Family Pleads For Dying Woman's Release From Prison
The family of a dying inmate will ask the Florida parole commission on Wednesday to release her from prison and allow her to go home to her family.
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The family of a dying inmate will ask the Florida parole commission on Wednesday to release her from prison and allow her to go home to her family.
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson joined the ACLU Wednesday calling on Barack Obama to halt deportations of Haitians with criminal records who have completed their sentences.
Haitian children displaced by the earthquake that ravished their country will have a brighter Christmas as they receive toys at an annual holiday party.
Immigrant advocates staged a protest in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood Monday against the detention and pending deportations of hundreds of Haitians.
Time is running out for eligible Haitians living in South Florida to apply for temporary protected status.
The strain of cholera that is devastating parts of Haiti has been traced back to a strain found in South Asia, The Los Angeles Times is reporting.
Passengers booked on American Airlines flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti will not be flying out of Miami or Ft. Lauderdale for the next couple of days- possibly not until Tuesday.
American Airlines has canceled all flights in and out of Port-au-Prince, Haiti due to the unsettled political atmosphere and recent violence in the last few weeks.
South Florida health officials have confirmed that a passenger suspected of suffering from cholera was sick with the potentially fatal disease when they landed at Miami International Airport last month. Although cholera can kill, it can not be easily spread from person to person in normal circumstances, they said.
A South Florida girl is making her mark on earthquake ravaged Haiti. Twelve-year-old Gianna Moline-Willsey won a contest to name a brand new school that is giving hundreds of Haitians a chance at a brighter future.
Still reeling from the effects of an earthquake in January, the passing of Hurricane Tomas over the summer and an outbreak of cholera in the fall, the people of Haiti are doing all they can to hang on.
One day after voting wrapped up in Haiti's presidential election, protests have erupted in the streets.
The family of Lynn University student who died in the January earthquake in Haiti plans to build an orphanage there in her honor.
Britney Gengel, a Lynn University student who lost her life during the Jan. 12th Haitian earthquake will be remembered with an orphanage built in her name. Her family, who lives in Holden, Mass., left New England Nov. 23 driving a 26-foot box truck loaded with the equipment needed to build an orphanage in Britney's name – in Haiti.
Haitians head to the polls Sunday to wade through a crowded ballot for President and more than a hundred Senate and lower house seats.
Haiti's presidential candidates are wrapping up their campaigns with loud, musical rallies, as Haitians in South Florida watched from afar as their homeland prepares for Sunday's election, the first since an earthquake devastated the country.
South Florida health officials are gathering more information about a passenger, who may be suffering from cholera, that landed at Miami International Airport. As they investigate, they are warning people that even if the person has the disease, there is virtually no chance of it spreading here as it has in Haiti.
Project Medishare continues to work hard to help Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of January 2010.
More than 400 Haitian-Americans gathered at a South Florida university Sunday hoping to hear how a handful of Haiti's presidential candidates would rebuild their Caribbean homeland. But they also were skeptical that anything in Haiti would change after the Nov. 28 election, because so little has been accomplished since a catastrophic earthquake in January.
Hoping to raise funds and support, some of Haiti's presidential candidates are in Miami meeting with Haitian-American leaders.
In the shadow of the devastation, homelessness and disease that remain in Haiti after January's devastating earthquake, there is beauty and art. Haitian writers offer stories of their country, some of which will highlight the Miami Book Fair International from Nov. 14 to 21.
Dr. Ronald Demeo, 63, is facing three counts of sexual battery on a physically helpless victim, according to his arrest report.
Florida State kicker Conor McAneney remains jailed following his arrest on felony charges of battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence, according to jail records.
"This idea that unless you're an axe murderer you should be able to stay, that is not consistent with our laws, and it's also not good policy," DeSantis said at an event in Bradenton.
Authorities say the four suspects had previously been deported from the U.S.
Royer Perez-Jimenez was arrested by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office in January, according to ICE.
Dr. Ronald Demeo, 63, is facing three counts of sexual battery on a physically helpless victim, according to his arrest report.
Florida State kicker Conor McAneney remains jailed following his arrest on felony charges of battery of a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence, according to jail records.
"This idea that unless you're an axe murderer you should be able to stay, that is not consistent with our laws, and it's also not good policy," DeSantis said at an event in Bradenton.
Authorities say the four suspects had previously been deported from the U.S.
Royer Perez-Jimenez was arrested by the Volusia County Sheriff's Office in January, according to ICE.
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.
Two former FBI agents who helped investigate President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results sued the federal government, alleging they were wrongfully terminated.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. has struck more than 7,000 targets across Iran since the war began.
Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer testified to the House Oversight Committee that he "had no knowledge whatsoever" of his client's crimes.
A group of House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing with Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Jeffrey Epstein probe late Wednesday, as tensions over the DOJ's handling of the Epstein case continue to simmer.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
For the first time, Donalds acknowledges that he didn't just possess marijuana, but that he was also dealing at the time.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that additional images were obtained from surveillance cameras installed at Guthrie's Tucson home, but they showed nothing suspicious.
The Kennedy Center's board of directors has voted to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations.
The film follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp through their seven-year journey to document the toll of America's school shooting epidemic.
As Kumail Nanjiani took the stage to announce the winner for Best Live-Action Short at the 98th annual Academy Awards, the actor exclaimed: "And the Oscar goes to ... it's a tie."
Hollywood's biggest stars were honored at the 98th annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Here is what to know and how to watch the 2026 Oscars.