3rd case brought by DeSantis' election police dismissed
A third case of a defendant who was arrested by an elections police unit created by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has been thrown out.
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A third case of a defendant who was arrested by an elections police unit created by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a Republican-controlled Florida Legislature has been thrown out.
The man who was beaten in Hialeah while stumping for Republican candidates in the days leading up to last month's midterm election spoke to CBS 4 about the incident.
State-level law enforcement units created after the 2020 presidential election to investigate voter fraud are looking into scattered complaints more than two weeks after the midterms but have provided no indication of systemic problems.That's just what election experts had expected and led critics to suggest that the new units were more about politics than rooting out widespread abuses.
Several newly elected school board members for Broward County Public Schools were sworn into office Tuesday following the recent midterm election.
A media company led by two former Democratic aides has embarked on a push to control 18 radio stations around the country, including a flagship of conservative talk radio in Miami.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's victory Saturday evening clinched Senate control for the Democrats four days after Election Day.
Jim's focus is the aftermath of this past week's elections, specifically the overwhelming win by Republicans in Florida and South Florida and how our Latino communities are realigning with the Republican party.
Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly has won reelection, defeating Trump-backed GOP challenger Blake Masters, CBS News projects.
With three races yet to have projected winners the balance of power in Congress is still not determined.
The battle for the Senate is coming down to a handful of unresolved races, as Georgia's contest heads to a runoff.
Gov. DeSantis won by more than 19 points while Sen. Rubio crushed Val Demings by more than percentage points
After a pitched battle to flip a red seat blue, incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar was leading challenger Annette Taddeo in early voting returns Tuesday night.
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Republicans tend to outperform Democrats during midterm elections in Florida
A decisive Election Day victory over Charlie Crist would bolster DeSantis' status as a GOP rising star
Demings is spending her time in South Florida, Rubio's appearances are in Orlando, Jacksonvill
On Sunday, both men took part in events to get out the vote.
Over the weekend, the candidates made their final push to gain votes
Republicans are eyeing major gains in Tuesday's elections and appealing to supporters over the campaign's final weekend to punish Democrats for high inflation and crime rates that have risen in some parts of the country.
Jim DeFede talks with Teri Hornstein reporting Sunday morning from the site of a Donald Trump rally for Sen. Marco Rubio in southwest Miami-Dade.
The way DeSantis handled the pandemic in Florida meant reinvention. He was seen as a national hero to some and a national target to others.
Latino voters in Florida have moved firmly to the right
Charlie Crist is crisscrossing the state to rally support and votes
Mr. Biden spoke at an evening rally in Miami Gardens
All counties are required to offer early voting through Saturday
Miami-Dade County Public Schools said he was employed at Miami Jackson Senior High School.
South Florida is expected to see hot and humid conditions through Mother's Day, with feels-like temperatures reaching the upper 90s before rain showers return.
This is the second time within two months that a norovirus outbreak happened on a Princess ship based out of the Fort Lauderdale.
Coley Sohn and Linda Bagley-Sohn, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, say the city censored their protest against the city painting over its rainbow crosswalks.
Maralee Lellio always dreamed of having a large family. A Stage IV cancer diagnosis almost caused her to lose hope.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools said he was employed at Miami Jackson Senior High School.
South Florida is expected to see hot and humid conditions through Mother's Day, with feels-like temperatures reaching the upper 90s before rain showers return.
This is the second time within two months that a norovirus outbreak happened on a Princess ship based out of the Fort Lauderdale.
Coley Sohn and Linda Bagley-Sohn, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, say the city censored their protest against the city painting over its rainbow crosswalks.
The plane was evacuated because of smoke in the aircraft after the collision, according to the flight crew.
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.
Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year's elections.
The Trump administration announced a major expansion of its denaturalization campaign targeting foreign-born American citizens accused of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship.
More than 12,000 people gave up their asylum claims or voluntarily departed the U.S. as ICE moved to cut cases short by sending asylum-seekers to third countries, a CBS News analysis found.
Attorneys for accused White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter Cole Allen asked a judge to disqualify Jeanine Pirro and other senior Justice Department leaders from the case because they were present during the incident.
The Justice Department argues the patchwork of state laws around guns makes it difficult to take them across state lines for lawful purposes like target shooting, hunting and self-defense.
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.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Luna said she expects Florida Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to be the next member who either resigns or gets expelled.
Uthmeier was asked several times during a press conference in Miami this week if he had formally requested the judge overseeing the grand jury to keep the findings secret.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift after months of appeals to President Trump from the vaping industry.
Seventy-three percent of Americans say delays and denials of medical treatment by healthcare insurers are a major problem. Now, a company called Sheer Health says they will fight insurance battles on behalf of their clients.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
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.
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.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.