Florida Has Paid Six Percent Of Its Jobless Claims
Just over six percent of people who have filed jobless claims since mid-March had received checks as of Sunday.
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Just over six percent of people who have filed jobless claims since mid-March had received checks as of Sunday.
It's official. The Florida High School Athletic Association said Monday that it is canceling all spring sports events, including championship events.
Publix Supermarkets confirmed another new case of COVID-19 at a South Florida store.
More than 650,000 confirmed unemployment claims have been filed in Florida and a little more than 6-percent of those claims have been paid, state officials said Monday.
The scene at Jacksonville Beach wasn't one of caution on Saturday, just one day after beaches and parks reopened with limitations amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Hundreds of cars lined up Monday morning to get food at the drive-thru distribution event at the Calder Casino in Miami Gardens.
Protective facial masks are becoming a fashion statement across the nation during the coronavirus pandemic but because it's Florida, one man is using python skin.
The re-opening of Jacksonville Beach not only brought out swarms of people looking for a few hours in the sun with the sand beneath their feet, but it also led to the arrest of a man who was wanted for murder in Pennsylvania.
Seniors are among the most vulnerable populations to COVID-19.
A laid-off hospitality worker wants to raise awareness for people financially impacted during coronavirus closures by walking from West Palm Beach to Tallahassee.
During the coronavirus pandemic, there's no such thing as working from home for the nation's farmworkers.
Victor Chung was one of TSA Miami's founding officers.
Orangetheory Fitness South Florida is teaming up with Feeding South Florida to help raise funds for those who need help during the coronavirus pandemic.
Housekeepers, servers and cooks left signs at the Hialeah office of the Florida house speaker, calling for their unemployment claims to be processed and see an increase in the weekly cap.
New cases of the coronavirus are surfacing every day across the nation and around the world. Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 6:30 p.m. on April 19, 2020.
A federal judge in South Florida has ordered a Colombia-based church to stop selling an industrial bleach marketed as a treatment for the new coronavirus and other ailments.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez will be holding a virtual town hall to discuss the reopening of parks and waterways amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Ultra in Miami may have been canceled, but on Saturday night, producer and DJ David Guetta put on a big show outside of Icon Brickell and the W Brickell.
In an effort to call attention to prison conditions during the coronavirus crisis, a Florida man encased himself in concrete outside the Governor's Mansion on Friday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has released the names of long-term care facilities and nursing homes where residents have tested positive for COVID-19.
School is closed for the remainder of the academic year, but the learning will continue.
New cases of the coronavirus are surfacing every day across the nation and around the world. Here are the latest numbers and information you need to know at-a-glance as of 6:30 p.m. on April 18, 2020.
A second walk-up testing site for coronavirus opened in Fort Lauderdale Saturday morning.
The C.B Smith Park coronavirus test site has expanded its criteria.
Recently retired Seminole Police Officer Calvin "Cal" Harrison died Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Weston from coronavirus.
Juan Guanipa, one of the closest allies of opposition powerhouse María Corina Machado, had been held at a detention facility since May 2025.
President Trump criticized Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess after he and other American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared their thoughts on U.S. politics.
Alexander Vindman spoke to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede on Sunday's Facing South Florida now that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.
Pearce is facing charges of two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, as well as aggravated stalking and fleeing or eluding police with lights or siren.
The new restrictions, which took effect last week, prohibit people from carrying open containers and stop vendors from selling alcohol outdoors.
President Trump criticized Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess after he and other American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared their thoughts on U.S. politics.
Alexander Vindman spoke to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede on Sunday's Facing South Florida now that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.
Pearce is facing charges of two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, as well as aggravated stalking and fleeing or eluding police with lights or siren.
The new restrictions, which took effect last week, prohibit people from carrying open containers and stop vendors from selling alcohol outdoors.
The NEXT Weather Team is monitoring an active wildfire in northwestern Broward County named the "Buggy Fire".
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.
President Trump criticized Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess after he and other American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared their thoughts on U.S. politics.
Skier Chris Lillis said he was "heartbroken about what's happened in the United States," while skater Amber Glenn said she "will not just be quiet."
If the June deadline is not met, the Trump administration will likely put pressure on both sides to meet it, Zelenskyy told reporters.
President Trump late Friday addressed a video posted to his social media account that included a racist depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, telling reporters he didn't see the part that showed the former president and first lady.
The criticism continued even after the White House removed the video after the initial backlash.
Alexander Vindman spoke to CBS Miami's Jim DeFede on Sunday's Facing South Florida now that he is running for U.S. Senate in Florida.
The bill by State Rep. David Borrero would order a study on moving Miami-Dade's Urban Development Boundary (UDB) line and eliminating longstanding safeguards designed to protect the Everglades, requiring any project outside the UDB to receive a two-thirds vote of the County Commission.
Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
For more than a year, Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he wants to do away with all homesteaded property taxes, arguing homeowners should not have to pay rent to the government.
Raquel Pacheco said she has "hope" after seeing the worldwide reaction to the video she posted of two Miami Beach police detectives showing up at her house because she had posted a critical comment on Facebook about Miami Beach Mayor Steve Meiner.
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In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
The House's Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee approved the bill which also changes multiple laws and restrictions involving nursing homes, dental hygienists, and registered nurses.
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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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Reactions poured in when Bad Bunny was named Super Bowl halftime headliner, with some praising and others criticizing the choice.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny is set to take the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else is performing at Super Bowl 60.
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Bad Bunny says he wants to bring his culture to his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show Sunday.