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.
Most of South Florida was seeing feels-like temperatures in the upper 90s and low 100s on Labor Day ahead of more rounds of possible showers and thunderstorms on Monday afternoon and evening.
A fire broke out in an apartment complex in northwest Miami-Dade early Monday morning, and one person was found dead in an apartment when the blaze was extinguished, CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench has more on the investigation.
Impacts at Miami International Airport will likely continue for several days in the wake of a deadly crash involving an Amazon cargo plane on Sunday. Despite that, CBS News Miami's Abby Dodge spoke with passengers who said they're trying to keep things in perspective given what took place.
The names of those who were killed or injured when an Amazon caro plane crashed off the end of a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday have not yet been released but victims of the incident were rushed to various area hospitals. CBS News Miami's Anna McAllister has more from Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Members of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) arrived at Miami International Airport on Monday to try and figure out why an Amazon plane crashed off the end of a runway on Sunday afternoon. CBS News Miami's Morgan Rynor has more on the investigation near MIA.
Florida gubernatorial candidates Byron Donalds and David Jolly laid out contrasting positions during a Fort Lauderdale summit.
A person was taken into custody after reports of shots fired at Miami International Airport, where authorities said there is no ongoing threat and no injuries.
Heavy rainfall left Hallandale Beach underwater Wednesday, with residents frustrated by recurring flooding as the city pointed to intense rain and King Tide conditions.
Friends of 25-year-old Melvin Diaz Cepeda are questioning why the aspiring DJ was described as an intruder after he was shot and killed in Miami.
A Broward woman faces multiple charges after investigators said she stole a BSO patrol vehicle before she was arrested in Port St. Lucie.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
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.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
Duncan Sheik died on Thursday night, his family said.
Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas all released statements Tuesday on Instagram saying they were withdrawing from Ed Sheeran's tour.
