Open carry begins in Florida. Here's what it means for gun owners.
In an appeals court decision earlier this month, Florida's ban on openly carrying firearms was deemed unconstitutional and a violation of the Second Amendment.
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In an appeals court decision earlier this month, Florida's ban on openly carrying firearms was deemed unconstitutional and a violation of the Second Amendment.
The appeals court ruling affected part of a law that set parameters for concealed-weapons licenses.
A state appeals court has struck down Florida's ban on openly carrying guns, reigniting debate between Gov. Ron DeSantis and law enforcement leaders over the issue.
Starting Monday, Sept. 8, and running through the end of the year, Florida will provide a sales-tax exemption on a variety of hunting equipment.
A three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal overturned a circuit judge's ruling in favor of Dania Beach and said a jury should decide whether the city's zoning ordinances were designed to restrict the sale of firearms.
Jim talks to Jaclyn Corin, who is a survivor of the Parkland massacre and the executive director of March for Our Lives, about her campaign against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Federal and local officials teamed up on Friday to increase awareness of their "Don't Lie for the Other Guys" campaign.
Firearms are the leading cause of death among children and teenagers in the United States, and new research found that Florida adolescents carrying handguns increased by 65% from 2002 to 2022.
More than half of all U.S. gun deaths are suicides — and suicide by gun is even more frequent among veterans.
The effort to make schools safer brought walk-through metal detectors to Broward County Public Schools this school year, but parents in Miami-Dade shouldn't expect to see the same. Instead, the district tested new AI technology over the summer.
Lawyers for the state raised the gun-show issue because they said the rule is reducing tax revenue from purchases of admission tickets.
The ammo vending machines have been placed in grocery stores in three states as the U.S. battles what the surgeon general calls a public health crisis of gun violence.
Walk-through metal detectors are on the books for next school year and Broward students are looking forward to their implementation.
A Hollywood man is facing serious charges after police say his 6-year-old son got a hold of a gun and shot himself.
From 2003 to 2021, 1,262 unintentional gun deaths of children were reported in the U.S.
Both boys are in stable condition and receiving medical attention.
Safety, security and mental health are a concern for FMU, one of four historically Black colleges in the state.
Public school students in Broward County will only be allowed to carry clear backpacks and bags on school campuses beginning with the start of the 2023/24 school year.
People of color were more likely to have experienced gun violence, according to the study.
Last March, Anthony Alexander Jr. was honored for his bravery after he saved two children who fell into an icy pond
"We will regret our absence on this day for the rest of our lives," said the family in a statement.
Of those guns taken at airport security checkpoints, 88% were loaded, the agency said.
Early Sunday in New Orleans, police say a gunman opened fire on a crowd in the city's French Quarter, injuring multiple people.
President Joe Biden: ''The idea we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick, it's just sick.''
Mom Kadion Jamieson and her husband own firearms. "My kids need to be well-versed because we have them in the home, and I don't want accidents happening," said Jamieson. "It's as simple as that."
Numbers from the state Division of Elections show more than 1.6 million mail ballots have been sent to voters as of Tuesday morning.
No injuries have been reported.
Fort Lauderdale police said the incident involved a man and woman who got into an argument at a hotel early Tuesday morning.
Southbound lanes of South Federal Highway are closed between Southeast 9th Street and Southeast 12 Street in Pompano Beach.
Carl Isom-McDaniel was on a walk with his grandson at Yellowstone National Park earlier this month when a bison suddenly charged at him and threw him 8 feet into the air.
Numbers from the state Division of Elections show more than 1.6 million mail ballots have been sent to voters as of Tuesday morning.
No injuries have been reported.
Fort Lauderdale police said the incident involved a man and woman who got into an argument at a hotel early Tuesday morning.
Southbound lanes of South Federal Highway are closed between Southeast 9th Street and Southeast 12 Street in Pompano Beach.
Carl Isom-McDaniel was on a walk with his grandson at Yellowstone National Park earlier this month when a bison suddenly charged at him and threw him 8 feet into the air.
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.
Sen. Darline Graham, who is serving out the remainder of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's term in the Senate, said she will seek a full term for the South Carolina seat her brother held for more than two decades.
Homeland Security Investigations is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
This is the first time in more than 150 years that a vice president's family had a child while in office.
Sen. Mark Warner said he'll vote against Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, citing disappointment in his testimony at a confirmation hearing last week despite his previous optimism about the nominee.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
A new Florida law requires drug prescribers to complete sickle cell training, aiming to improve care and address stigma faced by patients.
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.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.