Key West's Fantasy Fest Draws To An End
Key West's annual Fantasy Fest comes to a close Sunday with a carnival for the kids.
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Key West's annual Fantasy Fest comes to a close Sunday with a carnival for the kids.
Key West's annual decadent costuming and masking festival is set to reach its frenetic highpoint Saturday with a nighttime parade down Duval Street, Key West's main drag.
Fantasy Fest in Key West is famous for its Pretenders in Paradise costume competition and this year's theme, "Something's Fishy", brought out some truly amazing and unique underwater adventurers.
A high light of the annual Fantasy Fest in Key West, dozens of dressed-up dogs, frolicking felines and two goldfish stole the spotlight Wednesday during the annual Pet Masquerade and Parade.
Thanks to rapidly weakening Hurricane Rina, Florida Keys officials said Thursday Fantasy Fest is continuing as scheduled.
A tourist from Nova Scotia died while snorkeling off Key West. Daniel Yiu Ting, 43, was staying at a hotel in Miami and made a day trip to the 'southernmost city' on Wednesday.
Florida Keys officials are not expecting Hurricane Rina to alter the schedule of Fantasy Fest, which runs through Sunday. But, they are keeping a very close eye on the development of Rita over the next couple of days.
The Coast Guard is searching for an overdue boater aboard the Skua 33-foot sailboat, which departed Captiva Island on October 11 and was heading to Key West.
The wet weather went away with perfect timing as Key West's wacky Fantasy Fest celebration is underway. The event features 10 days of masking and costuming balls, lively street parties and costume contests for those who want to make a splash in the island city.
South Florida residents may have to call Noah for a ride if the rain doesn't end soon. Plus, severe thunderstorms with high wind gusts and flooding rains are expected to hit right around rush hour.
The Conch Republic's southernmost city will soon be offering flights to the Republic of Cuba. Key West International Airport has been given federal approval to offer charter flights to Cuba.
Drivers in the Florida Keys are being warned about Key deer in 'heat'. Wildlife officials said its rutting season for the deer and the males are particularly aggressive this time of year.
The third time was not the charm for distance swimmer Diana Nyad in her attempt to paddle 103 miles from Havana to the Florida Keys.
Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad braved schools of jellyfish Saturday while testing the limits of human endurance on a quest to break her own 3-decade-old distance record, in her third attempt at swimming from Havana to Florida, with a possible landing in the middle Keys.
Endurance athlete Diana Nyad is about to go back in the water for her third attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida and set a world record at the age of 62.
Key West welcomed in the U.S. Navy's newest destroyer Friday afternoon ahead of a formal commissioning ceremony set for October 1.
After failing to complete her goal of swimming from Cuba to Key West last month, marathon swimmer may be ready to give it another shot.
The Coast Guard showed off a major cocaine bust in Key West Wednesday.
Motorcyclists from throughout the United States are in Key West this weekend, after traversing the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, to raise money for charity during the 39th annual Key West Poker Run.
The first charter flight from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba departed Saturday. Airline Brokers Company started non-stop flights once a week to Havana.
So a bride walks into a bar ...Except it was no joke to German newlywed Sandra Scharf when she entered the Rum Barrel Bar in Key West earlier this week looking for her wedding dress.
Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad ended her second bid to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys at about the halfway point early Tuesday then gave up on any more attempts to cross the Florida Straits.
The Florida Keys are world renowned for their scuba diving. From pristine reefs, abundant marine life and breathtaking wrecks, the Keys seemed to have it all.
The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating how two cruise ships bumped into each other in the Port of Key West.
The 12th time was the charm for a 64-year old biomedical engineer from Jensen Beach. Saturday night Matt Gineo was named the 2011 winner of the Ernest "Papa" Hemingway look-alike competition in Key West.
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The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
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