Florida Senate OKs $3.75M For Barahona Boy Found Doused In Chemicals
Florida lawmakers have approved a plan to pay $3.75 million to a boy involved in a case that rocked the state's child-welfare system in 2011.
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Florida lawmakers have approved a plan to pay $3.75 million to a boy involved in a case that rocked the state's child-welfare system in 2011.
A House committee has approved paying $3.75 million as part of the settlement of a high-profile case in which a 10-year-old girl was found dead and her twin brother was found with severe injuries from abuse.
Over the past few decades, the U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team has been at the center of a dark scandal.
A doctor who specialized in treating female gymnasts at Michigan State University and through the elite USA Gymnastics organization has been charged with sexual assault.
A mother and father have been arrested for hitting their son with a belt at a South Florida shopping mall.
A deputy patrolling around a Walmart near West Palm Beach found five children living in a car, looking hungry but their parents did not, authorities said.
A 43-year-old Tamarac mother is charged with beating her 7-year-old son with an aluminum baseball bat because he ate cake frosting without permission.
A Cooper City woman is behind bars following allegations that she gave an infant a bottle containing a narcotics-infused liquid.
A Hialeah couple accused of physically injuring their twins have been taken into custody.
A violent argument came to a peaceful end in Tamarac after Broward Sheriff's deputies were able to stop a woman with a knife from harming an infant.
A central Florida mother is taking legal action after she said her baby was burned at a daycare center and staff failed to call for help.
A mother left her 18-month-old at a Bradenton day care only to return and find her son covered with more than a dozen bite marks.
A Miami Beach teacher accused of abusing young children in her care faced a judge Friday after her arrest a day before.
A teacher at a Miami Beach child care center under arrest after police say she was caught on surveillance physically abusing young children.
A Florida couple was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for allowing their toddler to drink a drain cleaner - commonly used to make methamphetamine.
Authorities have charged a man and his girlfriend in the death of his 2-year-old daughter in November.
The Broward Sheriff's Office announced they have arrested a father and his girlfriend in the death of a 2-year-old girl.
A North Carolina woman has been arrested after authorities said she poured alcohol in a 7-year-old boy's eyes at a hotel pool in Clearwater.
John George is accused of a horrific crime.
A fire inside a Miami home has prompted a number of investigations.
The president of Penn State is decrying new allegations that the school's legendary coach Joe Paterno had been told that Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a child as early as 1976 and that two assistant coaches witnessed the abuse of other children.
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in the hush-money case that included accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling.
A Tallahassee woman will spend the rest of her life in prison for stabbing her grandson to death just two days before his 7th birthday.
After a little girl was severely beaten by a rock, a Ft. Lauderdale man is in police custody facing numerous charges.
Families deserve to live in communities with resources and information that provide safe and healthy experiences for children.
Celebrations are scheduled to continue throughout the night at various bars and restaurants in Wilton Manors, while City Hall will be illuminated in pink and purple, the singer's favorite colors.
A 10- and 12-year-old came home to find an armed man inside, police say. He fled when they arrived.
A northwest Miami-Dade man has dealt with stained walls and ruined cabinets since his neighbor's roof caved in 2023.
Torrasha Smith faces 278 counts, including fraud and grand theft, over facilities she allegedly ran after a state order to stop.
Detectives say a Miami woman sold $1.7 million in counterfeit merchandise in person and through social media.
A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.
Celebrations are scheduled to continue throughout the night at various bars and restaurants in Wilton Manors, while City Hall will be illuminated in pink and purple, the singer's favorite colors.
A 10- and 12-year-old came home to find an armed man inside, police say. He fled when they arrived.
The Miami Dolphins' three preseason games will air on CBS Miami as the team prepares for the 2026 NFL season.
A northwest Miami-Dade man has dealt with stained walls and ruined cabinets since his neighbor's roof caved in 2023.
Celebrations are scheduled to continue throughout the night at various bars and restaurants in Wilton Manors, while City Hall will be illuminated in pink and purple, the singer's favorite colors.
A 10- and 12-year-old came home to find an armed man inside, police say. He fled when they arrived.
A northwest Miami-Dade man has dealt with stained walls and ruined cabinets since his neighbor's roof caved in 2023.
Torrasha Smith faces 278 counts, including fraud and grand theft, over facilities she allegedly ran after a state order to stop.
Detectives say a Miami woman sold $1.7 million in counterfeit merchandise in person and through social media.
The attack brings the number of people killed in such strikes by the U.S. military in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea to at least 227.
The Secret Service's chief of communications and two other staffers have been placed on leave pending an investigation into "potential misconduct," U.S. officials told CBS News.
Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, the father of a U.S. Navy sailor onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, was released by ICE on Tuesday, his family told CBS News.
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's effort to toss out her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking charges and 20-year prison sentence.
Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds made the announcement at an event in Miami on Tuesday.
Gilbert is running for the seat that Frederica Wilson is retiring from.
The winner of the Florida Democratic primary now has her eyes set on the Senate seat currently held by Republican Ashley Moody.
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.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
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.
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.
Tim Curry was known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
President Trump said that he would be "lowering the American flag" throughout the nation for one week in Dolly Parton's honor.
Dolly Parton became an icon over her six-decade career as a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, movie and TV star and theme park owner who donated millions to help others.
After Hayden Panettiere's death, fans resurfaced her claim that Neutrogena had fired her in 2015 over her comments about postpartum depression.
"Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas," ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons said in a statement.