DeFede: The Punch Not Thrown
Throughout this week's gubernatorial debate, Democrat Alex Sink stayed on the attack, questioning the fitness of her Republican rival, Rick Scott.
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Throughout this week's gubernatorial debate, Democrat Alex Sink stayed on the attack, questioning the fitness of her Republican rival, Rick Scott.
"We have been receiving numerous phone calls where in women are expressing their levels of frustration that they can not even get an appointment," said Rosa Naccaroto with the Miami Dade Commission for Women, which reached out to the I-Team alarmed over the frustration and fear they were hearing in the voices of the women calling them. "These are children that need to be fed everyday and when the non custodial parents stop paying it becomes an immediate situation," says Naccaroto.
Former Florida Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez certainly moved up the pecking order of baseball after he was fired by the Marlins. Wednesday, the Atlanta Braves named Gonzalez to replace legendary manager Bobby Cox.
A year after it passed the US Congress, the American Economic Recovery Act is being hailed as a victory by its supporters. But it has been criticized as a big deficit creator by its detractors. So the CBS4 I-Team decided to dig into the dollars and dig up the truth. CBS4 I-Team investigator Stephen Stock looks at the stimulus package one year into the program.
Florida Education Officials now admit what the CBS4 I-Team first told you last week. That violence data about our violence in our schools, which can be found posted on DOE's website, doesn't match the reality that police find on our campuses. And state officials now admit the I-Team caught a big mistake when it comes
Two years ago Saturday, the I-35W bridge collapsed over the Mississippi River near Minneapolis killing 13 people and injuring 145. President Barack Obama and Congress pledged to use part of his $787 billion stimulus package to fix those troubled bridges. But an I-Team investigation combined with the Associated Press, finds many of those bridges still won't be fixed.
It was a normal, typical meeting on January 22, 2009, at the Miami-Dade Commission chambers. But during one of the votes that day, commissioners voted 12 to zero with one absence, to approve an adjusted budget that carried wide implications for citizens. What does that mean, and why should you care?
A CBS4 I-Team investigation has uncovered troubling questions about how Billions of your tax dollars are spent in Farm Aid each year. More than 5 Billion dollars went to aid American Farmers in direct Farm Bill payments last year. But the I-Team followed the money and discovered much of it is NOT going down on the farm!
The CBS4 I-Team has learned of new, potentially wide-ranging problems with FEMA trailers and the formaldehyde fumes in them. We've reported how they've been banned by FEMA already, but I-Team has learned that could create a major housing shortage should a storm hit here this summer.
It can't happen here." That's the refrain state transportation officials repeated again and again after a major interstate bridge collapsed in Minneapolis last summer. But an exclusive and exhaustive CBS4 I-Team investigation calls all that into question.
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, the officer who pulled her over smelled alcohol and marijuana in the car.
Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 25 at Florida State Prison in Stark, according to the warrant.
Coupled with inflation and rising fuel costs, South Florida barbecue restaurants are struggling to manage expenses.
Miami Gardens residents protested outside of El Dorado Furniture on Tuesday morning to oppose a proposal to convert a property on Northwest 44th Court from a residential zone to an industrial zone.
Opa-locka is grappling with a serious public safety issue as large junk yard fires continue to plague the area, with at least five blazes erupting over the past five years.
According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, the officer who pulled her over smelled alcohol and marijuana in the car.
No injuries were reported, but about 125 people were forced to evacuate as the Opa-locka junkyard fire raged on Monday evening.
Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 25 at Florida State Prison in Stark, according to the warrant.
Coupled with inflation and rising fuel costs, South Florida barbecue restaurants are struggling to manage expenses.
Miami Gardens residents protested outside of El Dorado Furniture on Tuesday morning to oppose a proposal to convert a property on Northwest 44th Court from a residential zone to an industrial zone.
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 Trump administration plans to crack down on press leaks by requiring new and existing federal employees to sign NDAs.
Florida sought to sue Washington and California for allegedly issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.
A top DHS official directed ICE attorneys to aggressively pursue administrative fraud cases against immigration lawyers accused of filing false asylum claims.
All Cabinet members, including outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, were expected to attend the Camp David meeting, a White House official told CBS News.
The Supreme Court turned away an appeal by the NFL stemming from coach Brian Flores' racial discrimination suit, allowing his case to proceed in federal court.
Enrique Tarrio said since President Trump announced the formation of the fund, he has been inundated with calls from others convicted for January 6 related activities.
Commissioners voted to allow the review, saying if that was the only way to move the project - designed to help people with mental illnesses caught in the criminal justice system - then so be it.
Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in planning and orchestrating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says risks from the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda are "high at the national and regional levels, and low at the global level."
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
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.
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.
The American Music Awards celebrate fan favorites in the music world and feature performances from multiple artists.
Rob Base, the MC whose lyrics lit up the dancefloor classic "It Takes Two" and got countless people moving worldwide, passed away Friday.
Stephen Colbert hosted "The Late Show" for the final time Thursday night as the franchise came to an end after 33 years.
Lee Mendelson Film Productions alleges the U.S. Department of the Interior illegally used the jazzy tunes in social media posts and a video game.
"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert is marking the end of an iconic late-night franchise on CBS.