Florida's Hurricane Supply Sales Tax Holiday Starts Friday
Get ready to save while stocking up on hurricane supplies. Florida's sales-tax "holiday" starts Friday.
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Get ready to save while stocking up on hurricane supplies. Florida's sales-tax "holiday" starts Friday.
Video game developer and digital distribution company, Valve, announced Tuesday they removed controversial game "Active Shooter" and the developer responsible from its digital storefront Steam.
A Coconut Creek Police Officer has been suspended over a post he made on social media.
Gov. Rick Scott's fight to keep patients from smoking pot could spark a "political wildfire" that will cost the Republican votes in his battle to unseat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, according to the man largely responsible for making medical marijuana legal in Florida.
A student at Coral Gables Senior High is under arrest for making a threat against the school which turned out to be a hoax, according to Miami-Dade School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.
A new part of South Florida's well known Young Circle is set to open this week.
Police are investigating a murder mystery in Southwest Miami-Dade County.
Eight-thousand Starbucks restaurants around the country will be closing Tuesday afternoon for training purposes. Employees will undergo anti-bias instruction.
Not surprisingly, living large in Florida comes at a price.
A pretty neat video coming from one of the harder-hit areas from Subtropical Storm Alberto.
A Florida teacher accused of drowning two raccoons and an opossum in front of his students will not face criminal charges, according to the state attorney's office.
Police say a Florida pizza store worker was likely justified in fatally shooting a masked man who was beating him with a wooden pole.
A large fire at a Florida condominium complex has destroyed at least 10 units.
Alberto was downgraded to a depression after it made landfall in the Florida Panhandle Monday but the threat remains for flash flooding as it spreads throughout Alabama, Georgia and beyond.
A Flood Watch originally put into effect for South Florida until Monday evening has been cancelled as Subtropical Storm Alberto heads toward landfall.
A menorah displayed outside the Miami‑Dade County Tax Collector’s Office was vandalized on the final night of Hanukkah, an attack captured on surveillance video showing a man throwing it to the ground and smashing it. Police arrested the suspect in less than 24 hours and are still working to release his identity. The rabbi who led the menorah’s installation said the act damaged the structure but not the spirit it represents, while county officials reaffirmed their support for the Jewish community. Workers in the building told police they had seen the suspect in the area before.
Police are investigating a deadly triple shooting at a short‑term rental in Miami Gardens after three masked men stormed a house party and opened fire, killing a teen and a man and injuring another person. About 30 people were inside when the gunmen burst in, sending guests running for cover. The homeowner, who had only recently begun renting the property as a vacation listing, said she was stunned by the violence. Detectives are still working to determine how the attackers got inside and why the home was targeted.
Three dangerous inmates who escaped a Georgia jail have been captured in South Florida and are now being held in Broward County. U.S. Marshals say tech tips — and a Lyft driver who unknowingly transported the men from Georgia to Florida — helped lead to their arrest. That driver is now speaking with FBI agents, and investigators say the trio could face kidnapping charges. Authorities believe the men broke out of the DeKalb County jail with outside help, using an inmate phone line late Monday night to coordinate their escape.
Just in time for the holidays, 19 children were adopted into new families, including a 14‑year‑old boy who had spent years in foster care. Deputies who first met him during a missing‑child call later chose to adopt him themselves, saying he transformed their lives as much as they transformed his. The family says they’re most excited to share all of his “firsts,” including picking out his very first Christmas tree earlier this month.
A string of national disasters defined the year, from a New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans to catastrophic wildfires and deadly Texas flooding that killed more than 130 people.
A car fire in Fort Lauderdale's Melrose Park spread to a home, forcing a family to flee as firefighters rescued several pets from the blaze.
At Miami's Freedom Tower, ex-Sen. Mel Martinez praised Trump's Cuba stance as anti-embargo activists report facing increased federal scrutiny.
Five people, including two children, safely evacuated the home when the blaze broke out.
Emergency crews raced overnight to prevent a tank holding a volatile industrial chemical from exploding at an aerospace facility in Southern California.
A draft memorandum includes a 60-day ceasefire extension and the halt of fighting on all fronts, sources say.
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.
A draft memorandum includes a 60-day ceasefire extension and the halt of fighting on all fronts, sources say.
The Justice Department acknowledges it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, calling the information "partisan propaganda."
"I think it's just disrespectful to those that I served with who didn't come back," a veteran suing to stop construction of the arch told CBS News.
Negotiations are "in a very good place," a senior Trump official said, but, a deal to end the Iran war likely will not be signed this weekend.
U.S. officials and negotiators were discussing a process to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sources briefed on the conversations said.
Enrique Tarrio said since President Trump announced the formation of the fund, he has been inundated with calls from others convicted for January 6 related activities.
Commissioners voted to allow the review, saying if that was the only way to move the project - designed to help people with mental illnesses caught in the criminal justice system - then so be it.
Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in planning and orchestrating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
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.
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.
The American Music Awards celebrate fan favorites in the music world and feature performances from multiple artists.
Rob Base, the MC whose lyrics lit up the dancefloor classic "It Takes Two" and got countless people moving worldwide, passed away Friday.
Stephen Colbert hosted "The Late Show" for the final time Thursday night as the franchise came to an end after 33 years.
Lee Mendelson Film Productions alleges the U.S. Department of the Interior illegally used the jazzy tunes in social media posts and a video game.
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert is marking the end of an iconic late-night franchise on CBS.
