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As of yet, nobody has ever stand-up paddleboarded the crossing from Cuba to the Florida Keys. On Thursday, a 35-year-old from Tennessee set out from Cuba in hopes of being the first person to do so.
After two days at sea, a group of smiling Cuban migrants were escorted to a Coast Guard cutter after making their way onshore the Marquesas Keys just west of Key West.
A 56-year-old software developer from Florida's west coast is this year's winner of the Ernest "Papa" Hemingway look-alike contest.
Men with long white beards will wander the streets of Key West this weekend for the annual Hemingway Days celebration. Only one will take the top honor at the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.
The following are five of America's legendary drives, listed as National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads to embark on a memorable journey.
If you're planning to hit the Keys for the Fourth of July be sure to check out the beachside barbecues, picnics, parades and world-class fireworks displays while you're there.
It will be all about tartly sweet Key Lime pie over the July 4th holiday weekend in Key West with the kick off of the inaugural Key Lime Festival.
If you're to hit the Keys over the long July 4th holiday weekend, be sure to check out the beachside barbecues, picnics, parades and world-class fireworks displays while you're there.
Climate change and a rising sea level could put the Florida Keys in danger of being unlivable according to South Florida experts worried about what will happen to the island chain in just a matter of decades.
A West Palm Beach man died Saturday while snorkeling offshore of Key West.
It's "one and done" for an Australian endurance swimmer who tried Wednesday to be the first woman to swim from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage.
Handmade vessels of thin plywood and duct tape competed Sunday in Key West's annual Memorial Day Weekend Schooner Wharf Minimal Regatta.
An Alaska man, along with his sailboat, has gone missing in the Keys.
There is plenty of anger from the family of a Pennsylvania woman who disappeared 11 years ago only to show up this week in the Florida Keys.
A Pennsylvania woman who disappeared nearly a dozen years ago after dropping her kids off at school has been found alive and well in the Florida Keys.
It's billed as "the most fun you can have in bed with your clothes on." The weekend Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race featured decorated beds propelled up Key West's famed Duval Street by teams of strange bedfellows.
The year's Conch Republic Independence celebration continues, but mandatory federal budget cuts have kept the Coast Guard docked.
Dresses, pancake makeup and high platform heels aren't the traditional attire for drag car racers. But that's what competitors wore in Key West this weekend, when a group of big-haired female impersonators staged the Great Conch Republic Drag Race.
Three Italian tourists who are vacationing in South Florida got the unwarmest of welcomes Monday night.
Federal budget cuts have scuttled the Coast Guard's plans to take part in the annual Conch Republic celebration this year.
The U. S. Navy's elite Blue Angels fighter jet demonstration unit performed this weekend in Key West in what may be their final public exhibition at least through Sept. 30, the end of the Navy's fiscal year.
You can't walk 1,500 miles without being noticed or someone asking "Why?" For Lauren Book, it's very clear why: Book was a victim of sex abuse as a child.
Getting from Margaritaville to the 'Big Easy' has never been easier.
After a 4,000-mile excursion, a kayaker has arrived in Key West, the southernmost spot in the U.S., via Minnesota's Northwest Angle, the northernmost spot in the nation.
Dozens of contestants blew their own horns in Key West Saturday, but none did it better than 76-year-old sailing buff Bill Ochse of Ocean City, Md.
Alligators have been found in all of Florida's 67 counties.
The U.S. personnel were shot during an anti-smuggling operation in a rural region in the northeast of the country, Eswatini's government said.
Showers and thunderstorms will develop each morning and move through the metro areas and Keys during the day.
Corbin Carroll helped lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday night.
The two victims, an 18-year-old and a 23-year-old, were rushed to a hospital in serious but stable condition, Miami Fire-Rescue says.
Alligators have been found in all of Florida's 67 counties.
The U.S. personnel were shot during an anti-smuggling operation in a rural region in the northeast of the country, Eswatini's government said.
Showers and thunderstorms will develop each morning and move through the metro areas and Keys during the day.
Corbin Carroll helped lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins on Monday night.
The two victims, an 18-year-old and a 23-year-old, were rushed to a hospital in serious but stable condition, Miami Fire-Rescue says.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
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.
Performer Macklemore is being dropped from Ed Sheeran's Loop tour after making on-stage statements that some found controversial.
Dubbed the "Designer to the Stars," Bob Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars.
Stella Parton gives insight into her sister Dolly Parton's marriage, makeup habits and views on death in an exclusive CBS News interview.
Dolly Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 — a shock to fans around the world who weren't aware of her illness.
Ben Shelton ended Carlos Alcaraz's title reign in the latest-finishing match in U.S. Open history, pulling out the victory in a marathon tussle that ended at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday.