Florida Justices Turn Down Voucher Challenge
The state's highest court has declined to take up a constitutional challenge to the state's voucher program.
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The state's highest court has declined to take up a constitutional challenge to the state's voucher program.
State corrections officials have adopted a new lethal-injection procedure.
The Florida Supreme Court rescinded an order Wednesday that would have barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in capital cases.
A divided Florida Supreme Court has ordered the resentencing for a man who at age 15 raped a pregnant woman at knifepoint.
The state plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a case in which justices struck down as unconstitutional Florida's death-penalty.
The Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission sent a list of judges to Gov. Rick Scott late Monday.
The 11 candidates hoping to join the Florida Supreme Court present a stark contrast to Justice James E.C. Perry.
Public defenders look to have videoconference hearings in mental health cases blocked.
A Broward County circuit judge will receive a public reprimand from the Florida Supreme Court.
The Florida Supreme Court rules a property insurer must pay the attorneys' fees of a homeowner in sinkhole case.
The lawsuit started with an unusual set of circumstances: an escaped patient's death on the highway.
It's another South Florida election mess up, with the results tossed today by the Florida Supreme Court.
Florida Supreme Court ordered a new mayoral election in Miami Gardens after the disqualification of a candidate over a returned check.
Former state lawmaker and Congressman David Rivera has taken a long-running ethics case to the Florida Supreme Court.
Gov. Rick Scott will make his first appointment to the Florida Supreme Court after Justice James E.C. Perry announced he will retire.
Appointed by then-Governor. Charlie Crist to the state Supreme Court in 2009, Justice James Perry has announced he'll step down from his post in the end of December because he has reached mandatory retirement age.
The Florida Supreme Court is plunging into a debate about a law that tightened a standard for expert witnesses who testify in court cases.
The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments in early December in a constitutional challenge to a 2013 medical malpractice dispute.
The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal from a Miami Gardens mayoral candidate who was barred from Tuesday's ballot because a bank returned a qualifying-fee check.
A state appeals court Wednesday rejected lower-court rulings that blocked prosecutors from seeking death sentences in four murder cases.
A Jacksonville circuit judge is flatly denying the accusations of inappropriate conduct.
Racism allegations against Judge Mark Hulsey have entered a death row case.
A life sentence given to a Florida teen convicted of beating a 16-year old rival to death has been tossed out by Florida's Supreme Court.
The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case focused on whether the state's new death penalty law is constitutional.
A tiny horse track on Tuesday tried to convince Florida Supreme Court justices that it should have slot machines.
According to police, she was on a motorcycle with him before the crash that sent them airborne.
His father, fearing months of confinement, says he would rather see his son deported than remain in those conditions.
President Trump has signed an executive order to block states from regulating artificial intelligence.
Inter Miami has announced the signing of defender Ian Fray to an extension through the 2028-29 season.
A South Florida mother is asking for help to find her missing 28-year-old daughter, who hasn't been seen or heard from in almost a week.
According to police, she was on a motorcycle with him before the crash that sent them airborne.
Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins will be the city's first Democratic mayor in nearly three decades.
His father, fearing months of confinement, says he would rather see his son deported than remain in those conditions.
President Trump has signed an executive order to block states from regulating artificial intelligence.
Inter Miami has announced the signing of defender Ian Fray to an extension through the 2028-29 season.
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 American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
President Trump has signed an executive order to block states from regulating artificial intelligence.
House Democrats pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers on the Trump administration's immigration operations, with one lawmaker confronting her with a veteran who he said had been issued a removal order.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and half a dozen shipping vessels accused of transporting Venezuelan oil.
For the second time in a month, prosecutors in Virginia failed to secure an indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James.
With the partisan exercise behind them, some senators are expressing tepid optimism about a path forward on a health care compromise.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
Jim DeFede interviews Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins, who is mulling a run for governor in 2026.
Jim DeFede talks with Randi Weingarten about the warning bell she rings in her new book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers."
Jim DeFede talks with Bryan Calvo, the newly elected mayor of Hialeah.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan and other institutions coauthored the study.
Experts say the original warnings from more than 20 years ago were based on outdated information and were "overly broad."
Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child.
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
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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.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Sophie Kinsella, whose real name was Madeleine Wickham, was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer in 2022.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
President Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday after presenting medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony Saturday.
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President Trump is hosting the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday after presenting medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony Saturday.