Florida gas prices shot up double digits last week
Despite the uptick, Fourth of July holiday travelers found the lowest Independence Day gas prices since 2021.
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Despite the uptick, Fourth of July holiday travelers found the lowest Independence Day gas prices since 2021.
As the Lone Star State continues rescues and recoveries, the Sunshine State has stepped up to lend a hand in its efforts.
Jim DeFede and State Sen. Lori Berman discuss the $600 million in line-item vetoes that the governor made, as well as the funding and programs from which that money was allocated.
Gruters was among the Florida contingent who toured the facility with President Donald Trump earlier this week.
Jim DeFede talks to Key West City Commissioner Sam Kaufman about the vote and what's next.
This week, ICE received additional funding from President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and Alligator Alcatraz began operating.
The family members were standing under an umbrella during a thunderstorm, a bystander said.
A federal judge may pause operations at Alligator Alcatraz as protests grow and nonprofits sue over conditions and impact.
A controversial migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is drawing fierce political and legal scrutiny, with critics calling for its shutdown over environmental and human rights concerns, while supporters defend its operations ahead of a possible federal court ruling next week.
A new Trump-backed budget law allows tipped workers to deduct up to $25,000 in tips and $12,500 in overtime, offering temporary tax relief through 2028.
Tipped and hourly workers in South Florida say they’re celebrating a new federal law that lets them deduct up to $25,000 in tips and $12,500 in overtime from their taxes — savings that could mean just under $1,700 a year.
A new legislation cutting billions of dollars in federal Medicaid funding could leave one million Floridians without coverage, advocates warn.
Some GOP donors whose companies helped build and will assist in running the facility are being given seven-figure sums.
Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami's coast.
On Wednesday night, workers replaced the signs in front of the training facility with ones that read "Alligator Alcatraz."
The U.S. military said it will send some service members to Florida, in the "first wave" of an operation to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Sheriff's deputies said what started as a simple traffic stop took a dangerous turn.
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys filed a nine-page document opposing a request by environmental groups for a temporary restraining order to halt operation of the facility.
"Alligator Alcatraz will be checking in hundreds of criminal illegal aliens tonight," Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier said.
The law, passed during a February special legislative session and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, created state crimes for undocumented immigrants who enter or re-enter Florida.
Florida elected officials are required to file financial-disclosure forms by July 1 each year that list income, assets and liabilities.
The pronoun restrictions were part of a series of controversial measures that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers have approved in recent years that focus on transgender people — and have drawn legal challenges.
Surfer Darren Kaye said he noticed the spinner shark before the collision, but thought nothing of it until the animal came flying at him.
Under House Bill 351, first-time offenders can face a $500 fine, up to 30 days in jail or both.
Florida law enforcement agencies' cooperation with federal immigration officials is causing concerns among family members and immigrants' rights advocates that people will disappear into county jail systems.
Plaintiffs argue the deal violates the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause, an anti-corruption measure intended to prevent sitting presidents from profiting from government-related transactions.
While city officials say new affordable housing will help keep the community in place, some neighbors say they feel like they are being forced out.
The incident took place last June when officers fired at a vehicle, wounding suspect Eric Chase in the knee. Chase survived the shooting.
Tamarius Davis appeared in court on Wednesday, where he told the judge he intends to take responsibility for the shooting that killed 21-year-old Dustin Wakefield on Ocean Drive nearly five years ago.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing, as the two countries aim to stabilize their trading relationship and grapple with uncertainty over Iran.
Plaintiffs argue the deal violates the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause, an anti-corruption measure intended to prevent sitting presidents from profiting from government-related transactions.
While city officials say new affordable housing will help keep the community in place, some neighbors say they feel like they are being forced out.
The incident took place last June when officers fired at a vehicle, wounding suspect Eric Chase in the knee. Chase survived the shooting.
Tamarius Davis appeared in court on Wednesday, where he told the judge he intends to take responsibility for the shooting that killed 21-year-old Dustin Wakefield on Ocean Drive nearly five years ago.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing, as the two countries aim to stabilize their trading relationship and grapple with uncertainty over Iran.
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 and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing, as the two countries aim to stabilize their trading relationship and grapple with uncertainty over Iran.
For decades, U.S. presidents have remained steadfast in their defense of the tiny Asian ally from its neighboring giant.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the department has no plan to shut down Alligator Alcatraz, following reports that companies hired by Florida to operate the detention center were told it would close.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he was unaware for years that Jeffrey Epstein was a registered sex offender, according to a transcript of testimony released Wednesday.
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin told CBS News that ICE arrests at the FIFA World Cup are not off the table, but the agency will not be at the global sporting event for the purpose of immigration arrests.
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.
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.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
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 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.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.