Back To School In Broward County Focuses On Safety
On Wednesday morning more than 270,000 students and 33,000 Broward School District employees headed back to one of the county's 330 schools.
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On Wednesday morning more than 270,000 students and 33,000 Broward School District employees headed back to one of the county's 330 schools.
In the hours after the Parkland shooting police and media focused on the confessed killer, Nikolas Cruz. But at a Broward County home about 10 miles away from the tragedy another Nikolas Cruz and his family were trying to make sense of what was going on.
The Margate Police Department has launched a new outreach program to better connect with Broward County's autism community.
Mosquito spraying is set to begin Monday evening in parts of Broward County.
A decade ago, visitors came to Florida for cheap and easy prescription painkillers sold at unscrupulous walk-in clinics.
An investigative panel has asked the Florida Supreme Court to suspend a Broward County circuit judge who allegedly put her hands around the neck of an employee and shook him.
A 3-acre site in southern Broward County is one of three sites added to a federal Superfund "Administrator's Emphasis List" for "immediate attention and action."
School officials in Liberty County, 500 miles away from Broward County, and other small Northwest Florida counties are watching as the state Supreme Court considers a case that will determine how much the Broward County School Board could be forced to pay to parents and victims in the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
A brush fire called the Sawgrass Fire continued to rage through the Everglades on the edge of western Broward County throughout much of Tuesday but a late afternoon storm, which packed strong winds and rain provided a benefit to firefighters.
One man was hospitalized after a lighting strike in Broward County Wednesday afternoon.
The Children's Services Council of Broward County asks you to make a difference by supporting the 2019 Back To School Extravaganza. Your donation of just $35 will help outfit a child in need with a backpack, school supplies, uniform, and shoes.
Due to all of our recent rain, parts of Broward County will be sprayed tonight to control mosquitoes.
With the rain come mosquitoes and now the battle to control the pesky, biting insects is getting underway.
A police chase came to an end in Pompano Beach late Wednesday afternoon.
It is graduation season and in Broward County, teens in the Children's Harbor program walked across the stage Tuesday night.
It's a one of a kind. The only guitar-shaped hotel in the world and the 35-story hotel at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood is now just 5 months away from its grand opening.
Police have released bodycam video of a Blanche Ely High School student being taken down at the school cafeteria back in February of this year resulting in injuries to the student.
A plan to send potentially thousands of undocumented immigrants to South Florida is officially off the table, according to acting the secretary of Homeland Security.
In a startling development on Thursday, the Trump administration announced it is planning on flying illegal immigrants, more than 1,000 every month, from the US-Mexico border and release them into Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Broward County officials say they've been informed by the Trump administration that they will be sending hundreds of immigrants to Broward on a weekly basis to help alleviate the problems at the US/Mexico border.
Teachers around Florida could soon be seen on the firing range, getting certified to pack a pistol at school after the legislature approved a plan to allow teachers to volunteer to carry a gun.
The first round of the 2019 NFL Draft proved to be an exciting one for high schools in Broward and Miami-Dade with a total of five draft picks coming from high schools there.
Officers from across Broward County came together on Wednesday night to honor fallen policemen and K-9's who made the ultimate sacrifice.
A Broward County circuit judge will face a public reprimand from the Florida Supreme Court because of violating a ban on partisan political activity during his 2018 election campaign.
Flanked by lawmakers and Martin County officials, Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez said Friday the state "will leave no stone unturned" as it investigates a hepatitis A outbreak.
Colombia's presidential elections are scheduled for May 31, marking the end of the term for Gustavo Petro, the country's first leftist president.
Andrew Lee Jansen, 28, was arrested after deputies said he interfered during a medical call involving his father.
Genomic analysis showed the virus found aboard the MV Hondius shows no evidence of new characteristics so far.
Officials first announced the outbreak on Friday, with 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases.
Wes Streeting is one of several challengers who could try to unseat the U.K. prime minister.
Andrew Lee Jansen, 28, was arrested after deputies said he interfered during a medical call involving his father.
No injuries have been reported because of the issue, the Food and Drug Administration said.
Russia's Putin will travel to Beijing next week to meet China's Xi. The announcement came one day after President Trump returned from his own summit with the Chinese leader.
President Trump announced Friday evening that U.S. and Nigerian military forces had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a leader in the Islamic State group.
The city recommended in an email that affected residents boil tap water before using it, a spokesperson told CBS News Miami. The order is expected to remain in place until Monday.
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.
Russia's Putin will travel to Beijing next week to meet China's Xi. The announcement came one day after President Trump returned from his own summit with the Chinese leader.
President Trump announced Friday evening that U.S. and Nigerian military forces had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a leader in the Islamic State group.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
President Trump's trip to China could bolster economic relations, but failed to deliver a breakthrough deal, some trade and energy experts said.
In an interview with "Face the Nation," Gates said another mass exodus from Cuba is the "biggest risk."
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.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
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.
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.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
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.
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 Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"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.