Sean Penn Takes On New Role For Haiti
Actor and activist Sean Penn is taking on a new role -- ambassador at large for Haiti.
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Actor and activist Sean Penn is taking on a new role -- ambassador at large for Haiti.
America could be the new land of opportunity for thousands of Haitians struggling to survive in their home country.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio hopped a flight to Haiti early Monday morning. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is meeting with the government leaders to review U.S.-backed efforts to help the Caribbean country rebuild two years after a devastating earthquake.
It was two years ago a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti and crippled the Caribbean nation and here in South Florida, Haitians are marking the anniversary with a series of events to remember those lost and still homeless.
Lynn University in Boca Raton honored the lives of four students and two professors who died in the earthquake in Haiti with a day of service and remembrance Thursday.
It seemed like a tale of two Haitis at Florida International University on Thursday morning. A panel discussion on the anniversary of Haiti's earthquake seemed to paint two very different pictures about the progress, or lack there of, the island has made since the ground shook in 2010.
At just two years old Charlie Francis has quite a story. He was one of the youngest survivors of the earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12th, 2010. Pascale and Jacques Francis from Homestead were in the process of adopting Charlie when the quake hit.
Myrna Armamd is one of the people who left her ruined Haiti after the earthquake in search of a better life in South Florida but instead found herself with another obstacle.
Nearly two years after a devastating earthquake ravaged the island nation of Haiti, there is still frustration over the slow movement in improving the impoverished nation.
For almost three years, CBS 4 news has been committed to bringing viewers a series of reports dedicated to highlighting the people in the community doing good things.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it returned almost 150 migrants to their Caribbean homelands after intercepting their boats at sea.
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It's been almost two years since a massive earthquake devastated parts of Haiti. While it seems reconstruction efforts have been slow-going, some of those doing what they can to ensure Haiti's future are celebrities who are making quite an impact.
While the art community and South Florida resident gather for Art Basel events on Miami Beach, Wynwood and the Design District, there is one exhibit which carries the soul of a shaken community.
Haiti-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is defending his former charity once again over the way money raised for earthquake relief in Haiti was spent.
South Florida airports handle millions of visitors from around the world. With them they bring millions of bags, jam packed with some of the most bizarre things you can imagine. CBS4's David Sutta takes you behind the scenes at Miami International Airport as U.S. Customs Agents round up crazy contraband.
Haitian President Michel Martelly is delaying a controversial plan to reinstate the Haitian army, and is choosing instead to set up a special commission to decide.
New numbers from the World Health Organization are providing a sobering look at how bad the health conditions in Haiti have become in 2011.
A Haitian man who suffered cholera-like symptoms and died in his Caribbean homeland after the U.S. deported him from Miami had no pre-existing health problems that might have contributed to his death, according to a review of his medical records.
Sheets of rain and strong gusty winds from Tropical Storm Emily whipped hundreds of thousands of Haitians still living and tents and flimsy shanties in and round the country's capital city.
Now that Tropical Storm Emily has breezed by Puerto Rico, many families in South Florida are waiting anxiously to see how Haiti and the Dominican Republic will fare as the storm closes in on them.
A Miami federal judge has postponed the trial of a Michigan man accused of abusing boys at a residential center he ran in Haiti.
Haiti's president is in Miami Saturday to meet with Haitian-Americans. It's his first official trip to South Florida.
The Justice Department charged the operator of a youth home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with four counts of engaging in sexual conduct with a minor in a foreign country, and he is held at a detention center in Miami.
Just days after officials confirmed Britney Gengel died in the devastating earthquake in Haiti her parents started a foundation called Be Like Brit.
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Cathy Grossu, the mother-in-law of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, said she had seen the family a day before the fatal crash.
YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul is set to take on two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in Miami on Friday night.
Police said the suspect was declared dead at a hospital after jumping from the building's sixth floor, the Central News Agency reported.
Miami sophomore forward Marcus Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and will miss the rest of the season.
This year has already seen eight of the busiest air travel days in TSA history. Could a December date join them?
Cathy Grossu, the mother-in-law of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, said she had seen the family a day before the fatal crash.
Officials say an address in Northeast Miami-Dade County is connected to the Brown University shooting suspect.
YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul is set to take on two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in Miami on Friday night.
Police said the suspect was declared dead at a hospital after jumping from the building's sixth floor, the Central News Agency reported.
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 American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
The Senate confirmed Admiral Kevin Lunday as Coast Guard commandant after agency guidance on the display of hate symbols such as swastikas and nooses was clarified.
A memo from Dr. Vinay Prasad, the head of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, may signal an effort to to rewrite the rules governing the U.S. vaccine system.
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk endorsed Vice President JD Vance for president in 2028 at the organization's annual conference.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says the Trump administration will pause the diversity visa lottery program, which she said was used by Brown University shooting suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente.
The U.S. government has expanded a sweeping pause on legal immigration applications to include those filed by people from an additional 20 countries, a U.S. official told CBS News.
Guest host Lauren Pastrana is joined by Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
Guest host Laura Pastrana talks with one of the big winners from Tuesday's runoff elections, Miami Beach Commissioner-elect Monica Matteo-Salinas.
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
Jim DeFede interviews Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins, who is mulling a run for governor in 2026.
A California digital health company and a Florida medical practice have been indicted in an alleged $100 million scheme to illegally distribute Adderall over the internet to patients across the country who didn't need it, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami, The Ohio State University, University of Michigan and other institutions coauthored the study.
Experts say the original warnings from more than 20 years ago were based on outdated information and were "overly broad."
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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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Albert Brooks said he's still in shock over the death of his friend Rob Reiner, whom he met at 14 years old.
The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
Nick Reiner appeared in court on Wednesday on two counts of murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
Anthony Geary, who played Luke Spencer on the long-running soap opera "General Hospital," has died.
R&B musician Trey Songz was arrested in New York City over the weekend after an incident at the Dramma nightclub near Times Square.