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While Governor Ron DeSantis announced this week the state would test nursing-home employees for COVID-19, his administration is being tight-lipped about whether it is testing workers at state-owned facilities for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies say an inmate who was among those released last month in an effort to contain the coronavirus has been arrested on a murder charge.
Better check your bank account. Did you get your stimulus money yet? Here's how to check the status of your stimulus check.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Publix Supermarkets have announced extended hours for first responders and medical staff.
More than a thousand people struggling to get to the United States from Colombia, Panama, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Aruba will board humanitarian flights from Spirit Airlines over the next week.
A South Florida animal shelter is celebrating an amazing milestone. It's the first time in history that the Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control kennel is completely empty.
A South Florida judge wants attorneys to dress appropriately for court hearings via Zoom and is telling them to get out of bed and put on some clothes.
Trump National Doral Miami, the place where President Donald Trump initially wanted to host this year's Group of Seven summit has temporarily laid off 560 workers.
Governor Ron DeSantis's administration was caught by surprise Tuesday to learn that a 30-day executive order banning visitation at nursing homes was set to expire.
A South Florida doctor who lost custody of her daughter because she works with coronavirus patients is getting her back.
State Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has reiterated a call for Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet to jointly address issues related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended declaring professional wrestling an essential service and raised the possibility of holding other televised sporting events in empty venues.
The Miami Marlins, Farm Share and Ark of the City will host a food distribution event on Wednesday.
The deadly coronavirus spreading across South Florida is now blamed for the deaths of two skilled nursing home residents in Pompano Beach.
Florida has spent about $500 million on emergency supplies and support for the COVID-19 pandemic, Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz acknowledged Tuesday.
The Florida Education Association wants schools closed for the rest of the semester because the COVID-19 outbreak "presents a threat we cannot control."
The coronavirus crisis has upended everything in our lives, including the national conversation on important issues such as curbing gun violence and catching internet predators. But some of the Parkland activists are finding ways to keep their causes alive during the pandemic.
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 14, 2020.
Airline travel is at a practical standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic and both airlines and airports are suffering financially, but airports across the country, including South Florida, are receiving massive financial assistance thanks to federal government funding.
The coronavirus is hitting the South Florida agriculture industry particularly hard.
Broward Sheriff's Office personnel stood in formation Tuesday morning to salute medical personnel at the Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes.
A South Florida doctor on the front lines in the battle against the coronavirus is finding herself in another battle for the custody of her daughter.
Hundreds of South Floridians waited hours to participate in a drive-thru food distribution Tuesday morning in Opa-locka.
Hard Rock Stadium began its second day of coronavirus testing with its new expanded criteria and cars starting lining up very early but shortly before 11:00 a.m., the site reached its capacity for the day.
As most schools remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Audible, the audiobook service owned by Amazon, is offering free streams on selected children's stories.
The event is being held for one hour on Wednesday morning.
Under the law, Cuban-born Americans traveling to Cuba would be required to enter the country using a Cuban passport.
Gas prices have jumped 28% from last year, reaching the highest level since July 2022, as the Iran war continues to restrict global oil supplies.
The State Attorney's Office (SAO) has released body camera footage and ruled that a Miami-Dade Deputy was justified in a deadly shooting that occurred in April 2025.
The Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) has provided police and fire services at the airport for decades. However, with rising costs, commissioners say they must look at alternatives.
The event is being held for one hour on Wednesday morning.
Under the law, Cuban-born Americans traveling to Cuba would be required to enter the country using a Cuban passport.
Gas prices have jumped 28% from last year, reaching the highest level since July 2022, as the Iran war continues to restrict global oil supplies.
The State Attorney's Office (SAO) has released body camera footage and ruled that a Miami-Dade Deputy was justified in a deadly shooting that occurred in April 2025.
The Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) has provided police and fire services at the airport for decades. However, with rising costs, commissioners say they must look at alternatives.
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 Trump administration plans to name longtime immigration official David Venturella as the interim head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, replacing acting director Todd Lyons, a spokesperson and two U.S. officials said.
The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
President Trump said Americans' financial situation isn't motivating him to make a deal, "Not even a little bit," and that he is only focused on preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the $1.5 trillion the Pentagon is seeking is "admittedly a historic budget."
Trade, Taiwan and tensions with Iran are surefire topics for President Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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.
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.
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.
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.