Florida Crime Rate Drops Despite Increase In Rape, Murder
Florida's overall crime rate is at its lowest point since the state began keeping data 45 years ago.
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Florida's overall crime rate is at its lowest point since the state began keeping data 45 years ago.
The Commander-in-Chief is in town.
Florida health officials are warning locals not to swim in certain parts of Daytona Beach due to heightened bacteria levels.
Davie Police are asking for the public's help to identify the body of a man found in Southwest Ranches as at least one alligator was feeding on him.
Florida authorities issued an Amber Alert Thursday - asking the public if they have seen a missing 9-year old.
An Allegiant Air flight coming from a Florida airport had to make an emergency landing.
Davie police are waiting on the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office to fill in some blanks concerning a body found Monday in Southwest Ranches with at least one alligator feeding on it.
A terrifying situation at a Cincinnati zoo that ended with the death of an endangered gorilla has officials re-evaluating safety barriers at Zoo Miami.
A case of road rage was caught on camera near Tampa when a driver intentionally ran over a couple on a motorcycle.
Federal investigators are offering a hefty reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man who robbed nearly a dozen Florida banks.
A woman accused of a deadly hit and run in Davie turned herself in to the court on Tuesday.
Donald Trump is calling his campaign a mass movement but now he need to be able to coax voters who twice delivered the White House to Barack Obama.
Marco Rubio professed he enjoys being in the Senate "very much" and opened the door to running for re-election if his "very close friend" Carlos Lopez-Cantera dropped out of the race.
Some South Florida offices take the cake when it comes to cool office spaces taking us from a great birds eye view in Allapattah to a high-tech interactive yet earthy space in Hallandale.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio is facing intense pressure to run for re-election for his Senate seat.
Attorneys fighting on behalf of Cuban migrants found on a Florida Keys lighthouse, say the government has promised not to send them back to the island nation until legal proceedings are complete.
Some Hispanic voters around the U.S. - including Florida - are facing ridicule for supporting Donald Trump. This at a time when many Hispanic voters are protesting his hard line approach to immigration.
A Florida Keys woman is accused of stomping and hitting a child over dirty laundry.
The group of migrants who fled Cuba in a homemade boat and climbed onto a 136-year-old lighthouse off the Florida Keys should be allowed to stay in the U.S., according to a federal lawsuit filed on their behalf.
The pain is still very raw in Opa-locka following Commissioner Terence Pinder's death.
Authorities are investigating a stabbing at a Palm Beach high school Wednesday.
Jungle Island welcomed a new member to their feathered family this week - a baby flamingo.
An Opa-Locka commissioner scheduled to turn himself in on corruption charges died Tuesday in an early morning car crash.
Lawyers for a group of Cubans currently in U.S. Coast Guard custody filed a motion in federal court to allow all of them to stay in the United States.
he race for the White House has dramatically tightened, a new poll shows.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino joked that if someone does pay $2 million for a ticket to the World Cup final, "I will personally bring him a hot dog and a Coke."
The city set up several sandbag distribution sites and will have them throughout the season.
Venezuela's government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years he was pardoned by President Joe Biden.
Napoleon Solo hustled to first place at the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, coming out on top against 13 other horses.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino joked that if someone does pay $2 million for a ticket to the World Cup final, "I will personally bring him a hot dog and a Coke."
The city set up several sandbag distribution sites and will have them throughout the season.
Venezuela's government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years he was pardoned by President Joe Biden.
Napoleon Solo hustled to first place at the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, coming out on top against 13 other horses.
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.
Russia's Putin will travel to Beijing next week to meet China's Xi. The announcement came one day after President Trump returned from his own summit with the Chinese leader.
President Trump announced Friday evening that U.S. and Nigerian military forces had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a leader in the Islamic State group.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
President Trump's trip to China could bolster economic relations, but failed to deliver a breakthrough deal, some trade and energy experts said.
In an interview with "Face the Nation," Gates said another mass exodus from Cuba is the "biggest risk."
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
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.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.