Florida Looks To 'Make The Most' Of Light Traffic & Speed Up Road Projects
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants about $2.1 billion in road projects sped up across the state to lessen the economic damage from the novel coronavirus.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis wants about $2.1 billion in road projects sped up across the state to lessen the economic damage from the novel coronavirus.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has reversed course and issued a new Executive Order mandating the entire state of Florida to stay home to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
The coronavirus has pushed another event into 2021 – this time the Rolling Loud Music Fest in Miami Gardens.
When it was time to release three baby sea turtles into the Atlantic Ocean, marine biologists from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton had to get creative. They teamed up with the Coast Guard because of restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.
As the number of Florida corrections workers testing positive for COVID-19 grows, fears of an outbreak in the nation's third-largest prison system have gripped employees, inmates, and their loved ones.
Florida has lifted a requirement that people qualifying for unemployment benefits must wait a week before their first checks are sent.
In an effort to expand coronavirus testing across the city, Miami has once again lowered the at-home testing age.
In an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, Cuba has halted all international flights.
Warehouse giant Costco is making another adjustment to slow the spread of the coronavirus by limiting the number of people allowed into its stores.
A man who was feeling sick attempted to hide his coronavirus symptoms so he could see his expectant wife in the maternity ward, according to officials at an upstate New York hospital.
The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade confirmed its first case of COVID-19 among Miami-Dade's homeless sheltered population.
Miami Beach will open its first coronavirus testing site on Thursday.
Volunteers in Oklahoma are saddling up to lend a helping hand to senior residents who can't leave their homes because of coronavirus pandemic.
A bride in Georgia who was forced to cancel her wedding due to the coronavirus pandemic has turned her disappointment into a kind gesture.
The stimulus checks that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says will be deposited into Americans' bank accounts "within three weeks" won't be enjoyed by everyone.
Wednesday April 1 is Census Day and it comes with a warning from the Florida Attorney General about scammers using COVID-19 to try and steal personal information.
Good news for Miami-Dade residents who want to get tested for coronavirus but did not meet the 65 and older age criteria at most other testing sites.
All cruise ships with sick passengers and crew on board have been directed by the US Coast Guard to stay at sea and prepare to be sequestered "indefinitely" during the coronavirus pandemic.
A new app is allowing British researchers to better understand the coronavirus and how it spreads. It has become so popular, app developers helped create an American version too.
The former Surgeon General of the United States under Barack Obama, called on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to immediately issue stay-at-home orders for the entire state.
In the scramble to stock up for the long haul as the coronavirus spread, shoppers found shortages but not in the produce department.
Gov. Ron Desantis has announced there will be a new coronavirus testing site in Hialeah.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez hed a virtual press conference on Tuesday to outline the city's efforts to confront the COVID-19 crisis.
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 7:00 p.m. on March 31, 2020.
CBS4 Photojournalist Rafael Murciano stays safer at home making music, one instrument at a time.
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.
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