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Charter school popularity is on the rise, especially in the state of Florida. According to figures released Wednesday, the number of students attending charter schools has soared to more than 2 million as states pass laws lifting caps and encouraging their expansion.
The House and Senate committees tasked with redrawing the state's political boundaries each took a step closer to approving new legislative and congressional maps.
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A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly killed two people, then drove to the victim's mother's home and asked for money while one of the victims was in the trunk of his car.
Country singer Mindy McCready's 5-year-old son is in the custody of Arkansas authorities after they took the boy from her Friday evening.
Using a fake ID to get into bars and nightclubs has always been a rite of passage for underage students. But CBS4 Investigator Stephen Stock says Homeland Security officials are so concerned about the fake IDs being made in China today, that they now consider them a national security threat.
Just in time for the Holidays, the Florida Lotto is approaching the highest payout of the year heading into Saturday;s drawing. The estimated top prize is $39 million, just a million shy of the largest jackpot of the year.
Florida has been steadily nibbling away at unemployment benefits, including reducing the number of weeks most people receive. Now, the state may force you to be trained for a new career to get the benefits you earned when you lost the old one.
The recession of the last couple years put more Florida residents into poverty and resulted in a decrease of median family income in much of the state, the U.S. Census Department reported Tuesday.
Former dictator Manuel Noriega, who spent 2 decades in a Miami federal prison after he was snatched from Panama by US military forces, is returning home to Panama.
Charges against hundreds, if not thousands of drug offenders may be dropped thanks to a possible decision by the Florida Supreme Court.
The Department of Education has picked a Washington, D.C.-based charter school organization to operate a new tuition-free statewide college preparatory boarding charter school for at-risk youth in Miami.
A still unidentified Florida man has been killed and a South Carolina man has been shot after they responded to a Craigslist ad for a job on an Ohio cattle farm.
Will Florida's jobless figures be better or worse than last month? We'll find out Friday when the state's October unemployment rate will be released.
Florida fisherman will soon be banned from killing tiger sharks and three kinds of hammerheads thanks to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Florida fisherman may soon be banned from killing tiger sharks and three kinds of hammerheads thanks to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Governor Rick Scott got a first shot at a mock hip surgery with a robotic arm, during a tour of South Florida's MAKO Surgical Corporation.
Researchers made a grave discovery—literally— at an old Jacksonville plantation. According to researchers, they found the graves of three adults who were likely born in West Africa and taken as slaves to the plantation in the early 19th century.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida confirmed Thursday what those following the gaming debate already knew – it will fight efforts to expand non-tribal gaming outside of South Florida.
The Florida black bear which was once on the verge of extinction is on the way to making a comeback and could soon be removed from the list of threatened species.
Parents who want to know more about their teenage drivers may be able to pay for the privilege.
Gov. Rick Scott went to work Friday at the Port of Miami for one of his "Let's Get to Work Days."
Stray animals would have to be sent to non-profit no-kill animal rescue organizations instead of euthanized by public shelters under a bill filed in the Legislature by a Republican senator.
Better luck next time for South Florida lottery players who shelled out their hard earned cash for a chance to win the $245 million Powerball jackpot.
Job seekers lined up before dawn hoping it would be their lucky day to land a job at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek.
