Miami judge rules against postponing election
A Miami-Dade circuit judge ruled Monday that the City of Miami's decision to postpone its elections to 2026 without voter approval was unconstitutional.
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A Miami-Dade circuit judge ruled Monday that the City of Miami's decision to postpone its elections to 2026 without voter approval was unconstitutional.
Commissioner Joe Carollo says city leaders are extending their terms; Mayor Suarez calls accusations "political performance."
The measure would cap service at two four-year terms as mayor and two four-year terms as a city commissioner.
Emilio Gonzalez is among several candidates hoping to replace Mayor Francis Suarez, but that race may be delayed until 2026.
"The State will not tolerate such an unconstitutional deviation," Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote in a letter to Miami officials.
Term-limited Mayor Francis Suarez and Commissioner Joe Carollo's terms would be extended by one year.
The Miami City Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to postpone the city's November 2025 election to November 2026, a move that extends the terms of elected officials.
"Yes, I am," he said when asked the question.
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The Miami City Commission opted to hold a special election rather than appoint someone to fill the District 4 commission seat, according to CBS News Miami's partners at the Miami Herald.
Republican Randy Fine won the House seat formerly held by Mike Waltz, while Republican Jimmy Patronis won the house seat vacated by Matt Gaetz.
Taking the stage in Green Bay wearing a yellow foam cheesehead hat, Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters.
President Donald Trump has endorsed Donalds in the race to replace Ron DeSantis.
Trump has signed an executive order requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and mandating that all ballots be received by Election Day.
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died on Sunday.
Cuts to the U.S. cybersecurity agency and FBI affected the federal workers tasked with stopping foreign interference in elections.
The problem for Gov. DeSantis is his own state's Republicans think they know Trump better.
The visit raises eyebrows given Trump's previous hardline stance against Maduro.
A slate of congressional hopefuls are vying to win their Florida primaries in special elections.
Trump-endorsed candidates win primary races to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz.
A Florida state agency is suing a company owned by the family of U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
On Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump warned Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro not to harm opposition leaders.
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested and released amid a tense protest crackdown.
Former Florida Gov. Kenneth "Buddy" MacKay, 91, died peacefully during an afternoon nap.
Cockpit recorder transcripts show the plane was moving too fast on approach, an aviation attorney says.
Vladimir Kudyakov, 44, allegedly intercepted FedEx deliveries by showing fake IDs bearing victims' names and his own photo.
Parents want more details on how the district will serve special needs students if schools close.
Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died at 70.
Flight data shows no speed brakes or thrust reversers were used, though the reason remains unclear, NTSB says.
The victims were all wrapping up their eight-hour shift cleaning planes at Miami International Airport when the crash happened, according to one of the lawyers.
Cockpit recorder transcripts show the plane was moving too fast on approach, an aviation attorney says.
Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo died when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at MIA and crashed into a van he was driving.
The Amazon cargo plane crashed off the end of a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, leaving five people dead and five others injured.
Vladimir Kudyakov, 44, allegedly intercepted FedEx deliveries by showing fake IDs bearing victims' names and his own photo.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Gilbert is running for the seat that Frederica Wilson is retiring from.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
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.
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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.
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.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.
Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, pulling out the victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.
The international airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal by Tennessee's governor.
Stella Parton said her sister Dolly told her "that if there was no hope for her, she would still allow her medical team to try experimental drugs in the hope of helping others in the future."