Homestead Voters Choose Burgess
Homestead residents headed to the polls Tuesday for a primary election to choose their candidates for Seat Two Council Member.
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Homestead residents headed to the polls Tuesday for a primary election to choose their candidates for Seat Two Council Member.
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann finished last in September's GOP Florida straw poll. Now, it appears her campaign may be in deep trouble.
Last Friday, the state of Florida threw the entire presidential primary schedule into chaos when it moved the state's primary to January 31. Now, the schedule is getting even more scrambled as South Carolina will move its primary.
Saturday 23 Hialeah Fire Fighters joined the ranks of the unemployed. The city is laying off a total of 105 fire fighters because of budget cuts. Richard Sans is one of those people. After two and half years working as a Hialeah fire fighter and paramedic Sans was laid off.
Two leaders of Cuba's tiny Jewish community have visited an imprisoned U.S. government contractor who has been charged with crimes against the state, and reported him in good condition..
It's October 1, and once again, South Florida and taxpayers across the state get to start living the results of the Florida Legislature's busy spring season. From gun control to abortion, the law of the land has changed.
The state of Florida has moved its 2012 presidential primary to January 31. The date was made official late Friday morning.
Former Florida Gov. Claude Kirk will lie in state Friday at the Old Capitol in Tallahassee.
With the 2012 primary season rapidly approaching, Florida will once again become the jewel of the early voting states as candidates vie to win the state.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio along with three other Republican senators are traveling to Libya to meet with the country's new leaders in Tripoli.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday that the state has filed a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court over the federal health care law.
The first Republican to win the Governor's Office in Florida in the 20th Century has passed away. Former Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr., 85, died in his sleep at his West Palm Beach home.
The Florida Legislature is expected to move the state's presidential primary to the end of January in a move that would violate Republican National Committee rules.
After getting more than double the votes of his opponents in a Republican straw vote in Florida over the weekend, businessman Herman Cain said the "voice of the people is more powerful than the voice of the media."
Herman Cain, a pizza magnate seen as a minor candidate in a crowded field for the GOP nomination, scored an upset victory Saturday in the Republican Party of Florida's Presidency 5 straw poll, raising questions about the standing of the two front-runners and the bellwether status of the fundraising event.
Miami Beach police said they responded to reports of a shooting at South Pointe Park just after 1 a.m. Wednesday.
The NEXT Weather team shares expert advice on how to prepare for a potential storm.
Spotty showers are possible on Wednesday in South Florida, but the rain chances rise starting Thursday due to a surge of moisture.
Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost traveled to the detention center in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday
As the U.S. and Iran keep up the bluster but appear ready to de-escalate, Israel expands deadly attacks on the complex war's other front in Lebanon.
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.
ICE detainees are taking their own lives at a pace that's unprecedented in the agency's two-decade history, highlighting what experts call failures in care and oversight, an AP investigation finds.
Former President Joe Biden has sued the Justice Department seeking to block the release of files related to interviews he conducted with a biographer that later became a central part of a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified documents.
The Trump administration plans to crack down on press leaks by requiring new and existing federal employees to sign NDAs.
Florida sought to sue Washington and California for allegedly issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.
A top DHS official directed ICE attorneys to aggressively pursue administrative fraud cases against immigration lawyers accused of filing false asylum claims.
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.
