Senate Approves Computer Coding Plan
If Florida senators get their way, more high-school students could become fluent in computer coding.
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If Florida senators get their way, more high-school students could become fluent in computer coding.
A Senate panel Wednesday narrowly approved a proposal that would require police officers to give civil citations to juveniles for some offenses instead of making arrests, but the bill faces an uncertain future in the House.
Surrounded by a group of police chiefs, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law a measure dubbed the "backyard range" bill, intended to restrict the recreational discharge of a firearm in certain residential areas.
A spokesman for Marco Rubio's presidential campaign is fuming over a robocall from an unaffiliated pro-Donald Trump group that's making its rounds Wednesday night in Vermont and Minnesota.
The Miami-Dade Elections Department will be testing their voting equipment ahead of next month's primary.
Following Jeb Bush's departure from the GOP presidential race, his protégé, Marco Rubio, seemed poised to pick up the former governor's donors. But the swing to the young senator has been slower than expected, leaving other donors nervous that the mainstream GOP is running out of time to rally behind a single candidate.
House Finance and Tax Chairman Matt Gaetz is pushing changes that would match up a House gambling proposal with an even more-expansive Senate bill, but aligning the two packages may not be enough to keep the measure rolling in the Senate.
With primaries in full swing there is speculation over who would be chosen as a candidate to run for vice president.
The Florida House on Wednesday could give final approval to a bill that would lead to the replacement of a statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith at the U.S. Capitol.
Presidential hopefuls Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are facing enormous pressure to win in their home state primaries.
The House pushed forward Tuesday with a controversial bill that would overhaul public retirement benefits.
A bill aimed at better protecting elderly Floridians from unscrupulous guardians is speeding toward passage in the state Legislature.
On November 16th, 2008, then President-elect Barack Obama told CBS's 60 Minutes that the detention center for alleged terrorists at Guantanamo Naval Base (Gitmo) on the tip of Cuba would have to go.
The Pentagon is submitting a plan to Congress to close Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba - a last push by the Obama administration.
Republican presidential hopefuls are making last-minute appeals for support across Nevada.
South Miami Police are searching for two men caught on surveillance video after the theft of a wallet from an unlocked vehicle at Dante Fascell Park.
The Tax Collector's Office said it first identified information that raised concerns while working to combat appointment scalping and other abuses of the driver licensing process.
The presumptive starter for the new-look Miami Dolphins has spent recent months gaining the confidence of those around him, learning a new playbook and building a rapport with his new array of receivers.
CBS Miami is hosting a The Price Is Right contestant search at Toyota of Hollywood on Aug. 28.
The state's new guidelines echo the Make America Healthy Again movement's call to reduce psychiatric medication use in children.
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.
President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday.
A federal judge ordered U.S. immigration authorities to release a key witness in the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston.
President Trump is delivering a eulogy for Sen. Lindsey Graham, his one-time opponent for the presidency and later, his close ally.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul released more than a thousand pages of journal entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci, teeing up what is likely to be a contentious hearing on Wednesday.
A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that halted President Trump's efforts to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot.
As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
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.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Tenisha Warner sat down for an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" before a lawsuit over her late husband's estate became public, and discussed her grief and raising her daughter alone.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
