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With college application deadlines just around the corner, teens are finding it's not just what's on paper that matters, but also what's on the web.
It's probably no longer a stretch to say the media overload we wade through each day of the Information Age can begin to eat away at the soul. In fact, some rabbis in Israel believe that's actually the case.
With Facebook's purchase of Instagram officially closed, the social network giant welcomed the photo-network's community today.
For the second time in less than a week, a Plantation man is facing charges of soliciting a child for sex.
The explosion of social media will once again be put to the test as Tropical Storm Isaac rolls across the region this weekend. For the younger generation, connecting through social media will keep them informed during and after a storm.
Facebook says its new iOS update means the app will be twice as responsive as before.
Facebook is getting users accustomed to ads slowly and incrementally. One small change, then another -- that way, users get used to seeing them.
Doors closed, windows shut and empty streets; neighborhood are less neighborly. However, a social network website is looking to change that.
One of the Internet's most popular social networks has pushed its doors wide open: Pinterest has started open registration.
If you're like me and much of the country, you have Olympics fever and love spending time with family and friends, biting our nails while we cheer on U.S. athletes.
In March, Facebook said 5 to 6 percent of accounts are false or duplicate. At the time, this meant between 42.25 million and 50.70 million users. So where a ton of fake accounts created over the last few months? Not really.
Apple has stumbled to break into social media, but that may soon change thanks to help from a power player.
Facebook posted second-quarter earnings in line with Wall Street's expectations: a mere 12 cents per share.
Twitter is developing a handy new tool. Careful, though: the tool is a double-edged sword.
For one South Florida man, news of Friday morning's shooting was especially frightening. Some of his loved ones were inside theater number nine.
A mother and daughter who haven't seen each other for 48 years met for the first time Tuesday.
To Facebook users, it seems there's always a new feature popping up on the site. But the latest change has a serious aim. The social media site has launched efforts to help kids tackle online bullying.
"If you wanted it bad enough, you would get here." It sounds like a typical conversation between two high school students. In this case, the late-night Facebook exchange involved an Everglades High School teacher inviting a student to his Jacuzzi.
In the age of social media we live in, people not only get to know you through your words, but also through your looks. That's led many women to go to extremes, including cosmetic surgery and other procedures, to get the perfect Facebook look.
Phone numbers, passwords, bank account information. If you put all that stuff on your Smartphone, do you know how to get it all off? As CBS4's Chief Consumer Investigator Al Sunshine explains, don't assume you've wiped your Smartphone clean before you get rid of it.
With all the communicative access to current local, national, and global information, expecting the masses to settle for media headlines and sound bites is insulting to today's technologically-aware audience.
A new "deal" making the rounds on social media sounds too good to be true. In exchange for sending them your social security number and banking information, the federal government will pay you electric bill.
Emotions are bubbling over on CBS4's Facebook page as fans react to the Supreme Court's decision to maintain most of the Affordable Care Act.
Can you tweet for emergency help, text for 9-1-1 or post a panic alarm on Facebook? Even if you do, should you expect a rescue crew? Social media is changing the world, and now it's affecting how people reach out during a crisis. But can you count on it?
Facebook has changed your email address. At least that's how many felt after a quiet but vast change in the way the company displays users' contact information.
High temperatures are expected to reach into the low 90s on Friday afternoon, but it will feel like triple digits.
The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other alleged 9/11 plotters is scheduled to begin in June 2028.
Four former presidents plan to gather at the World Trade Center memorial site for 9/11 commemorations, while President Trump will visit the Pentagon.
Diesel prices in the U.S. have hit a painful new milestone, $6 a gallon as, reports said, Houthi rebels in Yemen took the key Red Sea port city of Mokha.
Investigators say no evidence of repayment was found, and construction at the building was halted.
Four former presidents plan to gather at the World Trade Center memorial site for 9/11 commemorations, while President Trump will visit the Pentagon.
First responders who raced to New York City and Washington, D.C., after the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, speak with CBS News Miami.
High temperatures are expected to reach into the low 90s on Friday afternoon, but it will feel like triple digits.
The trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other alleged 9/11 plotters is scheduled to begin in June 2028.
Diesel prices in the U.S. have hit a painful new milestone, $6 a gallon as, reports said, Houthi rebels in Yemen took the key Red Sea port city of Mokha.
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.
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.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
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.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
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.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
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.