Survivors of plane crash off Florida coast were on raft for hours, military says
The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, which is about 175 miles north of Miami.
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The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, which is about 175 miles north of Miami.
Ten people were rescued after a small plane crashed into the ocean about 50 miles east of Vero Beach, Florida.
The sailboat used by Brian and Lynette Hooker in their travels around the Bahamas — named "Soulmate" — has been seized by U.S. Coast Guard investigators.
Brian Hooker, whose wife disappeared during a nighttime boat ride in the Bahamas, said he wants to believe his wife is still alive and plans to go back out to look for her as soon as possible.
Brian Hooker exchanged Facebook messages with a friend, which CBS News exclusively reviewed, after his wife vanished in the Bahamas over the weekend.
During a nearly 40-minute phone conversation, Brian Hooker told friends in descriptive detail what led to the incident where his wife allegedly went missing.
Bahamian police say the search for Lynette Hooker has turned into a search and recovery operation. Her husband has been released after days in custody.
The search for Lynette Hooker is ongoing in the Bahamas, as the U.S. Coast Guard takes the lead on investigative efforts and has launched a criminal investigation, a U.S. official said.
An American woman disappeared in the Bahamas on Saturday, after her husband said she fell from their dinghy and was swept out to sea.
Lynette Hooker's daughter, Karli Aylesworth, described her mother as an experienced swimmer who has been sailing for over 10 years.
Marine biologists found detectable levels of caffeine, cocaine and the over-the-counter painkillers in the blood of 28 sharks.
A 62-year-old Tampa man is facing months of rehabilitation after contracting necrotizing fasciitis during a Bahamas vacation, his family said.
A South Florida health care worker whose apartment was destroyed in a fire is relying on the kindness of coworkers and a community fundraiser as she faces an uncertain future.
According to arrest records, the five men were found to have had substances such as MDMA, ketamine and meth in their luggage.
The Caribbean-themed restaurant's parent company announced that its remaining 28 locations, including 2 in South Florida, will be permanently closing or converted into another restaurant in April.
People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a news release that 10 people had been arrested in a multiagency operation.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former football star and Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.
Two former Florida Memorial University students from the Bahamas said they were given just 10 days to re-enroll in school or risk deportation after federal officials determined their aviation degrees were not classified as STEM majors.
A boating accident on Sunday left an adult male dead, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
Two Carnival Cruise Line passengers drowned Friday while swimming at the company's new Bahamas resort. Police said both were Americans.
Carnival Cruise Lines is facing a double tragedy after a 79-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman from two different ships died within hours of each other at its new Celebration Key resort in the Bahamas, with police investigating both cases as drownings.
The shark attack happened near Big Grand Cay on the island of Abaco, Bahamas, on Sunday, police said.
Brent Slough was nearly sliced in half by a boat propeller that ran over him in the ocean while he was snorkeling with his daughters.
Brent Slough spoke exclusively to CBS News Miami from his hospital bed at Ryder Trauma Center.
Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office deputies and Fire Rescue crews responded near the Gladeview neighborhood at NW 73rd Street and 29th Avenue.
The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, which is about 175 miles north of Miami.
South Florida homeowners face a difficult balance between rising costs and the unpredictable threat of severe weather.
High temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s, but it will feel even hotter when you factor in the hunidity.
An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in South Florida as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office deputies and Fire Rescue crews responded near the Gladeview neighborhood at NW 73rd Street and 29th Avenue.
The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, which is about 175 miles north of Miami.
South Florida homeowners face a difficult balance between rising costs and the unpredictable threat of severe weather.
High temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s, but it will feel even hotter when you factor in the hunidity.
An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in South Florida as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
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.
A CBS News review of internal government documents and information provided to Congress shows immigration detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay are nearly empty.
The Trump administration plans to name longtime immigration official David Venturella as the interim head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, replacing acting director Todd Lyons, a spokesperson and two U.S. officials said.
The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
President Trump said Americans' financial situation isn't motivating him to make a deal, "Not even a little bit," and that he is only focused on preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the $1.5 trillion the Pentagon is seeking is "admittedly a historic budget."
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
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.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
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.
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 Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
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.