Florida Judge Weighs Challenge By Democrats To Order Of Candidates On Ballot
Florida Democrats are seeking to do away with a decades-old law that requires candidates who are of the same party as the governor to appear first on the ballot.
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Florida Democrats are seeking to do away with a decades-old law that requires candidates who are of the same party as the governor to appear first on the ballot.
Florida lawmakers are weighing in on the resignation Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse case a decade ago.
Under fire for his role in the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse scandal in 2008, then-U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida and current Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta has resigned.
In what could become a battleground during the 2020 elections, state Rep. Ana Maria Rodriguez has entered the race to replace term-limited Sen. Anitere Flores.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to begin the previously postponed raids across the country Sunday to arrest thousands of migrant families who already have court orders to be removed, according to a US official and those raids could take place in Miami.
Hours after US Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta defended his actions regarding the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, former Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer said in a statement that Alex Acosta is "completely wrong."
When Florida Cabinet members jetted off to Israel in late May, some state employees who traveled at taxpayer expense stayed in a more than $400-a-night luxury hotel in Jerusalem.
Lawyers for the state are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging how Florida elections officials handle mismatched signatures on mail-in and provisional ballots.
A voting rights group is raising money to help former Florida felons pay their outstanding fees and fines that could prevent them from voting.
A fundraising effort is underway to help former felons regain their voting rights.
Starting Monday, people can get pulled over for texting and driving.
Many of the bills passed by the Florida Legislature will go into effect Monday, impacting drivers, students, and immigrants across the state.
New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio was caught on camera uttering a controversial slogan first used by Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara while addressing striking workers at Miami International Airport.
South Florida houses the largest child detention center in the United States for unaccompanied minors.
A man accused of sneaking into the Adrienne Arsht Center during Wednesday's Democratic National Debate is behind bars.
A 2-1 ruling on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Florida's assertion it could control the speech of its employees to be "a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse in the very places the state's own statutes recognize as centers of inquiry."
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested on drug possession charges in Alabama after police say they pulled him over for erratic driving and found marijuana and meth in his vehicle.
FIFA says it is investigating an incident involving streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed with a fan during the World Cup match between Argentina and Cape Verde on Friday.
Argentina erased a two-goal deficit in the final 11 minutes as Lionel Messi scored the equalizer and Enzo Fernández netted a stoppage-time winner to beat Egypt 3-2.
Mexico said it is investigating whether its sovereignty was violated by the United States in the 2024 capture of drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
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.
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested on drug possession charges in Alabama after police say they pulled him over for erratic driving and found marijuana and meth in his vehicle.
Amid simmering tensions between the U.S. and some NATO allies over Iran and Greenland, President Trump is tightening bonds with Turkey.
Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk's murder case are seeking to convince a judge they have enough evidence to try the man accused of killing him and seek the death penalty.
President Trump held separate calls with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending the war.
These six presidential speeches are some that have most reverberated through the ages, and whose impacts are still felt today.
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.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has avoided talking about both topics with opponents calling him "the most corrupt attorney general Florida has had."
On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration detention center that was the subject of numerous lawsuits as well as allegations of abuse.
The 29-year-old attorney is hoping to stand out from the pack by going after young voters.
More than two decades after voters were promised a new facility to treat people with mental illnesses, rather than warehousing them in the county jail, the Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval on Tuesday to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
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.
Former NFL running back Chris Johnson announced that he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in a "Good Morning America" interview.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
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 Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce donated to 20 local and national charities ahead of their wedding Friday.
Ticket reseller StubHub abruptly canceled customers' tickets to World Cup matches, costing them thousands of dollars, a lawsuit alleges.
Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.
