US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence
Its first deportation flight in months to the Caribbean nation struggling under surging gang violence.
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Its first deportation flight in months to the Caribbean nation struggling under surging gang violence.
The Biden administration sent about 50 Haitians back to their country on Thursday.
The last planned U.S. evacuation flight from Haiti was to land in Florida with no end in sight to the violent chaos in the tiny country.
After months of waiting, weeks of convincing and the State Department stopping flights, CBS News Miami's Tania Francois' dad decided he could no longer risk remaining in Haiti and decided to come to his second home here in South Florida.
The U.S. Department of State has sent an email late Thursday to registered US citizens who wish to leave Haiti. It says April 12th is the deadline.
Local Haitian American leaders met in Miami Gardens to discuss a path forward for Haiti.
Brianna Nehemia Prevalcin, 4, has a US passport and her parents want desperately to use it to get her and at least one of them out.
A Haitian family whose child was born in the US, would like her out of Haiti.
The presidential council will be responsible for choosing Haiti's new leader.
Sunrise Airways and Global X Airlines joined together Monday to bring approximately 155 passengers from Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second-largest city, to Miami.
Sunrise Airways and Global X Airlines joined together Monday to bring approximately 155 passengers from Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second-largest city, to Miami.
The airline said it will operate flights three days this week
Passengers arriving at Miami International Airport on a flight from Haiti are saying they are relieved to be able to escape the problems and violence in that country.
Haiti's police force is understaffed and outmatched by the gangs
Florida began moving forward Wednesday with flights to evacuate people from strife-torn Haiti.
Austin Carter reports the state's Division of Emergency Management launched an online portal last week for Floridians and Americans looking to get out of Haiti amid the nation's escalating instability.
Florida began moving forward Wednesday with flights to evacuate people from strife-torn Haiti.
Missionary Meschac St. Amour talks to CBS News Miami's Tania Francois about the crisis in Haiti.
Another group of 15 US citizens was evacuated from Haiti on a US-chartered helicopter flight on Wednesday.
The State Department says nearly 1,000 people in Haiti have filled out a crisis form seeking help, as 10 Americans manage to flee on a charter flight.
A group from South Florida, including our own CBS News Miami's Tania Francois, flew into Haiti Tuesday to deliver critical supplies and bring back a group of missionaries.
A group from South Florida, including our own CBS News Miami's Tania Francois, flew into Haiti Tuesday to deliver critical supplies and bring back a group of missionaries.
CBS News Miami's Tania Francois reports from the Treasure Coast about her trip to Haiti to deliver much-needed supplies and bring back missionaries.
A group from South Florida, including our own CBS News Miami's Tania Francois, flew into Haiti Tuesday to deliver critical supplies and bring back a group of missionaries, in what was reported to be the first cargo flight to arrive at the Cap-Haitien airport since the crisis started.
CBS News Miami's Tania Francois talked to a Little Haiti restaurateur who is worried about his brother stuck back home.
The Downtown Neighbors Alliance says public safety should be the top priority as the Miami Downtown Development Authority begins work on its next budget.
It's expected to continue moving slowly along the northern Gulf Coast during the next several days.
Four Marketside iceberg lettuce products sold at Walmart in Florida, Georgia, and other states were recalled as a precaution; no illnesses reported.
Spain and Argentina are competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
The Downtown Neighbors Alliance says public safety should be the top priority as the Miami Downtown Development Authority begins work on its next budget.
It's expected to continue moving slowly along the northern Gulf Coast during the next several days.
Four Marketside iceberg lettuce products sold at Walmart in Florida, Georgia, and other states were recalled as a precaution; no illnesses reported.
Spain and Argentina are competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
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 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.
It will be the first meeting between President Trump and Sheinbaum since December after months of verbal sparring. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is also expected to attend.
The Justice Department determined this week a federal law banning TikTok from government devices no longer applies to the social video app.
President Trump threatened more tariffs on Canada for wildfires that have blanketed large parts of the Midwest and East Coast in smoke in recent days.
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.
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.
The Empire State Building lit up in blue for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding Friday night.