Coast Guard releases image of alleged drug boat on fire after seizures
The Coast Guard says it seized nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine from alleged drug boats in recent weeks.
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The Coast Guard says it seized nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine from alleged drug boats in recent weeks.
As he sends more troops to Venezuela's borders amid a standoff with Trump, President Nicolas Maduro says he's also rescheduling Christmas, to defend "the right to happiness."
President Donald Trump said the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela, prompting mixed reaction from Venezuelans living in South Florida.
The plume is forecast to move northwest and reach Florida mid-week, then hit other states including Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas and Louisiana by Friday, radar shows.
The tariffs that President Trump has imposed on several countries also include the rum-producing and exporting Caribbean nations.
Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi scored goals as Inter Miami beat Cavalier SC of Jamaica 2-0 and moved into the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
On Thursday morning, the USCG offloaded the illicit drugs at the Coast Guard Station in Miami Beach.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred Saturday around 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time with an epicenter about 129 miles southwest of George Town, the capital of the Cayman Islands.
The partially submerged boat contained decomposed human remains, officials said, and was towed to St. Kitts.
U.S. guns are fueling conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Tropical Storm Sara developed in the Caribbean on Thursday, threatening parts of Central America with life-threatening and potentially catastrophic rain.
U.S. airlines are barred from flying to Haiti for a month after 3 American carriers' planes are hit by gunfire amid relentless gang violence in the Caribbean nation.
Cuba was reeling from a fierce major hurricane that ripped across the island and knocked out its power grid, after ravaging parts of the Cayman Islands and Jamaica.
Rafael, the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, became a hurricane on Tuesday evening as it approached the Cayman Islands.
Oscar, which the National Hurricane Center characterized as "very small," is the 15th named storm of the hurricane season.
The U.S. Coast Guard said that it had offloaded more than $54 million worth of cocaine that was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea.
Ernesto is the fifth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Here's where it could be headed.
Sharitta Grier went to the Turks and Caicos Islands on a surprise Mother's Day vacation that ended with her in custody instead of returning to Florida.
Many of the millions left without power sweltered and grumbled Tuesday as the storm gutted access to air conditioning, food and water, and smothering heat and humidity draped Houston.
Beryl regained hurricane strength as it churned across the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday before it made landfall over the middle Texas Gulf Coast hours later.
The rampant destruction comes as experts warn "it only takes one landfalling hurricane to set back decades of development" on island nations.
Hurricane Beryl has already devastated some Caribbean islands and on Tuesday, leaders from those islands are reaching out for help.
Hurricane Beryl is forecast to strengthen into a "dangerous major hurricane" before reaching Barbados and the Windward Islands late Sunday.
While the Russian exercises aren't considered a threat to the U.S., American ships have been deployed to shadow the Russians, U.S. officials said.
Coast Guard officers fired at and sank a speedboat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, officials said,
The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team is also monitoring two waves moving across the Atlantic for possible development.
From the governor's race and U.S. Senate contest to competitive congressional races, here are the biggest South Florida elections on the Florida primary ballot.
Gilbert Bell Fernandez thanked the U.S. for taking him out of Costa Rica, claiming he had been mistreated in prison.
The UAE accuses Iran of attacking two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz as Vance says cheap oil and gas is "goal number one" from the war.
A fire tore through a home on Rodman Street, killing 12 dogs. Rescuers saved one.
The CBS News Miami NEXT Weather team is also monitoring two waves moving across the Atlantic for possible development.
From the governor's race and U.S. Senate contest to competitive congressional races, here are the biggest South Florida elections on the Florida primary ballot.
Gilbert Bell Fernandez thanked the U.S. for taking him out of Costa Rica, claiming he had been mistreated in prison.
The Miami Dolphins' three preseason games will air on CBS Miami as the team prepares for the 2026 NFL season.
The UAE accuses Iran of attacking two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz as Vance says cheap oil and gas is "goal number one" from the war.
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 UAE accuses Iran of attacking two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz as Vance says cheap oil and gas is "goal number one" from the war.
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are fighting extradition to the United Kingdom where they're charged with rape and sex trafficking.
Tehran has asserted that the Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management" after President Trump said the U.S. might "keep it."
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
President Trump secretly moved from Air Force One to another plane within a day of U.S. and Turkish intelligence picking up on an Iranian plot to fire a missile at the jet, CBS News has learned.
In a statement, Moody attempted to distance herself from the affair, suggesting the blame rests with the Governor and his Administration.
The race to see who will be the Democratic nominee to take on Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in District 27 is being closely watched.
Months after leaving TV news, Rodriguez is competing against former prosecutor Robin Peguero for the CD-27 nomination.
On Sunday, Collins spoke about the ruling on this week in South Florida and explained why he believes he is trailing the Republican frontrunner, Byron Donalds.
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
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
Federal officials issued a public health alert for meat products containing jalapeños that may be linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across at least 27 states.
In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father's condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
Two Michigan residents who had "significant underlying health conditions" have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services 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.
Latin music stars Marc Anthony, Feid, and others are set to perform at a benefit concert in Miami on August 16.
Ariana Grande had been due to star alongside her "Wicked" co-star Jonathan Bailey in a production of "Sunday in the Park with George" in 2027.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
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.