Broward Teacher In Japan Recounts Story Of Survival
Three days after a devastating earthquake struck Japan, one South Florida teacher recounted the distressing details of her survival and the fear she felt as the earth shook beneath her.
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Three days after a devastating earthquake struck Japan, one South Florida teacher recounted the distressing details of her survival and the fear she felt as the earth shook beneath her.
Fort Lauderdale fire fighters were busy Friday morning dousing a huge fire at a mobile home park.
South Florida has plenty of trendy, fun, comfortable and attractive hotels that many locals take advantage of in order to enjoy in town weekend getaways.
A creative criminal in Fort Lauderdale decided to target a drive-up bank building on Federal Highway Wednesday morning by using a blow torch to try to gain access.
If you've filled up your tank in the last week or so, you know there is no escaping the 'pumped up' prices at the gas pumps.
A proposed million dollar revamp aims to boost safety at a popular South Florida Park.
More than 400 solar panels are being installed on a new TD Bank in Ft. Lauderdale. When the installation is complete, it will be the first net-zero energy bank in the U.S.
South Floridians are feeling the fallout from the Libyan crisis. Wall Street investors returned from the holiday weekend to face the prospect of $100 a barrel oil, and that sent stock prices tumbling.
A clever crook who reportedly stole credit card information from several upscale hotels in Ft. Lauderdale wasn't clever enough to consider the hotels' security cameras which caught his actions on tape.
Two elderly people have been taken to hospital Monday after they were struck by a popular Fort Lauderdale transportation service.
Some of best inexpensive places to spend the day with the kids are at the beach, Gold Coast Skating Rink, Cape Florida Lighthouse, Young at Art Museum and Miami Science Museum.
The wife of a 51-year-old homeless man who was burned in a brutal attack after an argument with another man speaks out. Meanwhile, police are on the hunt for the man who attacked him.
Dania Beach homeowners have given up a three-decade long fight to stop the expansion of Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.
Pembroke Pines city leaders have found out that red light cameras set up at four intersections throughout the city aren't the cash cow they originally thought they would be.
Fire inspectors are still trying to determine the chain of events which led an explosion in a Ft. Lauderdale home which took out a room and part of the roof.
Ft. Lauderdale police are asking once again for help in finding the man they dubbed "Dirty Santa" after he reportedly took pictures of girls while they changed clothes in a popular department store.
A house growing marijuana went up in smoke and flames Sunday night after a transformer blew outside of it, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
An 18-year-old was rushed to North Broward Medical Center Saturday evening with a gunshot wound to his head.
A motorist on a scooter suffered a tragic death after he was struck by a van and a tractor trailer early Saturday morning. But police said the driver of the van took off and swapped positions with the passenger before he was caught.
A Fort Lauderdale man said he was forced to shoot two dogs after they reportedly attacked him and his dog on their morning walk.
A South Florida mother who used Facebook to organize the "Rally for a Free Egypt" last week in Boca Raton saw even more people turn out to support her cause at another rally on Sunday in Ft. Lauderdale.
"The World's Largest Gay Cruise" set sail Sunday from Port Everglades. Tickets for the chartered voyage on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas sold out in three weeks, according to Atlantis Events.
For certain people struggling with headaches or joint pain, the food they're eating may not only be keeping them from getting better but from also losing weight.
The nation's largest auto retailer, AutoNation Inc., revved up sales in the fourth-quarter and topped Wall Street's expectations for revenue.
According to Forbes Magazine, South Florida sucks. It's a claim that stretches from Miami, to West Palm Beach, and the magazine thinks things could get worse.
The city recommended in an email that affected residents boil tap water before using it, a spokesperson told CBS News Miami. The order is expected to remain in place until Monday.
Castro's indictment announcement coincides with a U.S. Department of Justice event at Miami's Freedom Tower honoring the victims.
Higher fuel and food costs are causing consumers to scale back on spending at restaurants, a trend that is also pinching local businesses and commercial fishermen.
The law builds on changes made in the public-school system after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The action reportedly stems from the shootdown of two airplanes belonging to the group Brothers to the Rescue 30 years ago over international waters.
The city recommended in an email that affected residents boil tap water before using it, a spokesperson told CBS News Miami. The order is expected to remain in place until Monday.
Castro's indictment announcement coincides with a U.S. Department of Justice event at Miami's Freedom Tower honoring the victims.
Higher fuel and food costs are causing consumers to scale back on spending at restaurants, a trend that is also pinching local businesses and commercial fishermen.
The law builds on changes made in the public-school system after the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The action reportedly stems from the shootdown of two airplanes belonging to the group Brothers to the Rescue 30 years ago over international waters.
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'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."
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
The safety specialist's warning appeared in a memo describing how a mini-drone had detonated and injured an Army Special Forces soldier.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
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.