PHOTOS: Fantasy Fest Masquerade marchers roam Key West
Thousands of costumed revelers promenaded through Key West's Old Town Friday during the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March, a lively prelude to Saturday night's elaborate grand parade.
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Thousands of costumed revelers promenaded through Key West's Old Town Friday during the Fantasy Fest Masquerade March, a lively prelude to Saturday night's elaborate grand parade.
Tributes to the late singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett were prevalent Wednesday night
Zombies are typically pictured staggering through desolate landscapes, but that's not what transpired Sunday evening during Key West's Fantasy Fest Zombie Bike Ride.
The ride capped off the first weekend of the city's 10-day Fantasy Fest
Nyad and her team released Rocky the green sea turtle on the same beach where she completed her epic swim.
Key West's Fantasy Fest has begun.
Book's proposal would designate the final stretch of the Overseas Highway into Key West the "Jimmy Buffett Highway"
The woman was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and driving under the influence.
The golf cart driver was underage and found with multiple bottles of alcohol in his possession.
Ted Scouten reports about 2,500 people gathered for the "It's 5 o'clock in Key West" second-line procession.
Key West paid tribute Sunday to the late musician Jimmy Buffett with a second-line procession Sunday evening.
Buffett came to Key West in the 1970s and his hit song Margaritaville became synonymous with the island.
Buffett came to Key West in the 1970s and his hit song Margaritaville became synonymous with the island.
Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself.
Tina, a rescued seaturtle, was released back into the ocean near Key West.
On Roosevelt Boulevard near Smathers Beach, waves crashed over the seawall onto the road
Ted Scouten reports the road near Smathers Beach was closed due to water on it.
CBS News Miami's Ted Scouten reports from Key West on the effects of Hurricane Idalia.
Heavy rains, gusty winds and street flooding in Key West were caused by Hurricane Idalia.
Strong waves crashed ashore at the south end of Duval Street in Key West, jumping the sea wall and leaving lots of standing water. It happened as high tide, mixed with King Tide and the storm pushed water ashore.
Ted Scouten reports schools will be open as will city offices. Read More...
Ernest Hemingway wrote some of his most enduring classics in Key West
An Iowa man was crowned this year's Key Lime Pie Eating Champ in Key West.
Key lime pie, believed to have originated in Key West in the late 1800s
This is the 200th anniversary of the creation of Monroe County
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The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
As U.S. and Israeli missile strikes kill Iran's supreme leader, South Florida's Jewish and Iranian-American communities share a complex and deep concern for the region.
The unanimous decision allows DeSantis to convene a special legislative session on redistricting, dismissing a legal challenge from voters and clearing the way for potential changes to Florida's congressional maps.
The Miami Hurricanes wrapped up their 2025-26 regular season with a difficult 79-49 defeat against Georgia Tech, marking their largest loss of the year.
With families struggling to access basic necessities amid a month-long oil blockade, demonstrators at Miami International Airport call for renewed oil imports to Cuba, while others rally for regime change and debate the future of U.S. sanctions.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
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President Trump posted on social media that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday.
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The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
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In a new study that could have significant implications for future Alzheimer's treatment, researchers at the University of Miami have successfully figured out how to combat one of the early signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
One patient reports getting stuck with a $2,418 "facility fee" after seeing her doctor. "I didn't even know such a thing existed," she said.
Jimmy Carter made eradicating the Guinea worm a top mission of The Carter Center. Now it could soon become the second disease eradicated in history.
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."
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Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Streaming giant Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's $31 per share offer for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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