New penaly trial granted for Peter Avsenew, convicted twice in Wilton Manors double murder
New trial granted after the judge ruled on jury misconduct in second penalty trial
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New trial granted after the judge ruled on jury misconduct in second penalty trial
The district attorney noted that murder charges would carry the harshest penalty — likely life in prison.
The 67-year-old victim was punched and kicked more than 100 times in a lobby back in March.
A man who has been convicted and sentenced to die twice in the 2010 slayings of a Wilton Manors couple is asking for a third trial, alleging jury misconduct during his most recent hearing and sentencing.
Residents of Hunter's Pointe woke Sunday to find antisemitic messages spray-painted onto the entrance to the community
A Weston neighborhood is hit by hate.
"We are going to get justice:" final two family members accused of a hate crime have bonded out of jail.
The final two family members accused of a vicious hate crime against a gay man have bonded out of jail.
Inna Makarenko was released from an immigration detention facility over the weekend on $10,000 bond.
"We were very happy in this country," Inna Makarenko told CBS4's Karli Barnett. "But our happiness was broken March 10."
Vladyslav Makarenko says they are not violent people and claims he has no idea how his family got implicated in this.
CBS4's Karli Barnett reports on a man whose family was charged for allegedly beating a man who was left blind,
Nicole Lauren reports surveillance camera captured two people approaching the building before the hateful graffiti was discovered.
Surveillance video shows persons of interest in a hate crime at a Hialeah clinic that helps women with their pregnancies.
New surveillance video obtained by CBS4 shows two persons of interest in the hate crime.
Two white Florida men have been charged with a federal hate crime for allegedly beating a Black man in a store parking lot while yelling racial slurs.
The alleged victim of a brutal beating that left him permanently blind told deputies he was ambushed by the family of his supposed boyfriend of nine months. He said it all happened because, they believed, he "turned" their son gay.
Maurice Antwan Charles allegedly approached James Garcia, asked him if he was gay and when he didn't get a reply, he punched him in the face.
The three have been identified as Inna Makarenko, Yevhen Makarenko and Oleh Makarenko.
Rene Chalarca and Dimitry Logunov, who claim they were victims of a hate crime, appeared in court on Thursday.
Two more South Florida cities are targets of hate.
Bartlett is facing three counts of aggravated assault stemming from an incident on Martin Luther King day back on 2019.
St. Petersburg police are investigating antisemitic hate graffiti on a wall of the Florida Holocaust Museum.
A South Florida doctor accused of attacking a Hispanic man at a supermarket will face hate crime charges.
According to a worker for the landowner, the group of cows lives on a property located directly behind a Sweetwater strip mall near the Florida's Turnpike.
From a South Florida attorney whose voice was cloned to a metro Atlanta couple who lost $800,000, AI scams are on the rise, costing nearly $900 million nationwide.
President Trump is delivering a speech on election security Thursday night at the White House.
A cyber tip about AI-generated images led to an arrest in Parkland. Advocates warn parents to closely monitor kids' use of AI apps.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people.
According to a worker for the landowner, the group of cows lives on a property located directly behind a Sweetwater strip mall near the Florida's Turnpike.
From a South Florida attorney whose voice was cloned to a metro Atlanta couple who lost $800,000, AI scams are on the rise, costing nearly $900 million nationwide.
President Trump is delivering a speech on election security Thursday night at the White House.
A cyber tip about AI-generated images led to an arrest in Parkland. Advocates warn parents to closely monitor kids' use of AI apps.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people.
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 is delivering a speech on election security Thursday night at the White House.
Immigration officers could weigh use of Medicaid, food aid and housing help in green card decisions after Trump administration rescinds Biden-era public charge rule.
The legislative proposal would allow the defense secretary to withhold "controlled unclassified information," potentially curbing public access to a wide range of defense records.
Part of President Trump's speech Thursday night is expected to touch on previously unreported alleged Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The Pentagon will now require service members over 30 to screen for testosterone deficiency, and if needed, they can elect to have testosterone replacement therapy.
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.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has avoided talking about both topics with opponents calling him "the most corrupt attorney general Florida has had."
On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the closing of Alligator Alcatraz, the highly controversial immigration detention center that was the subject of numerous lawsuits as well as allegations of abuse.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people.
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.
Former NFL running back Chris Johnson announced that he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in a "Good Morning America" interview.
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.