Massive Alligator Stops Traffic On Florida Highway
A massive alligator, more than 12-feet long, caused a temporary road closure recently in Tallahassee.
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A massive alligator, more than 12-feet long, caused a temporary road closure recently in Tallahassee.
The American alligator populates nearly every swamp, lake and river (and occasional kitchen) in the southeastern US. But when Erin Weaver spotted one swimming near her Houston home, she suspected it was the one in danger.
A small alligator made a surprise visit to Somerset Academy North in Pembroke Pines on Wednesday morning.
When it comes to baby gender reveals, this one is done in true "Only In Florida" style!
A gator crashed a romantic picnic by the lake and went on a feeding frenzy on the couple's spread of food.
Here's something you don't want to see inside your home, ever!
Imagine walking into your neighborhood drug store and running into an alligator!
So there's this viral video going around on social media showing a man using an alligator to shotgun a beer.
What do you do when you see a ten and a half foot alligator in the middle of the road? Get out of the way and call an expert trapper.
Staff at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa had to bring in a front-end loader to remove a big gator that was lounging on a runway.
A pair of photographers got quite a show during a walk in a nature preserve after they encountered a snake fighting for its life in the jaws of an alligator.
One Winter Garden neighborhood has gone without mail for the last couple of days because the neighborhood alligator has scared away the postal carriers.
A woman found an uninvited guest at her front door and had to call for help to have it removed.
Miami Fire Rescue workers had to deal with a situation this weekend they aren't often confronted with.
It must alligator mating season because they are on the move looking for love.
A Palm Beach Gardens family found an unexpected visitor lounging in their backyard pool Monday morning.
A massive gator estimated to weigh around 750 pounds was removed from the Jupiter Commerce Park.
Meet Wally, a four-and-a-half foot long emotional support alligator with razor-sharp teeth who likes to make new friends.
It's a story that could easily have taken place in a movie theater instead of a courtroom.
An 85-year-old man is hospitalized after he was bitten by an alligator at a retirement community in Lakeland.
He's back! Chubbs the giant 15-foot alligator was spotted again strolling along a Florida golf course this week.
You never know what could be lurking beneath the water surface, especially in Florida.
Two Bay County men hauled in quite a catch, a 12-foot long alligator weighing a whopping 750 pounds.
A popular central Florida lakeshore was closed Wednesday after an alligator grabbed a woman who was swimming.
For the first time in nearly five decades, a small group of hunters in North Carolina will be able to hunt alligators this year.
Police said two other children, an 8-year-old and 2-year-old, were also in the car at the time of the shooting.
From major concerts and waterfront fireworks to hometown parades and family festivals, South Florida communities are celebrating America's 250th birthday.
The wife and two children of Argentine soccer star Lucas Trejo died after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, his team said.
President Trump says U.S.-Iran talks will resume, at Tehran's request, after several days of tit-for-tat strikes tested a shaky ceasefire.
The "feels-like" temperatures are again expected to get into the triple-digits across much of the region on Monday.
Police said two other children, an 8-year-old and 2-year-old, were also in the car at the time of the shooting.
The wife and two children of Argentine soccer star Lucas Trejo died after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, his team said.
From major concerts and waterfront fireworks to hometown parades and family festivals, South Florida communities are celebrating America's 250th birthday.
CBS Miami, Neighbors 4 Neighbors and Global Empowerment Mission are collecting donations to help families affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
President Trump says U.S.-Iran talks will resume, at Tehran's request, after several days of tit-for-tat strikes tested a shaky ceasefire.
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.
The U.S. military says it hit Iranian targets over Iran's drone attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first American strikes on Iran since the two countries formally agreed to extend a ceasefire last week.
A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to either release unredacted versions of several files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or explain why it can't do so.
The president and his conservative allies have stymied other legislation as they unsuccessfully try to pass a voting regulations bill that lacks even simple majority support in the Senate.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration can move forward with its efforts to strip more than 356,000 Syrian and Haitian immigrants of temporary protections.
The Trump administration on Wednesday sent Congress a long-awaited supplemental funding package to help cover the cost of the Iran war.
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.
There are seven Democrats in the race and whoever wins the primary in August will almost certainly be elected to Congress, since this is the most Democratic district in the state.
Democratic CFO candidate Annette Taddeo says she is running to strengthen oversight of Florida's insurance industry and better protect homeowners.
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.
The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
U.S. government plans to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola on an air base in Kenya have been temporarily halted by a court order.
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."
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.
Carín León sees the World Cup as something that pulls different cultures together.
There appear to be new clues about the location of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."