Guilty Plea Set For Miami Airline Mechanic In Jetliner Sabotage
A Miami airline mechanic with some links to Muslim extremist groups was expected to plead guilty Wednesday to sabotaging a jetliner with 150 people aboard.
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A Miami airline mechanic with some links to Muslim extremist groups was expected to plead guilty Wednesday to sabotaging a jetliner with 150 people aboard.
At last, some good news for residents of the Rio Vista neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale.
A Florida man paid the power bills for 36 families with past due accounts, as he once spent a Christmas without electric power.
The Centers for Disease Control says it is investigating an outbreak of a multi-drug resistant infection linked to contact with pet store puppies.
It was a wet start for parts of South Florida Wednesday morning.
A thief's plan to use a Florida woman's compromised credit card info to buy AR-15 rifle parts backfired when the delivery went to her doorstep instead.
A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting her Florida doppelganger to assume her identity, prosecutors said.
On Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Commissioners unanimously approved the construction of a new civil courthouse in downtown Miami.
On Tuesday afternoon, deputies in Jacksonville canceled the search for two children who had disappeared playing in their front yard on Sunday.
Miami-Dade police have arrested a woman accused of having sex with a child, video recording the acts and directing the minor to sell drugs.
In a Florida Supreme Court case with major ramifications for the medical marijuana industry, the Florida House contends a disputed 2017 law helps prevent "diversion" of pot to the illegal recreational market, minors, and other states.
Florida is one of 29 states that still have the death penalty, but only seven states carried out executions in 2019 including Florida with two. The continuing decline in capital punishment in the U.S. is the focus of a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center which says 2019 was the fifth straight year with fewer than 30 executions and 50 new death sentences.
Authorities are crediting DNA and old fashioned police work in nabbing a Florida truck driver accused of killing a college student nearly 40 years ago.
Kris Kringle can't fly without his reindeer. The man, or woman, in this case, learned that the hard way when the skydiving Santa made a hard landing on a Florida beach was had to be hospitalized.
Authorities have charged a Florida man with a felony for trying to get into Walt Disney World with a handgun.
Hundreds gathered in Miami for the “We Are United” march, promoting peace, unity and common ground across diverse communities amid global conflicts.
American Airlines received the "all clear" from the Venezuelan government to resume flights to Caracas out of Miami.
Trump says US seized Iranian ship, warns of strikes as ceasefire nears and tensions with Iran escalate
The shootings took place at multiple locations in the city, police said. The suspect first shot a woman on the street before going to a nearby residence, where all eight people who were killed were shot, according to police. One of the victims then ran to an adjacent residence, police said.
Joe Sanchez is running to unseat current Miami-Dade Commissioner Vicki Lopez in District 5. He shares his vision with Facing South Florida after Lopez voted in favor of delaying the opening of a mental health center that was first promised to voters in 2004.
Neither of the victims of the ICE shootings in Maine or Texas were the target of enforcement operations, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Industry insiders say "there is no legal basis" for Trump to impose a 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz, which could cost tens of millions of dollars per ship.
The Georgia family had just arrived at their Florida rental home and had left the 2 and 4-year-old boys in the car when the shooting happened, officials say.
U.S. soccer star Folarin Balogun told "CBS Mornings" he "was in shock" when he received a red card in a World Cup match and discussed FIFA's decision to lift the one-game ban.
Florida is set to execute a 74-year-old man, its oldest inmate in over a century, just weeks after executing another inmate who was then the oldest to receive the state's death penalty.
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.
President Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was drained for repairs, after weeks of railing against alleged vandals.
Fierce Ukraine supporter Lindsey Graham passed away Saturday on the heels of his tenth trip to the warzone, and at a key moment for one of the Republican senator's proudest accomplishments.
Sen. Lindsey Graham was running for reelection in November when he died suddenly on Saturday.
Lindsey Graham, the senior U.S. senator from South Carolina, died suddenly at age 71 on Saturday.
President Trump paid tribute to the late senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, who had just returned from a trip to Ukraine.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
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.
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.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
The Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.
