Gov. Ron DeSantis Secures Additional $5.1 Million For Election Cyber Security
Governor Ron DeSantis has pledged an additional five million dollars to ensure the security of Florida elections.
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Governor Ron DeSantis has pledged an additional five million dollars to ensure the security of Florida elections.
With all of the recent rain and bad weather we have had recently, it's no surprise someone captured video of a waterspout off Marathon with quite a unique view.
Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment about the citizenship of voters have cleared an important initial threshold, setting the stage for a Florida Supreme Court review.
A hepatitis A outbreak in Florida continued to expand last week, with 99 new cases reported, according to information on the state Department of Health website.
The Sunshine State has beautiful beaches, thrilling theme parks, and great nightlife; but did you know we are also home to the elusive and mysterious Skunk Ape?
A Florida man remains jailed on charges of stealing pool floats for sex "instead of raping women."
As the rest of the nation sees a dip in the number of homes being foreclosed on, Florida is seeing their number rising.
With President Donald Trump kicking off his re-election campaign Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida will once again be in the spotlight for the 2020 presidential election.
Hundreds of protesters are gathering in South Florida to protest outside a facility that has become the nation's biggest location for detaining immigrant children.
There is nothing amusing about being stuck on a ride.
Officers in Southwest Miami-Dade are investigating a shooting that took place during a pool party.
The South Florida community has come together in amazing ways since the devastating shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year.
Police are searching for answers after a man was found dead in Northwest Miami-Dade.
A woman spent the night in the Miami-Dade County Jail after being arrested for disturbing a sea turtle nest.
The gay pride parade in Wilton Manors celebrated its 20th anniversary on Saturday with music, food and a whole lot of color.
A hearing is underway in Broward County for three former Miami-Dade police officers who were involved in a deadly shootout on the Miramar Parkway in 2019 and are trying to beat manslaughter charges citing the state’s Stand Your Ground law.
A new NEXT Weather Alert will go into effect across South Florida starting late Monday night due to more cold temperatures and wind chills that prompted forecasters to issue additional Freeze Warnings and Cold Weather Advisories across the region through Tuesday morning.
One man was killed and two men were critically injured when the vehicle they were riding in crashed into a canal in Miami-Dade, officials say.
A local trapper told CBS News Miami that he captured about 100 cold-stunned iguanas over the past two days after the invasive species began to drop like flies from trees due to the extremely cold temperatures in South Forida.
The back-to-back nights of historic low temperatures caused some plants to freeze in South Florida, including in Homestead where farmers tried desperately to keep their crops alive.
A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million in damages Wednesday to the family of a 24-year-old American who perished in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash.
President Trump and China's Xi Jinping met in Beijing on Thursday, while Israel and Lebanon are set to resume peace talks in Washington.
Coral Springs police have asked people to avoid the area of Royal Palm Boulevard and Riverside Drive.
The tourist sparked outrage after a witness recorded him chucking a coconut-sized rock at "Lani," a beloved Hawaiian monk seal off a Maui beach.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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 and China's Xi Jinping met in Beijing on Thursday, while Israel and Lebanon are set to resume peace talks in Washington.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump is in Beijing meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders aiming to stabilize their trading relationship after last year's trade war.
For decades, U.S. presidents have remained steadfast in their defense of the tiny Asian ally from its neighboring giant.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the department has no plan to shut down Alligator Alcatraz, following reports that companies hired by Florida to operate the detention center were told it would close.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
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.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
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 Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
