Gov. DeSantis Gets Legislative Support For Environmental Projects
Gov. Ron DeSantis would get nearly all the money he's requested for environmental projects in an initial House budget proposal for next year.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis would get nearly all the money he's requested for environmental projects in an initial House budget proposal for next year.
Florida's felon voting rights restoration bill won approval Tuesday from a Florida House committee, over the objection of advocates who helped get rights restoration placed in the state constitution.
The Florida State Board of Education announced Tuesday a cut in fees for state educators.
The Florida Everglades are a place that few people choose to journey into.
People who leave pets restrained outside and unattended during natural or manmade disasters would face up to a year in jail or a fine of up to $5,000, under a measure approved Monday by the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Jury selection continues in the long-awaited murder trial of a man accused of deliberately throwing his five-year-old daughter off a bridge in 2015.
It was a real-life 'Where's Waldo?' situation. Except, instead of Waldo, it was Regory Turco and instead of a kid's magazine, Turco's girlfriend was searching for him in one of the nation's largest tourist destinations.
Police are searching for a hit and run driver.
There is another security scare at a South Florida high school.
Miami Gardens police continue to investigate the death of a six-year-old boy who reportedly shot himself over the weekend.
Fun on the beach, splashing in the water and the party town reputation is what attracts college students to South Beach for spring break.
A Broward County Sheriff's deputy is behind bars for allegedly molesting a young girl almost 20 years ago.
It's been weeks since a banner plane crashed into a building on Fort Lauderdale Beach but new details are still emerging.
A new era of tennis in South Florida began on Monday.
New Florida Governor Ron DeSanits signed his first bill into law on Monday, and it's a substantial one.
Adeanah Francis returned to the home where her daughter, Kennedi Ray, drowned on March 5. Through tears, the grieving mother called on the homeowner to remove the listing from short-term rental sites, saying she does not want another mother to endure a similar loss.
It's been a terrific Tuesday afternoon in South Florida with plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures, and rain chances will remain low until later this week and into the weekend.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is on the stand to testify in the federal money laundering trial of his former roommate, former Miami congressman David Rivera. Prosecutors said that Rivera and a political consultant lobbied U.S. lawmakers to ease political pressure and “normalize relations” with Venezuela’s former dictator Nicolas Maduro.
The state of Florida said it will officially arrest a 15-year-old boy accused in the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Miami. Two other teenagers have already been arrested in connection to the crime.
Two people, who still haven't been identified, were killed when a helicopter that took off from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport crashed into a warehouse in Boynton Beach on Monday afternoon.
A Georgia man says he was bitten by a shark while swimming at Daytona Beach Shores, Florida.
Speakers are expected to discuss how the surge in ICE arrests is impacting families and workers.
Schools in three states will be equipped with drones this coming academic year that aim to find and deter active shooters within seconds.
CBS Miami is hosting a The Price Is Right contestant search at Toyota of Hollywood on Aug. 28.
The chance of showers and storms will be lower for the rest of the week before increasing this weekend.
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.
Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate to testify on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic but invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in answering all questions.
The U.S. and Saudi militaries announced airstrikes late Tuesday on Iranian-backed groups in Iraq, after Iran and its proxies allegedly targeted American forces.
President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday.
A federal judge ordered U.S. immigration authorities to release a key witness in the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston.
President Trump is delivering a eulogy for Sen. Lindsey Graham, his one-time opponent for the presidency and later, his close ally.
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
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.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Tenisha Warner sat down for an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" before a lawsuit over her late husband's estate became public, and discussed her grief and raising her daughter alone.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
