Lucia Baez-Geller looks to unseat Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar
Democrat Lucia Baez-Geller is challenging Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar for her 27th District seat.
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Democrat Lucia Baez-Geller is challenging Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar for her 27th District seat.
Thirty-four new laws go into effect, ranging from specialty car plates to a new, controversial law affecting the homeless population of the state.
Storm surge from the massive storm caused damage up and down the state's Gulf Coast.
Packing 140 mph winds, Helene swept through North Florida after surging onto land about 11:10 p.m. Thursday east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles from the Taylor County community of Perry. But storm surge from the massive storm also caused damage up and down the state's Gulf Coast.
A South Florida man's lawsuit has temporarily stopped Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball from being sold.
Cam Ward found Isaiah Horton with a 1-yard touchdown pass with 1:57 left for what became the winning score, and No. 7 Miami rallied to beat Virginia Tech 38-34 in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams on Friday night.
The worst of the damage is in nearby Keaton Beech. People in Perry say their hearts go out to their neighbors.
South Florida Next Weather Meteorologist K.C Sherman has the latest forecast.
Airports across Florida were reporting flight delays and cancellations after Hurricane Helene made landfall.
Helene made landfall on Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane and was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday morning.
Rising Florida home insurance rates, which surged 45% from 2017 to 2022, are likely to keep climbing along with the mercury, experts say.
Across the state, school districts, public buildings and offices have closed their doors ahead of the storm.
City officials shared clips of boats slammed into homes and a residence burning amid the floodwaters as they conducted water rescue operations.
Video shows a Coast Guard member descending into the choppy ocean from a helicopter to reach the man and dog.
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
Residents in the path of Hurricane Helene in northwest Florida evacuated or were hunkered down Thursday.
Storm surge is a bigger killer than wind when a major hurricane hits shore.
The 2024 Florida general election will be held on Nov. 5.
GEM is partnering with Neighbors 4 Neighbors to bring relief to those who will be impacted by Hurricane Helene.
Airports in Tampa and St. Pete-Clearwater halted operations, while Walt Disney World closed some attractions.
Ahead of Hurricane Helene's arrival, last-minute preparations were taking place in Tallahassee, where some gas stations had started to run out of gas.
Hurricane Helene could cause $3 billion to $6 billion in private insurance losses
Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. could have fewer than 900,000 policies at the end of the year.
Florida residents are evacuating and filling sandbags ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Helene, which is forecast to rapidly intensify.
The U.S. Gulf Coast is bracing for a major hurricane, with Tropical Storm Helene expected to intensify rapidly into a Category 3 storm and hit Florida's Big Bend.
Plaintiffs say the amendment's title uses biased language designed to sway voters, not inform them.
Fort Lauderdale was the last Florida city still fighting a state order to remove all street art.
Rafael Villalobos will take over after the current superintendent, Jose Dotres, retires in February.
The family believes their French bulldog was left outside overnight and died in the sitter's care.
Jacob Hart was returning through Miami from a Haiti mission trip, where authorities uncovered child exploitation linked to his work at a California church.
Plaintiffs say the amendment's title uses biased language designed to sway voters, not inform them.
Fort Lauderdale was the last Florida city still fighting a state order to remove all street art.
Rafael Villalobos will take over after the current superintendent, Jose Dotres, retires in February.
CBS Miami is hosting a The Price Is Right contestant search at Toyota of Hollywood on Aug. 28.
The family believes their French bulldog was left outside overnight and died in the sitter's care.
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 is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an $83.3 million defamation judgment the writer E. Jean Carroll won against him.
Recent reports of immigration arrests at U.S. airports, some of them captured in videos that have gone viral, stem from increased collaboration, ICE sources tell CBS News.
Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate to testify on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic but invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in answering all questions.
The U.S. and Saudi militaries announced airstrikes late Tuesday on Iranian-backed groups in Iraq, after Iran and its proxies allegedly targeted American forces.
President Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday.
As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
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.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Tenisha Warner sat down for an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" before a lawsuit over her late husband's estate became public, and discussed her grief and raising her daughter alone.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.