'We'll Come For Them', Florida Price Gouging Complaints During Pandemic Lead To Refunds
Floridians have received nearly $350,000 in refunds from businesses because of inflated prices related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Floridians have received nearly $350,000 in refunds from businesses because of inflated prices related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our hurricane season is right around the corner and the DeSantis administration is developing plans as to how they will handle evacuations and shelters if the coronavirus outbreak lingers.
Doral based Royal Caribbean Cruises is being sued by the family of a crew member who died after testing positive for COVID-19.
Uber is partnering with Hialeah to provide free 'essential' rides to at-risk residents in the city.
Miami-based Norwegian Cruise line is looking for its own lifeline. The company told investors business may be over if a wave of money doesn't come their way.
Broward County is testing more and more people for COVID-19 at several testing sites. Yet, county and city leaders say it's still not enough for the county to be able to enter a phase-one, step-by-step reopening of businesses and regular life.
A Broward Sheriff's Office dispatcher has died from coronavirus.
The Homeless Trust, in partnership with the United Way, is asking for donations to help one of the most vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 crisis.
The coronavirus has really hurt the rental car business.
Testing has been emphasized by health officials as the key to reopening.
From the major leagues to the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, former big league star Andre "The Hawk" Dawson is now in a different field. While he serves as a special assistant to the Chicago Cubs, he is also a mortician and helping South Floridians through their most difficult time.
A grieving loved one says she is alarmed by the high number of cases of COVID-19 at a Miami Springs nursing home and says her brother-in-law died from the coronavirus after contracting it at the home.
We know COVID-19 is highly contagious, but there are some new studies that have found evidence the virus can remain suspended in the air in aerosol particles, according to Dr. Aileen Marty, infectious disease specialist at Florida International University.
Millennials are "pushing off major life milestones" such as marriage, having a child or buying a house due to the cornavirus pandemic, says a new report.
Tourism-related businesses that reported laying off employees over a three-week period because of the coronavirus pandemic reduced staff by an average of 73 percent, according to an industry survey released Tuesday.
Some of the most popular restaurants in the United States are having to get creative to get by in the era of social distancing.
Parents in the Des Moines, Iowa, public school district are circulating a petition to overturn the school board's decision to hold graduation ceremonies online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Pointing to expected voting problems this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, several groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging parts of Florida's rules for vote-by-mail ballots.
Drive-thru coronavirus test sites will soon have lanes dedicated to antibody tests, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Neighbors 4 Neighbors has established a fund to provide relief and recovery from the impacts of COVID-19.
COVID-19 antibody tests are now available in Bal Harbour. Banyan Medical Systems and Pivot Concierge Health is opening a drive-through antibody testing site.
Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 11 a.m. on May 5, 2020.
For the first time in six weeks, people put their toes in the sand at Clearwater Beach as all Pinellas County beaches reopened Monday morning. With social distancing rules being enforced, some beachgoers got creative and used seaweed to create little blocks around them to indicate to others that part of the beach is already taken.
Across the state, except in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, restaurants and shops opened at 25 percent capacity on Monday after being closed for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Must be a sign of the times. The start of the Atlantic hurricane season is less than a month away and the National Weather Service has updated its hurricane preparedness checklist to include face masks and hand sanitizer.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
Christopher Morel hit a go-ahead single in the eighth to lift the Miami Marlins past the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.
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.
Fire crews are monitoring a growing Everglades wildfire near U.S. 27 and Pines Boulevard as smoke drifts toward the Holly Lake community in Pembroke Pines.
Europol said an international operation successfully disrupted a major drug trafficking route known as the "cocaine highway."
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
Christopher Morel hit a go-ahead single in the eighth to lift the Miami Marlins past the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.
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.
Fire crews are monitoring a growing Everglades wildfire near U.S. 27 and Pines Boulevard as smoke drifts toward the Holly Lake community in Pembroke Pines.
Europol said an international operation successfully disrupted a major drug trafficking route known as the "cocaine highway."
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 Supreme Court has ruled that, under the Voting Rights Act, Congressional districts can no longer be drawn along racial lines, but can be shaped by partisan aims. The result: A dash to re-draw voting districts in several states. What does this portend for democracy?
Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt opened up about his run for mayor of Los Angeles in an exclusive interview with CBS News.
The U.S. military's latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men Friday while leaving one survivor.
Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year's elections.
The Trump administration announced a major expansion of its denaturalization campaign targeting foreign-born American citizens accused of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship.
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.
A Dutch-flagged cruise ship that was hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak reached Spain's Canary Islands early Sunday morning.
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.
The FDA announced its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers, a major policy shift after months of appeals to President Trump from the vaping industry.
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.