Saturday for the first time since coronavirus-related closures in March and Gov. Ron DeSantis is confident in theme park safety precautions.
Florida reported 6,336 new coronavirus cases on Monday and nearly 50 new deaths.
Tropical Storm Edouard is racing to the northeast over open water.
Florida, now the nation's hot spot for coronavirus, is falling behind on contact tracing, long considered a key tool in containing the outbreak.
A Tampa family woke to a terrifying surprise, a big gator lounging comfortably by their front door and refusing to move.
Tropical Depression 5 continues to race to the northeast.
With thousands of positive test results pouring in every day, Florida topped 200,000 coronavirus cases on Sunday.
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez appeared on CBS Face the Nation on Sunday to address how his county was addressing the surge in coronavirus cases.
A seven-year-old boy died, and several others were injured when an all-terrain vehicle flipped over in a grassy field.
If you thought it was really, really hot out last week, you weren't wrong.
Florida reported 10,059 new coronavirus cases on Sunday and nearly 30 new deaths.
Just when you thought 2020 could not get any worse, a case of a rare, brain-destroying amoeba has been confirmed in the Sunshine State.
Florida reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, shattering its on-day record of 10,109.
This Fourth of July is very different for Brian Scheinblum, owner of the Majestic Hotel in South Beach.
The U.S. men’s hockey team arrived at Miami International Airport on Monday afternoon fresh off their nail-biting gold medal win over Canada at the Olympics in Italy over the weekend.
Residents in South Florida are on alert Monday due to the high fire danger and red flag warnings that were issued, as well as the cold temperatures and frigid wind chills expected to impact the region.
Thousands of Americans in Mexico have been told to shelter in place after the Mexican military killed the leader of a drug cartel. That killing led to widespread violence, including in the popular tourist destination Puerto Vallarta.
Flights in South Florida, including at Miami-International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, have been impacted because of the powerful blizzard slamming the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Monday.
Millions of people in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast have been blasted by a potentially historic blizzard, with many locations seeing more than two feet of snow on Monday.
Gov. DeSantis unveiled a new congressional map that could flip Democratic districts to Republican control, sparking backlash and likely legal challenges.
A Port St. Lucie mother was sentenced after being convicted of recording and selling videos of sexual abuse involving her young children.
The FBI is asking for the public's help in locating a missing truck driver last seen in Florida and several vehicles that vanished during a Georgia-to-Miami transport route.
A Marathon man was jailed after deputies say he swung a machete and chased another man aboard a vessel.
Patchy dense fog is reducing visibility inland Monday morning, with scattered afternoon storms expected before a hotter, drier pattern settles into South Florida later this week.
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.
Gov. DeSantis unveiled a new congressional map that could flip Democratic districts to Republican control, sparking backlash and likely legal challenges.
CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang was sitting next to President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner when the chaos unfolded.
Cole Allen, 31, sent an email to family members shortly before the annual press gala, officials told CBS News.
President Trump was safely evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night following a shooting outside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel.
President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after shots rang out at the hotel where the event was taking place.
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.
