State Divvies Up Performance Money For Colleges
Florida's 28 state colleges will receive $60 million in performance funding during the academic year that started this month.
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Florida's 28 state colleges will receive $60 million in performance funding during the academic year that started this month.
A woman from Dallas will spend 15 days in jail as punishment for taking 40 queen conchs from the waters that surround Key West.
Fort Lauderdale police detectives in conjunction with the South Florida Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, arrested an individual for possession and transmission of child pornography on Wednesday, at approximately 5 p.m.
South Florida divers and lobster lovers will soon be hitting the water for the state's annual two-day lobster mini-season.
There is more than half a billion dollars up for grabs this weekend in the Mega Millions and Powerball drawings.
Here's a list you don't want your city to make. The Orkin extermination company rated its top 50 rat-infested cities. Miami-Fort Lauderdale is number 13.
A video of a baby being rescued from inside a hot car in Volusia County is drawing new attention to a potentially deadly risk.
The Parkland, Florida high school where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting in February is getting an official therapy dog to help students who need emotional support.
Just days after a 25-foot whale shark was spotted about a mile-and-a-half off the Palm Beach coastline, there is a new study out of South Florida that estimates whale sharks can live up to 130 years.
The race to fill the congressional seat held by the retiring Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is shaping up to be quite expensive.
Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott is putting his money where his mouth is as he pushes for a Senate seat.
Broward Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man that can be seen in surveillance footage captured inside a convenience store.
Survivors of the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School spoke out about how the media covered the attack during a journalism convention in Miami.
After hearing hours of speakers, most against the improved bus plan, the Transportation Planning Organization deferred the improved bus system plan to its August 30th meeting.
New surveillance tape shows two burglars who police say have been busy targeting vacant homes all around the village of Pinecrest.
The families of Randall Spivey and Brandon Bill Maher say they are devastated but respectful of the Coast Guard’s decision. The two have been missing since Friday, Dec. 19.
Two people were killed, and at least 20 were injured in an explosion Tuesday, Dec. 23, at a nursing home in Bristol, Pennsylvania, officials said.
The latest batch of files mentions President Trump’s name multiple times. Trump said the release of the file is a distraction from the “tremendous success” of the Republican Party.
According to authorities, Stevenson Charles, Naod Yohannes and Yusef Minor broke out of DeKalb County Jail in Georgia. They later got into a Lyft, put a rope around the neck of the driver and threatened to kill her as they drove to Fort Lauderdale.
Authorities said a man and woman were found suffering from gunshot wounds in Gladeview. Both were transported to the hospital, where the man died from his injuries. The investigation remains ongoing.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctions "restrict the Cuban regime's ability to suppress the will of the Cuban people."
The strong onshore winds will keep the risk of dangerous rip currents high along our Atlantic beaches on Tuesday.
Alex Carabes said he saw something in Anthony Cruse that others may have overlooked.
Sana Yousaf's murder in June drew nationwide condemnation and reignited debate over women's safety.
The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world.
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.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that inflamed U.S.-Cuba relations.
The Trump administration announced it's restricting people who don't have U.S. passports from entering the country if they have been in Congo, South Sudan or Uganda amid the Ebola outbreak.
The Trump administration has placed intense pressure on Cuba's communist leadership.
At issue in the cases was who can bring lawsuits in federal court to address potential violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
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.
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
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.
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.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
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.
