Gov. DeSantis Issues Order Eliminating Common Core Standards In Florida Education
Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed an executive order that cuts Common Core standards in Florida schools.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed an executive order that cuts Common Core standards in Florida schools.
iami-Dade Police swarmed a neighborhood near Ives Dairy Road and I-95 Thursday night.
A sight that no parent ever wants to see as a school bus caught on fire in Broward County on Thursday.
Former Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones will take a similar post on the other side of the country, after being hired by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to head New Mexico's prison system.
Local governments wouldn't be able to regulate single-use plastic straws under a measure filed Thursday in the House.
Parents of students who attend Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are meeting with Broward Schools superintendent Robert Runcie on Thursday.
On Thursday afternoon, Venezuela's Interim President Juan Guaidó tweeted that Nicolas Maduro's Special Actions Forces (FAES) had stormed his home in Caracas.
The Miami-Dade Police Department is investigating a violent armed robbery that occurred at a pawn shop on January 16th.
Mayor Carlos Gimenez gave his annual State of the County address on Thursday morning at Port Miami.
As they deal with painful election losses and try to devise a plan for the 2020 presidential election cycle, Florida Democratic Party leaders announced Thursday they have formed a commission to help build an infrastructure that they hope will yield future wins in the nation's largest swing state.
The longest government shutdown in United States history may be over, but there continue to be harsh lingering effects.
Florida Power & Light announced Thursday the start of operations at its first solar power plant in Miami-Dade County.
At 83 years old and battling cancer, Maurice Ferre slowly walked up to receive what he called the greatest honor of his life.
A Keys man was arrested Wednesday after Monroe County Sheriff's Office said he pushed his girlfriend off a balcony.
He's not calling it a cartel, as Gov. Ron DeSantis did.
His remains were escorted from the airport to Winter Haven, after he was killed in the line of fire.
The U.S. is also putting more pressure onto the island to make changes to its leadership.
CBS News Miami is highlighting a Cuban-born service member who has climbed the ranks of the U.S. military, and he’s also a hero who went to school here in South Florida who will make you laugh. In fact, you’ll catch him tonight on Comics Unleashed. Lt. Col. Jose Sarduy joined CBS News Miami on Wednesday to talk about his amazing career.
It was a chilly, wet start to the day in parts of South Florida on Wednesday, and the cloudy and cool conditions are expected to continue throughout the day. However, clear skies and warm weather is expected to return to South Florida for this weekend.
The death toll from fighting between Iran, the U.S. and Israel continues to rise after the U.S. and Israel launched military strikes on Iran three weeks ago. And this comes as the intense fighting threatens the world’s crude oil supply.
The missing scuba divers were not injured in the incident, the FWC said.
Another heat advisory has been issued for parts of Miami-Dade and Broward on Friday.
The pressure is rising on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ditch a $20 billion privatization plan, but soccer's governing body is doubling down and criticizing the media.
Iran says it targeted U.S. facilities in Kuwait and struck two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that were under "aerial escort" from the U.S.
The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states aren't required to provide services that help people with disabilities remain in their homes.
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 Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states aren't required to provide services that help people with disabilities remain in their homes.
President Trump said Hamas and his international "Board of Peace" have agreed on the next steps in a peace deal that includes Hamas' disarmament in the Gaza Strip.
If confirmed by the full Senate, Dr. Erica Schwartz would become the 22nd director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CBS News has learned that four of the nation's largest Latino civic organizations are joining forces for the first time, combining their voter outreach operations ahead of the crucial 2026 midterms.
President Trump said Todd Blanche will remain acting attorney general as a holdup on his nomination continues.
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.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
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.
