Santa Look-A-Like Busted For Burglarizing Cars
A South Florida car burglar, who bears a striking resemblance to Santa Claus, has been arrested and charged in Fort Lauderdale.
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A South Florida car burglar, who bears a striking resemblance to Santa Claus, has been arrested and charged in Fort Lauderdale.
Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Fort Lauderdale on charges of domestic battery involving his wife.
Screams, dreams and nightmares. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night through the end of the month ghouls, ghosts and insane zombies roam the Village of Horrors on the grounds of Ft. Lauderdale's War Memorial Auditorium.
The stormy start to the weekend is rolling into Saturday as well. Off and on storms will continue to move across South Florida throughout the day and likely into tonight as well.
Fort Lauderdale residents needing help from BSO emergency dispatch will hear a voice on the other end when they call 9-1-1, at least for 30 days.
Powerline Road is reopen and water has been restored to homes near a water main break in Fort Lauderdale, however, a precautionary boil water notice remains in effect.
Ft. Lauderdale Public Works crews have finally shut off the valve which allowed water to gush from a main break, flooding Powerline Road and leaving around 50 homes without water.
The Broward Sheriff's Office and the City of Fort Lauderdale, locked in a battle over the dispatching of emergency calls, stepped back from the brink of a possible weekend shut-down of 911 service by making a temporary deal with BSO Friday.
Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez has been formally charged in connection with domestic battery case involving his wife.
Tri-Rail riders can expect continued delays Wednesday due to a CSX train derailment in Fort Lauderdale.
Both the school board the Sheriff's Office in Broward County are stepping up efforts to stop bullying.
Recovering and lucky to be alive, those are the words from an innocent bystander shot and nearly killed during a robbery at a check cashing store near Fort Lauderdale last month.
Time is running out for an historic Fort Lauderdale house that could be demolished unless city commissioners approve a plan to save it.
The first charter flight from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba departed Saturday. Airline Brokers Company started non-stop flights once a week to Havana.
Many areas of South Florida can easily be described as a concrete jungle. But a worldwide effort is looking to put a little more green into that jungle.
Two employees of a South Florida Subway restaurant are recovering after being shot during an attempted armed robbery late Wednesday night near Fort Lauderdale.
When you think of an animal that has nine lives, cats usually come to mind. But there's a dog in Fort Lauderdale that may have used up an extra life after she was found dog paddling in a Fort Lauderdale river, all alone, tired and confused.
The Broward School Board has named its new superintendent and it is Robert Runcie.
Churchgoers at one Fort Lauderdale church will no longer have to sit during Sunday service without air conditioning. That's because a local AC business replaced the systems which were stolen a month ago.
Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez bonded out of jail Tuesday, and was ordered to have no contact with his wife following his arrest on Monday.
The two men selected as finalists for the Superintendent of Schools position in Broward met the press on Tuesday.
Former Major League Baseball MVP Manny Ramirez has been arrested after an incident at his Weston home Monday night.
The FBI has turned to the public for help to find a bank robber who struck Friday morning in Fort Lauderdale.
The Broward County School Board has settled a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Amanda Collette, the 15-year-old girl who was gunned down in the hallway of her Fort Lauderdale high school by a heartbroken classmate.
A South Florida family of fortune tellers, arrested in August, have been granted bond.
Trump Mobile's $499 gold-toned phone has faced delays since it was unveiled in June 2025.
Ronald Trayvon Kelly, 29, of Miami, was arrested and is facing charges.
The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
Brett Blackman was convicted on charges including healthcare and Medicare fraud, and faces decades in prison.
The Senate unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution on Thursday that will withhold senators' pay during a lapse in funding for any federal agency.
Trump Mobile's $499 gold-toned phone has faced delays since it was unveiled in June 2025.
Ronald Trayvon Kelly, 29, of Miami, was arrested and is facing charges.
The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
Brett Blackman was convicted on charges including healthcare and Medicare fraud, and faces decades in prison.
The Senate unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution on Thursday that will withhold senators' pay during a lapse in funding for any federal agency.
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 launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
The Senate unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution on Thursday that will withhold senators' pay during a lapse in funding for any federal agency.
A ship was taken by unknown parties toward Iranian waters after an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off Oman.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump is in Beijing meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, with the two leaders aiming to stabilize their trading relationship after last year's trade war.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.