Underwater Art Exhibit Debuts Off Key West
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.
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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.
Ernest Hemingway look-alikes proved their affinity for the author is "no bull" during Saturday's "Running of the Bulls," a zany and much shorter take-off on the world-renowned annual run held in Pamplona, Spain.
More than 120 stocky, bearded men resembling Ernest Hemingway have invaded Key West to compete in the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, a highlight of Key West's annual Hemingway Days, a six-day festival that continues through Sunday.
A 64-year-old grandmother and retired judge completed a 12,186-mile solo motorcycle trek down the Florida Keys Overseas Highway to Key West Thursday afternoon.
Less than a year after being seriously wounded in an attack in Afghanistan, a U.S. Army Special Ops soldier old, his wife and their teenage son took part in an immersive therapy experience in the Keys.
Thrillseekers can fly like "James Bond" with a new watersport providing levitation-like flight, and it's all because of a company located in South Florida.
Tourists and residents alike in Key West will now be able to enjoy a Mimosa or Bloody Mary with their Sunday brunch.
Visitors to the Florida Keys can now pretend to be and actually fly like "James Bond" with a new watersport providing levitation-like flight.
The Key West Strikers have struck out in their attempt to attend a soccer tournament in Cuba.
The next time you're down in Key West, you may be able to enjoy a mimosa with your Sunday morning breakfast.
Nearly 150 swimmers, in both solo and team relay divisions, took to the water on Saturday for the Florida Keys Community College Swim Around Key West.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has denied Key West International Airport's request to accommodate passenger air service to and from Cuba.
The second time was the charm for a Miami Beach lifeguard who has completed a paddleboard crossing of the Florida Straits from near Cuba to Key West.
A Miami Beach lifeguard is hoping the second time will be the charm as she attempts to be the first person to paddleboard across the Florida Straits from near Cuba to Key West.
Miami Beach lifeguard Cynthia Aguilar plans to set off Tuesday from Key West on what she hopes will be a one-of-a-kind, record-breaking paddle-boarding feat that raises money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida.
Seaworthiness was not the primary goal of Key West's Schooner Wharf Minimal Regatta Sunday. It was all about fun as nearly 40 teams tried to make plywood-and-duct tape "boats" afloat.
The Amazing Race wraps up season 18 Sunday Night on CBS and South Florida plays a special roll in the season finale. The final leg of the race ends in the Keys.
This year's annual Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race up Key West's famed Duval Street took on a regal tone as "Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge" ruled the race on a decorated bed on wheels.
High heels strapped into place, pancake make up in place and dressed in gowns or stylish sporting attire, some of Key West's famous female impersonators hit Duval Street on Saturday afternoon for the Great Conch Republic Drag Race.
Recent census results revealing Monroe County has had a decline in population has officials calling for a recount.
A historic sailing schooner has undergone a $1.25 million restoration in Key West, the same city in which it was built and launched 72 years ago.
Puckering up and performing his own renditions of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" and Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water," a Key West musician took honors in the men's division at the city's 49th annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest.
If you heard loud honking coming from the South on Saturday it was not a colossal traffic jam, it was the sound of the 49th Annual Key West Conch Shell Blowing Contest.
According to the Florida Forest Service, the Mile Marker 40 fire has burned 3,600 acres just west of US-27 and north of I-75.
A 22-year-old Broward woman is accused of driving her car toward her boyfriend while he was carrying his 3-year-old daughter outside a Hollywood Burlington.
A South Florida woman says a Cyclospora infection left her bedridden and severely dehydrated, as doctors warn the parasite can cause weeks of lingering illness.
After a week that has been mostly dry, hot, and hazy, there is a return of significant rain chances across South Florida for Friday afternoon.
Neighbors said they were shocked when they saw workers dramatically trimming the tree on Wednesday.
According to the Florida Forest Service, the Mile Marker 40 fire has burned 3,600 acres just west of US-27 and north of I-75.
A 22-year-old Broward woman is accused of driving her car toward her boyfriend while he was carrying his 3-year-old daughter outside a Hollywood Burlington.
A South Florida woman says a Cyclospora infection left her bedridden and severely dehydrated, as doctors warn the parasite can cause weeks of lingering illness.
After a week that has been mostly dry, hot, and hazy, there is a return of significant rain chances across South Florida for Friday afternoon.
Neighbors said they were shocked when they saw workers dramatically trimming the tree on Wednesday.
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 delivered a speech on election security Thursday night at the White House. Here are the facts behind some of his claims.
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.