Florida Coronavirus Update: Keys Tourism Industry Devastated By Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is devastating Florida's tourism industry and few places have been hit harder than the Florida Keys.
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The coronavirus pandemic is devastating Florida's tourism industry and few places have been hit harder than the Florida Keys.
The Florida Keys is now enforcing its closure to tourists to stem the spread of coronavirus.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office announced it will be implementing southbound stops into the Florida Keys.
Monroe County is officially closed to all visitors and tourists during the coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, about a dozen residents of Key Largo gathered near the Welcome sign and Visitors Center to tell people the opposite: Please go home!
While coronavirus cases continue to climb in Broward and Miami-Dade, there are no confirmed cases in Monroe County.
Monroe County officials announced plans to close all hotels, guest houses, short-term rentals in RV parks and vacation rentals in response to the coronavirus beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday.
The Florida Keys has a confirmed case of dengue fever.
The United Arab Emirates government has granted a $3.5 million gift to help kick off a major coral reef restoration program in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
A Hialeah Gardens man trying to kill "demons' he believed were tormenting him went on a sledgehammer spree that did thousands of dollars in damages to cars and residences.
Westminster Christian School announced Monday that one of their students had died in a boat crash near the Florida Keys over the weekend.
A wanted Key West graffiti vandal who loved to boast about his crimes on social media is now under arrest.
A rehabilitated juvenile green sea turtle was released late Sunday afternoon above a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
A reported machete attack in the Florida Keys Christmas morning left several people injured and two others behind bars.
NOAA and its Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Monday announced an intent to raise almost $100 million to restore seven iconic coral reef sites off the Florida Keys.
There are troubled waters on the horizon for the Florida Keys. Monroe County made a shocking announcement Wednesday that some roads and homes may be surrendered to the sea. It's all because of sea level rise.
A Miami man was crowned the 2019 champion the Keys Fisheries Stone Crab Claw Eating Contest in Marathon on Saturday.
A dramatic accident highlighted the first of three racing days Wednesday at the Race World Offshore Key West Championships when two boats flipped simultaneously.
Costumed witches and warlocks celebrated the October full moon in offbeat Florida Keys style by staging the Full Moon Witches' Paddle late Sunday afternoon off Marathon.
A creative group of scuba divers submerged 30 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean's surface in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to pare subsea jack-o-lanterns during a weekend Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest off Key Largo.
Two years after Hurricane Irma destroyed it, a Keys hospital is finally getting rebuilt.
Country music star Billy Currington, who filmed the video for his hit song "People Are Crazy" on Green Turtle Cay, helped load relief supplies Sunday for the northwest Bahamian island hard-hit by Hurricane Dorian.
A Hialeah man has been arrested in the Florida Keys and charged with sexual battery on a minor after deputies found him in a parked pickup truck with a 13-year-old girl.
The two people who died when their small plane crashed in the Gulf Of Mexico after taking off from Florida Keys Marathon International Airport were from Maryland.
If you prefer taking Card Sound Road over US 1 on trips to the Keys, you'll soon be paying a bit more for the trip.
The Artemis II countdown will begin March 30, setting up a launch attempt on April 1 at 6:24 p.m. Eastern Time.
Hundreds are expected to rally across South Florida as part of a nationwide "No Kings" day, with organizers planning demonstrations in several cities.
At a meeting in Pensacola, the State University System Board of Governors nixed "Introduction to Sociology" from general education offerings and made the class an elective for the 2026-2027 year.
In 2021, Woods was seriously injured in a rollover crash in Rolling Hills Estates, a Los Angeles suburb.
Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina, 32, a U.S. citizen and North Texas resident, went missing Saturday evening after a night out with a fellow flight attendant.
The Artemis II countdown will begin March 30, setting up a launch attempt on April 1 at 6:24 p.m. Eastern Time.
Hundreds are expected to rally across South Florida as part of a nationwide "No Kings" day, with organizers planning demonstrations in several cities.
At a meeting in Pensacola, the State University System Board of Governors nixed "Introduction to Sociology" from general education offerings and made the class an elective for the 2026-2027 year.
In 2021, Woods was seriously injured in a rollover crash in Rolling Hills Estates, a Los Angeles suburb.
Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina, 32, a U.S. citizen and North Texas resident, went missing Saturday evening after a night out with a fellow flight attendant.
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 full committee will recommend sanctions for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Florida Democrat, after the House's April recess.
The pressure now shifts to the House to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown that has severely disrupted air travel in some major airports. Follow live updates.
President Trump said he will sign an executive order to restart pay for TSA officers, who have gone more than a month without a full paycheck.
The Treasury Department plans to add President Trump's signature to new U.S. paper currency, a first for a sitting president.
President Trump announced the extension of the pause "per Iranian government request."
Wasserman Schultz pushed back against the suggestion that the United States was led into this war by Israel and its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
In advance of the trial, CBS News Miami spoke to Miami Herald federal courts reporter Jay Weaver about what Rubio is expected to say when he takes the stand.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
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.
The price hike raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 per month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2.
Savannah Guthrie stepped back from her NBC duties almost two months ago when her mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared. The investigation is ongoing.
An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Local reports estimate that roughly 40,000 people gathered across central Seoul to watch K-pop band BTS reunite.
CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting, citing "challenging economic realities."