Lawmakers Look At Excused Absence Change
State House members on Monday advanced a bill that would allow professionals such as therapists and psychologists to authorize excused absences for students.
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State House members on Monday advanced a bill that would allow professionals such as therapists and psychologists to authorize excused absences for students.
The 2022 Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show will kick off Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to casinos in North Florida are urging the state Supreme Court to issue an advisory opinion about whether the measure meets legal qualifications to be placed on the November ballot amid a separate court battle over whether it has garnered enough signatures to go before voters.
IMG Academy basketball player Olivier Rioux always seems to be the center of attention.
A surveillance camera in the driveway of a home in Golden Gate Estates captured an unwanted nighttime visitor - a large black bear.
For a second time since the start of the week, there has been a crash involving a Brightline train.
A proposal aimed at expanding investment in electric-vehicle charging stations started to move forward Tuesday in the House, despite concerns about state regulators being directed to set prices and work outside their jurisdiction.
Officials and executives say Florida failed for nearly three months to pay tens of thousands of health-care claims for the state's sickest and neediest children due to software glitches blamed on the corporate merger of its two largest payment vendors.
Marking four years since his son Joaquin was murdered in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting, Manuel Oliver has climbed a construction tower next to the White House to drop a banner calling for President Biden to pass gun legislation.
Republican legislative leaders for the second year in a row are targeting mail-in voting, this time with a proposal one supervisor of elections called "a recipe for disaster."
Miami-based Crystal Cruises, which recently diverted two of its ships to the Bahamas to avoid a judge's order to seize the ships in a legal dispute over fuel bills, is shutting down.
The Florida Senate is expected to confirm Gov. Ron DeSantis's choice for Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo soon. State Senator Tina Polsky has been among Ladapo's sharpest critics, and on Facing South Florida Sunday she explained why to CBS4's Jim DeFede.
A Florida judge has dismissed a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman had filed against the parents of Trayvon Martin, the teen he fatally shot almost a decade ago in a case that drew international attention about race and gun violence.
Average gasoline prices dropped a penny during the past week but motorists could see increases resume, the AAA auto club said Monday.
A Miami man had a pretty sweet Valentine's Day after claiming a one million dollar prize from the Powerball draw game.
South Florida could see more scattered showers and storms on Tuesday afternoon, and while it remains hot and humid, it’s starting to look like it could be even hotter next week.
Former Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum was arrested on drug charges in Alabama.
A mother and her son were injured in a random attack in Fort Lauderdale and rushed to a local hospital to be treated for injuries, officials say.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in locating those who were involved in violent street takeovers that took place over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, including one in which a person launched a firework at a deputy. CBS News Miami’s Morgan Rynor has the report.
An 11-year-old boy lost his hand in an alligator attack while he was fishing with his father, and he’s now back home in Pennsylvania recovering.
Riders must be at least 16 and carry a valid ID; fines start at $250, police say.
The continuing resolution would fund the federal government until Dec. 4. It now heads to the Senate, where it could face obstacles.
DOE will discuss the proposed rule change at a workshop on Aug. 5, according to state documents.
All 3 patients allege they were left with permanent injuries after procedures with Dr. Hochstein.
Video shows two people wearing Argentina jerseys arguing with a man wearing a Mexico jersey. During the confrontation, one of the men is heard shouting the N-word at the man in the Mexico jersey.
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 continuing resolution would fund the federal government until Dec. 4. It now heads to the Senate, where it could face obstacles.
Lawmakers hammered the president for bulldozing norms in pursuit of his construction goals and imposing his likeness on buildings, coins and passports.
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, 28, died July 14 after authorities said he darted across a busy road in St. Augustine, Florida, and into the path of a truck.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers the Iran war has cost $37.5 billion. Sources told CBS News the total cost could be far higher, in part due to military construction for damaged U.S. bases.
Sen. Darline Graham, who is serving out the remainder of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's term in the Senate, said she will seek a full term for the South Carolina seat her brother held for more than two decades.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
